AUTHOR=Kuehl Kerry S. , Elliot Diane L. , Goldberg Linn , MacKinnon David P. , Vila Bryan J. , Smith Jennifer , Miočević Milica , O’Rourke Holly P. , Valente Matthew J. , DeFrancesco Carol , Sleigh Adriana , McGinnis Wendy TITLE=The Safety and Health Improvement: Enhancing Law Enforcement Departments Study: Feasibility and Findings JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health VOLUME=2 YEAR=2014 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2014.00038 DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2014.00038 ISSN=2296-2565 ABSTRACT=

This randomized prospective trial aimed to assess the feasibility and efficacy of a team-based worksite health and safety intervention for law enforcement personnel. Four-hundred and eight subjects were enrolled and half were randomized to meet for weekly, peer-led sessions delivered from a scripted team-based health and safety curriculum. Curriculum addressed: exercise, nutrition, stress, sleep, body weight, injury, and other unhealthy lifestyle behaviors such as smoking and heavy alcohol use. Health and safety questionnaires administered before and after the intervention found significant improvements for increased fruit and vegetable consumption, overall healthy eating, increased sleep quantity and sleep quality, and reduced personal stress.