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Methods for fostering a community academic partnership in a firefighter community
Anthony T Delisle1, Alexis L Delisle, Beth H Chaney
1Department of Health Education and Behavior, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. tdelisle@hhp.ufl.edu
Objectives:
To describe how a community academic partnership (CAP) created a cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention program for firefighters.
Methods:
Principles of community based participatory research (CBPR) were integrated with intervention mapping (IM) to guide the development of a physical activity program.
Results:
Key elements of the CAP program include instituting annual CVD screenings; creating a department-wide program and a pilot intervention for high-risk firefighters; training firefighters to become peer health mentors; improving access to physical activity equipment; instituting policy to promote physical activity, and validating instrumentation for assessing cardiorespiratory fitness.
Conclusions:
Integrating CBPR with IM was an efficacious approach for engaging firefighters in research for developing an ecological approach to cardiovascular health in firefighters.
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