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Using Focus Groups to Identify Nutrition Education Needs and Implementation Strategies for the Wildland Firefighter
Heidi Holubetz1, Ann F Brown, Joseph W Domitrovich
1From the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, School of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho (H.H., A.F.B., A.J.R.); College of Education, Health and Human Sciences, Department of Movement Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho (A.F.B.); and National Technology and Development Program, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, Montana (J.W.D.).
Objectives:
The aims of the study are to describe the current state, identify topics of importance, and suggest implementation strategies for tailored nutrition education for the WLFFs.
Methods:
Focus groups were conducted and survey data was collected to gather qualitative and quantitative data from a sample of WLFFs. Constant comparative strategy was used to generate themes from transcripts.
Results:
Wildland firefighters showed interest in early-introduced, multimodal, and specific nutrition education tailored to the demands of the WLFF.
Conclusions:
Study findings provide nutrition topics of interest and importance to WLFFs and may be used to develop educational materials.
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