Who's Behind the Wheel? Work and Health Backgrounds of New Transit Bus Operators.

Objective: Investigate new bus operators' ( N = 293) occupational and health backgrounds to inform how transit authorities can support their future health and job success.

Methods: New bus operators completed surveys and direct measurements that addressed demographics, work history, and 10 health risk factors.

Results: Participants averaged 42.

Addressing Health Care Workers' Mental Health: A Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Interventions and Current Resources.

Mental health is declining in health care workers. To provide a comprehensive assessment of intervention literature focused on the support and treatment of mental health within the health care workforce. We searched online databases (e.

Primary Prevention of Weight Gain Among New Bus Operators: Results of the "Success & Health Impacts For Transit operators during Onboarding" (SHIFT Onboard) Pilot Study.

Objective: This study aimed to test the feasibility and efficacy of an enhanced onboarding intervention to prevent weight gain and support the early job success of new bus operators.

Methods: Control participants ( n = 9) completed usual practice new employee training and onboarding. Intervention participants ( n = 14) completed five supplemental trainings and four online challenges during their first year.

Bus Operators' Body Weight Changes During Their First 2 Years of Work: A Retrospective Survey.

Objective: To empirically assess retrospective reports of weight changes during bus operators' first years on the job, and to investigate experienced and desired training topics for new operators.

Methods: Bus operators (n = 261) completed an online survey on topics of early weight changes and training experiences.

Results: Operators reported gaining an average of 7.

Magnitude of behavioral deficits varies with job-related chlorpyrifos exposure levels among Egyptian pesticide workers.

Chronic occupational exposure to organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) is consistently associated with deficits on behavioral tests when compared to unexposed comparison groups. However, a dose-response relationship has yet to be established, leading some to doubt an association between occupational OP exposure and behavioral deficits. Pesticide application teams in Egypt who are primarily exposed to one OP, chlorpyrifos (CPF), were recruited into a field assessment.