Background: Irish farmers are a high-risk group for cardiovascular disease (CVD) which imposes not only a risk to their health but has more far-reaching implications for occupational health and safety.
Objective: This study assessed the impact of a workplace health screening and health behaviour change programme among a sub-group of male Irish farmers.
Methods: Data were collected from male livestock farmers (n = 310) who attended health screenings at livestock marts. Participating farmers also received lifestyle advice to prompt health behaviour change. Health behaviour change was tracked by two phone questionnaires at Week 1 (n = 224) and Week 12 (n = 172). All data were entered into SPSS v22 and analysed using chi-square and regression techniques.
Results: At Week 12, 48% reported having changed at least one health behaviour. The majority of farmers were referred to their GP and by Week 12, 32% had acted on this advice. Participants most in need of health behaviour change based on adverse health screening results were, paradoxically, the least likely to contemplate or engage in health behaviour change.
Conclusions: Findings demonstrate that whilst workplace health screenings can be a catalyst for behaviour change for some farmers, more follow-up supports are needed to encourage sustainable behaviour change.
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