TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceptions of work-related health and cancer risks among women firefighters
AU - Solle, Natasha Schaefer
AU - Santiago, Katerina M.
AU - Louzado Feliciano, Paola
AU - Calkins, Miriam M.
AU - Fent, Kenny
AU - Jahnke, Sara
AU - Parks, Natasha
AU - Buren, Heather
AU - Grant, Casey
AU - Burgess, Jefferey L.
AU - Caban-Martinez, Alberto J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2021 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
PY - 2021/12/1
Y1 - 2021/12/1
N2 - Objectives: We use a qualitative method to gain further insight into women firefighters' experiences, perceptions of cancer, health, and safety risks in the fire service. Methods: We conducted six focus groups with U.S. women firefighters. Participants engaged in a 60 to 75-minute, semi-structured discussion and completed a sociodemographic questionnaire. A qualitative descriptive approach was used to inductively create themes. Data collection concluded when saturation was met. Results: Forty-nine women firefighters participated. Qualitative results indicated the main health concerns include: occupational cancer risks including, risks related to hazardous exposures, sleep disruption and stress; and women's health concerns including, cancer, pregnancy and breastfeeding, and lack of resources. Conclusions: Women firefighters are concerned about their risk for cancer due to their occupation and identify a lack of resources specific to health and safety needs of women firefighters.
AB - Objectives: We use a qualitative method to gain further insight into women firefighters' experiences, perceptions of cancer, health, and safety risks in the fire service. Methods: We conducted six focus groups with U.S. women firefighters. Participants engaged in a 60 to 75-minute, semi-structured discussion and completed a sociodemographic questionnaire. A qualitative descriptive approach was used to inductively create themes. Data collection concluded when saturation was met. Results: Forty-nine women firefighters participated. Qualitative results indicated the main health concerns include: occupational cancer risks including, risks related to hazardous exposures, sleep disruption and stress; and women's health concerns including, cancer, pregnancy and breastfeeding, and lack of resources. Conclusions: Women firefighters are concerned about their risk for cancer due to their occupation and identify a lack of resources specific to health and safety needs of women firefighters.
KW - Cancer
KW - Firefighters
KW - Occupational cancer
KW - Qualitative
KW - Women's health
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85120971110
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002386
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002386
M3 - Article
C2 - 34538836
AN - SCOPUS:85120971110
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 63
SP - E846-E852
JO - Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
JF - Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
IS - 12
ER -