Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing Program

Factors associated with mobile medical clinic use: a retrospective cohort study

Angela Coaston
Soo-Jeong Lee, RN, PhD, ANP
Julene K Johnson
Sandra Weiss
Thomas Hoffmann
Caroline Stephens
2023

Background: Mobile medical clinics have been used for decades to provide primary and preventive care to underserved populations. While several studies have examined their return on investment and impact on chronic disease management outcomes in the Mid-Atlantic and East Coast regions of the United States, little is known about the characteristics and clinical outcomes of adults who receive care aboard mobile clinics on the West Coast region. Guided by the Anderson Behavioral Model, this study describes the predisposing, enabling, and need factors associated with mobile...

Job Stress and Sleep Disturbances Among Career Firefighters in Northern California

Dal Lae Chin
Rachel Odes
OiSaeng Hong
2023

Object: This study examined the association between job stress and sleep disturbance among career firefighters.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey study was conducted with 154 career firefighters working in Northern California, US job stress was measured using the short form of the Effort-Reward Imbalance questionnaire and sleep was measured with the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Sleep Disturbance.

Results: Approximately 75% experienced sleep disturbance. For firefighters' job stress, high effort (...

Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing Program (UCSF)

The OEHN program prepares graduates to identify work environment health hazards and propose appropriate control strategies; design, implement and evaluate work health programs; identify research questions from OEHN practice; and other work central to OEHN service activities.

Association of Occupational Stress with Tinnitus Among Career Firefighters in the United States

Rachel Odes
Dal Lae Chin
Jian Li
OiSaeng Hong
2022

Objective: This study explores the relationship between occupational stress and tinnitus among firefighters, a group often exposed to two tinnitus risk factors: high stress and noise.

Methods: This cross-sectional study includes 240 firefighters in the United States. Data describing demographic characteristics, occupational stress, noise exposure, and tinnitus were collected by survey. Occupational stress was measured using the short version of the Effort-Reward Imbalance Questionnaire.

Results: Forty-three percent of...