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Driving Health Report 8: Determinants of Australian truck driver physical and mental health and driving performance: Findings from the telephone survey

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posted on 2021-09-10, 02:29 authored by Ting Xia, Healthy Working Lives Research GroupHealthy Working Lives Research Group, Elizabeth Pritchard, Sharon Newnam, Shantha M. W. Rajaratnam, Dan I. Lubman, Alex Collie, Abilio de Almeida Neto, Ross Iles

This report, the eighth in the Driving Health study, presents findings from in depth telephone survey of Australian truck drivers in order to:


1. Gather detailed information on the prevalence of risk factors for drivers in the personal, occupational, workplace environment, regulatory, lifestyle and health domains.

2. Examine the role of determinants from personal, occupational, workplace environment, regulatory, lifestyle and health risk domains in truck driver physical health, mental health and driving performance.

3. Identify potential avenues for intervention to improve the health of Australian truck drivers.

Funding

NHMRC Partnership Project Grant GNT1169395

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Transport Workers Union

Centre for Work Health and Safety

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