Improving the Resilience, Health and Wellbeing of Australian Firefighters: A Study of the Metropolitan Fire Service of South Australia

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1076549

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Firefighters play a critical role in protecting the safety of the community. Understanding their health is essential to planning and managing personnel. Firefighters are at risk of physical and mental injury and documenting consequences, in the setting of an ageing workforce, are needed for planning and career management. This study of the health of the Metropolitan Fire Service will be used to optimise the longevity of the careers of firefighters and the capacity of the service.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Partnerships

Funding Amount: $354,727.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Mental Health

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

anxiety disorders | epidemiology | mental health | occupational health | occupational stress | population health | public health | resilience

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