Health and Wellness: Future Truck and Bus Safety Research Opportunities

In 2005 the health and wellness of truck and bus workers and drivers are not well understood, in contrast to the well-known public health problem of fatalities involving commercial vehicles. In the next 20 years research will produce published scientific evidence that addresses possible interactions among fitness, exercise, and healthy lifestyle and long-term driver health, mortality, fatigue, and driving performance. Such research should generate testable interventions. Research partnerships between federal agencies, academic institutions, and industry stakeholders should address these complex relationships and develop and maintain a knowledge base on truck and bus driver health and wellness. Wellness interventions should be scientifically evaluated and the results made available quickly. In the next 5 years the immediate research goal is to obtain reliable baseline data and understand factors that influence risk. On the basis of current efforts, this goal seems attainable. The overall goal of relevant occupational health and safety research will be to improve and preserve the total health and wellness of employees in the commercial truck and bus industry. Safety and injury prevention and health and wellness all are important aspects of this program.

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• Authors:
  • Husting, E Lee
• Conference:
  • Future Truck and Bus Safety Research Opportunities
  • Location: Arlington Virginia, United States
  • Date: 2005-3-23 to 2005-3-24
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 51-54
• Monograph Title: Future Truck and Bus Safety Research Opportunities
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings
  • Issue Number: 38
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 1073-1652

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus drivers; Commercial drivers; Driver performance; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Health; Life styles; Occupational safety; Physical fitness; Research; Truck drivers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Future research; Injury prevention; Interventions; Physical exercise
• Subject Areas: Highways; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01023769
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309094224
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 5 2006 9:12AM