Lin Perry|Xiaoyue Xu|Robyn Gallagher|Rachel Nicholls|David Sibbritt|Christine Duffield
Lifestyle Health Behaviors of Nurses and Midwives: The ‘Fit for the Future’ Study
University of Technology Sydney|University of Technology Sydney|University of Sydney|Cancer Society of New Zealand|University of Technology Sydney|Edith Cowan University
nurses midwives nurses principle role models health educators wider population study sought identify healthrelated behaviors nursing workforce new south wales nsw australia compared contemporary recommendations healthy living australian general population matched gender age electronic crosssectional survey delivered 20142015 recruited 5041 nurses nsw nurses midwives association professional networks validated health behavior measures collected compared australian national health survey data compared younger nurses older nurses reported greater adherence fruit vegetable guideline recommendations likely overweight obese younger nurses 2534 years highest risk harmful drinking compared australian general population slightly higher percentages nurses met dietary recommendations slightly fewer obese central adiposity smoked nurses lower physical activity levels higher levels risky drinking across gender age groups many nurses lifestyle health behaviors place high risk developing noncommunicable diseases sometimes higher risk australian population deliver health education health promotion strategies nurses urgently required