title: It Comes With the Job: Work Organizational, Job Design, and Self-Regulatory Barriers to Improving the Health Status of Train Drivers.
abstract: This study aimed to examine the impacts of key barriers to improving the occupational health status of Australian train drivers.
  
  
  
  From May to June, 2015, five semi-structured qualitative focus groups were conducted with 29 train drivers from South Australian, Victorian, and New South Wales-based rail organizations in Australia.
  
  
  
  Occupational health was impeded by multiple barriers regarding sleep (patterns/fatigue), diet (planning/context), mental health (occupational stress), rostering (low autonomy), sedentary time, low fitness motivation, and family/social life conflicts. Work organizational barriers included communication issues, low organizational support, and existing social norms. Job design barriers included rostering, fatigue, stimulant reliance, and family/social life imbalances. Self-regulatory barriers included dietary and exercise patterns habits and patterns.
  
  
  
  Occupational health interventions for Australian train drivers must address work organizational, job design, and self-regulatory barriers to healthier lifestyle behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Central Queensland University, Wayville (Dr Naweed, Mr Allan, Mr Trigg); and Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia (Dr Chapman), Australia.
authors.forename: Anjum
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Naweed
authors.forename: Janine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Allan
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Trigg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001315:Australia; D003142:Communication; D004032:Diet; D015444:Exercise; D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D015438:Health Behavior; D006304:Health Status; D000070497:Healthy Lifestyle; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health; D000073397:Occupational Stress / Q000209:etiology; D015279:Organizational Culture; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011890:Railroads; D000073577:Shift Work Schedule; D012890:Sleep; D000072358:Work-Life Balance; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055815:Young Adult