A cross-sectional study of Australian teachers' health: are work-related factors associated with lifestyle behaviours?

ABSTRACT: Teacher's lifestyle behaviours are important because they lead to positive health outcomes for teachers themselves and because teachers model behaviour to their students. This cross-sectional study examined the lifestyle behaviours of a large sample of teachers in New South Wales (NSW), Australia and assessed the association between work-related factors and lifestyle behaviours. From February to October 2021, data were collected on the lifestyle behaviours, work-related factors and socio-demographics of primary and secondary school teachers in NSW, via an online survey. Associations between individual work-related factors and lifestyle behaviours were modelled using logistic regression and adjusted for sex, age, number of children and geographic location. Most of our survey sample (n = 113

SUBMITTER: Corbett L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10781439 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature