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Action Research as a Burnout Intervention Reducing Burnout in the Federal Fire Service

http://jab.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/42/2/244
Author: Jonathon R. B. Halbesleben, Holly K. Osburn; Michael D. Mumford
Date Published: Vol. 42, No. 2, 244-
Publisher: The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Keywords: Initiative 13, mental health risks, burnout, mental health support, federal fire service

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Authoritarianism, inner/other directedness, and sensation seeking in firefighter/paramedics: their relationship with burnout.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?itool=abstractplus&db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=abstractplus&list_uids=10160452
Author: Palmer, RG; Spaid, WM
Date Published: 1996 Jan-Mar;11(1):1
Publisher: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 13, Initiative 1, organizational culture, mental health, burnout

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Authoritarianism, inner/other directedness, and sensation seeking in firefighter/paramedics: their relationship with burnout.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=10160452&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Palmer RG, Spaid WM.
Date Published: January-March 1996
Publisher: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 13, mental health risks, burnout, Initiative 1, human resource management, organizational culture, leadership

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Coping responses and posttraumatic stress symptomatology in urban fire service personnel

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10378167&dopt=Citation
Author: Beaton R, Murphy S, Johnson C, Pike K, Corneil W.
Date Published: 1999 Apr;12(2):293-3
Publisher: Journal of Traumatic Stress
Keywords: Initiative 13, mental health support, mental health risks, posttraumatic stress disorder

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Coping, Functioning, and Adjustment of Rescue Workers After the Oklahoma City Bombing

http://www.springerlink.com/content/g8ufgfvkra10f4xf/
Author: North, Tivis, McMillen, Pfefferbaum, Cox, Spitznagel, Bunch, Schorr, and Smith
Date Published: June 2002
Publisher: Journal of Traumatic Stress
Keywords: Initiative 13, mental health risks, posttraumatic stress disorder

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Counting the Cost: Psychological Distress in Career and Auxiliary Firefighters

http://www.massey.ac.nz/~trauma/issues/2003-1/dean.htm
Author: P Greg Dean, Kathryn M Gow, Jane Shakespeare-Finch
Date Published: 2003
Publisher: The Australian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies
Keywords: Initiative 13, mental health risks

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Critical incident stress and the Wichita Fire Department

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo34960.pdf
Author: McClure, Daniel R.
Date Published: 2002
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 13, mental health risks, critical incident stress, posttraumatic stress disorder, peer counseling

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Depressive Symptoms among Firefighters and Related Factors after the Response to Hurricane Katrina

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?itool=abstractplus&db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=abstractplus&list_uids=17216569
Author: Tak, S; Driscoll, R; Bernard, B; West, C
Date Published: 2007 Mar;84(2):153-6
Publisher: Journal of Urban Health
Keywords: Initiative 13, mental health risks, depression, Hurricane Katrina health risks

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Establishing a critical incident stress management plan for the Richardson Fire Department

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo34058.pdf
Author: Jones, Mike D.
Date Published: 2002
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 13, mental health risks, mental health support, critical incident stress, stress management

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Exposure to Duty-Related Incident Stressors in Urban Firefighters and Paramedics

http://www.springerlink.com/content/m464180gu3x412xn/
Author: Randal Beaton, Shirley Murphy, Clark Johnson, Ken Pike, and Wayne Corneil
Date Published: Volume 11, Number 4
Publisher: Journal of Traumatic Stress
Keywords: Initiative 13, mental health risks, posttraumatic stress disorder, duty-related stress

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Firefighters and paramedics: years of service, job aspirations, and burnout.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?itool=abstractplus&db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=abstractplus&list_uids=7695798
Author: Murphy, SA; Beaton, RD; Pike, KC; Cain, KC
Date Published: 1994 Nov;42(11):534-
Publisher: American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal
Keywords: Initiative 13, mental health risks, burnout

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Firefighters suffer critical incident stress: stress in the aftermath of disaster

http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Corneil, Wayne
Date Published: January-March 1989
Publisher: Emergency Preparedness Digest
Keywords: Initiative 13, mental health risks, critical incident stress

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Impact of post-traumatic stress disorder and job-related stress on burnout: a study of fire service workers.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?itool=abstractplus&db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=abstractplus&list_uids=16798146
Author: Mitani, S; Jujita, M; Nakata, K; Shirakawa, T.
Date Published: 2006 Jul;31(1):7-11
Publisher: Journal of Emergency Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 13, mental health risks, posttraumatic stress disorder, job stress, burnout

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Incident-Related Stressors, Locus of Control, Coping, and Psychological Distress Among Firefighters in Northern Ireland

http://www.springerlink.com/content/b159601u9cg7awa3/
Author: Brown, Jill; Mulhern, Gerry; Joseph, Stephen
Date Published: Volume 15, Number 2
Publisher: Journal of Traumatic Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 13, mental health risks, duty-related stress, posttraumatic stress disorder

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Individual Predictors of Traumatic Reactions in Firefighters

http://www.jonmd.com/pt/re/jnmd/abstract.00005053-200006000-00003.htm;jsessionid=GHFBply5qmvRVDQgd5B1BhJpC4R07dwfVktThM7nQR8XdNkQ1RjQ!887405008!181195628!8091!-1
Author: Regehr, Cheryl; Hill, John; Glancy, Graham D.
Date Published: 188(6):333-339, June
Publisher: Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
Keywords: Initiative 13, posttraumatic stress disorder, mental health risks

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Job Stress and Stress Management Among Detroit EMS Workers

http://www.emich.edu/cerns/downloads/papers/FireStaff/Unsorted/Job%20Stress%20and%20Stress%20Management%20Among%20Detroit%20EMS%20Workers.pdf
Author: Preston West
Date Published: August 2003
Publisher: Eastern Michigan University
Keywords: Initiative 13, mental health risks, stress, stress management, mental health support

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Job stress, cardio and psychological stressors

http://www2a.cdc.gov/hhe/select.asp?PjtName=19887&bFlag=0&ID=8
Author: Tepper-A; Mueller-C; Hurrell-JJ, Jr.; Kang-D
Date Published: August 1994
Publisher: National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, heart function, Initiative 13, mental health risks, job stress, health hazard evaluation, risk reduction practices

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Job stressors and job satisfaction in a major metropolitan public EMS service

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?itool=abstractplus&db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=abstractplus&list_uids=10915409
Author: Bowron, JS; Todd, KH
Date Published: 1999 Oct-Dec;14(4):2
Publisher: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 13, mental health risks, stress, EMS, Initiative 1, human resource management, organizational culture, leadership, job satisfaction

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Long-term psychological distress among chemically exposed firefighters.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=2742992&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Markowitz JS.
Date Published: Summer 1989
Publisher: Behavioral Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 13, mental health risks, toxic exposure, PVC exposure

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Maladaptive appraisals as a risk factor for posttraumatic stress: a study of trainee firefighters.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16181434&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_docsum
Author: Bryant RA, Guthrie RM.
Date Published: October 2005
Publisher: Psychological Science
Keywords: Initiative 13, posttraumatic stress disorder, mental health risks

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Management of post-incident trauma: a fire service perspective

http://occmed.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/42/3/163
Author: E. McCloy
Date Published: 1992;42:163-166
Publisher: Occupational Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 13, mental health risks, posttraumatic stress, mental health support

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On the Front Line: The Work of First Responders in a Post 9/11 World - A Study of Work Conditions & Emotional Health among NYC Firefighters and Fire Officers

http://www.iccd.cornell.edu/smithers/docs/firefighter_report_web.pdf
Author: Bacharach, Samuel B; Zelko, Hilary
Date Published: 2004*
Publisher: Cornell University/Smithers Institute
Keywords: Initiative 13, mental health risks, posttraumatic stress, World Trade Center, emotional health

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Organizational Context and Post-Event Distress: 9/11 and the New York City Firefighters

http://iccd.cornell.edu/smithers/docs/Firefighters_9-11_and_Traumatic_Distress.pdf
Author: Bacharach, Samuel B; Bamberger, Peter A; Selko, Hilary
Date Published: 2005*
Publisher: Cornell University/Smithers Institute
Keywords: Initiative 13, mental health risks, posttraumatic stress, World Trade Center

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Physical/psychological response to Hurricane Katrina, floodwaters, etc.

http://www2a.cdc.gov/hhe/select.asp?PjtName=41205&bFlag=0&ID=12
Author: Tak-S; Dowell-CH
Date Published: October 2005
Publisher: National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, floodwater, Initiative 13, mental health risks, Hurricane Katrina, health hazard evaluation, risk reduction practices

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