Eileen McNeely, Steven J. Staffa, Irina Mordukhovich and Brent Coull 1/03/2018 Background: Flight attendants at Alaska Airlines reported health symptoms after the introduction of new uniforms in 2011. The airline replaced the uniforms in 2014 without acknowledging harm. To understand possible uniform-related health effects, we analyzed self-reported health symptoms in crew who participated in the […]
Hundreds of pilots currently flying are managing depressive symptoms perhaps without the possibility of treatment due to the fear of negative career impacts. This study found 233 (12.6%) airline pilots meeting depression threshold and 75 (4.1%) pilots reporting having suicidal thoughts.
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Grajewski, Barbara; Whelan, Elizabeth A.; Lawson, Christina C.; Hein, Misty J.; Waters, Martha A.; Anderson, Jeri L.; MacDonald, Leslie A.; Mertens, Christopher J.; Tseng, Chih-Yu; Cassinelli, Rick T. II; Luo, Lian Epidemiology. 9000;Publish Ahead of Print:10.1097/EDE.0000000000000225. Abstract Background: Cosmic radiation and circadian disruption are potential reproductive hazards for flight attendants. Methods: Flight attendants from 3 […]
Andrew W Correia quantitative analyst 1, Junenette L Peters assistant professor 2, Jonathan I Levy professor2, Steven Melly geographic information systems specialist3, Francesca Dominici professor, associate dean of information technology Download the article: Aircraft Noise and CVD admissions Objective: To investigate whether exposure to aircraft noise increases the risk of hospitalization for cardiovascular diseases in […]
Federal Aviation Administration December 2009 Download the publication: Crew Fatigue IV CAMI 2009 Voluntary safety reporting is one method by which aviation personnel can report safety issues to their airline and the Federal Aviation Administration. The Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) is a program managed by the National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research […]
Cancer incidence in airline cabin crew E A Whelan Evidence that flight crew are at increased risk for certain types of cancer is growing although epidemiological evidence remains inconclusive. Download the article: Cancer and Flight Crews – Whelan Conclusion: The evidence that flight crew are at increased risk for certain types of cancer is growing […]
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Download: McNeely_et_al2014_provisional Environmental Health 2014, 13:13 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-13-13 Eileen McNeely (emcneely@hsph.harvard.edu) Sara Gale (gale@hsph.harvard.edu) Ira Tager (ibt@berkeley.edu) Laurel Kincl (laurel.kincl@oregonstate.edu) Julie Bradley (juliembradley@gmail.com) Brent Coull (bcoull@hsph.harvard.edu) Steve Hecker (shecker@uw.edu) Background Few studies have examined the broad health effects of occupational exposures in flight attendants apart from disease-specific morbidity and mortality studies. We describe the health status […]
Researchers at Harvard School of Public Health conducted a landmark study in 2007 on this subject, and follow-up today is needed to understand trends in flight attendant health over time. Over 4,000 flight attendants participated in the first study. Help us exceed this number. The prevalence of respiratory disease amongst Flight Attendants was approximately three […]