| Titre : | Exploring the Impacts of Working as a Firefighter on Health: A Scoping Review |
| Auteurs : | Rokeya Eaty Mahim ; Ecole des hautes études en santé publique (EHESP) (Rennes, FRA) |
| Type de document : | Mémoire |
| Année de publication : | 2025 |
| Description : | 66p. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Classement : | MPH/ (Mémoires MPH à partir de 2024) |
| Mots-clés : | Pompier ; Risque professionnel ; Exposition professionnelle ; Revue de littérature |
| Résumé : |
Background: Firefighters are exposed to a wide range of occupational risks comprising chemical, physical, biological, psychosocial, and safety hazards that expose them to the risk of adverse health effects. Additionally, firefighters’ operational roles often go beyond fire suppression to include emergency medical services, rescue operations, and public safety responses, broadening the scope of occupational exposures beyond fire-related contexts. Study often investigated these risks, but the evidence remains scattered and often lacking subgroup-specific analysis and broader contextual insight.
Objective: The aim of this study was to systematically map and synthesize the existing knowledge on occupational health risks among firefighters, identify research gaps, and subgroup variability. Methods: We conducted a comprehensive search of PubMed and Scopus following Arksey and O'Malley's scoping review framework along with the PRISMA-ScR reporting guidelines. The review included only systematic reviews and meta-analyses published in English between 2021 and 2025. Data were extracted according to type of exposure, health outcome, population characteristics including demographic, and subgroups variability based on factors such as age, gender and professional role (e.g, volunteer vs. career firefighters, firefighters vs. other profession). Results: This review included a total of 37 studies. According to the findings, psychosocial, chemical, and physical exposures were the most consistently studied occupational hazards. Cancer, musculoskeletal disorder (MSDs) and sleep-related conditions appeared as common and well-documented outcomes, especially among professional firefighters subjected to exposure to carcinogens, shift work, repetitive lifting, and physical constraints. Biological, safety-related hazards and positive health outcomes were poorly explored. Subgroup analyses by demographic characteristic and job role were sparse and commonly inconsistent. Conclusion: The review identified priority knowledge gaps in subgroup-specific risks, geographic diversity, and positive health outcomes. Future studies should focus on diverse populations, standardized definitions of exposure, and further subgroup vulnerability analysis to support evidence-based occupational health policies for firefighters. |
| Diplôme : | Master MPH of public health |
| Plan de classement simplifié : | Master of Public Health - master international de Santé Publique (MPH) |
| En ligne : | https://documentation.ehesp.fr/memoires/2025/mph/rokeya_eaty_mahim.pdf |
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