Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida (Dr Solle); Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida (Ms Santiago, Ms Louzado Feliciano, and Dr Caban-Martinez); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida (Dr Solle and Dr Caban-Martinez); Division of Field Studies and Engineering (DFSE), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio (Dr Calkins and Dr Fent); Center for Fire, Rescue & EMS Health Research, National Development & Research Institutes, Leawood, Kansas (Dr Jahnke); San Francisco Fire Department, SF, California (Ms Parks and Ms Buren); Fire Protection Research Foundation, Quincy, Massachusetts (Grant); Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (Dr Burgess).
Address correspondence to: Natasha Schaefer Solle, PhD, RN, Department of Medicine, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1120 N.W. 14th Street, 12th Floor (R-669), Don Soffer Clinical Research Center, Rm 1233, Miami, FL 33136 ([email protected]).
Support for this research is, in part, by the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) Grant # EMW-2017-FP-00860 (PI: Caban-Martinez, Alberto).
Review of the study protocol and approval was by the University of Miami Institutional Review Board (#20170997).
The findings and conclusions in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dr Sara Jahnke reports serving as a paid consultant to University of Miami and HOPE Health Research Institute, expert for cancer presumption cases and speaker at firefighter conferences.
Clinical significance: This qualitative study provides insight to the work-related health and safety needs of women firefighters that can inform future women's health workplace interventions. Study findings will help prioritize future research projects that address women and their health concerns and create education materials and trainings for women firefighters.
