Health and Related Behaviours of Partners of Fly-in Fly-out Workers in Australia: A Cross-sectional Study

Bernard Yeboah-Asiamah Asare; Dominika  Kwasnicka; Suzanne Robinson; Daniel Powell

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Health and Related Behaviours of Partners of Fly-in Fly-out Workers in Australia: A Cross-sectional Study

Bernard Yeboah-Asiamah Asare^* (Corresponding Author), Dominika Kwasnicka, Suzanne Robinson, Daniel Powell

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The recurrent absence of workers from home associated with fly-in fly-out (FIFO) work practice has the potential to affect the partners of the workers. This study aimed to examine the mental and physical health of partners of FIFO workers and compare their health-related behaviours during on-and off-shift periods. Partners of FIFO workers in Australia (N=248) completed an online survey. Partners reported higher sleep duration (7.3 ± 1.4 vs 6.4 ± 1.3 hours, p

Original language	English
Number of pages	20
Journal	Community, Work and Family
Early online date	20 Jul 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13668803.2022.2100741
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 20 Jul 2022

Keywords

psychological distress
Physical health
FIFO
rotation work
health behaviours
partners
Australia

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