Firefighters Preventing Cancer Online Training Program

The goal of this two-arm, Cluster Randomized Trial is to evaluate an e-health training program for volunteer firefighters to reduce their risk of exposures to carcinogens and to increase their understanding and intentions of behavior towards cancer prevention. One arm will receive an online e-health intervention for six months and the other arm will be considered as a waitlist control group which will be placed on a waitlist and receive the online treatment program some months later.The project aims to evaluate the firefighters by measurement of current behavior, perceived importance, future behavioral intentions and perceived barriers for implementing decontamination behaviors at baseline, after the intervention and after 3-month follow-up before and after the intervention.The intervention consists of three components:a novel health information strategy, 90SecondFire Cancer health lettersa brief on-line coursea problem-solving asynchronous bulletin board to mobilize existing knowledge

Inclusion Criteria:Departments will be screened to meet the following criteriaBe a Volunteer DepartmentBe located in CanadaConsent to participate in the study via the Chief or delegateParticipant in the CRT study must meet all the following criteria to be eligible to proceed with the study:Be a volunteer firefighterWorking for an all-volunteer fire department that has joined the studyLive in CanadaHas access to internetBe able to read, write and understand English or FrenchConsent to participate in the studyExclusion Criteria:The exclusion for DepartmentsNot a volunteer Department in other words to be a composite department with some volunteers and some career fire fighters or a department that has not joined the studyNot located in CanadaNot Consent to be in the study via the Chief or delegateAny of the following criteria will exclude individuals from proceeding to consent:NOT a volunteer firefighterWorking for a composite department with some volunteers and some career fire fighters or a department that has not joined the studyDoes NOT live in CanadaDoes not have access to internetIs NOT able to read, write and understand English or FrenchDoes NOT consent to participate in the study