{"id":3156,"date":"2024-10-22T19:54:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T23:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiasouthern.edu\/colleges\/health-professions\/tactical-athlete-initiative\/tactical-athlete-initiative-research\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T09:56:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T14:56:11","slug":"tactical-athlete-initiative-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.georgiasouthern.edu\/colleges\/health-professions\/centers-and-outreach\/tactical-athlete-initiative\/tactical-athlete-initiative-research","title":{"rendered":"Tactical Athlete Initiative Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"Hero-minimal container\" data-animate data-animation=\"fade-in-down\">\n  <div class=\"flush\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tactical Athlete Initiative Research<\/h1>\n\n<\/div>\n\n  <nav class=\"Breadcrumbs\">\n    <div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\tHome\n<\/span><\/div>  <\/nav>\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"main\" class=\"main\">\n  <div class=\" \">\n<div class=\"content-with-sidebar\">\n\n<div class=\"main__sidebar\">\n\n\n\n  <nav class='Subnav Subnav--widget' aria-label=\"Sub navigation\" data-animate data-animation=\"fade-in-left\">\n    <h2 class=\"Subnav__heading\">\n        College of Health Professions          <\/h2>\n\n\n    <button class=\"Subnav__toggle\" data-expand aria-expanded=\"true\">\n      In This Section<span class=\"close-toggle\"><\/span>\n    <\/button>\n    \n  <ul class=\"Subnav__list\">\n    <li data-animate data-animation=\"fade-in-up\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.georgiasouthern.edu\/colleges\/health-professions\/centers-and-outreach\/tactical-athlete-initiative\/service-and-community \">Service and Community<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-animate data-animation=\"fade-in-up\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.georgiasouthern.edu\/colleges\/health-professions\/centers-and-outreach\/tactical-athlete-initiative\/tactical-athlete-initiative-research \">Tactical Athlete Initiative Research<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-animate data-animation=\"fade-in-up\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.georgiasouthern.edu\/colleges\/health-professions\/centers-and-outreach\/tactical-athlete-initiative\/training-and-education \">Training and Education<\/a><\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n  <\/nav>\n  <div class=\"sidebar-widgets\">\n    <div class=\" Widget  Widget--gold flush\">\n\n      <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h4\">Contact Info<\/h2>\n      <p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n      <p><\/p>\n      <p><\/p>\n              <ul class=\"wp-block-list contact-list\">\n                      <li class=\"contact-email\">\n              <a href=\"mailto:chp@georgiasouthern.edu\">chp@georgiasouthern.edu<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n                                <li class=\"contact-phone\">\n              <a href=\"tel:+19123442565\">912-344-2565<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n                                <li>\n              11935 Abercorn Street Savannah, GA\r\nStatesboro: 912-478-5322            <\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"sidebar-widgets\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"main__content\">\n  <div class=\"container-sm space-sm flush\" data-animate data-animation=\"fade-in-up\">\n    <div class=\"flush\">\n\n<p>The faculty research team is composed of faculty in the Waters College of Health Professions, the College of Behavioral and Social&nbsp;Sciences, and the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health. The faculty work in a collaborative effort to take on health and wellness in a holistic approach by implementing programming, presenting and publishing research, and preparing grants geared toward improving the health of our first responders.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is critical&nbsp;for us to use evidence-based research when making changes to our physical training program.&nbsp; The GS Tactical Athlete program was key in assisting us in updating our training practices to be more effective and reduce injuries..\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>Major Hal Braswell, GPSCT<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grant Funded Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Improving De-escalation Skills Among Recruits Through Mental &amp;<br>Physical Training<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The integrated mental health initiative creates a wellness curriculum for use with cadets that frames officer mental health through the perspective of resiliency, mindfulness, awareness, physical training, injury-prevention and occupational task preparedness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sponsored By:<\/strong>&nbsp;Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Grant in partnership with Georgia Public Safety Training Center GPSTC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Principal Investigator:\u00a0<\/strong>Bridget Melton, Ed.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rural Regional Mental Health &amp; Wellness Training Program<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal of the Statesboro-Bulloch County Rural Regional Mental Health &amp; Wellness Training Program is to increase awareness and access to mental health and wellness resources for law enforcement officers and non-sworn personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sponsored By:<\/strong>&nbsp;Department of Justice Community Office of Policing COPS grant in partnership with Statesboro Police Department<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Principal <\/strong>Investigator:\u00a0<\/strong>Richard Cleveland, Ph.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Student Research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nicholas Hunt (in progress): \u201cOccupational Apparatus and Fatigue Among Firefighters\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Petra Kiss (in progress): \u201cOccupational Task in Firefighters and Blance\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alyssa Fail (in progress): \u201cChronotypes and Law Enforcement Officers\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kayden Lowe (in progress): \u201cHypertension Among Municipal Workers\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Completed Student Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tom Nagel, 2022: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu\/etd\/2369\/\">The Role of Cardiorespiratory Fitness to Attenuate Arterial Stiffness in Firefighters<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marissa Villafuerte, 2021: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu\/etd\/2225\/\">Firefighters Self-Efficacy of Injuries and Willingness to Report Injuries with the Southeastern Region of the United States<\/a>\u201c<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Catherine Gallagher, 2021: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=3451&amp;context=etd\">The Relationship Between Emotion Regulation and Health Status in Southeast Rural Firefighters<\/a>\u201c<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brandon Loewen, 2020: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu\/etd\/2055\/\">Cardio-Metabolic and Perceived Demands Comparison of Circuit Training and Fireground Suppression Tasks<\/a>\u201c<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Macy Weeks, 2020: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=3233&amp;context=etd\">Effectiveness of Wellness Programming to Improve Health and Fitness Metrics in Rural Firefighters<\/a>\u201c<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div>\n  <div class=\"tertiary full-width\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n  <div class=\"sidebar-widgets\"><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":3153,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3156","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgiasouthern.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgiasouthern.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgiasouthern.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgiasouthern.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgiasouthern.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3156"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgiasouthern.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17980,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgiasouthern.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3156\/revisions\/17980"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgiasouthern.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgiasouthern.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}