Special edition of the International Journal of Environment Research and Public Health: ‘The Development and Evaluation of Workplace Interventions’
The International Journal of Environment Research and Public Health ran a special edition focused on the development, implementation and evaluation of work-focused workplace interventions.
CMHW members Dr Elaine Wainwright and Dr Vaughan Parsons, and external collaborator Dr Karanika-Murray, were invited as guest editors along with Dr Evangelia Demou for this special issue of International Journal of Environment Research and Public Health.
What did this research involve?
Submissions for this issue were requested for submission by 31 January 2022, with the following recommendations for areas of interest including:
What are the key future research priorities for workplace interventions?
Measuring the cost-effectiveness and cost benefits of workplace interventions - including building an economic evaluation framework into trial designs
Developing systems informed workplace interventions
Implementation science: using evidence from workplace interventions to change practice.
The role of process evaluation in workplace intervention research
Ethical considerations when designing and delivering workplace research
Opportunities and challenges in setting up and testing workplace interventions in different workplace settings (including gig/platform workers)
Scoping and designing novel workplace interventions to support workers with hidden conditions and disabilities
Designing different approaches to delivery health surveillance interventions in the workplace setting (e.g. dermatitis or respiratory surveillance)
What did the study find?
A series of eleven peer-reviewed papers covering a range of issues around the development, implementation and evaluation of workplace interventions, were published and included as part of this issue.
Konstantinos, C, Michaelides, G, Crossover of Work Engagement: The Moderating Role of Agreeableness, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2022), 19(13), 7622, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19137622
Harrison, EM, Schmied, EA, Hurtado, SL, Easterling, AP, Glickman, GL, The Development, Implementation, and Feasibility of a Circadian, Light, and Sleep Skills Program for Shipboard Military Personnel (CLASS-SM), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2022), 19(5), 3093, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19053093
Severin, J, Svensson, M, Akerstrom, M, Cost–Benefit Evaluation of an Organizational-Level Intervention Program for Decreasing Sickness Absence among Public Sector Employees in Sweden, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2022), 19(5), 2998, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19052998
Arensman, E et al., Mental Health Promotion and Intervention in Occupational Settings: Protocol for a Pilot Study of the MENTUPP Intervention, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2022), 19(2), 947, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19020947
Cedstrand, E, Alvesson, HM, Augustsson, H, Bodin, T, Bodin, E, Nyberg, A, Johannson, G, Co-Creating an Occupational Health Intervention within the Construction Industry in Sweden: Stakeholder Perceptions of the Process and Output, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2021), 18(24), 12872, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182412872
Mackenzie, K, Such, E, Norman, P, Goyder, E, Using Co-Production to Develop “Sit Less at Work” Interventions in a Range of Organisations, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2021), 18(15), 7751, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18157751
McKenzie, A, Croak, B, Rafferty, L, Greenberg, N, Stevelink, SAM, A Service Evaluation of the Military HeadFIT Initiative: An Implementation Study, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2021), 18(14), 7375, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18147375
Mackenzie, K, Such, E, Norman, P, Goyder, E, Understanding the Implementation of “Sit Less at Work” Interventions in Three Organisations: A Mixed Methods Process Evaluation, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2021), 18(14), 7361, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18147361
Leduc, C, Giga, SI, Fletcher, IJ, Young, M, Dorman, SC, Participatory Development Process of Two Human Dimension Intervention Programs to Foster Physical Fitness and Psychological Health and Well-Being in Wildland Firefighting, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2021), 18(13), 7118, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18137118
Ingram, C et al., COVID-19 Prevention and Control Measures in Workplace Settings: A Rapid Review and Meta-Analysis, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2021), 18(15), 7847, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18157847
Schaller, A and Hoffman, C, Impact Model-Based Physical-Activity Promotion at the Workplace: Study Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Study in Germany (KomRueBer Study), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2021), 18(11), 6074, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18116074
You can find out more about this special issue here.
Study team
Chief investigator
Dr Evangelia Demou (University of Glasgow)
Co-investigators
Dr Vaughan Parsons (Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust / King’s College London)
Dr Elaine Wainwright (University of Aberdeen)
Dr Maria Karanika-Murray (Nottingham Trent University)
Associated research staff
Gabriella Muiry (Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust)
Centre institutions
Research partners
Further information
If you have any queries about this research please contact vaughan.parsons@gstt.nhs.uk