Peters, S.E., Nielsen, K.M orcid.org/0000-0001-9685-9570, Nagler, E.M. et al. (3 more authors) (2020) Ensuring organization-intervention fit for a participatory organizational intervention to improve food service workers’ health and wellbeing: Workplace organizational health study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 62 (2). e33-e45. ISSN 1076-2752
Abstract
Objective: Food-service workers’ health and wellbeing is impacted by their jobs and work environments. Formative research methods were used to explore working conditions impacting workers’ health to inform intervention planning and implementation and to enhance the intervention’s ‘fit’ to the organization. Methods: Four qualitative methods (worker focus groups; manager interviews; worksite observations; multi-stakeholder workshop) explored in-depth and then prioritized working conditions impacting workers’ health as targets for an intervention. Results: Prioritized working conditions included: ergonomics; work intensity; career development and job enrichment. Data revealed necessary intervention mechanisms to enhance intervention implementation: worker and management communication infrastructure; employee participation in intervention planning and implementation; tailored worksite strategies; and ensuring leadership commitment. Conclusions: These targeted, comprehensive methods move away from a typical focus on generic working conditions, e.g. job demands and physical work environment, to explore those conditions unique to an organization. Thereby, enhancing ‘intervention-fit’ at multiple levels within the company context.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. This version is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. |
Keywords: | occupational safety; occupational health; injury prevention; organizational culture; musculoskeletal disorders; total worker health; health promotion |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 25 Nov 2019 14:00 |
Last Modified: | 01 Feb 2021 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001792 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:153870 |
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