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Process evaluation of a tailored workplace intervention designed to promote sustainable working in a rapidly changing world
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posted on 2019-05-23, 13:11 authored by Cheryl Haslam, A. Kazi, Myanna DuncanIncreasing numbers of people are employed in sedentary occupations, spending large amounts
of time sitting at work which is detrimental to health and wellbeing. Evidence-based guidance
is required to intervene to reduce sedentary behaviour, encourage physical activity and promote
sustainable working. This article presents a process evaluation of a successful workplace intervention Walking Works Wonders, shown to be effective in improving health, job satisfaction and
motivation (Haslam et al. 2018). In this qualitative process evaluation employees reported an
increased awareness of their sedentary time and they particularly valued the monitoring of
activity using pedometers. They described changes to their working and leisure time activity to
accumulate more steps. Participants reported improved physiological and psychological health
outcomes, improved working relations with colleagues, changes in dietary behaviour and involving their families in physical activity. The results highlight elements of the intervention that
encouraged healthy and more sustainable working practices.
Practitioner summary: This study provides the employees’ perspective on the effective elements of a workplace intervention which encouraged physical activity and reduced sitting time.
The results offer valuable insights for practitioners aiming to develop interventions to improve
health and facilitate more sustainable working practices in a rapidly changing world of work.
Funding
This study was part of a 5 year research project funded by the New Dynamics of Ageing Programme (RES-353-25- 0006; RCUK, led by the Economic and Social Research Council).
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Published in
ErgonomicsVolume
63Issue
3Pages
253-262Citation
HASLAM, C., KAZI, A. and DUNCAN, M., 2020. Process evaluation of a tailored workplace intervention designed to promote sustainable working in a rapidly changing world. Ergonomics, 63 (3), pp.253-262.Publisher
Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupVersion
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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by/4.0/Acceptance date
2019-04-24Publication date
2019-05-15Copyright date
2019Notes
This is an Open Access Article. It is published by Taylor and Francis under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported Licence (CC BY). Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ISSN
0014-0139eISSN
1366-5847Publisher version
Language
- en