A workplace health promotion application of the Precede-Proceed model in a regional and remote mining company in Whyalla, South Australia. Issue 3 (14th September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Post, Dannielle Kay; Daniel, Mark; Misan, Gary; Haren, Matthew T
• Is Part Of: International journal of workplace health management. Volume 8:Issue 3(2015)
• Page Start: 154
• Page End: 174
• Publication Date: 2015-09-14
• Subjects: Industrial hygiene -- Periodicals; Industrial safety -- Periodicals; Electronic journal; 658.38205
• DOI: 10.1108/IJWHM-08-2014-0028
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1753-8351

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x content-type="archive" xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Purpose</title> <p> – Workplace health promotion enables the dissemination of health-related information to a large portion of society and provides a vehicle for translating results of efficacy studies to effective lifestyle interventions under less controlled real-world conditions. To achieve effectiveness there needs to be a systematic approach to the design, implementation, and evaluation of workplace health promotion interventions. The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of a workplace programme in a mining and steel making town in regional South Australia. </p> </sec> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Design/methodology/approach</title> <p> – The Precede-Proceed model (PPM) was used as a framework to design the development, implementation, and evaluation of the programme. </p> </sec> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Findings</title> <p> – Quality of life issues and antecedents of modifiable behavioural and environmental factors to be targeted by interventions were identified. Relevant socio-behavioural theories were used to guide intervention development and evaluation. An intervention programme was planned to enable the delivery of educational and skills-development strategies by peers within structured organisational work units. </p> </sec> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Originality/value</title> <p> – This research utilises the PPM to develop, implement, and evaluate intervention strategies targeting the development of diabetes and cardiometabolic risk in a remotely located workplace population. Novel to this approach is the utilisation of the entire PPM in the research; the multiple baseline, interrupted time series design of the study; and its application in a workplace environment noted for increased health risk factors, within a community at high risk of development of type 2 diabetes.</p> </sec> </abstract>