Participatory Action Research in Corrections: The HITEC 2 Program

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• Alternative Title:
  Appl Ergon
• Personal Author:
  Cherniack, Martin ; Dussetschleger, Jeffrey ; Dugan, Alicia ; Farr, Dana ; Namazi, Sara ; El Ghaziri, Mazen ; Henning, Robert
• Description:
  Background:
  
  HITEC 2 (Health Improvement through Employee Control 2) is the follow-up to HITEC, a participatory action research (PAR) program that integrates health and work conditions interventions designed by the workforce. HITEC 2 compares intervention programs between two correctional sites, one using a pure workforce level design team and the other using a more structured and time delineated labor-management kaizen effectiveness team.
  
  Methods:
  
  HITEC 2 utilizes a seven step participatory Intervention Design and Analysis Scorecard (IDEAS) for planning interventions. Consistent with PAR, process and intervention efficacy measures are developed and administered through workforce representation.
  
  Results:
  
  Participation levels, robustness of participatory structures and sophistication of interventions have increased at each measured interval. Health comparisons between 2008 and 2013 showed increased hypertension, static weight maintenance, and increased ‘readiness to change’.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  The PAR approaches are robust and sustained. Their long-term effectiveness in this population is not yet clear.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adiposity Adult Blood Pressure Body Mass Index Connecticut Electric Impedance Health Promotion Humans Hypertension Male Middle Aged Occupational Health Prisons Program Development Program Evaluation Workplace Young Adult

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• Keywords:
  IDEAS Participatory Action Research Worksite Health Promotion
• Source:
  Appl Ergon. 53(Pt A):169-180
• Pubmed ID:
  26542616
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11246742
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U19 OH008857/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U19OH008857/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/ ; 1U19OH008857/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  53
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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