Process evaluation of two participatory approaches: implementing Total Worker Health interventions in a correctional workforce

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• Personal Author:
  Cherniack, Martin G. ; Dungan AG ; Dussetschleger JL ; El Ghaziri M ; Farr DA ; Henning RA ; Namazi S ; Punnett, Laura ; Wallace KN
• Description:
  Background: Correctional Officers (COs) have among the highest injury rates and poorest health of all the public safety occupations. The HITEC-2 (Health Improvement Through Employee Control-2) study uses Participatory Action Research (PAR) to design and implement interventions to improve health and safety of COs. Method: HITEC-2 compared two different types of participatory program, a CO-only "Design Team" (DT) and "Kaizen Event Teams" (KET) of COs and supervisors, to determine differences in implementation process and outcomes. The Program Evaluation Rating Sheet (PERS) was developed to document and evaluate program implementation. Results: Both programs yielded successful and unsuccessful interventions, dependent upon team-, facility-, organizational, state-, facilitator-, and intervention-level factors. Conclusions: PAR in corrections, and possibly other sectors, depends upon factors including participation, leadership, continuity and timing, resilience, and financial circumstances. The new PERS instrument may be useful in other sectors to assist in assessing intervention success. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Correctional Facilities Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Public Health Safety Shift Work Schedule Violence
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Participatory Action Research Correctional Facilities Corrections Implementation Injuries Intervention Design And Analysis Scorecard Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Prison Workers Process Evaluation Public Health Shift Work Stress Total Worker Health TWH

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  59
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20048322
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2016 Oct; 59(10):897-918
• Contact Point Address:
  Alicia G. Dugan, PhD, Department of Medicine, UConn Health, 263 Farmington Ave, Farmington, CT 06030
• Email:
  adugan@uchc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• NORA Priority Area:
  Public Safety ; Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Performing Organization:
  University of Massachusetts, Lowell
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20060701
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20210831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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