Participatory Survey Design of a Workforce Health Needs Assessment for Correctional Supervisors

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• Personal Author:
  Cavallari JM ; Cherniack, Martin G. ; Dugan AG ; Namazi S ; Preston JC ; Rinker RD ; Steele VL
• Description:
  Introduction: The correctional workforce experiences persistent health problems, and interventions designed with worker participation show favorable outcomes. However, participatory intervention research often leaves workers out of the health needs assessment, the basis of interventions subsequently developed. This omission risks failure to detect factors contributing to the health and is less likely to result in primary prevention interventions. Methods: Partnering with a correctional supervisors' union, we followed Schulz and colleagues' community-based participatory research (CBPR) methods for participatory survey design and used Healthy Workplace Participatory Program (HWPP) tools to develop a tailored survey to assess workforce health and contributing factors. Utilizing the HWPP Focus Group Guide, we generated key themes to adapt the HWPP All Employee Survey, a generic workforce health assessment, to become thorough and contextually-relevant for correctional supervisors. Results: Content analysis of focus group data revealed 12 priority health concerns and contributors, including organizational culture, masculinity, work-family conflict, family support, trauma, positive job aspects, health literacy and efficacy, health/risk behaviors, sleep, obesity, and prioritizing work and income over health. Twenty-six measures were added to the generic survey, mainly health-related antecedents including knowledge, attitudes, norms, and motivation. Conclusion: Findings yielded new insights about supervisors' lived experiences of work and health, and resulted in a customized workforce survey. CBPR methods and HWPP tools allowed us to identify health issues that we would not have detected with conventional methods, and provide opportunities for interventions that address root causes of poor health. We share challenges faced and lessons learned using CBPR with the correctional workforce. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Correctional Facilities Family Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety Sleep
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Community Based Participatory Research Community Based Correctional Facilities Correctional Supervisors Families Group Dynamics Health Communications Health Promotion Healthy Workplace Participatory Program Intervention Obesity Prison Workers Supervisory Personnel Survey Design Total Worker Health TWH Work-life Balance Workforce Health Assessment Work Organization

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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
• Pages in Document:
  414-430
• Volume:
  64
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061922
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2021 May; 64(5):414-430
• Contact Point Address:
  Alicia G. Dugan, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 263 Farmington Ave, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
• Email:
  adugan@uchc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance ; Public Safety
• 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
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:701a073145444f5ad618a69eeae597a624b672af193470d2f6d1147fa47fb55638a57f72f426c5623bf594fad5983d138afc35549da59f78971200c26db2982c
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225265/cdc_225265_DS1.pdf
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