Process Evaluation of Two Participatory Approaches: Implementing Total Worker Health® Interventions in a Correctional Workforce

Dugan, Alicia G.; Farr, Dana A.; Namazi, Sara; Henning, Robert A.; Wallace, Kelly N.; El Ghaziri, Mazen; Punnett, Laura; Dussetschleger, Jeffrey L.; Cherniack, Martin G.

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Process Evaluation of Two Participatory Approaches: Implementing Total Worker Health® Interventions in a Correctional Workforce

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Jul 05 2016
By Dugan, Alicia G. ; Farr, Dana A. ; Namazi, Sara ; ...

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Am J Ind Med
Personal Author:

Dugan, Alicia G. ; Farr, Dana A. ; Namazi, Sara ; Henning, Robert A. ; Wallace, Kelly N. ; El Ghaziri, Mazen ; Punnett, Laura ; Dussetschleger, Jeffrey L. ; Cherniack, Martin G.
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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.
Subjects:

Community-Based Participatory Research Health Promotion Humans Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Prisons Program Development Program Evaluation Safety Management Social Control, Formal
Source:

Am J Ind Med. 59(10):897-918.
Pubmed ID:

27378470
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC5860806
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

U19 OH008857/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States
Place as Subject:

United States
Volume:

59
Issue:

10
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CDC Public Access
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