Stakeholders’ Perceptions Regarding Adaptation and Implementation of Existing Individual and Environmental Workplace Health Promotion Interventions in Blue-Collar Work Settings
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design, Study Population, and Recruitment Procedures
2.2. Data Collection and Procedures
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. The Availability of Resources
A lot of practically trained staff […] have a direct relationship with the end product [i.e., trucks] we make. They are therefore clocked. They are therefore monitored in terms of time span, how much they are working and that ultimately determines the cost price of a truck.
But here, the fact remains that they [i.e., employees] pass by the warm food first because that is where the entrance is. That is where they pick up their plate, so that is where they pass by the snacks first.
3.2. Professional Obligation
What matters to me is that employees are given the opportunity to participate and that it is encouraged by the employer. I think that is important. I do not mean that the employee or the employer is obliged to do it, not at all, but better offers help us all.
3.3. Expected Cooperation of Employees
I also know that many people have not taken the fitness test because they are afraid that the information it provides will be passed on to the employer, that the employer will do something with it. […] That brings us to the point of interference, while in my opinion, or in my view, I know that it’s not even allowed under the privacy legislation, but people are still wary of it, that it will be used or misused. Well, that’s one side of the coin: ‘OK, you’re offering it to me, but why? What’s in it for you? So are you going to misuse this now if it turns out that I am very unhealthy?’
Especially in our production, everything is standing up, and people are also walking a lot, so I can imagine. I recently spent a day in production. I was glad to be able to sit down. So, well, walking around during lunchtime is a little less attractive, I think, for a production worker, or at least here.
3.4. Compatibility of the Proposed Health Interventions
I think the society at the moment is just peppered with this topic.
3.5. Content of Implementation Tools and Procedures
[…] as long as it’s not too much work, so to speak. It doesn’t have to be such a big deal to have that effect.
So, I do believe that sometimes you just have to do it. Of course, you can ask people all day long: ‘What do you want? And how can we reach you?’ But sometimes, I think that as an organisation, you just have to offer something to help people, but you also have to simply make decisions you want to communicate as an organisation.
4. Discussion
4.1. Discussion of Main Themes
4.1.1. The Availability of Resources
4.1.2. Professional Obligation
4.1.3. Expected Cooperation of Employees
4.1.4. Compatibility of the Proposed Health Interventions
4.1.5. Content of Implementation Tools and Procedures
4.2. Direct and Indirect Barriers Regarding Implementation in Blue-Collar Work Settings
4.3. Strengths and Limitations
4.4. Implications for Practice and Research
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Organisational Industry | Participant’s Organisational Department of Position | Organisational Position |
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Air transport | ||
Human resources | Manager | |
Human resources | Project Manager | |
Automotive and consumer goods | ||
Human resources | Advisor | |
Human resources | Manager | |
Works council | Member | |
Food services and facilities management | ||
Account management | Account Manager | |
Food Safety | Manager | |
Marketing | Manager | |
Quality, Health, Safety, Environmental | Manager | |
Site Services | Manager | |
Governmental | ||
Account management | Contract Manager | |
Human resources | Manager | |
Motor vehicle manufacturing | ||
Catering | General Manager | |
Catering and facilities | Manager | |
Human resources | Programme Manager | |
Human resources | Manager | |
Works council | Member | |
Works council | Member | |
Pharmaceutical | ||
Catering | General manager | |
Catering | On-site manager |
Predetermined Category | Individual Health Promotion Intervention | Environmental Health Promotion Intervention | ||
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The availability of resources | Characteristics of the organisation (MIDI) | Facilitators | x | x |
Barriers |
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Professional obligation | Characteristics of the adopting person (MIDI) | Facilitators |
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Barriers | x |
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Expected cooperation of employees | Characteristics of the adopting person (MIDI) | Facilitators | x | x |
Barriers |
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Compatibility of the proposed health interventions | Characteristics of the innovation(MIDI) | Facilitators |
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Barriers |
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Individual and environmental health promotion intervention | ||||
Implementation tools and procedures | Characteristics of the implementation strategy(added category) | Facilitators |
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Barriers |
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Sponselee, H.C.S.; ter Beek, L.; Renders, C.M.; Robroek, S.J.W.; Steenhuis, I.H.M.; Kroeze, W. Stakeholders’ Perceptions Regarding Adaptation and Implementation of Existing Individual and Environmental Workplace Health Promotion Interventions in Blue-Collar Work Settings. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 13545. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013545
Sponselee HCS, ter Beek L, Renders CM, Robroek SJW, Steenhuis IHM, Kroeze W. Stakeholders’ Perceptions Regarding Adaptation and Implementation of Existing Individual and Environmental Workplace Health Promotion Interventions in Blue-Collar Work Settings. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(20):13545. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013545
Chicago/Turabian StyleSponselee, Hanne C. S., Lies ter Beek, Carry M. Renders, Suzan J. W. Robroek, Ingrid H. M. Steenhuis, and Willemieke Kroeze. 2022. "Stakeholders’ Perceptions Regarding Adaptation and Implementation of Existing Individual and Environmental Workplace Health Promotion Interventions in Blue-Collar Work Settings" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 20: 13545. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013545