Stakeholder dialogue on dilemmas at work as a workplace health promotion intervention including employees with a low SEP: a Responsive Evaluation

Abstract

Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the perceived changes of an innovative workplace health promotion intervention and evaluation. In this study, a bottom-up approach was taken to define the central themes and relevant outcomes of an intervention. These central themes and relevant outcomes of the intervention were defined together with stakeholders, including employees with a low socioeconomic position. Methods The intervention consisted of a series of structured stakeholder dialogues in which dilemmas around the – by employees defined —health themes were discussed. The intervention was implemented in a harbor service provider with approximately 400 employees. Over a two-year period, 57 participants engaged in eight dialogues of one hour. 15 interviews and six participant observations took place for the evaluation of the intervention. Results Together with the stakeholders, high workload and mental health were defined as central themes for the dialogue intervention in the male-dominated workplace. The dialogue intervention contributed to changes, on different levels: individual, team, and organization. Overall, the stakeholder dialogues advanced the understanding of factors contributing to high workload and mental health. In reply to this, several actions were taken on a organizational level. Conclusions Taking a bottom-up approach in WHP allows to understand the health issues that are important in the daily reality of employees with a low socioeconomic position. Through this understanding, workplace health promotion can become more suitable and relevant for employees with a low socioeconomic position. Trial registration Netherlands Trial Register (NRT): NL8051. Registration date: 28/09/2019, Retrospectively registered https://www.trialregister.nl

Relationship between Job Burnout, Depressive Symptoms, and Career Choice Regret among Chinese Postgraduates of Stomatology

“…Moreover, we found that work/study time per week influenced burnout outcomes. Working too many hours may increase fatigue and decrease career satisfaction, which may increase job burnout risks [ 48 , 49 ]. Moderate working time helps dental postgraduates to complete their studies better and have adequate rest time to avoid exhaustion and reduce burnout risks.…”

Responsive evaluation: an innovative evaluation methodology for workplace health promotion interventions

“…26 31 32 In the responsive evaluation of the harbour service provider, changes were observed on four Open access levels: case, individual, team and organisational. 27 These changes included the implementation of a programme to enhance mutual understanding between departments, learning from one another and management's improved understanding of employees' issues.…”

“…Throughout this commentary, examples are given from two recent WHP responsive evaluations performed over 2 years in two Dutch organisations with employees with low SEP: a harbour service provider (2018–2021) and a sheltered workplace (2019–2021). The evaluation papers have been/will be published elsewhere 27…”

Employees with a low socioeconomic position as partners in workplace health promotion : how employees’ lifeworld can shape intervention and evaluation

“…In this learning process, understanding is gained on issues that are important for stakeholders, leading to changes in understanding, attitude, and sometimes organizational and/or individual behavior [52,110,170]. In the responsive evaluation of the harbor service provider, changes were observed on four levels: case, individual, team, and organizational [168]. These changes included the implementation of a program to enhance mutual understanding between departments, learning from one another, and management's improved understanding of employees' issues.…”

“…Throughout this commentary, examples are given from two recent WHP responsive evaluations performed over two years in two Dutch organizations with employees with a low SEP: a harbor service provider (2018-2021) and a sheltered workplace (2019-2021). The evaluation papers have been/will be published elsewhere [168].…”