Supporting workers to sit less and move more through the web-based beupstanding program: Protocol for a single-arm, repeated measures implementation study
Background: The web-based BeUpstanding Champion Toolkit was developed to support work teams in addressing the emergent work health and safety issue of excessive sitting. It provides a step-by-step guide and associated resources that equip a workplace representative-the champion-to adopt and deliver...
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| author | Healy, Genevieve Goode, A.D. Abbott, A. Burzic, J. Clark, B.K. Dunstan, D.W. Eakin, E.G. Frith, M. Gilson, N.D. Gao, L. Gunning, L. Jetann, J. LaMontagne, A.D. Lawler, S.P. Moodie, M. Nguyen, P. Owen, N. Straker, Leon Timmins, P. Ulyate, L. Winkler, E.A.H. |
| author_facet | Healy, Genevieve Goode, A.D. Abbott, A. Burzic, J. Clark, B.K. Dunstan, D.W. Eakin, E.G. Frith, M. Gilson, N.D. Gao, L. Gunning, L. Jetann, J. LaMontagne, A.D. Lawler, S.P. Moodie, M. Nguyen, P. Owen, N. Straker, Leon Timmins, P. Ulyate, L. Winkler, E.A.H. |
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| description | Background: The web-based BeUpstanding Champion Toolkit was developed to support work teams in addressing the emergent work health and safety issue of excessive sitting. It provides a step-by-step guide and associated resources that equip a workplace representative-the champion-to adopt and deliver the 8-week intervention program (BeUpstanding) to their work team. The evidence-informed program is designed to raise awareness of the benefits of sitting less and moving more, build a supportive culture for change, and encourage staff to take action to achieve this change. Work teams collectively choose the strategies they want to implement and promote to stand up, sit less, and move more, with this bespoke and participative approach ensuring the strategies are aligned with the team's needs and existing culture. BeUpstanding has been iteratively developed and optimized through a multiphase process to ensure that it is fit for purpose for wide-scale implementation.
Objective: The study aimed to describe the current version of BeUpstanding, and the methods and protocol for a national implementation trial.
Methods: The trial will be conducted in collaboration with five Australian workplace health and safety policy and practice partners. Desk-based work teams from a variety of industries will be recruited from across Australia via partner-led referral pathways. Recruitment will target sectors (small business, rural or regional, call center, blue collar, and government) that are of priority to the policy and practice partners. A minimum of 50 work teams will be recruited per priority sector with a minimum of 10,000 employees exposed to the program. A single-arm, repeated-measures design will assess the short-term (end of program) and long-term (9 months postprogram) impacts. Data will be collected on the web via surveys and toolkit analytics and by the research team via telephone calls with champions. The Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance Framework will guide the evaluation, with assessment of the adoption/reach of the program (the number and characteristics of work teams and participating staff), program implementation (completion by the champion of core program components), effectiveness (on workplace sitting, standing, and moving), and maintenance (sustainability of changes). There will be an economic evaluation of the costs and outcomes of scaling up to national implementation, including intervention affordability and sustainability.
Results: The study received funding in June 2018 and the original protocol was approved by institutional review board on January 9, 2017, with national implementation trial consent and protocol amendment approved March 12, 2019. The trial started on June 12, 2019, with 48 teams recruited as of December 2019.
Conclusions: The implementation and multimethod evaluation of BeUpstanding will provide the practice-based evidence needed for informing the potential broader dissemination of the program. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-799612021-01-08T07:54:28Z Supporting workers to sit less and move more through the web-based beupstanding program: Protocol for a single-arm, repeated measures implementation study Healy, Genevieve Goode, A.D. Abbott, A. Burzic, J. Clark, B.K. Dunstan, D.W. Eakin, E.G. Frith, M. Gilson, N.D. Gao, L. Gunning, L. Jetann, J. LaMontagne, A.D. Lawler, S.P. Moodie, M. Nguyen, P. Owen, N. Straker, Leon Timmins, P. Ulyate, L. Winkler, E.A.H. activity evaluation health and safety health promotion implementation trial occupational public health sitting web-based workplace Background: The web-based BeUpstanding Champion Toolkit was developed to support work teams in addressing the emergent work health and safety issue of excessive sitting. It provides a step-by-step guide and associated resources that equip a workplace representative-the champion-to adopt and deliver the 8-week intervention program (BeUpstanding) to their work team. The evidence-informed program is designed to raise awareness of the benefits of sitting less and moving more, build a supportive culture for change, and encourage staff to take action to achieve this change. Work teams collectively choose the strategies they want to implement and promote to stand up, sit less, and move more, with this bespoke and participative approach ensuring the strategies are aligned with the team's needs and existing culture. BeUpstanding has been iteratively developed and optimized through a multiphase process to ensure that it is fit for purpose for wide-scale implementation. Objective: The study aimed to describe the current version of BeUpstanding, and the methods and protocol for a national implementation trial. Methods: The trial will be conducted in collaboration with five Australian workplace health and safety policy and practice partners. Desk-based work teams from a variety of industries will be recruited from across Australia via partner-led referral pathways. Recruitment will target sectors (small business, rural or regional, call center, blue collar, and government) that are of priority to the policy and practice partners. A minimum of 50 work teams will be recruited per priority sector with a minimum of 10,000 employees exposed to the program. A single-arm, repeated-measures design will assess the short-term (end of program) and long-term (9 months postprogram) impacts. Data will be collected on the web via surveys and toolkit analytics and by the research team via telephone calls with champions. The Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance Framework will guide the evaluation, with assessment of the adoption/reach of the program (the number and characteristics of work teams and participating staff), program implementation (completion by the champion of core program components), effectiveness (on workplace sitting, standing, and moving), and maintenance (sustainability of changes). There will be an economic evaluation of the costs and outcomes of scaling up to national implementation, including intervention affordability and sustainability. Results: The study received funding in June 2018 and the original protocol was approved by institutional review board on January 9, 2017, with national implementation trial consent and protocol amendment approved March 12, 2019. The trial started on June 12, 2019, with 48 teams recruited as of December 2019. Conclusions: The implementation and multimethod evaluation of BeUpstanding will provide the practice-based evidence needed for informing the potential broader dissemination of the program. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79961 10.2196/15756 eng http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1149936 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1107168 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1078360 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1057608 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1003960 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ fulltext |
| spellingShingle | activity evaluation health and safety health promotion implementation trial occupational public health sitting web-based workplace Healy, Genevieve Goode, A.D. Abbott, A. Burzic, J. Clark, B.K. Dunstan, D.W. Eakin, E.G. Frith, M. Gilson, N.D. Gao, L. Gunning, L. Jetann, J. LaMontagne, A.D. Lawler, S.P. Moodie, M. Nguyen, P. Owen, N. Straker, Leon Timmins, P. Ulyate, L. Winkler, E.A.H. Supporting workers to sit less and move more through the web-based beupstanding program: Protocol for a single-arm, repeated measures implementation study |
| title | Supporting workers to sit less and move more through the web-based beupstanding program: Protocol for a single-arm, repeated measures implementation study |
| title_full | Supporting workers to sit less and move more through the web-based beupstanding program: Protocol for a single-arm, repeated measures implementation study |
| title_fullStr | Supporting workers to sit less and move more through the web-based beupstanding program: Protocol for a single-arm, repeated measures implementation study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Supporting workers to sit less and move more through the web-based beupstanding program: Protocol for a single-arm, repeated measures implementation study |
| title_short | Supporting workers to sit less and move more through the web-based beupstanding program: Protocol for a single-arm, repeated measures implementation study |
| title_sort | supporting workers to sit less and move more through the web-based beupstanding program: protocol for a single-arm, repeated measures implementation study |
| topic | activity evaluation health and safety health promotion implementation trial occupational public health sitting web-based workplace |
| url | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1149936 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1149936 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1149936 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1149936 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1149936 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79961 |