Assessing quality of a worksite health promotion programme from participants’ views: findings from a qualitative study in Malaysia

Liau, Siow‐Yen; Shafie, Asrul Akmal; Ibrahim, MohamedIzham Mohamed

doi:10.1111/j.1369-7625.2011.00742.x

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“…The implications of the findings from the current study align with recommendations from the WHO report, which suggest employment opportunities and workplaces that promote and protect mental health through organizational policies and practices are a priority for action to improve the resilience of the dementia care workforce internationally. Future research may focus on workplace settings that addresses the acceptability and feasibility of stress and coping intervention programmes for dementia care employees.…”

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We are not all coping: a cross‐sectional investigation of resilience in the dementia care workforce

Elliott

Stirling

Martin

et al. 2015

Health Expectations

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BackgroundResearch on workforce development for high‐quality dementia care more often focuses on enhancing employee knowledge and skill and less on managing employee stress and coping at work.ObjectiveTo review employee stress and coping in response to high job demands in community‐based dementia care organizations in Tasmania, Australia.MethodsStress and coping in response to job roles of 25 community‐based dementia care workers were reviewed using self‐report questionnaire data. Data were analysed for descriptive results and at an individual case level. Individual participant scores were reviewed for clinically significant stress and coping factors to create worker profiles of adjustment.ResultsTwo adjustment profiles were found. The ‘global resilience’ profile, where workers showed positive adjustment and resilience indicating they found their jobs highly rewarding, were very confident in their abilities at work and had a strong match between their personal and organizational values. The second ‘isolated distress’ profile was only found in a minority and included poor opportunities for job advancement, a missmatch in personal and work values or clinically high levels of psychological distress.ConclusionAged care workplaces that advocate employee well‐being and support employees to cope with their work roles may be more likely to retain motivated and committed staff. Future research should consider employee stress and coping at the workforce level, and how this can influence high‐quality care delivery by applying the measures identified for this study. Comparative research across different care settings using meta‐analytic studies may then be possible.

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We are not all coping: a cross‐sectional investigation of resilience in the dementia care workforce

Elliott

Stirling

Martin

et al. 2015

Health Expectations

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“…For example, Liau et al used a qualitative method to assess the quality and effectiveness of a work site health promotion intervention targeting cardiovascular risk factors such as smoking, obesity, physical inactivity and unhealthy diet. 37 By using findings from the follow up qualitative inquiry, researchers gained a deeper insight into the ways to improve the intervention that is otherwise unable to be captured from the quantitative arm. An important assertion that needs to be made here is that neither of these designs is implying superiority or inadequacy of either qualitative or quantitative methodology but rather to focus on how to make complementary uses of both methods to fill out, complete or extend the information.…”

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Scope of Mix-method studies in Pharmacy Practice Research

Saleem

Farooqui

Khan³

2015

IJPER

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Conducting pharmacy practice research is particularly challenging owing to the varied approaches and methods available. While quantitative methodology has been traditionally endorsed as the more scientific method of research, there is a growing recognition for qualitative inquiry in the field of pharmacy practice research in the past few decades. Hence, the scope of this paper is to provide an overview on how to apply mixed methodology in pharmacy practice research and to discuss some of the benefits and challenges in employing mixed method. A review of the recent qualitative research done in developing countries was done. A data base search in PubMed® and an open Google® open search were done to identify the mix methods research done in pharmacy practice. Articles identified were included and their findings were described in the results section. It is seen that combining both qualitative and quantitative methodologies can provide a more complete analysis when exploring complex research questions related to pharmacy practice. Although quantitative and qualitative methods are different, one approach is not superior to the other; both have recognized strengths and weaknesses. Using mix methods create relevant and distinctive modes of enquiry in research and help the unification rather than the division of research patterns. Within this context, the field of pharmacy practice research is huge. Mix methods are meant to enrich research in pharmacy practice.

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“…Ten studies employed cross-sectional study methods for monitoring the implementation of WHP programs and assessing the outputs of the interventions. Among them, one study employed the qualitative study method (Liau et al, 2014) and seven others employed mixed-method studies (Abdullah, 2003;Daud, 2003;Hope, 2003;Manothum and Rukijkanpanich, 2010;WPRO, 2001;Yusoff, 2003;Zainuddin, 2003), which provided more insights about the factors related to the effectiveness of WHP intervention.…”

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The effectiveness of workplace health promotion in low- and middle-income countries

Pham

Phung

Nguyen

et al. 2019

Health Promotion International

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Although many literature reviews synthesize literature regarding workplace health promotion (WHP) interventions, systematic reviews on the effectiveness of and factors influencing the operation of WHP activities in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) are scarce. Therefore, we systematically reviewed evaluation studies to examine the effectiveness and factors related to the implementation of WHP programmes in LMIC. Twenty-six peer-reviewed and grey evaluation studies, published before November 2017, were included from electronic databases (PubMed, The Cochrane Library, PsycINFO, EMBASE and Web of Science) and manual searching. The results revealed that WHP intervention in LMIC was effective in reducing health risks in a wide range of industries and settings, including in resource-poor contexts such as small enterprises and the manufacturing industry. The main factors positively influencing the effectiveness of the intervention are long intervention time period, and needs-based and active intervention strategies. In addition, commitment from workplace leaders, the involvement of workers and support from authorities and professionals are factors contributing to a successful WHP programme. However, the evidence regarding the effectiveness of WHP in LMIC regarding the health outcomes and business productivity is inconclusive due to the several remaining methodological limitations. Future developments of more rigorous methods of evaluating the effectiveness of WHP activities should be addressed to produce higher-quality evidence that would inform future practice.

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Assessing quality of a worksite health promotion programme from participants’ views: findings from a qualitative study in Malaysia

Abstract: Background An assessment of the process and outcomes of a health promotion programme is necessary for the continuous improvement of a programme.

Cited by 7 publications

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We are not all coping: a cross‐sectional investigation of resilience in the dementia care workforce

We are not all coping: a cross‐sectional investigation of resilience in the dementia care workforce

Scope of Mix-method studies in Pharmacy Practice Research

The effectiveness of workplace health promotion in low- and middle-income countries

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