Table 1 Application of “Five Keys to Healthy Workplaces” (World Health Organization) to the Stand Up Australia Intervention
Keys | Application to Stand Up AustraliaIntervention |
|---|---|
1) Leadership commitment and engagement | - Senior management consultation (gaining leadership commitment, necessary permissions, resources, and support); |
- Representatives consultation workshop (mobilising and gaining commitment from major stakeholders including union representatives and OHS staff) | |
- Manager emails (demonstrating continuous management support) | |
2) Involve workers and their representatives | - Representatives consultation workshop |
- Team champions | |
- Staff information and brainstorming session | |
- Individual coaching session and telephone support calls | |
3) Business ethics and legality | - Development of key messages, instructions, and workstation introduction in collaboration with ergonomists and OHS experts |
- Senior management consultation (aligning study principles with workplace policies) | |
- Representatives consultation workshop (involvement of OHS staff) | |
4) Use a systematic, comprehensive process to ensure effectiveness and continual improvement | - Representatives consultation workshop (involving team of multidisciplinary experts) |
- Staff information and brainstorming session (including elaboration of organisational priorities) | |
- Pre- and post-intervention assessment of workplace sedentary behaviour in line with key intervention messages | |
- Feedback of study results to individuals and the organisation including consultation about future strategies and policy changes | |
- Iterative development with continuous improvement of intervention components | |
5) Sustainability and integration | - Representatives consultation workshop (reducing isolation of work groups, and mobilisation of team champions) |
- Staff information and brainstorming session | |
- Assessment of intervention acceptance, feasibility and fidelity | |
- Assessment of sedentary behaviour change maintenance | |
- Feedback of study results to individuals and the organisation including consultation about future strategies and policy changes |