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. 2024 Aug 22;23(1):582.
doi: 10.1186/s12912-024-02272-6.

Implementing workplace health promotion in nursing - A process evaluation in different care settings

Jasmin Lützerath  1   2 , Hannah Bleier  3   4 , Madeleine Gernert  5 , Andrea Schaller  4
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Implementing workplace health promotion in nursing - A process evaluation in different care settings

Jasmin Lützerath et al. BMC Nurs. .

Abstract

Objective: Workplace health promotion (WHP) in Germany is receiving increasing support from health insurance funds. Nevertheless, there is hardly any knowledge on the process of how health outcomes are achieved, especially in nursing. The aim of the study was to find out how and what can be implemented in different care settings and to examine the reactions and interactions of the participants under routine conditions.

Methods: Guided by a logic model, a holistic WHP approach was implemented in four acute care hospitals, seven inpatient care facilities and four outpatient care services from April 2021 to October 2022. Data on realized WHP interventions, participant assessment and topics of work design was collected and analyzed descriptively.

Results: The realized WHP interventions were adapted depending on the content and context. Mainly short relaxation interventions were delivered or those with an event character were received by participants. The highest participation rate of planned participants was achieved in team building training. Participants predominantly assessed WHP interventions as useful, the quality as (very) good and were generally (very) satisfied with the intervention components. For work design topics, intentions for the design of work organization were mainly documented in action plans.

Conclusion: Cooperation with practitioners in research should be continued as a contribution to quality development. This could provide suggestions as to which content adjustments lead to greater acceptance by the target group in a specific context.

Trial registration: The project was registered in the German Clinical Trial Register (DRKS00024961, 2021/04/09).

Keywords: Employee health; Implementation and process evaluation; Logic model; Nursing staff; Occupational health and safety; Workplace health promotion.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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Logic model guiding the project
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