BACKGROUND: There have been few reports of the process of implementing ongoing worksite health promotion programs. This article describes the implementation of a year-long smoking cessation program in nine worksites employing a total of approximately 700 smokers. METHODS: Issues discussed include: forming a partnership with organizations, design of the multicomponent incentive intervention, program promotion, maintaining participation, and the need to modify program components over time. RESULTS: The program produced high participation rates (29% of smokers joined the program) and moderate cessation rates among participants (during the last half of the program, monthly cessation rates averaged 20%). There was marked variability across worksites on both participation and cessation, and qualitative features of organizations associated with outcome are discussed. DISCUSSION: The importance of working with employee steering committees to tailor health promotion programs to fit the organization is discussed. The article concludes with recommendations for implementation of similar programs.
BACKGROUND: There have been few reports of the process of implementing ongoing worksite health promotion programs. This article describes the implementation of a year-long smoking cessation program in nine worksites employing a total of approximately 700 smokers. METHODS: Issues discussed include: forming a partnership with organizations, design of the multicomponent incentive intervention, program promotion, maintaining participation, and the need to modify program components over time. RESULTS: The program produced high participation rates (29% of smokers joined the program) and moderate cessation rates among participants (during the last half of the program, monthly cessation rates averaged 20%). There was marked variability across worksites on both participation and cessation, and qualitative features of organizations associated with outcome are discussed. DISCUSSION: The importance of working with employee steering committees to tailor health promotion programs to fit the organization is discussed. The article concludes with recommendations for implementation of similar programs.
Authors: Caitlin Notley; Sarah Gentry; Jonathan Livingstone-Banks; Linda Bauld; Rafael Perera; Jamie Hartmann-Boyce Journal: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Date: 2019-07-17