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Siebeck OS, Hoving C. Characteristics of a Successful Nurse Peer Champion in the Implementation of Innovative Digital Technologies in Hospitals: A Qualitative Study. PEC INNOVATION 2024; 5:100339. [PMID: 39380690 PMCID: PMC11460499 DOI: 10.1016/j.pecinn.2024.100339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2024] [Revised: 08/19/2024] [Accepted: 08/29/2024] [Indexed: 10/10/2024]
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Objectives Using the Motivational Theory of Role Modelling as a framework, this study explores which attributes nurses deem essential for an effective peer champion, particularly in digital transformation processes within hospitals. Methods A qualitative study was conducted with semi-structured interviews. Transcripts were coded using a hybrid approach of inductive and deductive coding and analysed using thematic analysis. Results Ten nurses from Germany participated. The attributes most often mentioned were competence, taking on responsibility, a positive and passionate attitude, transferring knowledge and supporting aspirants in applying it, and leadership skills. Four types of champions were identified: a pragmatic and structured champion, a passionate innovator, a social and outgoing team leader, and a calm and empathetic team leader. Conclusions The findings largely align with the body of literature on peer champion characteristics in other populations and should therefore be used to guide peer champion application in hospitals to enhance effective implementation of innovations. Innovation The identification of four unique champion types offers an innovative contribution to the field. Highlighting the unique requirements of nurses when implementing innovative technologies in healthcare, this study emphasises the importance of involving end-users in the design and implementation process of new technologies, a crucial step towards a more sustainable and user-centred digital health ecosystem.
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- Department of Health Promotion, Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Healy GN, Goode AD, Ulyate L, Abbott A, Dunstan DW, Eakin EG, Gilson ND, Gunning L, Jetann J, LaMontagne AD, Moodie M, Mulcahy S, Owen N, Shilton T, Sweeny L, Straker L, Winkler EAH. National implementation trial of BeUpstanding™: an online initiative for workers to sit less and move more. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2024; 21:111. [PMID: 39350268 PMCID: PMC11441226 DOI: 10.1186/s12966-024-01652-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2024] [Accepted: 09/09/2024] [Indexed: 10/04/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The online BeUpstanding™ program is an eight-week workplace-delivered intervention for desk-based workers to raise awareness of the benefits of sitting less and moving more and build a supportive culture for change. A workplace representative (the "champion") delivers the program, which includes a workshop where teams collectively choose their sit less/move more strategies. A toolkit provides the champion with a step-by-step guide and associated resources to support program uptake, delivery, and evaluation. Here we report on the main findings from the Australian national implementation trial of BeUpstanding. METHODS Recruitment (12/06/2019 to 30/09/2021) was supported by five policy and practice partners, with desk-based work teams from across Australia targeted. Effectiveness was measured via a single arm, repeated-measures trial. Data were collected via online surveys, toolkit analytics, and telephone calls with champions. The RE-AIM framework guided evaluation, with adoption/reach (number and characteristics); effectiveness (primary: self-reported workplace sitting time); implementation (completion of core components; costs); and, maintenance intentions reported here. Linear mixed models, correcting for cluster, were used for effectiveness, with reach, adoption, implementation, and maintenance outcomes described. RESULTS Of the 1640 website users who signed-up to BeUpstanding during the recruitment period, 233 were eligible, 198 (85%) provided preliminary consent, and 118 (50.6%) champions consented and started the trial, with 94% (n = 111 champions) completing. Trial participation was from across Australia and across industries, and reached 2,761 staff, with 2,248 participating in the staff survey(s): 65% female; 64% university educated; 17% from a non-English speaking background. The program effectively changed workplace sitting (-38.5 [95%CI -46.0 to -28.7] minutes/8-hour workday) and all outcomes targeted by BeUpstanding (behaviours and culture), with small-to-moderate statistically-significant effects observed. All participating teams (n = 94) completed at least 5/7 core steps; 72.4% completed all seven. Most champions spent $0 (72%) or >$0-$5 (10%) per team member; most (67/70 96%) intended to continue or repeat the program. CONCLUSIONS BeUpstanding can be adopted and successfully implemented by a range of workplaces, reach a diversity of staff, and be effective at creating a supportive culture for teams of desk-based workers to sit less and move more. Learnings will inform optimisation of the program for longer-term sustainability. TRIAL REGISTRATION ACTRN12617000682347.
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- Genevieve N Healy
- The University of Queensland, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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- The University of Queensland, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Work Health Design (retired), Workplace Health and Safety Qld, Office of Industrial Relations, Queensland, Australia
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- Physical Activity Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, 75 Commercial Road, Melbourne, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Deakin University, Institute for Health Transformation, Determinants of Health Unit, Melbourne, Australia
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- Deakin University, Institute for Health Transformation, Determinants of Health Unit, Melbourne, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Physical Activity Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, 75 Commercial Road, Melbourne, Australia
- Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
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- Work Health Design (retired), Workplace Health and Safety Qld, Office of Industrial Relations, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Public Health, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, Australia
- School of Allied Health, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Sherman BW, Stiehl E, Gupta R, Pratap PL. The Importance of Human-centered Design in Equitable Health Promotion Initiatives. Am J Health Promot 2024; 38:443-447. [PMID: 38418437 DOI: 10.1177/08901171241232057f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2024]
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- Bruce W Sherman
- University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA
- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Edwardson CL, Abell L, Clarke-Cornwell A, Dunstan DW, Gray LJ, Healy GN, Hadjiconstantinou M, Wilson P, Maylor B, Munir F, Biddle SJ. Implementation and engagement of the SMART Work & Life sitting reduction intervention: an exploratory analysis on intervention effectiveness. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2023; 20:148. [PMID: 38115044 PMCID: PMC10729557 DOI: 10.1186/s12966-023-01548-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 12/09/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND To enhance the impact of interventions, it is important to understand how intervention engagement relates to study outcomes. We report on the level of implementation and engagement with the SMART Work & Life (SWAL) programme (delivered with (SWAL plus desk) and without a height-adjustable desk (SWAL)) and explore the effects of different levels of this on change in daily sitting time in comparison to the control group. METHODS The extent of intervention delivery by workplace champions and the extent of engagement by champions and participants (staff) with each intervention activity was assessed by training attendance logs, workplace champion withdrawal dates, intervention activities logs and questionnaires. These data were used to assess whether a cluster met defined criteria for low, medium, or high implementation and engagement or none of these. Mixed effects linear regression analyses tested whether change in sitting time varied by: (i) the number of intervention activities implemented and engaged with, and (ii) the percentage of implementation and engagement with all intervention strategies. RESULTS Workplace champions were recruited for all clusters, with 51/52 (98%) attending training. Overall, 12/27 (44.4%) SWAL and 9/25 (36.0%) SWAL plus desk clusters implemented all main intervention strategies. Across remaining clusters, the level of intervention implementation varied. Those in the SWAL (n = 8 (29.6%) clusters, 80 (32.1%) participants) and SWAL plus desk (n = 5 (20.0%) clusters, 41 (17.1%) participants) intervention groups who implemented and engaged with the most intervention strategies and had the highest percentage of cluster implementation and engagement with all intervention strategies sat for 30.9 (95% CI -53.9 to -7.9, p = 0.01) and 75.6 (95% CI -103.6 to -47.7, p < 0.001) fewer minutes/day respectively compared to the control group at 12 month follow up. These differences were larger than the complete case analysis. The differences in sitting time observed for the medium and low levels were similar to the complete case analysis. CONCLUSIONS Most intervention strategies were delivered to some extent across the clusters although there was large variation. Superior effects for sitting reduction were seen for those intervention groups who implemented and engaged with the most intervention components and had the highest level of cluster implementation and engagement. TRIAL REGISTRATION ISRCTN11618007. Registered on 24 January 2018. https://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTNISRCTN11618007 .
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- Charlotte L Edwardson
- Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE5 4PW, UK.
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, Leicester, LE5 4PW, UK.
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
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- School of Health & Society, University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, M6 6PU, UK
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia
- Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC, 3125, Australia
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- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, Leicester, LE5 4PW, UK
- Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
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- School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Leicester Diabetes Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, LE5 4PW, UK
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- Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE5 4PW, UK
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, Leicester, LE5 4PW, UK
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- School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK
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- Centre for Health Research, University of Southern Queensland, Springfield Central, QLD, 4300, Australia
- Faculty of Sport & Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, FI-40014, Finland
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Jiao D, Tang J, Guo R. Proactive health interventions in the workplace: The role of spatial playfulness in promoting mental health. Work 2023; 76:1203-1217. [PMID: 37212083 DOI: 10.3233/wor-220486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The high prevalence of mental illnesses has a serious impact on productive life and there is an urgent need to intervene using a variety of active and effective measures. OBJECTIVE The concept of playfulness in space is introduced into the design of work spaces oriented towards active health interventions, creating a close interaction between the body and the space through play, thus developing a positive effect on the promotion of the physical and mental health of the staff. METHODS With the help of the spatial order theory, the analysis of the interaction between body and space is attempted to explore the form, structure and scene of space in order to optimize the body's perception, cognition and behavior in the space, thus creating an indoor workspace model with positive intervention effects on human health. RESULTS Based on the idea of spatial playful participation in active health interventions, this study explores the interaction between the body and the architectural space to enhance the perception and cognitive guidance of the space for the individual and to have a pleasant spiritual experience in the interaction to relieve work stress and enhance mental health. CONCLUSION This series of discussions on the relationship between architectural space and the human body is of great relevance in improving the public health of occupational groups.
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- Dian Jiao
- School of Architecture and Fine Arts, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
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- School of Architecture and Fine Arts, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
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- School of Architecture and Fine Arts, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
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