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Co-Creating an Occupational Health Intervention within the Construction Industry in Sweden: Stakeholder Perceptions of the Process and Output

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  • Emma Cedstrand

    (Unit of Occupational Medicine, Institute for Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Helle Mølsted Alvesson

    (Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Hanna Augustsson

    (Procome Research Group, Medical Management Centre, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Theo Bodin

    (Unit of Occupational Medicine, Institute for Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
    Center of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Stockholm Region, 113 65 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Erika Bodin

    (Unit of Occupational Medicine, Institute for Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Anna Nyberg

    (Unit of Occupational Medicine, Institute for Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
    Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, 751 22 Uppsala, Sweden)

  • Gun Johansson

    (Unit of Occupational Medicine, Institute for Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
    Center of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Stockholm Region, 113 65 Stockholm, Sweden)

Abstract

One way to prevent work-related stress, is to implement primary occupational health interventions aimed at improving the psychosocial work environment. However, such interventions have shown a limited effect, often due to implementation failure and poor contextual fit. Co-creation, where researchers, together with end-users and other relevant stakeholders, develop the intervention is increasingly encouraged. However, few studies have evaluated the effects of co-created interventions, and participants’ experience of the co-creation process. This is one of the first studies evaluating stakeholder perceptions of co-creating an occupational health intervention. We applied a thematic analysis, with data from 12 semi-structured interviews with stakeholders involved in the co-creation. Our results show that the respondents, in general, were satisfied with engaging in the co-creation, and they reported an increased awareness regarding risk factors of stress and how these should be handled. Additionally, the respondents described trust in the intervention activities and a good fit into the context. The study indicates that co-creating occupational health interventions can enhance the implementation and the contextual fit.

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  • Emma Cedstrand & Helle Mølsted Alvesson & Hanna Augustsson & Theo Bodin & Erika Bodin & Anna Nyberg & Gun Johansson, 2021. "Co-Creating an Occupational Health Intervention within the Construction Industry in Sweden: Stakeholder Perceptions of the Process and Output," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(24), pages 1-14, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:24:p:12872-:d:696577
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