Do regulatory tools instigate measures to prevent work-related psychosocial and ergonomic risk factors? A process evaluation of a Labour inspection authority trial in the Norwegian home-care services.

Autor: Johannessen HA; Department of Work Psychology and Physiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Majorstuen, 5330, N-0034, Oslo, Norway. hajo@stami.no., Knardahl S; National Institute of Occupational Health, Majorstuen, 5330, N-0034, Oslo, Norway., Emberland JS; Department of Work Psychology and Physiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Majorstuen, 5330, N-0034, Oslo, Norway., Skare Ø; Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Majorstuen, 5330, N-0034, Oslo, Norway., Finnanger Garshol B; Department of Work Psychology and Physiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Majorstuen, 5330, N-0034, Oslo, Norway.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC research notes [BMC Res Notes] 2022 Nov 18; Vol. 15 (1), pp. 349. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Nov 18.
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-022-06244-4
Abstrakt: Objective: There is a research gap regarding the way managers and employee representatives respond to Labour Authority interventions targeting work-related psychosocial and ergonomic risk factors. The present study aimed to determine if (I) labour inspections and (II) guidance-through-workshops led by inspectors were perceived by the target audience as equally useful and educational; and to determine if utility and enhanced knowledge were associated with the implementation of measures to prevent work-related risk factors. Finally, it aimed to determine if the managers in the intervention groups to a greater extent than the controls reported implementing such measures.
Results: Managers and employee representatives in both intervention groups reported a high level of perceived utility as well as a high level of enhanced knowledge. Both utility (p < 0.05) and enhanced knowledge (p < 0.05) were significantly associated with the implementation of, or plans to soon implement, measures to improve working conditions. When compared to controls, implemented measures, or plans to implement measures, were reported significantly more frequently by managers in the inspection group (p < 0.05). Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03855163 Registered on February 26, 2019.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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