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

Emma Cedstrand, Helle Mølsted Alvesson, Hanna Augustsson, Theo Bodin, Erika Bodin, Anna Nyberg and Gun Johansson
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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
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
Gun Johansson: Unit of Occupational Medicine, Institute for Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 24, 1-14

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.

Keywords: co-creation; occupational health intervention; stress; psychosocial work environment; implementation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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