Evaluation of the B.strong Queensland Indigenous Health Worker Brief Intervention Training Program for Multiple Health Risk Behaviours

Frances C. Cunningham, Majella G. Murphy, Grace Ward, Royden Fagan, Brian Arley and Peter H. d’Abbs
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Frances C. Cunningham: Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Disease Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Level 10, East Tower, 410 Ann Street, Brisbane 4000, Australia
Majella G. Murphy: Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Disease Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Level 10, East Tower, 410 Ann Street, Brisbane 4000, Australia
Grace Ward: Diabetes Australia, 11 Finchley Street, Milton 4064, Australia
Royden Fagan: Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Disease Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Level 10, East Tower, 410 Ann Street, Brisbane 4000, Australia
Brian Arley: Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Disease Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Level 10, East Tower, 410 Ann Street, Brisbane 4000, Australia
Peter H. d’Abbs: Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Disease Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Level 10, East Tower, 410 Ann Street, Brisbane 4000, Australia

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 8, 1-19

Abstract: Queensland’s B.strong brief intervention training program was a complex intervention developed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers to assist clients address multiple health risks of smoking, poor nutrition and physical inactivity. This study evaluates program effectiveness by applying the Kirkpatrick four-level evaluation model: (1) Reaction, participants’ satisfaction; (2) Learning, changes in participants’ knowledge, confidence, attitudes, skills and usual practice; (3) Behaviour, application of learning to practice; and (4) Results, outcomes resulting from training. A retrospective analysis was conducted on data for respondents completing pre-training, post-workshop and follow-up surveys. Changes in domains such as training participant knowledge, confidence, attitudes, and practices between survey times were assessed using paired-samples t-tests. From 2017–2019, B.strong trained 1150 health professionals, reaching targets for workshop and online training. Findings showed statistically significant improvements from baseline to follow-up in: participants’ knowledge, confidence, and some attitudes to conducting brief interventions in each domain of smoking cessation, nutrition and physical activity; and in the frequency of participants providing client brief interventions in each of the three domains. There was a statistically significant improvement in frequency of participants providing brief interventions for multiple health behaviours at the same time from pre-workshop to follow-up. Indigenous Queenslander telephone counselling referrals for smoking cessation increased during the program period. B.strong improved practitioners’ capacity to deliver brief interventions addressing multiple health risks with Indigenous clients.

Keywords: program evaluation; brief intervention; workforce development; Indigenous; smoking; nutrition; physical activity; multiple health behaviours; primary health care (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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