Applying a User Centred Design Approach to Optimise a Workplace Initiative for Wide-Scale Implementation

Ana D. Goode, Matthew Frith, Sarah A. Hyne, Jennifer Burzic and Genevieve N. Healy
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Ana D. Goode: School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Matthew Frith: Kin8, The Commons QV, 3 Albert Coates Lane, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
Sarah A. Hyne: SSH Design, Fitzroy North, Melbourne, VIC 3068, Australia
Jennifer Burzic: School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Genevieve N. Healy: School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 13, 1-18

Abstract: Translation of an effective research intervention into a program able to be implemented in practice typically requires adaptations to ensure the outcomes can be achieved within the applied setting. User centred design (UCD) methodologies can support these iterative adaptations, with this approach being particularly well suited to peer-led interventions, due to a focus on usability. We describe and reflect on the UCD approach that was applied to optimise an online, peer-led workplace health promotion initiative (BeUpstanding: ACTRN12617000682347) to be suitable for wide-scale implementation and evaluation. Optimisation was aligned against the indicators of the RE-AIM (reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, maintenance) framework, with UCD methodologies (discovery interviews, persona and scenario mapping, facilitated workshops, surveys and prototyping) employed to enhance the program according to all RE-AIM dimensions. The core team (content experts, implementation scientist, interaction designer, software developer, business developer) worked closely with policy and practice partners and end users (workplace champions, management and staff) to iteratively develop and test across the RE-AIM indicators. This description and reflection of the process of applying UCD and the RE-AIM framework to the optimisation of BeUpstanding is intended to provide guidance for other behaviour change research adaptations into practice.

Keywords: user centred design; RE-AIM; implementation; workplace; sedentary; health promotion; behaviour change; champion; peer-led (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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