Development and piloting of a Checklist for healthy eating And Physical Activity in the Workplace (CEPAW).
Rosanne Freak-Poli; Margaret Brand; Tara Boelsen-Robinson; Oliver Huse; Maximilian de Courten; Anna Peeters
Abstract
To develop and pilot a tool that assesses the infrastructure and policy workplace environment characteristics that may influence employee healthy eating and physical activity behaviours. A checklist was developed with reference to prior tools and piloted at eight worksites. Piloting of the tool demonstrated that it was generally feasible to use, took 1-2 hours to complete and appeared sensitive to differences between workplace environment characteristics. Refinement of the tool occurred after piloting. The final 21-item checklist contains sub-scores capturing policy, infrastructure, healthy eating and physical activity characteristics. This new checklist overcomes some limitations of pre-existing tools as it explicitly considers policy and is short, inexpensive and can be used by workplaces for self-assessment and by health promotion professionals in evaluation studies or as an intervention tool.
Journal | HEALTH PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL |
ISSN | 1460-2245 |
Published | 12 Mar 2021 |
Volume | 36 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 8-19 |
DOI | 10.1093/heapro/daaa026 |
Type | Journal Article |
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