Test@Work Study: Evaluation of Attitudes and Uptake Within Employee Health Checks in the Construction Industry
- Conditions
- HIV
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Test@Work
- Registration Number
- NCT04292002
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
- Brief Summary
This project is called Test@Work. In this project the investigators will offer general health checks and tailored health advice to up to 650 employees in the construction industry at sites across the East Midlands. The investigators will assess reach and uptake, and evaluate the views and perceptions of employees, managers and the delivery team. Health checks will include Body Mass Index (BMI; weight/height), waist-to-hip ratio, blood pressure, mental health screen, sexual health consultation and an opt-in rapid screening test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Employees will be provided with a resource pack with information and signposting around physical activity, diabetes risk, diet, and musculoskeletal health. A digital resource providing information and signposting about workplace health screening and HIV testing will be developed and provided to managers at the participating worksites 2 weeks before their health check event.
Employees will be offered an additional text messaging service involving receipt of a series of messages with advice around HIV and testing alongside general health information. Employees will complete post-health check exit questionnaires and an exit interview. Managers will complete a post-event evaluation questionnaire and post-event interview. Mixed-methods evaluation will include assessment of reach, uptake, and intervention implementation processes.
- Detailed Description
The investigators will collect evaluation data with employees and company representatives.
Employees: will complete exit-questionnaires and be invited to a brief exit interview.
The investigators will collect by anonymous questionnaire: age, gender, country of birth, ethnicity, postcode, sexual orientation, employment status (FT/PT, permanent, agency, contract worker), reasons for attending, health perceptions, prior HIV testing history, influence of work on health, perceptions of employers provision for health and wellbeing, perceptions towards HIV testing in the workplace, range of tests undertaken, views about the workplace health check and future health intentions. Personal identifiers will not be collected and questionnaire data will not be provided to employers. Those employees who agree to be interviewed after the health check will be invited to a brief independent confidential interview with the project researcher.
Company representatives: will complete brief post-event questionnaire and be invited to post-event interview
The investigators will ask about the organisational/employee profile, their perceptions of company provision for health and wellbeing, perceptions towards the usefulness of the implementation toolkit and towards HIV testing in the workplace, method of delivery and their confidence to support employees who disclose a positive test outcome, views about the workplace health check and future implementation intentions.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 456
- employee of a company in construction or related industries
- provides informed consent
- does not speak English
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Health Checks Test@Work Workplace health checks - in this intervention employees can select from a range of optional health checks/tests and receive tailored health advice and a health resource pack.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Health check uptake Rolling intervention delivery and data collection over 15 months Percentage of employees choosing to take a workplace health check from total employee population across all sites
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method reasons for attending immediately post-event Qualitative data collected on reasons for opting in to health check
range of tests undertaken during the health check, and qualitative data immediately post-event which of the optional checks/tests were taken by the employee
perceptions towards HIV testing in the workplace immediately post-event Qualitative data collected on employee views towards HIV testing at work
perceptions of employer's provision for health and wellbeing immediately post-event Qualitative data collected on perceptions towards employer
Employee demographic profile At recruitment Age, Gender, country of birth, ethnicity, postcode, sexual orientation, employment status (full-time or part-time, permanent, agency, contract worker)
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Nottingham
🇬🇧Nottingham, United Kingdom