Success or failure? Interpreting and understanding the impact of interventions in four similar worksites
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Success or failure? Interpreting and understanding the impact of interventions in four similar worksites. / Nielsen, Karina; Fredslund, Hanne; Christensen, Karl B.; Albertsen, Karen.
I: Work and Stress, Bind 20, Nr. 3, 01.07.2006, s. 272-287.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Success or failure? Interpreting and understanding the impact of interventions in four similar worksites
AU - Nielsen, Karina
AU - Fredslund, Hanne
AU - Christensen, Karl B.
AU - Albertsen, Karen
PY - 2006/7/1
Y1 - 2006/7/1
N2 - While many studies of interventions have focused on their content and immediate effects, less research has focused on the processes that may explain these effects. The purpose of this study was to show how process evaluation can be used to interpret the results of an intervention study in four industrial canteens in Denmark. Two canteens acted as intervention groups and two as comparison groups. Effects were measured by surveys before and after interventions, and observations and interviews were conducted to provide an in-depth understanding of processes. Analyses were conducted based on the responses from 118 employees. Results showed, contrary to expectations, improvements in working conditions and well-being in one intervention group and in one comparison group, whereas no improvements were found in the two remaining groups. Data from the process evaluation enabled a meaningful interpretation of these results, raising the possibility programme failure rather than theory failure, and thereby constituting an example of how process evaluation can shed light over the factors that may influence outcomes in controlled intervention studies.
AB - While many studies of interventions have focused on their content and immediate effects, less research has focused on the processes that may explain these effects. The purpose of this study was to show how process evaluation can be used to interpret the results of an intervention study in four industrial canteens in Denmark. Two canteens acted as intervention groups and two as comparison groups. Effects were measured by surveys before and after interventions, and observations and interviews were conducted to provide an in-depth understanding of processes. Analyses were conducted based on the responses from 118 employees. Results showed, contrary to expectations, improvements in working conditions and well-being in one intervention group and in one comparison group, whereas no improvements were found in the two remaining groups. Data from the process evaluation enabled a meaningful interpretation of these results, raising the possibility programme failure rather than theory failure, and thereby constituting an example of how process evaluation can shed light over the factors that may influence outcomes in controlled intervention studies.
KW - Intervention
KW - Participatory action research
KW - Process evaluation
KW - Well-being
KW - Work-related stress
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33751270387&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/02678370601022688
DO - 10.1080/02678370601022688
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:33751270387
VL - 20
SP - 272
EP - 287
JO - Work and Stress
JF - Work and Stress
SN - 0267-8373
IS - 3
ER -
ID: 199064417