Barriers and Facilitators of Implementing Workplace Interventions Supporting Young Workers' Safety, Work Environment and Health: A Scoping Review of Qualitative and Mixed-Method Studies.
Emil Sundstrup, Johnny Dyreborg, Anders Dreyer Frost, Karina G V Seeberg, Lars Louis Andersen, Thomas Clausen
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Abstract
Purpose: Young workers face higher risks of workplace accidents, mental health issues, and physical strain. This scoping review aims to identify and summarize available research literature on barriers and facilitators to implementing workplace interventions to support young workers' safety, work environment and health.
Methods: We conducted a comprehensive search in bibliographic databases including PubMed, Web of Science and PsycInfo for articles published from 2007-2022. The PICO strategy guided the assessment of relevant studies and the bibliographical search for qualitative and mixed-method studies on interventions where (1) participants were young workers (mean age 15-29 years), (2) interventions were initiated and/or carried out at the workplace, and (3) barriers or facilitators to the implementation of interventions to support young workers' safety, work environment and health were described. We employed an iterative process to identify general thematic categories in the data.
Results: In total, 11 relevant studies were identified. Seven primary themes related to facilitators and barriers emerged from our analysis. Facilitators: fit the organizational context, organizational support, balance between efforts and gains, employee motivation, and employee involvement; Barriers: high workload and time pressure, shift work and irregular working hours.
Conclusion: There is a lack of intervention studies on young workers focusing on factors for implementation. The studies we find, reveal several factors to be aware of when designing and implementing interventions to support young workers' safety, work environment and health. The results emphasize a need for studies evaluating factors of importance for the successful implementation of workplace-based interventions among young workers.
目的：年轻工人面临着更高的工作场所事故、心理健康问题和身体紧张的风险。这一范围审查的目的是确定和总结现有的研究文献，探讨实施工作场所干预措施的障碍和促进因素，以支持青年工人的安全、工作环境和健康。方法：我们在PubMed、Web of Science和PsycInfo等文献数据库中全面检索2007-2022年发表的文章。PICO战略指导了对相关研究的评估和对干预措施的定性和混合方法研究的文献检索，其中(1)参与者是青年工人（平均年龄15-29岁），(2)在工作场所发起和/或实施干预措施，以及(3)描述了实施干预措施以支持青年工人的安全、工作环境和健康的障碍或促进因素。我们采用迭代过程来确定数据中的一般主题类别。结果：共纳入相关研究11项。从我们的分析中得出了与促进因素和障碍相关的七个主要主题。促进因素：符合组织背景、组织支持、努力与收获之间的平衡、员工激励和员工参与；障碍：工作量大，时间压力大，轮班工作，工作时间不规律。结论：目前缺乏针对青年工作者实施因素的干预研究。我们发现，这些研究揭示了在设计和实施干预措施以支持年轻工人的安全、工作环境和健康时需要注意的几个因素。结果强调需要进行研究，评估在年轻工人中成功实施基于工作场所的干预措施的重要因素。评审报名：PROSPERO CRD42022324299 （https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42022324299）。
期刊介绍：
The Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation is an international forum for the publication of peer-reviewed original papers on the rehabilitation, reintegration, and prevention of disability in workers. The journal offers investigations involving original data collection and research synthesis (i.e., scoping reviews, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses). Papers derive from a broad array of fields including rehabilitation medicine, physical and occupational therapy, health psychology and psychiatry, orthopedics, oncology, occupational and insurance medicine, neurology, social work, ergonomics, biomedical engineering, health economics, rehabilitation engineering, business administration and management, and law. A single interdisciplinary source for information on work disability rehabilitation, the Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation helps to advance the scientific understanding, management, and prevention of work disability.
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