%0 Journal Article %A Cameron, Jacqui %A Pidd, Ken %A Roche, Ann %A Lee, Nicole %A Jenner, Linda %D 2018 %T A co-produced cultural approach to workplace alcohol interventions: barriers and facilitators %U https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/A_co-produced_cultural_approach_to_workplace_alcohol_interventions_barriers_and_facilitators/6668147 %R 10.6084/m9.figshare.6668147.v1 %2 https://tandf.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/12189905 %K Process evaluation %K alcohol %K male-dominated workplace %K co-production %K whole-of-workplace %K intervention %X

Background: There is increasing recognition that the workplace holds potential as an alcohol prevention/intervention setting. However, few robust studies of workplace interventions have been conducted. Research to-date has yielded mixed results. The current study aimed to address this knowledge gap by undertaking a process evaluation of the Workplace Alcohol Harm Reduction Project (WRAHP), a co-produced workplace alcohol intervention.

Methods: A process evaluation was embedded within the WRAHP intervention trial. It included site visits (n = 41), site observations (N = 8) and on-site semi-structured key informant interviews (N = 50), conducted over the 3-year evaluation period.

Results: A ‘whole-of-workplace’ plus a ‘co-production’ approach during intervention development and implementation contributed to uptake and sustainability. Seven potential barriers or facilitators emerged: (i) attitudes toward alcohol in the workplace, (ii) policy development and awareness, (iii) referral pathways and access to support, (iv) participation and equity: production pressure, (v) participation and equity: language barriers, (vi) communication and (vii) sustainability of the intervention.

Conclusions: Embedding a tailored alcohol intervention within a ‘worker-wellbeing’ framework promoted acceptance. This approach enabled barriers to be addressed whilst identifying facilitators of success. These results add to a growing evidence base regarding the value of interventions that target alcohol and support replication of similar co-produced interventions in other workplace settings.

%I Taylor & Francis