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. 2007 Aug 15;7:127. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-127

Table 5.

The Participatory Workplace intervention

Step Content Who is involved?
1. Organisational preparation Contact human resource manager or OP to provide information about who is responsible for adjustments in the workplace and what procedures should be followed RTW coordinator
Check that the supervisor of the employee involved has been informed about program, agrees with it and with its possible financial consequences RTW coordinator
Plan appointment for conversations RTW coordinator, employee and supervisor
2. Inventory of barriers for RTW Observation of the workplace RTW coordinator and employee
Interviews about tasks and barriers for RTW RTW coordinator has separate interviews with employee and supervisor
Prioritise barriers for RTW Employee, supervisor and RTW coordinator
3. Thinking of, collecting solutions Think of or collect ideas for solutions Prioritize solutions Employee, supervisor, RTW coordinator and others
4. Preparation of the implementation Plan the implementation of solutions. Employee, supervisor and RTW coordinator
5. Implementing solutions Solutions will be implemented Depends on plan for RTW
Visit employee to give instructions for work RTW coordinator, employee and supervisor
6. Evaluation/control Evaluate situation by phone: have the solutions been implemented or have improvements been made? RTW coordinator has separate evaluations with employee and supervisor

Structure of the Participatory Workplace intervention.