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. 2020 Jul 15;17(14):5093. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17145093

Table 2.

Description of the intervention components and refinements made informed by the pilot.

Intervention Components Description of Activities Anticipated Timing Adapatation Made during Pilot Future Recommendations Based on Pilot
Needs Assessment (NA) to determine workers’ experiences ITTs over 3 days facilitated by research team Week 1 ITTs were conducted over 2 weeks due to multiple sites. Some sites had 2 ITTs on same day Allowed flexibility in ITTs timing to meet company’s needs
Provided resources for company to complete their own NA
Develop Steering Committee (SC) Workers and managers invited to participate in an intervention SC Week 1 SC composition and location changed to work with existing structures Adapted SC so company can use existing committee if one is present
Report generated by Research Team Using NA data, a report is generated using a systematic iterative process Week 2 No adaptations were made to the report. However, an we added a meeting to review the report with company leadership prior to the first SC meeting. Add review of the report by company leadership prior to first SC meeting
Prioritization of intervention topics by SC Training on prioritization and action planning process Week 3 Company selected more than one topic area per cycle as some topics were quick wins and some required longer. Company can select more than one topic area per cycle.
Review report Developed FAQs and tip sheets to support in-person training
Prioritize intervention focus area
Action planning and implementation of strategies Steering committee meetings to develop action plans Weeks 4–8 Action planning took approx. three months to complete a cycle Increased time for each cycle
Implement action plans between meetings
Toolbox Talks (TT) with workers Toolbox talks on NA topics Week 8 No adaptations made Moved TTs earlier in the intervention cycle
Toolbox talk to communicate action plans Developed new TTs based on company’s priority NA topics Developed new TTs based on company’s NA topics
Sustainability of the program Continuing the cycles After the program Company adapted activities to fit with existing systems and structures Developed FAQs/tipsheets for companies on how to complete activities themselves