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Table 2 WHP Intervention Topics

From: Health ambassadors in the workplace: a health promotion intervention mobilizing middle managers and RE-AIM evaluation of outcomes

Topic

Intervention

Workplace ID

Nutrition

1. Healthier refreshment options at meetings/events/coffee corner

1, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 13

2. Nutrition/healthy cooking workshops for employees

1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 13

3. Nutrition lectures

3, 4, 5, 13

4. Menu modification in food courts under nutritionist’s recommendation

1, 5, 8

5. Change of organization food supplier to healthier one

8, 13

PA

1. Competitive sport groups

5, 8

2. PA classes

1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 13

3. PA breaks during work hours

1

4. Running groups

5, 13

5. Organization-wide sports day

1, 3, 4, 5, 7

6. Subsidy of gym/pool membership

5

7. Encouragement to take stairs or reduce sedentary time

4, 6

Stress reduction

1. Stress reduction workshops

1, 7, 5

2. Yoga and meditation workshops

7, 13

Screening tests

1. Employee screening for high blood pressure and blood sugar by a nurse

1

2. Employees encouragement to get recommended screenings/Subsidization of screenings

1, 8

Smoking cessation

1. Smoking cessation groups

1, 5, 7, 8

Raising health awareness

1. Health lectures

1, 3, 4, 5, 10

2. Dissemination of health information and tips via organizational digital platforms

3, 4, 7

3. Creation and distribution of paraphernalia with health content (calendars, holiday presents, pamphlets)

1, 7, 10

4. Distribution of “healthy gifts”, such as branded water bottles, stress balls, resistance bands

4, 5, 7, 8

Other

1. Training of additional workplace health promoters

7, 13

2. First aid courses

4, 7, 13

3. Healthy shopping and budgeting workshops

13

4. Cancer awareness lectures

7, 8

5. Ergonomics workshop

4, 5, 7