title: The Intervention Design and Analysis Scorecard: a planning tool for participatory design of integrated health and safety interventions in the workplace.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  As part of a Research-to-Practice Toolkit development effort by the Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace, to develop and test a structured participatory approach for engaging front-line employees in the design of integrated health protection and promotion interventions.
  
  
  METHODS
  On the basis of a participatory ergonomics framework, the Intervention Design and Analysis Scorecard (IDEAS) provides a stepwise approach for developing intervention proposals, including root cause analysis and setting evaluation criteria such as scope, obstacles, and cost/benefit trade-offs. The IDEAS was tested at four diverse worksites with trained facilitators.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Employees were able to develop and gain management support for integrated interventions at each worksite.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The IDEAS can be used effectively by front-line employees to plan integrated interventions in a program dedicated to continuous improvement of employee health protection/promotion and Total Worker Health.
authors.affiliation: From the Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (Drs Robertson, Henning, and Warren, Ms Nobrega, Ms Dove-Steinkamp, Ms Tibirica, Ms Bizarro, and the CPH-NEW Research Team), University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn, and University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Mass; Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety (Dr Robertson), Hopkinton, Mass; University of Connecticut (Dr Henning, Ms Dove-Steinkamp, Ms Bizarro), Storrs, Conn; University of Connecticut Health Center (Dr Warren), Farmington, Conn; and University of Massachusetts Lowell (Ms Nobrega, Ms Tibirica), Lowell, Mass.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Henning
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Warren
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nobrega
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dove-Steinkamp
authors.forename: Lize
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tibirica
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bizarro
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D006804:Ergonomics; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D016272:Occupational Health; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D012107:Research Design; D017132:Workplace