title: Culture, management and finances as key aspects for healthy workplace initiatives.
abstract: The aim of this study was to qualitatively explore the barriers and enablers to implementing healthy workplace initiatives in a sample of workplaces based in Perth, Western Australia. In-depth interviews were conducted with representatives from 31 organizations representing small, medium and large businesses in the Perth metropolitan area which reported having healthy workplace initiatives. In total, 43 factors were mentioned as influencing the implementation of healthy workplace initiatives. Factors appearing to exert the most influence on the implementation of health promoting initiatives in this sample were culture; support from managers and staff; collaboration with industry providers; financial resources circumstances and the physical environment. These factors appeared to be mutually reinforcing and interconnected. Findings suggest there may be merit in applying an organizational development lens to the implementation of workplace health promotion initiatives as this could assist in leveraging enablers and minimizing barriers.
authors.affiliation: School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: Pippa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Waterworth
authors.affiliation: School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.|School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet), ANU College of Asia & The Pacific, The Australian National University, Fellows Road, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.|The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre, Sax Institute, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pescud
authors.affiliation: College of Business, Western New England University, 1215 Wilbraham Road, Springfield, MA 01119, USA.
authors.forename: Stacie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chappell
authors.affiliation: School of Population Health.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.affiliation: UWA Business School, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: Dee
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roche
authors.affiliation: National Heart Foundation (WA Branch), 334 Rokeby Road, Subiaco, WA 6008, Australia.
authors.forename: Trevor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shilton
authors.affiliation: Cancer Council WA, 420 Bagot Road, Subiaco, WA 6008, Australia.
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ledger
authors.affiliation: Cancer Council WA, 420 Bagot Road, Subiaco, WA 6008, Australia.
authors.forename: Terry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Slevin
authors.affiliation: School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.|Health Promotion Evaluation Unit, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D003469:Culture; D005376:Financial Management; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006295:Health Resources; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007857:Leadership; D036301:Qualitative Research; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: barriers and enablers; implementation; qualitative research; workplace health promotion