Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated the profound health and safety risks of precariously employed workers, many of whom are disproportionately Latinx and Black. Precarious employment (PE) is a social determinant of health (SDOH) characterized by low wages, hazardous conditions, unstable work schedules, no termination protection, and few benefits. Even before COVID-19, calls for more effective health promotion efforts to address SDOH like PE existed. The University of Illinois at Chicago Center for Healthy Work, Healthy Communities Through Healthy Work developed the Healthy Work Collaborative (HWC) as an evidence-informed capacity building policy, systems, and environmental change (PSE) initiative. The HWC aimed to facilitate cross-sectoral partnerships between health and labor sector partners. The labor sector provided technical assistance (TA) to participants to improve their ability to address PE through PSE. This article reports findings from a mixed-methods evaluation using the Kirkpatrick training model including participants' reactions, learning, behavior, and outcomes. A pre-post survey was administered to participants (N = 21) and analyzed descriptively; 3-month post HWC interviews were conducted (N = 13) and thematically analyzed. Findings included positive results at all Kirkpatrick levels. Participants' reported that the HWC curriculum and delivery was valuable and well received; they demonstrated gains toward addressing PE through PSE knowledge and skills and increased or strengthened health/labor partnerships. In addition, HWC influenced participants' application of HWC concepts, and in a few cases, participants' made changes in policies and plans in their organizational settings. The HWC may serve as a model to address other SDOH through cross-sectoral PSE change.
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