Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify the extent to which sedentary behavior interventions are being implemented in Kansas worksites. The WorkWell KS Physical Activity Assessment was administered online to 111 worksites across Kansas from October 2016 through April 2018. Each worksite identified a point of contact to complete the worksite-level assessment. Four of the WorkWell KS Physical Activity Assessment’s items assessed interventions that may reduce employees’ sedentary behavior: offering point-of-decision prompts to reduce employees’ sedentary behavior, offering a program for employees to reduce their sedentary time at work, having an organizational norm that allows employees to stand, stretch, and/or move during meetings at least every 30 minutes, and offering standing desks. All 111 worksites that participated in the WorkWell KS Physical Activity Workshop completed the WorkWell KS Physical Activity Assessment, resulting in a 100% response rate. Most worksites (59%, n = 65) reported offering no information, program, policy, or environmental change interventions aimed to reduce sedentary behavior. The most commonly reported intervention offered by worksites to reduce employees’ sedentary behavior was standing desks (32%, n = 35). Overall, participating worksites reported implementing a few interventions that are designed to reduce sedentary behavior.
Highlights
Sedentary behavior has been identified as a risk factor, independent of physical inactivity, for several cancers including colorectal, endometrial, prostate, and lung cancer [1,2,3], as well as being a host of other chronic diseases [4]
Of the 111 worksite teams that participated in a WorkWell KS Physical Activity workshop, 103 had participated in a WorkWell KS Building the Foundation workshop
This study offers an important perspective within sedentary behavior research—there is currently minimal implementation of promising practices to reduce sedentary behavior among a sample of Kansas worksites
Summary
Sedentary behavior has been identified as a risk factor, independent of physical inactivity, for several cancers including colorectal, endometrial, prostate, and lung cancer [1,2,3], as well as being a host of other chronic diseases [4]. Researchers are beginning to explore potentially effective sedentary behavior interventions at a time when multiple-level, multi-strategy interventions (information + environment) are of increasing relevance, in the workplace [6,7]. These comprehensive workplace wellness interventions, adopting best practices at multiple levels of the social ecological model, are capable of creating a culture shift necessary to make an impact [8,9]. Public Health 2018, 15, 1745; doi:10.3390/ijerph15081745 www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph
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