Health Promotion at the Workplace Setting: a Protocol for a Systematic Review of Effectiveness and Sustainability of Current Practice in Low-income and Middle-income Countries

Overview

Journal BMJ Open

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2019 May 25

PMID 31122984

Citations 1

Authors

Mary Njeri Wanjau

Belen Zapata-Diomedi

Lennert Veerman

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Abstract

Introduction: Low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) are experiencing a growing disease burden due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Changing behavioural practices, such as diets high in saturated fat, salt and sugar and sedentary lifestyles, have been associated with the increase in NCDs. Health promotion at the workplace setting is considered effective in the fight against NCDs and has been reported to yield numerous benefits. However, there is a need to generate evidence on the effectiveness and sustainability of workplace health promotion practice specific to LMICs. We aim to synthesise the current literature on workplace health promotion in LMICs focusing on interventions effectiveness and sustainability.

Methods And Analysis: We will conduct a systematic review of published studies from LMICs up to 31 March 2019. We will search the following databases: EMBASE, MEDLINE, PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, ProQuest and CINAHL. Two reviewers will independently screen potential articles for inclusion and disagreements will be resolved by consensus. We will appraise the quality and risk of bias of included studies using two tools from the Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions. We will present a narrative overview and assessment of the body of evidence derived from the comprehensive review of the studies. The reported outcomes will be summarised by study design, duration, intensity/frequency of intervention delivery and by the six-priority health promotion action areas set out in the Ottawa Charter. We will conduct a thematic analysis to identify the focus areas of current interventions. This systematic review protocol has been prepared according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta- analyses for Protocols 2015 statement.

Ethics And Dissemination: This study does not require ethics approval. We will disseminate the results of this review through peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations.

Trial Registration Number: CRD42018110853.

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