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NCT Number: NCT04292002

Test@Work Study: Evaluation of Attitudes and Uptake Within Employee Health Checks in the Construction Industry

This project is called Test@Work. In this project the investigators will offer general health checks and tailored health advice to up to 650 employees in the construction industry at sites across the East Midlands. The investigators will assess reach and uptake, and evaluate the views and perceptions of employees, managers and the delivery team. Health checks will include Body Mass Index (BMI; weight/height), waist-to-hip ratio, blood pressure, mental health screen, sexual health consultation and an opt-in rapid screening test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Employees will be provided with a resource pack with information and signposting around physical activity, diabetes risk, diet, and musculoskeletal health. A digital resource providing information and signposting about workplace health screening and HIV testing will be developed and provided to managers at the participating worksites 2 weeks before their health check event.

Employees will be offered an additional text messaging service involving receipt of a series of messages with advice around HIV and testing alongside general health information. Employees will complete post-health check exit questionnaires and an exit interview. Managers will complete a post-event evaluation questionnaire and post-event interview. Mixed-methods evaluation will include assessment of reach, uptake, and intervention implementation processes.

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Key information

Conditions

HIV

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Nottingham

Nottingham, NG72HA, United Kingdom

About this study

The investigators will collect evaluation data with employees and company representatives.

Employees: will complete exit-questionnaires and be invited to a brief exit interview.

The investigators will collect by anonymous questionnaire: age, gender, country of birth, ethnicity, postcode, sexual orientation, employment status (FT/PT, permanent, agency, contract worker), reasons for attending, health perceptions, prior HIV testing history, influence of work on health, perceptions of employers provision for health and wellbeing, perceptions towards HIV testing in the workplace, range of tests undertaken, views about the workplace health check and future health intentions. Personal identifiers will not be collected and questionnaire data will not be provided to employers. Those employees who agree to be interviewed after the health check will be invited to a brief independent confidential interview with the project researcher.

Company representatives: will complete brief post-event questionnaire and be invited to post-event interview

The investigators will ask about the organisational/employee profile, their perceptions of company provision for health and wellbeing, perceptions towards the usefulness of the implementation toolkit and towards HIV testing in the workplace, method of delivery and their confidence to support employees who disclose a positive test outcome, views about the workplace health check and future implementation intentions.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • employee of a company in construction or related industries
  • provides informed consent

Exclusion criteria

  • does not speak English

Treatment and study plan

Test@Work

Behavioral

Offer of a general health check including opt-in sexual health consultation and HIV testing, weight/height, Body Mass Index (BMI), blood pressure, mental health screen. Provision of tailored health advice and a resource pack with information and signposting.

Primary outcomes

  1. Health check uptake

    Time frame: Rolling intervention delivery and data collection over 15 months

    Percentage of employees choosing to take a workplace health check from total employee population across all sites

Secondary outcomes

  1. reasons for attending

    Time frame: immediately post-event

    Qualitative data collected on reasons for opting in to health check

  2. perceptions of employer's provision for health and wellbeing

    Time frame: immediately post-event

    Qualitative data collected on perceptions towards employer

  3. perceptions towards HIV testing in the workplace

    Time frame: immediately post-event

    Qualitative data collected on employee views towards HIV testing at work

  4. range of tests undertaken

    Time frame: during the health check, and qualitative data immediately post-event

    which of the optional checks/tests were taken by the employee

  5. Employee demographic profile

    Time frame: At recruitment

    Age, Gender, country of birth, ethnicity, postcode, sexual orientation, employment status (full-time or part-time, permanent, agency, contract worker)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Nottingham

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Test@Work: Evaluation of Attitudes and Uptake Within Employee Health Checks in the Construction Industry

Acronym: Test@Work

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2021
First posted
Mar 2, 2020
Registry last updated
Sep 20, 2021

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