Service provider perspectives on implementing the NSW Get Healthy at Work program

Grunseit, A

Service provider perspectives on implementing the NSW Get Healthy at Work program

Grunseit, A

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Publisher:: Co-Action Publishing
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 2021, 16, (1), pp. 1-14
Issue Date:: 2021

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dc.contributor.author	Grunseit, A
dc.date.accessioned	2022-02-22T22:00:09Z
dc.date.available	2022-02-22T22:00:09Z
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 2021, 16, (1), pp. 1-14
dc.identifier.issn	1748-2623
dc.identifier.issn	1748-2631
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/154784
dc.description.abstract	Purpose: One approach increasingly used by governments to deliver on public initiatives is to partner with private enterprise through public–private partnerships. This study is a qualitative process evaluation of an Australian state-wide workplace health programme “Get Healthy at Work” from the currently under-researched perspective of the private service providers. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine service providers. Interviews were transcribed and analysed inductively. Results: Service providers reported an alignment of motives and skills between the programme and their organizations as a benefit of the partnership. However, they also described misalignments: between the potential and realized value of the programme to businesses and service providers; the programme cycle and business operational processes; and the capacity building approach and businesses’ expectations of the service.Conclusions: Although several hallmarks of a well-functioning private–public partnership were evident, misalignments of process and expectations challenged sustained partnership involvement by providers. Careful consideration must be given to the ongoing management functioning of cross-sector engagement and partnering in health promotion practice in order to ensure public health goals are being met, but also that the model is mutually sustainable.
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dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Co-Action Publishing
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/17482631.2021.1945205
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	1117 Public Health and Health Services, 1701 Psychology
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Health Promotion
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Private Sector
dc.subject.mesh	Public Health
dc.subject.mesh	Public-Private Sector Partnerships
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Public Health
dc.subject.mesh	Private Sector
dc.subject.mesh	Health Promotion
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Public-Private Sector Partnerships
dc.title	Service provider perspectives on implementing the NSW Get Healthy at Work program
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Public Health
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Purpose: One approach increasingly used by governments to deliver on public initiatives is to partner with private enterprise through public–private partnerships. This study is a qualitative process evaluation of an Australian state-wide workplace health programme “Get Healthy at Work” from the currently under-researched perspective of the private service providers. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine service providers. Interviews were transcribed and analysed inductively. Results: Service providers reported an alignment of motives and skills between the programme and their organizations as a benefit of the partnership. However, they also described misalignments: between the potential and realized value of the programme to businesses and service providers; the programme cycle and business operational processes; and the capacity building approach and businesses’ expectations of the service.Conclusions: Although several hallmarks of a well-functioning private–public partnership were evident, misalignments of process and expectations challenged sustained partnership involvement by providers. Careful consideration must be given to the ongoing management functioning of cross-sector engagement and partnering in health promotion practice in order to ensure public health goals are being met, but also that the model is mutually sustainable.

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