Application of the Environmental Assessment Tool (EAT) as a Process Measure for a Worksite Weight Management Intervention

作者：Parker Kristin Baker; DeJoy David M^*; Wilson Mark G; Bowen Heather M; Goetzel Ron Z

来源：Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2010, 52(1): S42-S51.

DOI：10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181ca3b37

Objective: To assess the ability of the Environmental Assessment Too I (EAT) to detect changes over time in workplace physical and social environmental supports for physical activity and nutrition; and predict employee engagement, behavior changes, and biometrics. Methods: Analyses utilized site-level (n = 12) EAT scores. Differences-in-difference regressions tested changes in EAT scores over time across treatment sites. Generalized linear mixed models examined the ability of site-level EAT scores to predict individual-level outcomes. Results: Overall, the EAT captured changes in the workplace environmental supports for health promotion over time. However, the ability of EAT scores to predict intervention outcomes was weak. Conclusions: The EAT is a useful tool for monitoring changes in work-place environments over time. Further research is needed regarding the dose or intensity of environmental intervention needed to affect changes in employee behaviors and biometrics.

• 出版日期2010-1