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Intervention Research on Work Organization and Health: Research Design and Preliminary Results on Mental Health

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
2 January 2007

Abstract

This article presents the overall research design and preliminary results of an intervention study on work organization and health which integrates the 3 phases of intervention research: development, implementation, and effectiveness. The demand-latitude-support and effort-reward-imbalance models were used to assess adverse work organization factors. Psychological distress was measured using the Psychiatric Symptoms Index. The intervention development phase in a major department of a public organization revealed an excess of psychological demands, job strain, low reward, effort-reward imbalance, and psychological distress compared to reference populations, and allowed workers to identify 5 priorities for action. The implementation phase showed that changes that were put into effect were consistent with those priorities.

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Cet article présente le devis général et les résultats préliminaires d'une étude-intervention sur l'organisation du travail et la santé intégrant les 3 phases d'une étude-intervention: développement, implantation et évaluation. Les modèles de demande-latitude-support et déséquilibre effortsreconnaissance ont été utilisés pour évaluer les facteurs de l'organisation du travail. La détresse psychologique a été mesurée à l'aide du Psychiatric Symptoms Index. La phase de développement dans un important département d'un organisme publique a révélé des excès dans la prévalence d'une demande psychologique élevée, d'une faible reconnaissance, de tension psychologique et du déséquilibre efforts-reconnaissance et a permis d'identifier 5 priorités d'action. Durant la phase d'implantation, des changements correspondant à ces priorités d'action ont été mis en oeuvre.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 25Number 2September 2006
Pages: 241 - 259

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Chantal Brisson
Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université Laval, Quebec and Unité de recherche en santé des populations, Centre hospitalier affilié universitaire de Québec
Viviane Cantin
Unité de recherche en santé des populations, Centre hospitalier affilié universitaire de Québec
Brigitte Larocque
Unité de recherche en santé des populations, Centre hospitalier affilié universitaire de Québec
Michel Vézina
Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université Laval, Quebec and CSSS de la Vieille Capitale, Quebec
Alain Vinet
Département des relations industrielles, Université Laval, Quebec
Louis Trudel
Département de réadaptation, Université Laval, Quebec
Renée Bourbonnais
CSSS de la Vieille Capitale, Quebec and Département de réadaptation, Université Laval, Quebec

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