Qualitative participatory needs assessment in long-term care facilities: groundwork for a workplace health promotion program based on traditional, complementary and integrative medicine (TCIM).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The workload for nursing staff in long-term care facilities will increase in the coming decades, making initiatives to promote health in the work environment increasingly important. The pilot project "Healthy Care Cares for Health" (HCCH) aims to develop, implement, and evaluate a TCIM-based program for workplace health promotion (WHP) in long-term care facilities. To create an overview of health-related challenges and resources of the pilot facility, a needs assessment (NA) with participatory elements was conducted to include participant input.

Methods

The NA was based on the framework of a quality-oriented Rapid Participatory Appraisal (RPA). Data was collected through semi-structured interviews and participant observation. The interview sampling used maximum va

SUBMITTER: Voigt F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12714949 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature