Readiness to Change Over Time: Change Commitment and Change Efficacy in a Workplace Health-Promotion Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Organizational readiness to change may be a key determinant of implementation success and a mediator of the effectiveness of implementation interventions. If organizational readiness can be reliably and validly assessed at the outset of a change initiative, it could be used to assess the effectiveness of implementation-support activities by measuring changes in readiness factors over time.

Methods

We analyzed two waves of readiness-to-change survey data collected as part of a three-arm, randomized controlled trial to implement evidence-based health promotion practices in small worksites in low-wage industries. We measured five readiness factors: context (favorable broader conditions); change valence (valuing health promotion); information assessment (demands and

SUBMITTER: Helfrich CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5925216 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature