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Enhancing Workplace Health: Alcohol Intervention Strategies

Feedback and insights from the European Workplace and Alcohol (EWA) Project subgroup meeting in Venice on 21st April 2012. Discussion on interventions, key actors, engaging partners, resources, implementation, policy development, awareness raising, manager training, brief interventions, and referral systems.

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Enhancing Workplace Health: Alcohol Intervention Strategies

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  1. EUROPEAN WORKPLACE AND ALCOHOL EWA PROJECT Feedback subgroup Venice, 21th April 2012

  2. The team • Health@work • Frances Molloy • Keith Gorman • Securex • Bart Garmyn • DHS • Christina Rummel • Peter Raiser • Prolepsis • DinaZota

  3. Methodsaims level of interventions • Type A and B + mixture • Basic  Gr : raising awareness very important • Comprehensive  D/UK/B : much experience • D : treatment centers, workplace 1 field • UK : different topics in workingplace training & BI • B : integrated in normal prevention at work, supported by legislation

  4. Key actors and stakeholders • B/Gr/UK : within the team • D : referral to external services for training

  5. Engaging partners • D : 5 companiesidentified (strongmotivation) • Newsletter / Website announcement : 25 calls • 10 filled in applicationform : 5 selected (variety) • UK : Manycompanies, selection of thosewho score lesson alcohol (bottom up feedback) • B : 3 companiesinterested, publicity via 90 MD en 15 Psy (executive support, investment) • Gr Severalcompaniesinterested (website, newletter, ministery of healthifnecessary)

  6. Developing/selecting resources • B/UK : existing programs (training + BI) • UK : much interesting material • CD, Unit wheel … • D + B : material developed at federal level • Gr : much to be developped

  7. Implementation • Canbe different in all pilotprojects • Stronglydependingonwhatcompaniesaimfor

  8. Policydevelopment (regulations,procedures) • B : Support by legislation • UK / D : much support by project • Gr : difficult to organise

  9. Awareness raising • Is important topic in all countries • Is propably only thing that can be evaluated in short time • Material available (cfr supra)

  10. Training of managers • Incorporated in projects in B en UK • Available by external partners in D • Lack of time important issue

  11. Brief Interventions • Available in UK en B • In UK : face tot face (lunchtime break) • In B integration in occupational health

  12. Referral (help) • UK : NHS (collaboration PHC not always easy) • B : EAP and Regular health care • D : Network of treatment centers • Gr : Not considered as task for workplace

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