Sun Safe Workplaces: Assessment of Benefits and Costs of a Policy Intervention

NCT03281161 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: 5R01CA187191-020284
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,990
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

Sun Safe Workplaces (SSW), a comprehensive occupational sun safety program, promoted education and policy to 98 cities, counties, and special districts in Colorado. In a two-year follow-up study, Klein Buendel, Inc. (KB) proposes to examine the effectiveness of SSW on employee sun protection practices by employers and return on investment in an economic evaluation of the cost of the SSW intervention. The results of this follow-up study will provide critical information on effective approaches to increasing sun protection across a wide range of employment sectors with outdoor workers.

Conditions

Skin Cancer

Keywords

skin cancer; prevention; worksite; policy; cost and effectiveness; implementation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Survey of sun protection practices by employees.

  Quantitative research in the form of a posttest survey was conducted to examine the sun safety practices by employees among workplaces that received education but did not adopt written policies, those workplaces that received education and adopted written policies and those that were in the control group.safety practices by employees among workplaces that received education but did not adopt written policies.

  9 Months

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Observational checklist to review sun protections items within the workplace.

  9 months

• In-depth manager interview to assess relationship of employer sun safety actions to employee sun safety.

  9 Months

• In-depth manager survey to assess relationship of employer sun safety actions to employee sun safety.

  9 Months

• Extraction of costs from parent study ledgers to conduct economic analysis of the SSW intervention.

  9 Months

• In-depth manager interview to conduct economic analysis of the SSW intervention.

  9 Months

Study Arms (2)

Sun Safe Workplaces Program

EXPERIMENTAL

A follow up to the previous study that promoted the adoption of occupational sun protection policies by the local government organization comprised of personal visits with senior managers to promote policy adoption, promotional materials for sun safety, and in-person training of outdoor workers by research staff over two years. The follow up program consists of an analysis of sun safe practices by employees and an economic evaluation of the SSW intervention completed 2 years after the initial intervention.

Behavioral: Sun Safe Workplaces Program

Attention Control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

A follow up to the previous study that promoted occupational sun protection practices by employees in local government organizations through two mailings containing educational materials and presentations at state professional meetings by project staff. The follow up program consists of an analysis of sun safe practices by employees and an economic evaluation of SSW completed 2 years after the initial program contact.

Behavioral: Attention Control

Interventions

Sun Safe Workplaces Program BEHAVIORAL

A follow-up analysis of sun safe practices by employees and an economic evaluation of the SSW intervention was conducted with the work-sites who received occupational sun protection policy promotion materials in the prior trial. The analysis of sun safety practices of employees was done by preparing the protocols and measures for surveying employees and front-line supervisors by online and paper methods. The economic evaluation was a retrospective collection of cost information from the prior project ledgers and an in depth interview with the key contact manager at each work-site. No additional treatment was provided and the groups were evaluated based on their prior condition assignment.

Sun Safe Workplaces Program

Attention Control BEHAVIORAL

A follow-up analysis of sun safe practices by employees and an economic evaluation of the SSW intervention was conducted with the work-sites who received occupational sun protection practice promotion materials in the prior trial. The analysis of sun safety practices of employees was done by preparing the protocols and measures for surveying employees and front-line supervisors by online and paper methods. The economic evaluation was a retrospective collection of cost information from the prior project ledgers and an in depth interview with the key contact manager at each work-site. No additional treatment was provided and the groups were evaluated based on their prior condition assignment.

Attention Control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Participation in the prior Sun Safe Workplaces: A Campaign on Sun Protection Policies for Outdoor Workers.
• A local government organization with employees who worked outdoors in at least one of the following service areas: public works, public safety, and parks and recreation,
• Having a full time executive
• Having a population of at least 3000 residents
• Being employed at a participating local government organization as a manager or employee?
• Being employed at a participating local government organization in a job requiring outdoor work at least part of the time.

You may not qualify if:

• Organization had participated in the authors' previous occupational sun protection project.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Klein Buendel, Inc.: lead
• National Cancer Institute (NCI): collaborator
• Kaiser Foundation Research Institute: collaborator
• University of Colorado, Denver: collaborator

Study Sites (2)

Kaiser Foundation Research Institute

Oakland, California, 94612-3466, United States

Location

University of Colorado Denver

Aurora, Colorado, 80045-0508, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Skin Neoplasms

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Skin Diseases; Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Study Officials

• David Buller, PhD

  Klein Buendel, Inc.

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: Participants were not aware of the condition in which their organization was enrolled.
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: INDUSTRY
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 6, 2017
• First Posted: September 13, 2017
• Study Start: February 27, 2015
• Primary Completion: April 30, 2017
• Study Completion: July 31, 2017
• Last Updated: October 26, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (2)