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Development and validation of the Health-Friendly Activity Index: an assessment tool to comprehensively measure health-friendly activities of corporations or organisations
OBJECTIVES: We developed the Health-Friendly Activity Index (HFAI) to comprehensively measure the health-friendly activities of corporations or organisations. We validated the developed tool and reported on its use as an assessment tool to improve consumers’ health-related outcomes. DESIGN: This was...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8291308/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34281929 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048768 |
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author | Yun, Young Ho Oh, Si Nae Sim, Jin-Ah Lee, Sujee Sohn, Eun-Jung |
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description | OBJECTIVES: We developed the Health-Friendly Activity Index (HFAI) to comprehensively measure the health-friendly activities of corporations or organisations. We validated the developed tool and reported on its use as an assessment tool to improve consumers’ health-related outcomes. DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional study. SETTING: Development of the HFAI questionnaire followed a three-phase process: item generation, item construction and validation with field testing. Using relevance and feasibility criteria, we developed a 105-item questionnaire with six domains (Governance and Infrastructure, Needs Assessment, Planning, Implementation, Monitoring and Feedback, and Outcomes). PARTICIPANTS: To assess the sensitivity and validity of the questionnaire, the HFAI and Contribution Assessment Tool for Consumer’s Health (CATCH) were administered to 302 participants (151 employers and 151 employees) from 151 Korean companies. PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURES: The CATCH measured the contribution of each company to the physical, mental, social and spiritual health of its consumers. To estimate the reliability and validity of all six HFAI domains and their respective scales, Cronbach’s α coefficients and correlation coefficients were used. RESULTS: Each domain and scale of the HFAI exhibited a Cronbach’s α coefficient between 0.80 and 0.98 for the employers and employees. The overall HFAI and its six domains correlated significantly and positively with all health outcomes such as physical, mental, social and spiritual status scores evaluated using the CATCH (Spearman’s correlation range: 0.37–0.68). CONCLUSION: The HFAI, a unique assessment tool with acceptable psychometric properties, can help corporate managers assess their health-friendly activities. |
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spelling | pubmed-82913082021-08-05 Development and validation of the Health-Friendly Activity Index: an assessment tool to comprehensively measure health-friendly activities of corporations or organisations Yun, Young Ho Oh, Si Nae Sim, Jin-Ah Lee, Sujee Sohn, Eun-Jung BMJ Open Public Health OBJECTIVES: We developed the Health-Friendly Activity Index (HFAI) to comprehensively measure the health-friendly activities of corporations or organisations. We validated the developed tool and reported on its use as an assessment tool to improve consumers’ health-related outcomes. DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional study. SETTING: Development of the HFAI questionnaire followed a three-phase process: item generation, item construction and validation with field testing. Using relevance and feasibility criteria, we developed a 105-item questionnaire with six domains (Governance and Infrastructure, Needs Assessment, Planning, Implementation, Monitoring and Feedback, and Outcomes). PARTICIPANTS: To assess the sensitivity and validity of the questionnaire, the HFAI and Contribution Assessment Tool for Consumer’s Health (CATCH) were administered to 302 participants (151 employers and 151 employees) from 151 Korean companies. PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURES: The CATCH measured the contribution of each company to the physical, mental, social and spiritual health of its consumers. To estimate the reliability and validity of all six HFAI domains and their respective scales, Cronbach’s α coefficients and correlation coefficients were used. RESULTS: Each domain and scale of the HFAI exhibited a Cronbach’s α coefficient between 0.80 and 0.98 for the employers and employees. The overall HFAI and its six domains correlated significantly and positively with all health outcomes such as physical, mental, social and spiritual status scores evaluated using the CATCH (Spearman’s correlation range: 0.37–0.68). CONCLUSION: The HFAI, a unique assessment tool with acceptable psychometric properties, can help corporate managers assess their health-friendly activities. BMJ Publishing Group 2021-07-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8291308/ /pubmed/34281929 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048768 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Public Health Yun, Young Ho Oh, Si Nae Sim, Jin-Ah Lee, Sujee Sohn, Eun-Jung Development and validation of the Health-Friendly Activity Index: an assessment tool to comprehensively measure health-friendly activities of corporations or organisations |
title | Development and validation of the Health-Friendly Activity Index: an assessment tool to comprehensively measure health-friendly activities of corporations or organisations |
title_full | Development and validation of the Health-Friendly Activity Index: an assessment tool to comprehensively measure health-friendly activities of corporations or organisations |
title_fullStr | Development and validation of the Health-Friendly Activity Index: an assessment tool to comprehensively measure health-friendly activities of corporations or organisations |
title_full_unstemmed | Development and validation of the Health-Friendly Activity Index: an assessment tool to comprehensively measure health-friendly activities of corporations or organisations |
title_short | Development and validation of the Health-Friendly Activity Index: an assessment tool to comprehensively measure health-friendly activities of corporations or organisations |
title_sort | development and validation of the health-friendly activity index: an assessment tool to comprehensively measure health-friendly activities of corporations or organisations |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8291308/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34281929 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048768 |
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