Workplace interventions for reducing sitting at work

N Shrestha, KT Kukkonen‐Harjula… - Cochrane Database …, 2018 - cochranelibrary.com
Background A large number of people are employed in sedentary occupations. Physical
inactivity and excessive sitting at workplaces have been linked to increased risk of …

The school environment and physical and social‐emotional well‐being: implications for students and school employees

GT Hawkins, CS Chung, MF Hertz… - Journal of School …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background The school environment, consisting of the physical environment and social‐
emotional climate (SEC), plays a crucial role in both student and employee health; however …

Supporting school staff: Insights from employee health and well‐being programs

S Pitt Barnes, JE Lang - Journal of School Health, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background The workplace is an important setting for health protection, health promotion,
and disease prevention programs. In the school setting, employee health and well‐being …

Call center productivity over 6 months following a standing desk intervention

G Garrett, M Benden, R Mehta, A Pickens… - IIE Transactions on …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
OCCUPATIONAL ABSTRACT Stand-capable desks have been shown to successfully
reduce sedentary behavior in the modern office, but whether their utilization improves …

A multi-component intervention to sit less and move more in a contact centre setting: a feasibility study

AS Morris, RC Murphy, SO Shepherd, GN Healy… - BMC Public Health, 2019 - Springer
Background Call agents spend~ 90% of their working day seated, which may negatively
impact health, productivity, and wellbeing. This study aimed to explore the acceptability and …

Computer-based Prompt's impact on postural variability and sit-stand desk usage behavior; a cluster randomized control trial

G Garrett, H Zhao, A Pickens, R Mehta, L Preston… - Applied Ergonomics, 2019 - Elsevier
Sit-to-stand workstations have been deployed in office environments to reduce sedentary
behavior and improve worker's health. However, efforts to initiate and sustain long-term …

A mixed method evaluation of a theory based intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour in contact centres-the stand up for health stepped wedge feasibility study

D Sivaramakrishnan, G Baker, RA Parker, J Manner… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Contact centres have higher levels of sedentary behaviour than other office-
based workplaces. Stand Up for Health (SUH) is a theory-based intervention developed …

Reducing Occupational sitting while Working from Home: Individual and Combined effects of a height-adjustable desk and an online behavioral intervention

EL Mailey, R Rosenkranz, SK Rosenkranz… - … of Occupational and …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objective: This study examined the individual and combined effects of a height-adjustable
desk and an online behavioral intervention on sedentary behavior and health among …

Sit less and move more—a multicomponent intervention with and without height-adjustable workstations in contact center call agents: a pilot randomized controlled …

AS Morris, RC Murphy, ND Hopkins… - … of occupational and …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To pilot a multicomponent intervention to sit less and move more, with (SLAMM+)
and without (SLAMM) height-adjustable workstations, in contact center call agents. Methods …

Stand-Capable Workstations Reduce Occupational Sedentary Time Among Administrative Workers

T Lynn Salzar, KN Aguilar, ML Smith… - IISE Transactions on …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONS In this study, we found that workers who use stand-biased
desks stood more and sat less during their workday compared to workers who use …