Department of Public Health Food Studies and Nutrition, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA.
Department of Food and Nutrition, Augusta University Medical Center, Augusta, GA 30904, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Mar 4;16(5):778. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16050778.
Workplace or campus wellness/obesity-prevention policies and initiatives can improve health. Research tools to assess worksite or campus policies/initiatives are scarce. Thus, the aim of this research is to develop and validate the policies, opportunities, initiatives, and notable topics (POINTS) audit. POINTS was developed and refined via expert review, pilot-testing, and field testing. Trained researchers completed a web-based review from a student-focus or employee-focus regarding 34 health-promoting topics for colleges. Each topic was evaluated on a 0⁻2 scale: 0 = no policy/initiative, 1 = initiatives, 2 = written policy. When a written policy was detected, additional policy support questions (administered, monitored, reviewed) were completed. Cronbach's Alpha for the student-focused POINTS audit was = 0.787 (34 items, possible points = 65), and for the employee-focused POINTS audit was = 0.807 (26 items, possible points = 50). A total of 115 student-focused and 33 employee-focused audits were completed. Although there was little evidence of policy presence beyond stimulant standards (smoking and alcohol), there were extensive examples of health initiatives. The student-focused POINTS audit was validated using the Healthier Campus Initiative's survey. POINTS is a web-based audit tool that is valid and useful for pre-assessment, advocacy, benchmarking, and tracking policies for health and well-being for students (campus) and employees (worksite).
工作场所或校园健康/肥胖预防政策和举措可以改善健康状况。评估工作场所或校园政策/举措的研究工具稀缺。因此，本研究旨在开发和验证政策、机会、举措和显著主题 (POINTS) 审计。POINTS 通过专家审查、试点测试和现场测试得以开发和完善。经过培训的研究人员从学生或员工的角度，针对高校的 34 个促进健康的主题，通过网络完成了一项审查。每个主题都根据 0-2 分制进行评估：0=无政策/举措，1=举措，2=书面政策。当发现书面政策时，会完成额外的政策支持问题（管理、监测、审查）。学生重点 POINTS 审计的克朗巴赫 α 系数为 0.787（34 个项目，可能的分数为 65），员工重点 POINTS 审计的克朗巴赫 α 系数为 0.807（26 个项目，可能的分数为 50）。共完成了 115 份学生重点和 33 份员工重点审计。虽然除了兴奋剂标准（吸烟和饮酒）之外，几乎没有政策存在的证据，但有大量健康举措的例子。学生重点 POINTS 审计使用了“更健康校园倡议”的调查进行验证。POINTS 是一种基于网络的审计工具，可用于学生（校园）和员工（工作场所）的健康和福祉的预评估、宣传、基准测试和跟踪政策，具有有效性和实用性。
