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Date Submitted: Apr 27, 2026
Open Peer Review Period: Apr 28, 2026 - Jun 23, 2026
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Integrative Prevention at Work: Protocol for the Development of an Assessment Tool
ABSTRACT
Background:
In a changing world of work, integrative prevention at work represents a promising avenue for addressing contemporary health, safety and well-being issues. However, for organizations to deploy and benefit from this approach, developing an assessment tool for integrative prevention appears to be the first required step. No existing assessment tool can assess all its key characteristics on a unified scale, limiting the operationalization of this approach in organizations.
Objective:
The general objective of this project is to develop an assessment tool for integrative prevention at work intended for organizations in the health and social services sector. Specifically, this project aims to: 1) to generate items, rating scales and instructions; 2) to validate the content of the tool; 3) to pre-test the tool in organizational settings and 4) to evaluate its psychometric properties.
Methods:
A four-phase methodological study will be carried out for each research objective. The assessment tool will be developed and tested in the health and social services organizations in Quebec, Canada.
Results:
Phase 1 is complete: A total of 96 items were created and distributed relatively evenly across five subscales, each reflecting one attribute of integrative prevention at work. Phase 2 will be finalized by the end of 2026. Phases 3 and 4 will be completed by the end of 2028 to provide a validated tool to assess the key characteristics of integrative prevention at work.
Conclusions:
From an organizational perspective, this tool will provide health and social services organizations with a validated, context-adapted measure of integrative prevention at work, enabling baseline assessment, targeted improvements, and longitudinal monitoring, thereby strengthening prevention practices. From a research perspective, this project will deepen the understanding of integrative prevention at work through its empirical validation.
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