Philippe Sarnin

Interventions developed with the Intervention Mapping protocol in the field of cancer: A systematic review

The Intervention Mapping (IM) protocol provides a structured framework to develop, implement, and evaluate complex interventions. The main objective of this review was to identify and describe the content of the interventions developed in the field of cancer with the IM protocol. Secondary objectives were to assess their fidelity to the IM protocol and to review their theoretical frameworks.

Developing a Return to Work Intervention for Breast Cancer Survivors with the Intervention Mapping Protocol: Challenges and Opportunities of the Needs Assessment

Return to work (RTW) is an important step for breast cancer survivors (BCSs). However, they face many barriers that affect particularly women with low socioeconomic status (SES). Health care, workplace, and insurance actors lack knowledge and collaborate poorly. No intervention to date has proven effective to reduce social disparities in employment after breast cancer. The intervention mapping (IM) protocol is being used in France to develop, implement, and evaluate an intervention to facilitate and sustain RTW after breast cancer [FAciliter et Soutenir le retour au TRAvail après un Cancer du Sein (FASTRACS) project]. The research question of this study was to elicit the needs for RTW after breast cancer from various stakeholders’ point of view. The aim of this study was to describe the process and the preliminary results of the needs assessment of the FASTRACS project. Different methods were followed to (a) establish and work with a planning group and (b) conduct a needs assessment to create a logic model of the problem. A planning group was organized to gather the stakeholders with the research team. A review of the literature and indicators was conducted to identify the magnitude of the problem and the factors influencing RTW. A qualitative inquiry was conducted with 12 focus groups and 48 individual semi-structured interviews to explore the needs and experience of the stakeholders. The results of these tasks were the proposition of a charter of partnership to structure the participative process, a review of the scientific evidence and indicators, and the description by the stakeholders of their needs and experience. Many stakeholders disagreed with the concept of “early intervention.” They advocated for a better support of BCSs during their RTW, emphasized as a process. Anticipation, intersectoral collaboration, and workplace accommodation were mentioned to fit the needs of the BCS and their environment. A logic model of the problem was elaborated from these data. The ability of the model to consider specific characteristics of women with low SES is discussed, with a view to developing the FASTRACS intervention through the next steps of the IM protocol.

Technology acceptance model: analyse of the value build through the user experience

The working environment of managers can be viewed as a technological ecosystem with more and more convergent information and communication technologies (ICT) and social and collaborative systems. Our objective is to study how the process of technology acceptance occurs in this population. By using various models and theories, we propose a systemic and iterative model of the process of technology acceptance in the professional context. It is characterized by consideration of the user experience (UX), formed during the use of ICT and social and collaborative systems, according to the degree to which fundamental needs are satisfied or not satisfied. We use the model to analyse acceptance in the case of a sample of 1768 managers. This study presents empirical values of the use of various ICTs by this population, the importance of eight UX criteria, and their impacts on the general process of technology acceptance.

Report on the employees' health: context and strategies

The purpose of this paper is to report, from a qualitative study, the individual and organizational factors and processes that lead an employee to build a unique relationship to is health. We discuss these processes in relation to the construction of health among a sample of 34 „workers” selected in diverse contexts, considering health as a dynamic and co-constructed object. From biographical interviews and records of interactions between workers and professionals who support them, we analyze we analyze the transactions made between work and health. These transactions, which are defined in dynamic and combined processes (psychological, cognitive, interactive and organizational), contribute to define the orientation of the relationship to work, the professional route, and determine the evolution of more objective health status and how it can be seen, lived and managed individually. This article examines three different contexts: small business employees, employees of a large firm, and job seekers. These three contexts are related with different types of strategies implemented by individuals on their health in relation to their position in the world of work.