8000017 Evidence-based interventions for comorbid mental and physical health conditions in workplace settings: EU PROSPERH

<h3>Objective</h3> The overall aim of PROSPERH is to expand current knowledge about health in changing work environments and to develop and evaluate an integrative intervention targeting mental and physical health that yields sustainable benefits in terms of workplace mental and physical health indicators and economic outcomes. <h3>Material and Methods</h3> The intervention will target multiple levels, including organisational (work), peer level and individual (worker) aspects, with three components focusing on health promotion, online self-monitoring and selfmanagement and clinical care or coaching referral pathways. Development will focus on tailoring content for three sectors experiencing significant change, telework and ICT-based mobile work (TICTM), healthcare and construction. The intervention will be implemented within 11 countries (Albania, Australia, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Kosovo, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Turkey) in a feasibility study ahead of larger scale testing. A four-phased approach to the overall project will include: i) evidence building and intervention development phase, ii) intervention feasibility phase, iii) (optimised) intervention implementation and evaluation phase (cRCT), and iv) preparation phase for sustainability (post cRCT). The project currently addresses the first two phases. Expected results will shape the intervention to be tested within a feasibility study in the upcoming second phase of the project. <h3>Results and Conclusion</h3> Overall, PROSPERH will contribute to living and working in a health promoting environment by providing robust evidence for enabling activities, resources and policies to promote mental and physical health in changing workplaces and preparedness during future public health emergencies. <h3>Funding</h3> This work is supported by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme under grant agreement No.101137256. UK participants in Horizon Europe Project PROSPERH are supported by UKRI grant numbers 1010118 for St Mary9s University and 10109311 for University of Stirling. Australian participant Griffith University is supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council.