Objective: The aim of the study is to explore the barriers and facilitators of participation and key components for sleep health programs designed for corporate work environments.
Methods: Semistructured interviews with corporate executives and occupational medicine specialists in the decision making and management of workplace health promotion programs (WHPP) within their companies were held before and during COVID-19. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using thematic content analysis to identify themes.
Results: Barrier and facilitator themes emerging from the data include sleep health awareness, work culture, work-family balance, and confidentiality. Key components for sleep health programs included the following: identifying the need for a program, incorporating sleep health risk screening to WHPP, and promoting sleep health by raising awareness thereof.
Conclusions: The identified barriers and facilitators to employee participation and key components of an ideal sleep health program provide guidance for further WHPP.
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