Evaluating a Whole Health Approach to Enhance Veteran Care: Exploring the Staff Experience

	DESIGN SITES PARTICIPANTS	FLAGSHIP SITE PARTICIPANTS
Gender
Male	7	3
Female	27	8
Age (years)
30–39	11	1
40–49	8	1
50–59	10	6
60+	4	1
Unanswered	1	2
Race
African American	5	1
Asian	2
Caucasian	26	10
Unanswered	1
Ethnicity
Hispanic	3
Not Hispanic	30	10
Unanswered	1	1
How long at this facility? (years)
<1	1
1–5	12	5
6–10	12	5
10+	9	1
How long in healthcare? (years)
<5	1	1
5–10	12	1
11–19	6	3
20+	15	6
Role in Implementation of Whole Health	Some see as having more than one role	Some see as having more than one role
Administrative	12	6
Provides Training	17	6
Clinical Champion	2	2
Other	5

Table 2

CFIR Constructs and Domains.

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS	CONSTRUCTS	DOMAINS
1) How did you become involved in the VA’s Whole Health initiative at your site?	Knowledge and beliefs about the intervention	Characteristics of individuals
a) What is your role in implementation of the VA’s Whole Health initiative?	Knowledge and beliefs about the intervention	Characteristics of individuals
b) How invested are you in integrating whole health into health care delivery/practice?	Individual stage of change	Characteristics of individuals
2) What information or evidence are you aware of that shows Whole Health will work at your site?	Evidence strength and quality	Intervention characteristics
3) What do you think the value of the whole health initiative (for you and your patients)?	Relative advantage	Intervention characteristics
4) Please describe how your unit is currently implementing the Whole Health initiative.	Executing	Process
a) How are other units within your facility implementing the Whole Health initiative?	Engaging	Process
b) What has facilitated implementation of whole health at your site?	Champions	Process
c) What have been barriers to implementation of whole health at your site?	External policies and incentives	Outer setting
5) What kind of support or actions from leadership help make Whole Health implementation successful?	Readiness for implementation	Inner setting
6) What resources are needed to successfully implement the Whole Health initiative?	Readiness for implementation	Inner setting
a) What resources have been received?	Readiness for implementation	Inner setting
b) What resources are not available?	Readiness for implementation	Inner setting
c) What challenges did you encounter?	Readiness for implementation	Inner setting
7) What kind of Whole Health training have you received?	Readiness for implementation	Inner setting
a) Do you feel the training prepared you to carry out the roles and responsibilities expected of you? Can you explain?	Readiness for implementation	Inner setting
b) What training is missing?	Readiness for implementation	Inner setting
8) Who do you ask if you have questions about the Whole Health initiative or its implementation?	Readiness for implementation	Inner setting
a) How available are these individuals?	Readiness for implementation	Inner setting
9) What is your facility doing to encourage Veterans to participate in Whole Health initiative activities?	Executing Engaging	Process
a) How are you identifying potential Veteran Whole Health participants?	Executing Engaging	Process
b) What suggestions do you have for ensuring successful implementation of whole health at your site?	Reflecting and evaluating	Process

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21061/jvs.v7i1.201 | Journal eISSN: 2470-4768

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Language: English

Page range: 163 - 173

Submitted on: Sep 2, 2020

Accepted on: Apr 16, 2021

Published on: May 27, 2021

Published by: Virginia Tech Publishing

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Veterans,

Integrated health,

Implementation,

Quality improvement evaluation

© 2021 Jolie N. Haun, Christine Melillo, Bridget A. Cotner, Julie McMahon-Grenz, Jacquelyn M. Paykel, published by Virginia Tech Publishing
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