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KMID : 0371019970300040840
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Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
1997 Volume.30 No. 4 p.840 ~ p.851
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Study of requirements and conditions to be improved for voluntary occupational health program in worksite
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Song Jae-Suk
Won Jong-Uk
Sohn Myong-Sei
Cha Bong-Suk
Roh Jae-Hoon
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Abstract
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To perform voluntary occupational health program in worksites,, regulationaI sup-ports are necessary. The regulationaI supports include assessment of current occupational health program and appropriate incentives.
The purpose of this study is to find out the requirements of voluntary occupational health program and conditions to be improved. Study population was industrial health managers of both industries with less than 300 workers and over, 300 workers, and the member of labor union who is responsible for safety and health´, in worksite. Two different questionnaire were used to find out the requirements and conditions to be improved respectively. The results were;
1. The category which prevalence rate of occupational injuries and occupational disease should be lower than national average was most important in health managers employed in industries over 300 workers and followed by reporting system, education, worksite policy, work environment assessment, protective equipment, consequently. But those employed in industries less than 300 workers showed high importance in prevalence rate of occupational injuries and disease, reporting system, worksite policy, work enviroment assessment, protective equipment, education, consequently.
2. The members of labor union thought that worksite policy was most important and the next is education, reporting system, work environment assessment, protective equipment, prevalence rate of occupational injuries and disease.
3. There were difference in importance of education and woksite policy according
to the size of industries. Reporting system, prevalence rate 0 occupational injuries
and disease, and worksite policy had different importance between members of labor union and health managers.
4. In the results of quiestionnaire for conditions to be impreved, the most important
condition was top managers willingness except personal proteIgive equipments, and followed by financial support, legal support.
The limitations of this study were the problems of representativeness of study population. but voluntary health program should be performed in ´worksites which have
relatively good occupational health system. So, this selection ´bias could-not disrupt our results.
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KEYWORD
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voluntary occupational health program, requirements
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