TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - Barriers to health promotion in Japanese companies with special reference to health personnel
JO  - Safety science
A1  - Muto, T.
A1  - Kikuchi, S.
A1  - Ozawa, K.
A1  - Fujita, Yoshitsugu
A1  - Kurita, M
A1  - Tomita, M.
SP  - 329
EP  - 334
VL  - 20
IS  - 2-3
N2  - The Ministry of Labor of Japan instituted a campaign to promote the physical and mental health of all workers in 1988. This study was performed to clarify barriers to health promotion programs in occupational settings in Japan, with special reference to health personnel.A survey was conducted using a questionnaire sent to 395 companies throughout Japan in 1993. The sample companies were chosen from the directory owned by the Society of Occupational Medicine. A questionnaire was mailed to the companies, asking that the questionnaire be mailed back after having been answered anonymously. We received 232 replies, a response rate of 59%. Companies with more than 300 employees accounted for 76% of the sample.Lack of health personnel ranked as the top reason for not implementing health promotion programs, and it was also one of the important barriers to the further development of health promotion programs. Qualified health personnel in charge of health promotion programs were employed by no more than about 60% of the companies. Education and training of health personnel in charge of health promotion programs should be increased with special reference to the development of their expertise. Corporate management seems to play a very important role in solving the problem of lack of health personnel.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0925-7535
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -