The Occupational Health Problems and its Priority for Solving in the Inchon Area.
- Author:
Kyung Jong LEE
;
Myung Hwa CHO
;
Chong Yan PARK
;
Dong Chun SHIN
;
Jae Hoon ROH
;
Young Hahn MOON
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Health problems in workplace;
Delphi technique;
Priority
- MeSH:
Delphi Technique;
Health Education;
Health Priorities;
Humans;
Incheon*;
Occupational Diseases;
Occupational Groups;
Occupational Health*;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Weights and Measures
- From:Korean Journal of Preventive Medicine
1992;25(2):189-198
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to compare the occupational health concerns and opinions among 4 groups: workers, employers and managers, government officials, and health & safety managers. It could help establishing occupational health plans efficiently and providing the way to solve health problems in workplaces in the Inchon area. The delphi technique which is used for deciding group opinion was adopted for this study. Questionnaires regarding health problems and their priorities in the workplaces were sent to four groups three times. All items were measured by five degree ordinal scales. The four groups agreed with questionnaire items, improvement of working environment, occupational health concerns of the employers, the health concerns of workers, and measurement and analysis of working environment, as the upper five priorities for solving the occupational health problems. Besides with the first five priorities, health examinations, health education, and occupational diseases were suggested as important health problems in workplace.
