Chinese Journal of Health Management 2013;7(5):329-332

doi:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-0815.2013.05.011

Health status and needs for health promotion of a company staff

Jianwei REN ; Jianshi HUANG ; Zhenglai WU ; Weiwei CHEN

Keywords

Risk factors; Health promotion

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Objective To understand the affecting factors of health and health promotion needs of one company staff so as to provide evidence for effective health intervention.Methods A convenience sampling method was used to enroll subjects in this cross-sectional study.All the participants were required to fill in a questionnaire to learn their demographics,health related factors and health promotion needs in the 2 work days of June 2012 had been studied.Chi-square test and unconditional logistic regression were used for data analysis.Results More males showed higher risk of disease than females (x2 =5.394,P < 0.05).In conditional logistic regression,age was the main factor affecting health (odds ratio (OR) =3.127,95% (confidence interval) CI 1.020-9.591,P < 0.05) when gender,marital status,educational level and occupation were adjusted.Dietary nutritional knowledge (69.6%) and physical check-up (64.6%) were urgent needs among those surveyed.Conclusion Staff with varied demographic characteristics have different health related factors and physical check-up may provide a tool to meet their urgent needs of health promotion.