Industrial Health
Online ISSN : 1880-8026
Print ISSN : 0019-8366
ISSN-L : 0019-8366
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Development and Process Evaluation of the Participatory and Action-Oriented Empowerment Model Facilitated by Occupational Health Nurses for Workplace Health Promotion in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Noriko NISHIKIDO, Kazumi MATSUDA, Eiko FUKUDA, Chiharu MOTOKI, Miho TSUTAKI, Yuko KAWAKAMI, Akiko YUASA, Miyoko IIJIMA, Mika TANAKA, Mamoru HIRATA, Minoru HOJOH, Tomoko IKEDA, Kazutoshi MAEDA, Yukari MIYOSHI, Sumiko ARAI, Hiroyuki MITSUHASHI
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Keywords: Workplace health promotion, Small and medium-sized enterprises, Participatory and action-oriented empowerment model, Information-focused tools, Occupational health nurses
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2007 Volume 45 Issue 1 Pages 62-73

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Abstract

The objective of this study is to develop an available empowerment model for workplace health promotion (WHP) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and to evaluate its applicability and feasibility. Semi-structured interviews with employers and workers in SMEs were conducted to assess their actual requirements for support. The structure of our new empowerment model was discussed and established through several rounds of focus group meetings with occupational safety and health researchers and practitioners on the basis of results of our interviews. We developed a new participatory and action-oriented empowerment model based on needs for support of employers and workers in SMEs. This new model consists of three originally developed tools: an action checklist, an information guidebook, and a book of good practices. As the facilitators, occupational health nurses (OHNs) from health insurance associations were trained to empower employers and workers using these tools. Approximately 80 SMEs (with less than 300 employees) were invited to participate in the model project. With these tools and continued empowerment by OHNs, employers and workers were able to smoothly work on WHP. This newly developed participatory and action-oriented empowerment model that was facilitated by trained OHNs appears to be both applicable and feasible for WHP in SMEs in Japan.

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