scholarly journals Partnering for Prevention With Workplace Health Promotion Programs

2011 ◽  
Vol 86 (4) ◽  
pp. 335-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard L. Berry ◽  
Ann M. Mirabito
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Workplace Health Promotion ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
Health Promotion Programs ◽  
Workplace Health Promotion Programs

Integrative settings approach to workplace health promotion to address contemporary challenges for worker health in the Asia-Pacific

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-90
Author(s):  
Cong Tuan Pham ◽  
Chiachi Bonnie Lee ◽  
Thi Lien Huong Nguyen ◽  
Jin-Ding Lin ◽  
Shahmir Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Workplace Health Promotion ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Health Promotion Model ◽  
Health Promotion Programs ◽  
Workplace Health Promotion Programs

Workplaces in the rapidly industrializing Asia-Pacific region face growing pressures from high-speed development driven by global competition, migration and the aging of the workforce. Apart from addressing work-related injuries, workplaces in the region also have to deal with increasing occupational stress, chronic diseases and their associated socio-economic burden. Meanwhile, interventions in workplace health are still dominated by a narrow behavioral change model. To this end, the integrative workplace health promotion model, initiated by the World Health Organization from successful post-1990 pilot projects, emerges as a timely, comprehensive and appropriate means to manage contemporary workplace health and safety issues in the region. In this paper, we highlight the key workplace health challenges in the Asia-Pacific region and the utility of the integrative workplace health promotion model in addressing them. We provide a brief overview of the pressing challenges confronting workplaces in the region, then explain the why, what and how of integrative workplace health promotion. We illustrate this model by reviewing successful examples of good practice and evidence of their achievements from workplace health promotion programs in Asia-Pacific from 2002 to date, with specific attention to government-led workplace health promotion programs in Shanghai, Singapore and Taiwan. Drawing from these successful examples, we recommend government policies and facilitating strategies needed to guide, support and sustain industries in implementing integrative workplace health promotion. We conclude that consistent supportive government policies, coupled with facilitation by international bodies towards capacity and professional network building, are crucial to developing and sustaining healthy workplaces in the region.

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