A health promotion program at a Japanese newspaper undergoing restructuring.
Occupational health activities based on a health promotion philosophy and focused on primary and secondary prevention were introduced at a Japanese newspaper company where restructuring had occurred. Japanese metabolic syndrome diagnostic standards were used to determine changes in certain lifestyle disease risk factors over 10 years. The amount of change from 1998 to 2007 was determined, and two groups (i.e., 1998 and 2007) were compared using paired t-tests. Results suggested that the occupational health activities focused on primary prevention had been effective. The authors concluded that, in situations where industrial change and corporate restructuring are occurring, occupational health activities based on a health promotion philosophy and focused on primary and secondary prevention are more effective than diagnostic activities and other types of health management focused on tertiary prevention.
Ariyoshi
Hiromi
H
Department of Community and International Health Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga-City, Japan. ariyoshi@cc.saga-u.ac.jp
Suzaki
Yoshika
Y
Takayama
Naoko
N
Wakeshima
Ruriko
R
Ishitake
Tatsuya
T
D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D020452:Journalism / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008019:Life Style; D008403:Mass Screening; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009524:Newspapers as Topic / Q000639:trends; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009785:Occupational Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000458:organization & administration; D015397:Program Evaluation; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D055502:Secondary Prevention / Q000458:organization & administration