title: The health promoting hospital movement in Taiwan: recent development and gaps in workplace.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the development in healthcare workplace health promotion (WHP) in Taiwan through the Health Promoting Hospital (HPH) initiative.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional survey was conducted with a self-administered questionnaire, involving all 55 hospitals committed to the HPH approach (HP hospitals) as of the end of 2009; 52 completed the questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty of 52 hospitals perceived a change in organizational capacity which mainly occurred in the areas of re-aligning strategies (96 %) and more resources (71 %). Regarding re-aligning strategies, 85 % of the hospitals engaged in increased staff participation, 66 % in staff-oriented health services.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The HPH initiative has led to new developments in capacity building of WHP among HP hospitals in Taiwan, and this study has mapped a pattern of such developments.
authors.affiliation: Centre for General Education, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi County, Taiwan. bonnie1012@mail2000.com.tw
authors.forename: Chiachi Bonnie
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Cordia Ming-Yeuk
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Chu
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006282:Health Personnel; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan; D017132:Workplace