title: A recommended integrated mechanism to enhance OSH management of blue-collar foreign workers in Taiwan.
abstract: This study examines the roles and functions of businesses, labor-exporting countries' representative offices in Taiwan, religious organizations, and manpower agencies in promoting occupational safety and health (OSH). It also offers advice to Taiwanese authorities on making policies and improvements regarding the oversight mechanism mandated by the Labor Safety and Health Act, giving them an idea of what to focus on when enforcing control over blue-collar foreign workers' OSH conditions. This study also proposes that Taiwanese authorities may serve not only as an overseer/inspector of those hiring blue-collar foreign workers in Taiwan, but also expand their role to lay down policies regarding a variety of OSH teaching materials in the blue-collar foreign workers' native languages (spoken or written), the qualifications of translators in blue-collar foreign workers' OSH training programs, and regulations concerning the longer hours such training programs take.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Services Administration, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. Department of Medical Education, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Hung-Chang
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.affiliation: Institute of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health, Ministry of Labor, Executive Yuan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Shu-Fang
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Foreign Languages, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. Department of Medical Management, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan. yhuei@csmu.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Ya-Huei
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health, Ministry of Labor, Executive Yuan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Lien-Hsiung
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control; D001364:Awareness; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D016272:Occupational Health; D010559:Personnel Management; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013624:Taiwan