title: Evaluation of participatory training in managing mental health for supervisory employees in the financial industry.
abstract: Industry-specific primary prevention measures for promoting mental health of workers were undertaken in 2008 and 2009 as a result of participatory training involving 130 supervisory employees in workplaces of the financial industry. These measures included the following five points suggested to be effective in the industry: 1) proper opportunities for training and career building, 2) control of work time and improving work organization, 3) standardization of tasks, 4) job rotation for sharing work responsibilities, and 5) increasing communication and mutual support. A post-training follow-up survey revealed that participatory, action-oriented training facilitated sharing of feasible measures and mutual support, leading to the development of measures easily introduced and established at each workplace. We concluded that mutually supportive group work of teams composed of members who held similar duty positions and were engaged in similar operations, using the Mental Health Action Checklist as a guiding tool, was effective for realizing implementation of optimally practical and specific measures.
authors: Toru
authors: T
authors: Yoshikawa
authors: Ayumi
authors: A
authors: Ogami
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Muto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D057189:Checklist / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data