Korean J Prev Med.  1992 Jun;25(2):189-198.

The Occupational Health Problems and its Priority for Solving in the Inchon Area

• Lee KJ
• Cho MH
• Park CY
• Shin DC
• Roh JH
• Moon YH

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare the occupational health concerns and opinions among 4 groups: workers, employers and managers, government officials, and health & safety managers. It could help establishing occupational health plans efficiently and providing the way to solve health problems in workplaces in the Inchon area. The delphi technique which is used for deciding group opinion was adopted for this study. Questionnaires regarding health problems and their priorities in the workplaces were sent to four groups three times. All items were measured by five degree ordinal scales. The four groups agreed with questionnaire items, improvement of working environment, occupational health concerns of the employers, the health concerns of workers, and measurement and analysis of working environment, as the upper five priorities for solving the occupational health problems. Besides with the first five priorities, health examinations, health education, and occupational diseases were suggested as important health problems in workplace.

Keyword

Health problems in workplace; Delphi technique; Priority

MeSH Terms

Delphi Technique
Health Education
Health Priorities
Humans
Incheon*
Occupational Diseases
Occupational Groups
Occupational Health*
Surveys and Questionnaires
Weights and Measures