英文摘要 |
Workplace health promotion is gaining attention in many enterprises due to the increasing drive to enhance public image, fulfill corporate social responsibility, and to expand international markets. Need assessment is one of the required elements for workplace health promotion certification in Taiwan, but experience in such task is very limited in occupational health practice. This study describes the process of need assessment conducted in two corporate firms by using a question framework to develop questions to be asked during the need assessment; this question framework is conceptualized into four phenomena and five participant types based on the researcher´s knowledge about particular diseases and their respective treatments, in order to target different health education contents to different participant types in the health promotion program. Combination of qualitative and quantitative research method in need assessment with preliminary findings from the questionnaires is presented. The potential roadblocks in applying the results of need assessment to the design of the health promotion programs include: 1. Limited resource in manpower, time, and funding. 2. Concern for risks in implementing the program. 3. Interference from fairness of participation. 4. Personal preferences of the cooperate executive officer. Our preliminary results show that application of the results from need assessment into workplace health promotion programs in Taiwan requires better multi-level integration within the firms. |