Chen Ruey-Yu, Yu Li-Hui
School of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan.
Director-General, Department of Nursing and Health, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan
Glob Health Promot. 2016 Mar;23(1 Suppl):35-45. doi: 10.1177/1757975916635505.
To promote workers' health and boost corporate productivity and national competitiveness, workplace health promotion is an international trend and a vital part of national policies. Prior to 2000, Taiwan's workplace issues focused on industrial hygiene and safety improvements. Since 2003, the Health Promotion Administration (HPA) at the Ministry of Health and Welfare has established coaching centers for workplace health promotion and dispatched trained experts for teaching health promotion skills; including promoting the tobacco control program, preventing important chronic diseases, driving comprehensive programs, advocating workplace health promotion with the Ministry of Labor, establishing certification mechanisms for workplace health promotion, recognizing outstanding health-promoting workplaces, and conducting a nationwide survey for monitoring the practices of healthy behaviors and health conditions of workers. Through 2014, 12,439 workplaces have been accredited.Since 2003, the efforts of the HPA in workplace health promotion projects has shifted society's focus on workplace health from occupational diseases and injury prevention to workplace health promotion, resulting in the revision of the Occupational Safety and Health Act in 2013 by the Ministry of Labor to detail employers' responsibilities in protecting and promoting employees' health and well-being.
为促进员工健康、提高企业生产力和国家竞争力,职场健康促进是一种国际趋势,也是国家政策的重要组成部分。2000年之前,台湾的职场问题主要集中在工业卫生和安全改善方面。自2003年起,卫生福利部健康促进署设立了职场健康促进辅导中心,并派遣经过培训的专家传授健康促进技能;包括推动控烟计划、预防重要慢性病、开展综合项目、与劳动部共同倡导职场健康促进、建立职场健康促进认证机制、表彰优秀健康促进职场,以及进行全国性调查以监测员工健康行为和健康状况的实践情况。截至2014年,已有12439个职场获得认证。自2003年以来,健康促进署在职场健康促进项目上的努力使社会对职场健康的关注从职业病和伤害预防转向职场健康促进,促使劳动部在2013年修订了《职业安全与健康法》,详细规定了雇主在保护和促进员工健康与福祉方面的责任。