考察加纳中部地区私立医疗机构职业健康与安全措施与生产率水平之间的关系。

Examining the relationship between occupational health and safety practices and productivity levels in private health facilities in the central region of Ghana.

作者信息

Baidoo Michael Afari, Kumah Emmanuel, Ahmed Saansong Omar Ansir, Fafali Judith Ayormisi

机构信息

Department of Health Administration and Education, Faculty of Health, Allied Sciences and Home Economic Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.

出版信息

BMC Public Health. 2025 May 13;25(1):1747. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-23017-3.

DOI:10.1186/s12889-025-23017-3

PMID:40361058

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12070660/

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Literature has established that offering protection for workers' health and safety is one method of preserving an organization's human resources and increase worker productivity. The purpose of this study was to examine occupational health and safety practices among selected private hospitals in the central region of Ghana and how it affects work productivity.

METHODS

This study was a descriptive cross-sectional quantitative study and structured questionnaires were used to collect data from 344 healthcare workers at sixteen (16) selected private health facilities in the Central Region of Ghana, through the convenience sampling technique. Data entry and analysis were conducted using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS).

RESULTS

A greater majority of the respondents exhibited positive perceptions and attitudes towards occupational health and safety protocols. The healthcare facilities of almost 6 out of every 10 sampled respondents had high compliance levels with occupational health and safety measures. Also, Pearson correlation analysis revealed a significant positive relationship between OHS implementation and overall productivity (r(344) = 0.255, p < 0.018). This relationship remained significant after controlling for demographic variables through partial correlation analysis (r(344) = 0.272, p = 0.015), indicating a stable and consistent association. The most mentioned potential areas for improvement to optimize employee well-being and productivity were safety training, safety satisfaction and feedback and management safety commitment while the least mentioned were safety reporting, safety involvement and working environment.

CONCLUSION

This study has demonstrated that the implementation of OHS measures has a positive and significant relationship with the overall productivity of healthcare workers in private health facilities in the Central Region of Ghana.

摘要

引言

文献表明，为员工的健康和安全提供保护是保护组织人力资源和提高员工生产力的一种方法。本研究的目的是调查加纳中部地区选定的私立医院的职业健康与安全实践及其对工作生产力的影响。

方法

本研究为描述性横断面定量研究，采用结构化问卷，通过便利抽样技术，从加纳中部地区16家选定的私立医疗机构的344名医护人员中收集数据。使用社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）进行数据录入和分析。

结果

绝大多数受访者对职业健康与安全协议表现出积极的认知和态度。每10名抽样受访者中，近6人的医疗机构对职业健康与安全措施的遵守程度较高。此外，Pearson相关分析显示职业健康与安全实施与总体生产力之间存在显著正相关（r(344) = 0.255，p < 0.018）。通过偏相关分析控制人口统计学变量后，这种关系仍然显著（r(344) = 0.272，p = 0.015），表明存在稳定且一致的关联。为优化员工福祉和生产力而最常提及的潜在改进领域是安全培训、安全满意度和反馈以及管理层的安全承诺，而最少提及的是安全报告、安全参与和工作环境。