An analysis of healthy workplace accreditation and health promotion efforts based on employees' perspectives.

This study was conducted to analyze the effects of health promotion efforts in relation to a workplace accreditation program and differing workplace sizes. The research population for the study consisted of 966 employees working at a total of 84 different worksites located in Taipei, Taiwan. The survey instructions used were developed by the European Network for Workplace Health Promotion (WHP). The results indicate that accredited workplaces have better WHP quality than nonaccredited workplaces (p < .001) and commonly implement health promotion measures related to specific health issues. It is recommended that the government provide more health-related resources in workplaces, especially those of small and medium companies.

Employer and Promoter Perspectives on the Quality of Health Promotion Within the Healthy Workplace Accreditation.

OBJECTIVES: To explore the employers' and promoters' perspective of health promotion quality according to the healthy workplace accreditation. METHODS: We assessed the perspectives of 85 employers and 81 health promoters regarding the quality of health promotion at their workplaces. The method of measurement referenced the European Network for Workplace Health Promotion (ENWHP) quality criteria. RESULTS: In the large workplaces, the accredited corporation employers had a higher impression (P < 0.001) of all criteria. The small-medium accredited workplace employers had a slightly higher perspective than non-accredited ones. Nevertheless, there were no differences between the perspectives of health promoters from different sized workplaces with or without accreditation (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: It seems that employers' perspectives of healthy workplace accreditation surpassed employers from non-accredited workplaces. Specifically, large accredited corporations could share their successful experiences to encourage a more involved workplace in small-medium workplaces.

Gas-phase photodissociation of CH3CHBrCOCl at 248 nm: detection of molecular fragments by time-resolved FT-IR spectroscopy.

By employing time-resolved Fourier transform infrared emission spectroscopy, the fragments HCl (v=1-3), HBr (v=1), and CO (v=1-3) are detected in one-photon dissociation of 2-bromopropionyl chloride (CH(3)CHBrCOCl) at 248 nm. Ar gas is added to induce internal conversion and to enhance the fragment yields. The time-resolved high-resolution spectra of HCl and CO were analyzed to determine the rovibrational energy deposition of 10.0±0.2 and 7.4±0.6 kcal mol(-1), respectively, while the rotational energy in HBr is evaluated to be 0.9±0.1 kcal mol(-1). The branching ratio of HCl(v>0)/HBr(v>0) is estimated to be 1:0.53. The bond selectivity of halide formation in the photolysis follows the same trend as the halogen atom elimination. The probability of HCl contribution from a hot Cl reaction with the precursor is negligible according to the measurements of HCl amount by adding an active reagent, Br(2), in the system. The HCl elimination channel under Ar addition is verified to be slower by two orders of magnitude than the Cl elimination channel. With the aid of ab initio calculations, the observed fragments are dissociated from the hot ground state CH(3)CHBrCOCl. A two-body dissociation channel is favored leading to either HCl+CH(3)CBrCO or HBr+CH(2)CHCOCl, in which the CH(3)CBrCO moiety may further undergo secondary dissociation to release CO.

Photodissociation of gaseous acetyl chloride at 248 nm by time-resolved Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy: the HCl, CO, and CH2 product channels.

In one-photon dissociation of gaseous acetyl chloride at 248 nm, time-resolved Fourier-transform infrared emission spectroscopy is used to detect the fragments of HCl, CO, and CH(2) in the presence of Ar or O(2). The high-resolution spectra of HCl and CO are analyzed to yield the corresponding internal energy deposition of 8.9 +/- 1.1 and 6.2 +/- 0.9 kcal/mol. The presence of the CH(2) fragment is verified by detecting the CO(2) product resulting from the reaction of CH(2) and the added O(2). The probability of the HCl formation via a hot Cl reaction with the precursor is examined to be negligible by performing two experiments, the CH(3)COCl pressure dependence and the measurement of Br(2) with Cl reaction. The HCl elimination channel under the Ar addition is verified to be slowed by 2 orders of magnitude, as compared to the Cl elimination channel. The observed fragments are proposed to dissociate on the hot ground electronic state via collision-induced internal conversion. A two-body dissociation channel is favored leading to HCl and CH(2)CO, followed by secondary dissociation.