A comparative analysis of health promotion demand in practitioners between urban and rural private enterprises / 中华劳动卫生职业病杂志
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases
; (12): 898-902, 2014.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-289762
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To assess the differences in the health promotion demand of practitioners between urban and rural private enterprises by a comparative analysis, and to probe into the more scientific and targeted health promotion measures.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Stratified cluster random sampling and self-designed questionnaire were adopted to survey 852 practitioners in urban and rural private enterprises of a Chinese city.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>There were significant differences in practitioners between the two sorts of enterprises in terms of age, length of service, educational level, and forms of employment (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). The basic knowledge and skills of practitioners in rural private enterprises were worse than those in urban private enterprises(P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). Practitioners in rural private enterprises were significantly less inclined to gain basic health promotion knowledge through enterprise training and network(P < 0.01). The demand of practitioners for health examination and hazard notification was significantly lower in rural private enterprises than in urban private enterprises (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Focused and targeted health promotion should be carried out based on different demand characteristics of practitioners in rural and urban private enterprises.</p>
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Rural Population
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Urban Population
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China
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Data Collection
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Private Sector
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Employment
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Health Promotion
Aspects:
Social determinants of health
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases
Year:
2014
Document type:
Article