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Employee Perceptions of Their Organization's Level of Emergency Preparedness Following a Brief Workplace Emergency Planning Educational Presentation

  • Renschler, Lauren A.;Terrigino, Elizabeth A.;Azim, Sabiya;Snider, Elsa;Rhodes, Darson L.;Cox, Carol C.
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.166-170
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    • 2016
  • A brief emergency planning educational presentation was taught during work hours to a convenience sample of employees of various workplaces in Northern Missouri, USA. Participants were familiarized with details about how an emergency plan is prepared by management and implemented by management-employee crisis management teams - focusing on both employee and management roles. They then applied the presentation information to assess their own organization's emergency preparedness level. Participants possessed significantly (p < 0.05) higher perceptions of their organization's level of emergency preparedness than non-participants. It is recommended that an assessment of organizational preparedness level supplement emergency planning educational presentations in order to immediately apply the material covered and encourage employees to become more involved in their organization's emergency planning and response. Educational strategies that involve management-employee collaboration in activities tailored to each workplace's operations and risk level for emergencies should be implemented.

The Correlation Between The Right To Medical Secrecy And The Employer's Right To Receive Information On The Employee's Health State

  • Yuryk, Olha;Stashkevich, Anatoly;Chornyi, Ruslan;Chorna, Zhanna;Kronivets, Tеtiana;Valakh, Viktoriia
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.21 no.7
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    • pp.103-107
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    • 2021
  • The article analyzes the theoretical aspects of the relationship between the right to medical secrecy and the employer's right to receive information on the employee's state of health, resulting in a more complete description of the implementation of the right to medical secrecy and the employer's right to information on the employee's health state and the possibilities of protecting violated rights. The limits of permissible restrictions on the right to secrecy of health in terms of ensuring the person's performance of their job function have been clarified.

A study on the hospital employee's attitude towards CSR (의료기관의 사회적 책임활동에 대한 종사자의 수용태도에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Jin-Joo;Jin, Ki-Nam;Kim, Sung-Ho
    • Korea Journal of Hospital Management
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.145-165
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    • 2013
  • The researches on corporate social responsibility(CSR) focused mostly on its effects on financial performance or consumer's behavior. However relatively few studies have dealt with employee's attitude towards CSR. The purpose of this study is to analyze determinants of hospital employee's attitude towards CSR. The data were collected from 163 employees at a general hospital in Gyeonggi-do from June 18 to July 18 in 2012. For the statistical analysis of data, t-test, ANOVA, and hierarchical multiple regression analysis were implemented. The result of hierarchical multiple regression analysis shows that first, perceived management support and direct benefits were positively related to the attitude towards the acceptance of CSR while interruption of work was negatively related. Second, as interruption of work was controlled, the statistically significant relationship between clinical department and attitude towards the acceptance of CSR was disappeared. In order to accommodate CSR in hospitals, first, the enterprise-wide support is more effective rather than expecting the action of each employee. Second, hospitals should provide the education about CSR to let employees expect direct benefits such as improving of their moral sense. Third, the burden of work causing interruption needs to be managed to cause employees to accept CSR.

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Influence on Health Promotion Behavior among Government-funded Research Institute's Employee according to Perceptive Health Status and Social Support (정부출연 연구기관 종사자의 지각된 건강상태와 사회적 지지가 건강증진행위 실천에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Ji Hyun;Park, Sook Kyoung
    • Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.270-280
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    • 2015
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among perceived health status and social support to identify the influencing factors of health promotion behavior in government-funded research institute's employee. Methods: The participants were 222 employees in three government-funded research institute. Questionnaires were used to measure the levels of the perceived health status, social support and health promotion behavior. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation, multiple regression, and the IBM SPSS/WIN 19.0 program. Results: The predicting factors for health promotion behavior were age, smoking, perceived health status and social support. The variables explained the health promotion behavior by 34.3%. Conclusion: A survey of the various influencing factors of health promotion behavior will be required and social support system for government-funded research institute's employee is needed.

A Study on the Attitudes and Awareness on Medical Public Relations by Employee of Hospitals (의료기관 홍보에 대한 의료기관 종사자의 태도 및 인식)

  • Choi, Young-Jin;Im, Bock-Hee;Hwang, Byung-Deog
    • The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.77-86
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    • 2009
  • The aim of this study is to provide basic data in establishing marketing strategies for hospital by analyzing effective public relations of hospital through attitude and awareness on medical public relations by employee of hospital. The awareness on medical public relations by employee of hospitals were highest among aged 50s or above and above university graduates from the level of education, and from hospital management from types of duties and from those who have worked for more than 10 years. The methods medical public relations positively regarded by employee of hospitals were 'Appearing at health programs' followed by 'Periodicals like magazines and books', 'Issuing of hospital bulletins to homes of patients visiting hospitals'.

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A Comparative Study on Job Satisfaction between Regular and Non-Regular Workers in Hospitals (의료기관 정규직과 비정규직의 직무만족 비교연구)

  • Yang, Jong-Hyun
    • Health Policy and Management
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.333-342
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    • 2015
  • Background: The purposes of this study is to analysis the differences of the job satisfaction between regular and non-regular workers in hospitals. Methods: The samples used for data analysis are 632 workers of 6 hospitals using a standardized questionnaires in B, C, D, and G provinces. In research methodology, all the data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test, Pearson's correlation, and multiple linear regression analysis. Results: In case of regular workers, communication, working conditions and employee benefit, and education were found to have a significant positive (+) effect on job satisfaction. In case of non-regular workers, empowerment, reward systems, communication, working conditions, and employee benefit had a significant positive (+) effect on job satisfaction. Conclusion: These results showed that hospitals needed to reinforce communication, working conditions and employee benefit to regular and non-regular workers in order to improve job satisfaction. Especially, more empowerment, working conditions, and employee benefit should be given to non-regular workers.

The Effect of Risk Assessment on Employee Safety Behavior in Manufacturing Workplaces (제조업 사업장에서 위험성평가가 근로자 안전행동 수준에 미치는 영향)

  • Hyunseung Roh
    • Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.50-59
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    • 2023
  • Objectives: This study was designed to examine the effect of risk assessment on employee safety behavior in manufacturing workplaces. In addition, this study attempted to explore factors related to the occupational safety and health system in the workplace affect the risk assessment of manufacturing sites. Methods: This research is a cross-sectional study using the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency's 2018 Occupational Safety and Health data. The sample for study is 1,967 manufacturing workplaces. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, chi-square test, and hierarchical multiple regression analysis using SPSS (ver.25.0). Results: As a result of the multiple hierarchical regression analysis, it was found that risk assessment had an effect on employee safety behavior (t=4.435, p=<.001). Furthermore, the size of the workplace affected employee safety behavior (t=2.494, p=<.001). In addition, the presence of safety and health management organizations affected employee safety behavior (t=4.301, p=<.001). The factors of the safety and health organization (𝑥2=35.245, p=<.001), the occupational safety and health committee (𝑥2=149.440, p=<.001), and the supervisor (𝑥2=16.472, p=<.001) were identified as factors that increased the possibility of risk assessment in the manufacturing workplaces. Conclusions: In this study, it was found that risk assessment is a factor that increases the level of workers' safety behavior in manufacturing workplaces. Therefore, it is necessary to provide institutional support for activating risk assessment at manufacturing workplaces.

The Study of Safety Awareness of Construction Workers and the Improvement of the Safety & Health Education (건설근로자의 안전 의식 실태 및 안전 보건 교육 개선에 관한 연구)

  • Yoon, Songyi;Yoo, Hyesook
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Integrative Medicine
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.81-91
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    • 2016
  • Purpose : This study is conducted to analyze the safe awarenece, its related health education and the employee's requirements in a prime supplier and its subcontractor company, suggesting the proper measure in employee education program. Method : The employees of 'S' construction company and its subcontractor are surveyed during the period of April 15 from May 15 in 2016. The 324 questionnaires are statistically analyzed with the version 21.0 of SPSS. The general characteristics were calculated through the frequency analysis and descriptive statistics. The difference in safe consciousness between prime and subcontractor employee group was analyzed using t-test. Result : The statistics shows the employees in the prime company tend to observe the safe rules rather than the subcontractor employees(p<.005), but the latter are more conscious of safety in working environment than the former(p<.005). In addition, the subcontractor company did not provide his employees with the site for the safety-health education. Conclusion : The small-sized subcontractor company should identify its employees' requirements and supplement the lack of the safety and health education for the prevention of the industrial disasters. In details, the hand-on and practice-oriented leaning and teaching program development are suggested.

Occupational safety and health management system and regulation compliance in manufacturing enterprises (제조업 사업장의 산업안전보건경영체계와 규제 순응도)

  • Kim, Ki-Sik;Rhee, Kyung Yong;Yoon, Young-Shik
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.21-30
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    • 2013
  • OSHMS(Occupational Safety and Health Management System) is able to define as a typical convergence of all kinds of activities and elements that support maintaining safety at workplace and protecting employee's health. In particular, fundamental function of OSHMS is preventing diverse hazards at workplace through high level of regulation compliance. Furthermore, insuring safety in workplace, protecting employee's health and increasing effectiveness in manufacture are OSHMS's additional functions. Based on the division of manufacture in 2009 Survey on Current Status of Occupational Health & Safety data, the study analyses certain relation between OSHMS and level of regulation compliance. The main finding is that most activities and elements which formed by OSHMS are being affected by regulation clauses.

Compliance of Employer and Employee with Occupational Safety Regulation in Small Sized Enterprises of under 5 Employees (5인 미만 사업장의 산업안전 규제 순응 실태)

  • Yi, Kwan-Hyung;Rhee, Kyung-Yong;Sohn, Doo-Ik;Suh, Nam-Kyu;Seo, Kwang-Guk;Oh, Ji-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.130-135
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    • 2003
  • This study is planned to investigate the compliance of small sized enterprises of under 5 employees directed by Industrial Safety and Health Act. Occupational safety regulation can be required for employer and employee to comply because that all members of workplace should be involved to protect worker's health. When all members of workplace comply with safety regulation, effectiveness of regulation will be realized as expectation. The study subject is composed of three groups as 501 employers, 501 employees of small sized enterprises of under 5 employees and 107 safety inspectors sampled by stratified random sampling for comparison. Data for analysis is collected from each sample using interview with structured questionnaires. Compliance is measured by 5 point scale composed by 8 sub items such as general perception, understanding, clearness, necessity, relevancy, implementation, penalty, and general compliance of the regulation. Among sub items of employer's compliance, the level of perception of regulation, necessity of regulation, relevancy of penalty are differentiated among three groups. The level of all 8 items of employee's compliance also differentiated among three groups. These results show that strategies for ensuring the same level of compliance among three groups will be needed through education, training and evaluation of regulation and feedback.