Development of multi-dimensional action checklist for promoting new approaches in participatory occupational safety and health in small and medium-sized enterprises

Industrial Health

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-41

  Nishikido, Noriko ^a   Yuasa, Akiko ^a   Motoki, Chiharu ^a   Tanaka, Mika ^b   Arai, Sumiko ^c   Matsuda, Kazumi ^d   Ikeda, Tomoko ^e   Iijima, Miyoko ^f   Hirata, Mamoru ^g   Hojoh, Minoru ^h   Tsutaki, Miho ^a   Ito, Akiyoshi ⁱ   Maeda, Kazutoshi ^j   Miyoshi, Yukari ^k   Mitsuhashi, Hiroyuki ^l   Fukuda, Eiko ^a   Kawakami, Yuko ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Metropolitan Government 6 7 Midoricho   (Japan)

^d Social Insurance Health Project Foundation   (Japan)

^e IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f Office Iijima   (Japan)

^g NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^h Ota Regional Occupational Health Center   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^j Job Stress Care Japan ^*  (Japan)

^k All Japan Federation of National Health Insurance Organization   (Japan)

^l Japan Family Planning Association Inc   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Action checklist; Participatory occupational safety and health; Small and medium sized enterprises; Workplace health promotion

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EMPLOYER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MULTI DIMENSIONAL ACTION CHECKLIST; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; JAPAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33644549403     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.44.35     Document Type: Conference Paper

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