J Korean Community Nurs.  1993 Dec;4(2):91-99.

A Study of Workers' Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of the Occupational Health Services in Industries Located in Seoul

• Jung YG
• Park SA
• Lee NM
• Yoon SY
• Kim YI
• Wang MJ
• Lee SN
• Kim EH
• Ko YA

Abstract

This research is undertaken for the purpose of providing basic data to improve the occupational health service for future. 415 workers of 46 firms in Seoul are included in this data points.
Results
from this analyzing are the following. 1) The level of knowledge, attitude and practice of workers on the occupational health is moderate. 2) The cognition of necessity about special health examination gains the highest point(3.94), but the understanding of the occupational health educational program gains the lowest point (.85) in the knowledge region. 3) In the attitude region, the highest point is marked by the workers' prudence of expending time on medical examination(3.45). The lowest one by the workers' feeling of satisfaction of the follow-up service after medical examination(1.79). 4) The workers' participation in medical examination is the most active(3.15), and that in occupational health education in the least active(.86) in the practical region.

MeSH Terms

Cognition
Education
Follow-Up Studies
Occupational Health
Occupational Health Services*
Seoul