Saf Health Work.  2022 Dec;13(4):394-400. 10.1016/j.shaw.2022.09.004.

Development and Validation of an Integrated Healthy Workplace Management Model in Taiwan

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Public Health, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
  • 2Department of Psychology, Auburn University, Auburn, USA
  • 3Department of Public Health, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
  • 4Taiwan Association of Health Industry Management and Development, Taipei, Taiwan

Abstract

Background
Impacts of exposure are generally monitored and recorded after injuries or illness occur. Yet, absence of conventional after-the-effect impacts (i.e., lagging indicators), tend to focus on physical health and injuries, and fail to inform if workers are not exposed to safety and health hazards. In contrast to lagging indicators, leading indicators are proactive, preventive, and predictive indexes that offer insights how effective safety and health. The present study is to validate an extended Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) that consists of six leading indicators.
Methods
Questionnaires were distributed to 13 organizations (response rate = 93.1%, 1,439 responses) in Taiwan. Cronbach α, multiple linear regression and canonical correlation were used to test the reliability of the extended Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) which consists of six leading indicators (safe climate, transformational leadership, organizational justice, organizational support, hazard prevention and control, and training). Criteria-related validation strategy was applied to examine relationships of six leading indicators with six criteria (perceived health, burnout, depression, job satisfaction, job performance, and life satisfaction).
Results
The results showed that the Cronbach's α of six leading indicators ranged from 0.87 to 0.92. The canonical correlation analysis indicated a positive correlation between the six leading indicators and criteria (1st canonical function: correlation = 0.647, square correlation = 0.419, p < 0.001).
Conclusions
The present study validates the extended VPP framework that focuses on promoting safety and physical and mental health. Results further provides applications of the extended VPP framework to promote workers' safety and health.

Keyword

Occupational safety and health; Taiwan; Validation; VPP
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