Integrated healthy workplace model: An experience from North Indian industry
Jarnail Singh Thakur1, Puneet Bains, Sitanshu Sekhar Kar
1School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Summary
A new integrated healthy workplace model was developed and piloted in North Indian industries. This model is feasible for improving industrial worker health and requires further testing nationwide.
Area of Science:
- Occupational Health
- Public Health
- Industrial Hygiene
Background:
- Rapid industrialization in India necessitates organized workplace health promotion.
- No existing model caters to the health needs of industrial workers in India.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and implement a healthy workplace model in three North Indian industrial settings.
- To assess the feasibility and refine the model through pilot implementation.
Main Methods:
- Operations research conducted over 12 months in three Chandigarh industries.
- Multi-stakeholder workshops to finalize model components and tools.
- Assessment of non-communicable disease (NCD) risk factors in 947 employees.
Main Results:
- Formation of healthy workplace committees involving management, labor, and research.
- Development of assessment and monitoring tools for workplace health.
- Prevalence data: 17.8% tobacco use, 47% ever alcoholics, 28% experienced back pain.
- Finalized a three-component healthy workplace model (physical, psychosocial, healthy habits).
Conclusions:
- The integrated healthy workplace model is feasible for North Indian industrial settings.
- Pilot testing demonstrated the model's implementability.
- Further nationwide pilot testing is recommended to promote healthy workplace programs.
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