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Health Promotion Solutions for Chinese Miners: A Holistic Approach Considering Collaborative Governance and Locus of
Boling Zhang1, Ruipeng Tong1, Jiaqi Li1
1School of Emergency Management and Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology - Beijing.
Health Communication
|July 27, 2026
Summary
Workplace health promotion (WHP) for miners is enhanced by focusing on autonomy and supportive environments. Key strategies include management commitment and team support, boosting miner participation in health programs.
Area of Science:
- Occupational Health
- Health Communication
- Behavioral Science
Background:
- Workplace health promotion (WHP) is crucial for employee well-being but often yields limited results in mining due to neglected miner autonomy and supportive work environments.
- Current WHP strategies for miners fail to adequately address individual health locus of control and environmental factors.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify and analyze key strategies for enhancing workplace health promotion (WHP) among miners.
- To address the research gap concerning miner autonomy and supportive work environments in health promotion initiatives.
Main Methods:
- Intervention mapping and qualitative methods were used to identify stakeholders, barriers, and facilitators for promoting miners' internal health locus of control.
- Social network analysis (SNA) mapped stakeholder behavioral strategies and identified influential connections.
- A four-party dynamic evolutionary game model, combined with system dynamics, analyzed strategy stability and impact on miner choices.
Main Results:
- Out of 47 identified behavioral strategies, mine managers' safety commitment, team leaders' support, and health managers' mental intervention programs were key to successful WHP implementation.
- Enforcing these key strategies significantly increases the likelihood of miners actively engaging in WHP programs.
- The study identified critical factors influencing the adoption and effectiveness of health promotion interventions in the mining sector.
Conclusions:
- This study developed targeted WHP solutions to improve miners' health self-management by incorporating all stakeholder perspectives.
- The findings contribute to advancing workplace health practices in mining by emphasizing a holistic, stakeholder-inclusive approach.
- Effective implementation of identified strategies can lead to improved health outcomes and well-being for miners.
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