Use and Evaluation of Action Checklist for Health Risk Management of Employees Working Long Hours

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  • NAKAO Tomo
    Health Promotion Office, Personnel Department, ULVAC, Inc. Department of Health Policy and Management, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health
  • KAWASE Yohei
    Department of Health Policy and Management, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health Medical & Occupatinal Health Center, Human Resources Department, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
  • SHINMI Ryosuke
    Department of Health Policy and Management, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health
  • YAMASHITA Makiko
    Department of Health Policy and Management, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health
  • MITSUHASHI Akira
    Human Resource Development Division, Health Promotion Department, Japan Industrial Safety & Health Association
  • FUKUDA Hanako
    Industrial Policy Division, The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • KAWANAMI Shoko
    Department of Health Policy and Management, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health
  • HIRO Hisanori
    Department of Mental Health, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health
  • HORIE Seichi
    Department of Health Policy and Management, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health

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  • 過重労働者の健康リスクマネジメントのためのアクションチェックリストの活用と評価
  • カジュウ ロウドウシャ ノ ケンコウ リスク マネジメント ノ タメノ アクション チェックリスト ノ カツヨウ ト ヒョウカ

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In Japan, the Industrial Safety and Health Law requires an employer to implement medical interviews for employees working long hours. The law stipulates the criteria of the targeted workers as those whose working time exceeds the legal limit of working hours, those with accumulated fatigue, and those who desire to receive an interview from a physician. Therefore, the employers should make an appropriate system to identify the workers who require a medical interview among employees working long hours with increasing health risks. In this study, we used "The Action Checklist for health risk management of employees working long hours (ACL)" and evaluated its efficacy. We conducted two studies: a seminar study, using ACL as an educational material in the seminar targeting occupational health professionals, and an interventional study, distributing materials with ACL in one group of small-scale enterprises and not in another group. In the seminar study, we observed a greater number of practical answers to the problems hypothetically set in the seminar among the occupational health professionals who used ACL. The results of a questionnaire given after the seminar revealed ACL was favorably accepted among 80% of all the participants in the seminar as "I have fully understood the usage of ACL" and "ACL seems to be useful in my workplace". In the interventional study, we could not see positive results from the distribution of ACL, possibly because of the low response rate, short interventional term or distribution without individual explanation. Further investigation and efforts should be considered to widely diffuse ACL with individual explanations, to prevent health disorders caused or aggravated by working long hours.

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  • Journal of UOEH

    Journal of UOEH 30 (4), 443-454, 2008

    University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

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