Health Promotion Programme in the Private Workplaces in Singapore: A Prevalence Survey

A postal survey was conducted in 4,479 private companies with at least 50 employees in 1998 to determine the prevalence and the scope of workplace health promotion programme in these companies in Singapore. The self-administered questionnaire mailed to the study population covered five areas viz, organisational details, workplace health policies, health promotion and related activities, workplace health facilities and the source of assistance for the programme. The overall response was 49.5%. Parkinson’s definition of workplace health promotion was used in the analysis to determine the prevalence of the programme. The data was collated on DBas