Introduction: Health promotion in the occupational environment is a novelty of the last period. The Health and Safety at Work Act is the first law that defines health promotion and impose on the employers an obligation to regulate and promote organized health promotion activities. Moreover, also substantive basis is provided by the Guidelines for the promotion of health at the workplace, issued by the Ministry of Health. The guidelines provide for employers basic principles for program planning. The implementation approaches of the program are not statutory and defined; therefore, the success of the programs depends mainly on the organization. Purpose: The purpose of the master's thesis was to analyze health promotion plans in Slovenian kindergartens, activities carried out within the program and to test the applicability of the guidelines. At the same time, we wanted to encourage awareness of the importance of health promotion at in the occupational environment, to point out the benefits, sensitivity and profitability of comprehensive programs, and above all to inform responsible persons and the community. Methods: The quantitative standardized method of the questionnaire was used in the master thesis research. We also demonstrated an example of the health promotion program for the kindergarten from the Osrednjeslovenska region. Moreover, we also provided some improvement suggestions and guidelines of the programs and. Furthermore, we revised the existing guidelines, from kindergartens point of view. Results: In this research 198 coordinators of health promotion programs participated. In most of kindergartens (69%), health promotion performed with activities for a healthy lifestyle, and not as a holistic program. Moreover, we found there is rarely a comprehensive program plan (39%). The Health Promotion Group is established in case of 43% of the participants. Added value to the research part is the statistical analysis of the relationship between individual variables. An example of good practice can be a source of guidance in directing the program to the specifics of tasks in kindergartens. Discussion and conclusion: The remarkable results of this research show weaknesses in the systematic and targeted implementation of programs. Also the health promotion programs are fully focused on strengthening and preserving the health and provides preventive-oriented activities. A decision on health is always started with an individual worker. The occupational environment is the one that stimulate the worker for a healthy lifestyle. The program must always represent an investment to improve the quality of life of an individual person and entire society.
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