Lipšová V., Kožená L.: Healthy Enterprise competition – findings from the 2005–2010

Overview

Workplace health promotion is a joint effort of employers, employees and society to achieve better health of people in the workplace. It is achieved through better organization of work and working environment, promoting personal development and active involvement of all stakeholders. The main topics are prevention of occupational injuries, healthier diet, increasing physical activity, the introduction of smoke-free programs, programs on stress management and so on. This article summarizes findings on workplace health promotion in the Czech Republic through a „Healthy Enterprise“ award competition. This competition started in 2005 and since then is announced annually by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the National Institute of Public Health. The competition is open to all companies and organizations that are Czech legal entities. The subject of evaluation is the level of health promotion at the workplace, the compulsory part as given by the Czech law as well as the voluntary part promoting health. During six years of the competition a total of 37 enterprises was awarded, including 26 large and 11 small and medium-sized enterprises. Health of a total of 47,118 employees in these enterprises is actively supported by workplace health promotion. Key words: workplace health promotion, „Healthy Enterprise“ award competition, quality criteria, ENWHP (European Network for Workplace Health Promotion)