Broad topic areas of research | Respondents | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
All (n=72) | MOH (n=21) | Industry (n=32) | ||
Occupational health problems for specific occupational groups/industries (hazard types, number exposed, extent of injuries and diseases, etc) | 2.581-150 | 2.621-150 | 2.501-150 | |
25%1-151 | 19%1-151 | 25%1-151 | ||
11-152 | 31-152 | 21-152 | ||
Investigation of specific occupational health problems (poisoning, noise induced hearing loss, occupational asthma, etc) | 2.631-150 | 2.281-150 | 2.751-150 | |
18%1-151 | 24%1-151 | 19%1-151 | ||
21-152 | 21-152 | 31-152 | ||
Incidence and prevalence of work related diseases (development of reporting systems, diagnostic criteria, etc) | 2.721-150 | 2.051-150 | 3.281-150 | |
34%1-151 | 52%1-151 | 22%1-151 | ||
31-152 | 11-152 | 41-152 | ||
Health problems associated with industrial development (air quality, accidents, haze, etc) | 3.091-150 | 3.951-150 | 2.461-150 | |
18%1-151 | 5%1-151 | 28%1-151 | ||
41-152 | 41-152 | 11-152 | ||
Evaluation of occupational health services | 4.041-150 | 4.091-150 | 5.651-150 | |
4%1-151 | 5%1-151 | 6%1-151 | ||
51-152 | 51-152 | 51-152 |
Score range 1–5: a mean score of 1 indicates the highest priority; a mean score of 5 indicates the lowest priority.
↵1-150 Mean ranking score for each topic.
↵1-151 Percentage of participants ranking the topic as top priority (score of 1).
↵1-152 Overall rank order for each respondent group using the mean ranking scores.
MOH=Ministry of Health; n=number of respondents which includes MOH (21), industry (32), and 19 others from universities and other government departments.