Abstract

“The Stress Check program” based on the amendment of Industrial Safety and Halth Law, Japan (1972) has been introduced since December 1, 2015. As this program focused on primary prevention for job-related stress measures, it is considered that improving the workplace environment following on the scientific efficacy of which has been shown. However, the process of the stress check program, group analysis of the stress check survey and workplace environment improvements are positioned as an additional components on this system. Therefore, in this paper, authors provide a brief overview about the group analysis and workplace environmental improvements as stress management measures. And we discuss the effective of workplace environment improvements and important points for realizing the initiative. In addition, in utilizing the stress check program, we are aiming to consider how occupational health practitioners approach to employer/employees and how they contribute to promoting the creation of an ideal workplace.

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