New Health Network Boosts Reproductive Care for Indonesian Women Workers

More women are joining the workforce, so their reproductive health needs attention. Indonesia created the Gerakan Pekerja Perempuan Sehat Produktif (GP2SP) program to help female employees, but it lacks a unified operating system.

The Continuous Health Examination Network (CHEN) model was designed to fill that gap. It offers ongoing health checks, involves many partners, and covers promotion, prevention, treatment, and rehab. This differs from the usual one‑off workplace services.

Researchers used the ADDIE framework to develop the model and ran a cross‑sectional survey of 104 married women working in two companies in Riau Province. They collected answers with structured questionnaires and applied descriptive statistics and chi‑square tests. Workers who knew more about the program showed better attitudes (p=0.027). The model was refined through needs assessment, drafting, and two rounds of Delphi expert review.

Results showed the CHEN model is practical and could raise reproductive health and productivity among office staff. Its design may also help low‑ and middle‑income nations where workplace health services are often scattered, such as many African settings.