Korzeniowska, Elżbieta2013-04-172013-04-172012Studia Edukacyjne, nr 23, 2012, s. 163-181978-83-232-2520-11233-6688http://hdl.handle.net/10593/5907Workers are an important target group of health education. Their attitude towards health is refl ected not only in its state, but also indirectly in workers’ effi ciency and productivity in the performance of professional duties. In this sense, workers are an important human capital or social cost, especially in the face of an aging population. This article focuses on the opinions regarding the forms and contents of health education offered to Polish workers by their employers, especially through new media, particularly the Internet. This is part of the fi rst study in Poland, conducted on a representative sample of 1,012 workers employed in companies with at least 50 staff. The object of the research was the specifi cs of workers’ Internet use in order to obtain health information. It has turned out that companies only marginally use new media in the health education of their employees (e.g. having their own websites they hardly distinguish the section on health within it; only one in fi ve companies advise the workers over the Internet about the dates / places of training in occupational health and safety or periodic check-ups, and only 4-6% of workplaces use this tool for education on a healthy lifestyle). On the other hand, the employees expect that their companies should use the Internet to a greater extent than is currently the case. Most often, about every fi fth worker sees the possibility of Internet application for providing online advice by health professionals and for health trainings. One in six would like to receive tips regarding the websites or online materials worth considering, receive current information or newsletters about health via e-mail, or have access to programs encouraging health benefi cial exercises during working time.plhealth education of employeesworkplace health promotionnew media in healthArtykuł