the informal sector now being under the supervision of
many agencies, such as the Department of Labor
Protection and Welfare, and the Social Security Office.
As a result, this workforce is still short of life assurance,
the opportunity for health promotion, and vulnerable to
work-related health problems, chemical hazards, and accidents
from using equipment. In additions, because this
workforce has working patterns and working hours that
are irregular, the livelihood of the workforce is wide-ranging.
The care and attention that is given to the informal
sector should not be denied in order to enable the informal
workforce, who has no work security, to live in the
society, with the values and dignity that are due to each
human-being, values and dignity which cannot be measured
or priced. This is a crucial concept, which has much
influence on social stability and security. Therefore, this
is the rationale that directed this research on the costs
spent by rubber tappers for healthcare and the prevention
of work-related accidents, injuries and illnesses in order
to develop a feasible health promotion program for rubber
tappers. The program is expected to solve identified
work-related health problems and reduce the work-related
accidents, injuries and illnesses found in the group of
rubber tappers effectively.