Search for dissertations about: "healthy organizations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the words healthy organizations.

  2. 1. How to create sustainable health : experiences taken from Swedish organizations

    Author : Åsa Wreder; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Kvalitetsteknik; Quality Technology and Management;

    Abstract : International competition and changing demands of modern working life mean that organizations are more dependent on co-workers' health, motivation and commitment to increase flexibility and relentlessly improve. Indeed, attempts to manage the new demands, very often, seem to cause unhealthy workplaces. READ MORE

  4. 2. Managing workplace health promotion in municipal organizations

    Author : Robert Larsson; Hélène Sandmark; Jonas Stier; Ingemar Åkerlind; Annika Härenstam; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; arbetslivsvetenskap; Working Life Studies;

    Abstract : The workplace is a suitable setting for health promotion, not least due to the amount of time employees spend at work. Previous research indicates large variations in employers' handling of workplace health promotion (WHP) efforts. However, more empirical knowledge of how WHP is handled in public sector organizations is needed. READ MORE

  5. 3. Quality Management for Sustainable Health : Methodologies, Values and Practices taken from Swedish Organizations

    Author : Ingela Bäckström; Bengt Klefsjö; Håkan Wiklund; Jonas Hansson; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Industrial engineering and economy; Industriell teknik och ekonomi; Kvalitetsteknik;

    Abstract : In many Western countries today, not least in Sweden, there are a lot of organizations that have great problems with sickness absence. The costs connected to the high rates of sickness absence have also risen to alarming levels. READ MORE

  6. 4. Healthy workplaces : factors of importance for employee health and organizational production

    Author : Malin Lohela Karlsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : healthy organizations; healthy workplaces; psychosocial work factors; health-related quality of life; employee health; production loss; workplace health promotion; intervention study; longitudinal design;

    Abstract : The overall aim of the thesis was to investigate one aspect of healthy workplaces; namely, how psychosocial work factors affect employees’ general health and organizational production. The aim of Study I was to identify psychosocial factors at work that promote positive changes in employee health and factors that prevent negative changes in employee health. READ MORE

  7. 5. FACILITATING A HEALTHY TRANSITION for involuntary migrant families within Primary Health Care

    Author : Kerstin Samarasinghe; Bengt Fridlund; Barbro Arvidsson; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; samhällsmedicin; culture; Primary Health Care; family; transition; Medicine human and vertebrates ; Medicin människa och djur ; Social medicine; Socialmedicin; involuntary migration;

    Abstract : The refugee families face a complex transition due to the nature of the migration. This exposes them to vulnerability in cohesion and family function. Primary Health Care Nurses (PHCN) and Interpreters in Primary Health Care (PHC) play a vital role in their promotion of health because migrant health care is mainly carried out within PHC. READ MORE