Search for dissertations about: "healthy workplaces"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words healthy workplaces.
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1. The healthy construction workplace : best practices in the Swedish construction industry to prevent work-related musculosketal disorders among construction workers
Abstract : This thesis focuses on the reduction of work-related musculoskeletal disorders through the successful strategies contributing to a healthy construction workplace. The aim of this work is to contribute towards the understanding of a healthy construction workplace brought about by the best practices implemented by large construction sites. READ MORE
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2. Healthy workplaces : factors of importance for employee health and organizational production
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
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3. Ergonomics risk assessment methods for creating healthy work environments
Abstract : Risk assessments of ergonomic conditions in pre-production and in field are necessary to prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorders and to increase productivity and quality. Methods for such assessments include simulations, direct measurements and observations. READ MORE
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4. Do psychosocial working conditions contribute to healthy and active aging? studies of mortality, late-life health, and leisure
Abstract : The growing demographic challenge posed by an aging population makes finding predictors of health in old age increasingly important. This thesis investigated long-term associations between midlife psychosocial working conditions and late-life health and leisure and examined whether sense of coherence in midlife modified the association between psychosocial working conditions and all-cause mortality. READ MORE
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5. Learning aspects of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and learning activities in basic life support - a study among laypersons at workplaces in Sweden
Abstract : Abstract Background: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Despite healthcare improvements, prevention for cardiovascular health, training in adult basic life support (BLS) with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillation (AED), together with increased public awareness of cardiovascular disease, survival from OHCA still remains poor. READ MORE