TAKING CARE OF OTHERS - WHAT'S IN IT FOR US? Exploring workplace-related health from a salutogenic perspective in a nursing context
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description: The aim was to explore and make sense of a salutogenic relationship between workplace, work and health, through an employee perspective in a Swedish nursing context. The aim was also to make sense of the role of a workplace health promotion (WHP) process, in a salutogenic public health perspective, and develop useful instruments for this kind of health-related development work. The research process, which was predominantly carried out within the framework of a WHP process at a hospital ward, was characterized by a salutogenic perspective and an action and mixed method approach. Four studies were carried out at a medium-sized hospital in the south of Sweden and the studies of papers I, II and III were conducted within the framework of a WHP process at the study ward. The development process started with a focus group study, to explore workplace-related resources and health, through the eyes of healthcare workers. The second study explored factors associated with the experience of flow during everyday nursing practice, through an experience sampling method. The third study within the framework of the project, was a focus group study attempted at making sense of the participating health care workers thoughts about the WHP process. The fourth study was a quantitative cross-sectional study aiming for a development and quality assessment of a salutogenic health indicator scale (SHIS). The research process resulted in a predominant focus on social and psychological resources for and indicators of health. The identified workplace-related health resources interacted through a complex mutual influential relationship and they could be related to the reward, the team, the mission and the context. The resources of rewarding positive experiences and emotions were considered the core of a health promoting workplace. The findings indicated that there were possibilities for more positive workplace- and work-related experiences through focus on cognitive resources and medical care ac…
abstract: The aim was to explore and make sense of a salutogenic relationship between workplace, work and health, through an employee perspective in a Swedish nursing context. The aim was also to make sense of the role of a workplace health promotion (WHP) process, in a salutogenic public health perspective, and develop useful instruments for this kind of health-related development work. The research process, which was predominantly carried out within the framework of a WHP process at a hospital ward, was characterized by a salutogenic perspective and an action and mixed method approach. Four studies were carried out at a medium-sized hospital in the south of Sweden and the studies of papers I, II and III were conducted within the framework of a WHP process at the study ward. The development process started with a focus group study, to explore workplace-related resources and health, through the eyes of healthcare workers. The second study explored factors associated with the experience of flow during everyday nursing practice, through an experience sampling method. The third study within the framework of the project, was a focus group study attempted at making sense of the participating health care workers thoughts about the WHP process. The fourth study was a quantitative cross-sectional study aiming for a development and quality assessment of a salutogenic health indicator scale (SHIS). The research process resulted in a predominant focus on social and psychological resources for and indicators of health. The identified workplace-related health resources interacted through a complex mutual influential relationship and they could be related to the reward, the team, the mission and the context. The resources of rewarding positive experiences and emotions were considered the core of a health promoting workplace. The findings indicated that there were possibilities for more positive workplace- and work-related experiences through focus on cognitive resources and medical care ac…
author: Bringsén, Åsa
language: eng
keywords: Clinical Medicine, salutogenesis, health care worker, Workplace health promotion, flow, complexity, SHIS, instrument
date published: 2010
date modified: 2026-07-24T02:59:49Z
provider: University of Lund
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Faculty of Medicine, Lund University