Exploring workplace related health resources from a salutogenic perspective: Results from a focus group study among healthcare workers in Sweden

Work

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 403-414

  Bringsén, Åsa ^a,b   Andersson, H Ingemar ^a   Ejlertsson, Göran ^a   Troein, Margareta ^b  

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

health promotion; nursing; Positive occupational health psychology; subjective experiences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; MANPOWER; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE; NURSING ASSISTANT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSE OF COHERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSES; NURSES' AIDES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSE OF COHERENCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84864626217     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-1356     Document Type: Article

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