title: Swedish strategies for health and safety in agriculture: a coordinated multiagency approach.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Occupational injuries are a major problem in agriculture world-wide.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Sweden is developing a national approach to scoordinate different stakeholders with the common goal of reducing injuries in the agricultural sector.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Swedish strategy involves important factors, such as: 1) Collaboration between all stakeholders involved in health and safety in agriculture, 2) A national programme on injury prevention, 3) Coordination of actions and 4) Knowledge, attitude and behaviour in focus.
  
  
  METHODS
  This approach is being coordinated through the Swedish Committee on Working Environment (LAMK), a network acting to achieve a good, healthy and safe working environment in Swedish agriculture. The Committee consists of representatives of authorities, institutions, companies, research and education institutions and organisations working in the green sector.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Swedish model will be evaluated as a whole concept on its effect on the frequency of injuries in the agricultural industry in the beginning of 2014. Promising results has been shown in evaluations of minor parts.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This coordinated approach has been applied in others countries (United States and New Zealand) as well and seems like an efficient way of using limited resources to achieve higher impact on a specific problems such as occupational injuries in agriculture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Work Science, Business Economics and Environmental Psychology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lundqvist
authors.affiliation: Department of Work Science, Business Economics and Environmental Psychology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden.
authors.forename: Catharina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alwall Svennefelt
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention; D000328:Adult; D000383:Agriculture; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017751:Safety Management; D013548:Sweden
keywords: Injury; Sweden; agriculture; collaboration; national programme; prevention; stakeholders