title: Working conditions and workplace health and safety promotion in home care: A mixed-method study from Swedish managers' perspectives.
abstract: Today, we can see a trend toward increased psychosocial strain at work among home-care managers and staff. The aim of this study is to describe home care managers' views on their own psychosocial working conditions and on how to promote workplace health and safety in a municipality in northern Sweden. A mixed-methods design was used, including questionnaire and qualitative focus group data. The qualitative data were analyzed by manifest content analysis. The results indicate that most managers perceived increased variety in work and opportunities for development at work, but at the same time increased demands. The managers suggested that workplace health and safety could be improved by risk assessment and improved communication, a clear communication chain by a real as well as a virtual platform for communication. In summary, workplace health and safety could be improved by risk assessments and by a physical as well as a virtual platform for communication.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Health Sciences , Luleå University of Technology , Luleå , Sweden.|b Department of Health Sciences , Lund University , Lund , Sweden.
authors.forename: Gunvor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gard
authors.affiliation: a Department of Health Sciences , Luleå University of Technology , Luleå , Sweden.
authors.forename: Agneta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Larsson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017751:Safety Management; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden; D017132:Workplace / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: Management; mixed method; psychosocial; risk assessment; safety