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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article

Front. Med.
Sec. Healthcare Professions Education
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1509023
This article is part of the Research Topic Burnout, Wellbeing and Resilience of Healthcare Workers in the Post-COVID World View all 10 articles

Organisational-level risk and health-promoting factors within the healthcare sector -a systematic search and review

Provisionally accepted
Magnus Akerstrom Magnus Akerstrom 1*Jens Wahlström Jens Wahlström 2Agneta Lindegård Agneta Lindegård 1Inger EM Arvidsson Inger EM Arvidsson 3Anna-Carin Fagerlind Ståhl Anna-Carin Fagerlind Ståhl 1
  • 1 Institute of Stress Medicine, Västra Götaland Regional Council, Göteborg, Sweden
  • 2 Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Västerbotten, Sweden
  • 3 Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

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    The healthcare sector is globally experiencing increasing demands and workplace interventions on an organisational level is sought to create healthy workplaces. The aim of this study was to provide an overview of Nordic research on the work environment and health of healthcare professionals, with a focus on identifying organisational-level risk and health-promoting factors.This systematic search and review was based on an analysis of studies published in peerreviewed journals between 1 January 2016 and 3 January 2023. The selected studies investigate the relationships between organisational-level risk and health-promoting factors and measures of health and well-being among healthcare professionals in the Nordic countries during ordinary operations. To increase applicability, this systematic search and review was limited to the Nordic countries as they share the same context with a publicly-funded widely accessible healthcare system. A total of 2677 articles were initially identified, with 95 original studies meeting the criteria for relevance and quality.Identified organisational risk and health-promoting factors were categorised into five categories: work schedule distribution, operations design and work methods, ergonomic conditions, working conditions and personnel policies, and the organisation's ethical environment. In addition, two themes across the categories emerged, providing further insight into the implications for practice. The first theme emphasises risk and health-promoting factors in the actions that employers take to fulfil the organisation's goals. The second theme

    Keywords: Risk factors, health-promoting factors, healthcare, Organizational-level, Occupational health and safety management, prevention

    Received: 10 Oct 2024; Accepted: 05 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Akerstrom, Wahlström, Lindegård, Arvidsson and Fagerlind Ståhl. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Magnus Akerstrom, Institute of Stress Medicine, Västra Götaland Regional Council, Göteborg, Sweden

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