Health-promoting factors in higher education for a sustainable working life
The World Health Organization has highlighted the importance of health promotion for health service providers in order to ensure sustainable working life for individuals involved in providing health services. Such sustainability begins when students are preparing to manage their own future health and welfare in working life.
Start date: 2018-01-01
End date: 2026-12-31
It has been suggested that universities, employees and trainee health professionals should adopt or follow a salutogenic approach that not only complements the providing of information on known health risks but also favors health promotion strategies.
This study aiming to explore health-promoting factors for a sustainable
working life among students in higher education within healthcare and social work. A multicenter longitudinal study involving Swedish students on higher education programs in the healthcare and social work sectors has been designed.
Publications
Lindmark, U., Ahlstrand, I., Ekman, A. et al. Health-promoting factors in higher education for a sustainable working life – protocol for a multicenter longitudinal study. BMC Public Health 20, 233 (2020).
Ahlstrand, I., Larsson, I., Larsson, M. et al. Health-promoting factors among students in higher education within health care and social work: a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data in a multicentre longitudinal study. BMC Public Health 22, 1314 (2022).
Project website
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