Centre for Oral Health, Department of Natural Science and Biomedicine, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden.
Department of Rehabilitation, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden.
BMC Public Health. 2020 Feb 14;20(1):233. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-8181-3.
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. 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 paper describes the study design and data collection methods in a planned study aiming to explore health-promoting factors for a sustainable working life among students in higher education within healthcare and social work.
This protocol describes a multicenter longitudinal study involving Swedish students on higher education programs in the healthcare and social work sectors. In 2018, the study invited students on seven education programs at six universities to participate. These programs were for qualification as: biomedical laboratory scientists (n = 121); dental hygienists (n = 87); nurses (n = 1411); occupational therapists (n = 111); physiotherapists (n = 48); radiographers (n = 60); and, social workers (n = 443). In total, 2283 students were invited to participate. Participants completed a baseline, a self-reported questionnaire including six validated instruments measuring health-promoting factors and processes. There are to be five follow-up questionnaires. Three while the students are studying, one a year after graduating, and one three years after graduating. Each questionnaire captures different health-promoting dimensions, namely: health-promoting resources (i.e. sense of coherence); occupational balance; emotional intelligence; health and welfare; social interaction; and work and workplace experiences/perceptions.
This study focuses on the vastly important aspect of promoting a sustainable working life for healthcare and social work employees. In contrast to previous studies in this area, the present study uses different, validated instruments in health promotion, taking a salutogenic approach. It is hoped that, by stimulating the implementation of new strategies, the study's findings will lead to education programs that prepare students better for a sustainable working life in healthcare and social work.
世界卫生组织强调了促进卫生服务提供者健康的重要性，以确保从事卫生服务的个人的可持续工作寿命。这种可持续性始于学生准备在未来的工作生活中管理自己的健康和福利时。有人建议，大学、员工和实习卫生专业人员应采取或遵循一种健康促进方法，这种方法不仅补充了对已知健康风险的信息提供，而且有利于健康促进策略。本文描述了一项计划研究的研究设计和数据收集方法，该研究旨在探索高等教育中医疗保健和社会工作专业学生可持续工作寿命的健康促进因素。
该方案描述了一项多中心纵向研究，涉及瑞典医疗保健和社会工作领域高等教育项目的学生。2018 年，该研究邀请了六所大学的七个教育项目的学生参与。这些项目的资格为：生物医学实验室科学家（n=121）；牙科保健员（n=87）；护士（n=1411）；职业治疗师（n=111）；物理治疗师（n=48）；放射线技师（n=60）和社会工作者（n=443）。共有 2283 名学生受邀参加。参与者完成了基线调查、一份自我报告问卷，其中包括六个验证过的测量健康促进因素和过程的工具。共有五个随访问卷。三个在学生学习期间，一个在毕业后一年，一个在毕业后三年。每个问卷都捕捉到了不同的健康促进维度，即：健康促进资源（即：社会凝聚力）；职业平衡；情绪智力；健康和福利；社会互动；工作和工作场所经历/认知。
这项研究侧重于促进医疗保健和社会工作员工可持续工作寿命的重要方面。与该领域以前的研究不同，本研究使用了不同的、经过验证的健康促进工具，采用了健康促进方法。希望通过刺激新策略的实施，该研究的结果将导致教育计划更好地为学生在医疗保健和社会工作中准备可持续的工作寿命。
