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Kerstin Nilsson

My name is Kerstin and I am a professor of public health here at Kristianstad University. My research is based on an interest in reducing suffering and increasing well-being among individuals, in organisations and businesses, and in society as a whole. I have a PhD in public health science, epidemiology, and I am an associate professor of public health science, epidemiology at the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University. I also have a PhD in work science, and I am an associate professor of work science at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).

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There are several contexts in which efforts to increase health and well-being in society can be applied. We spend a large proportion of our lives in our workplaces, which makes work an important context for prevention and health promotion. Striving to prevent ill health in working life is important for society, organisations and businesses as well as for private individuals. A tree needs good soil in order to bear fruit. In a workplace, good soil means a good physical and mental work environment with a workload and recuperation time beneficial to individuals' health, which provide a sufficient living, support and fellowship with managers and colleagues, work tasks that feel meaningful and stimulating, and where the individual's skills match the task.

On the basis of my research since 2003 about health-promoting workplaces and a sustainable working life for all ages I have developed a theoretical model about determinant factors for a sustainable working life – swAge (sustainable working life in all ages). There are nine determinants for individuals the possibility to work: 1) their variation of functions, diagnoses and self-assessed health; 2) the physical work environment; 3) the mental work environment; 4) working hours, work pace and recuperation; 5) finances; 6) family situation and private social environment; 7) the attitude within the organisation, leadership, participation, discrimination; 8) work satisfaction and motivation for work tasks; 9) knowledge, skills, development. These nine areas are divided into four determinant spheres based on individuals' considerations regarding whether to work or to leave working life. The four determinant spheres also relate to age and aging. The first consideration about whether to go on working or to leave working life concerns the health effects of the work environment and consists of how working hours and work pace provide for sufficient recuperation. The second consideration concerns private finances and maintenance. The third consideration concerns the perception of support and fellowship through leadership, participation and support at work and in the working group – but also in the family situation and private life. The fourth consideration concerns the execution of work tasks: whether knowledge and skills are at the appropriate level for the work task, and whether the task feels stimulating and motivating. The factor that ultimately determines an individual's choice about whether to continue working or to leave the workplace varies between different persons, professions, tasks, workplaces and societies.

Other research areas I have been involved in are childhood and adolescence conditions in rural areas; nature-supported rehabilitation (naturunderstödd rehabilitering. NUR); managers' work situation; skills transference projects in municipalities and county councils; risks and accidents at work; national data for work-related complaints, sickness absence from work, and sickness benefit and pensions.

Ongoing projects

• Sustainable working life: developing age-conscious leadership among municipal managers based on the swAge model. Sponsor: AFA-försäkring
• Swedish school managers' work environment and professional role: links between early signs of exhaustion, changes of workplace and organisational conditions for work. Sponsor: AFA-försäkring
• WorkForce – Healthy and sustainable workplaces for all ages in Skåne and Västra Götaland. Sponsor: Forte

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E-mail: info@hkr.se

Phone: +46 (0)44-2503000

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SE-291 88 Kristianstad

Sweden

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