Examining preventive occupational health and safety management in the Swedish welfare sector-questionnaire development, its validity and reliability, and initial findings on employers' knowledge.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A preventive approach to occupational health and safety management (OHSM) can improve working conditions, but more knowledge is needed on how this should be organised in practice. Here, we describe the development, validity and reliability of a questionnaire used to examine employers' preventive OHSM within the Swedish welfare sector. Furthermore, employers' knowledge of preventive OHSM was explored using the survey data.

Material and methods

A questionnaire was developed based on interviews with key actors (n = 7), experts (n = 6) and intended respondents (n = 5). Using the final questionnaire, 197 responses were collected from employer (n = 126) and employee representatives (n = 71) and used to assess the validity and reliability of the questionnaire. Qualitat

SUBMITTER: Akerstrom M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11563452 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature