Background: Police officers on external duty is often associated with a high workload. The work environment varies depending on the society and the surroundings. A large part of work-related health research consists of risk factors for ill health and deficiencies rather than health-promoting factors in the workplace.Aim: The purpose with the study is to investigate police officers’ experiences of factors that promote health in a complex work environment. Method: A qualitative study with semi structured interviews was conducted with six police officers working on the external duty. Police officers on external duty were recruited through snowball selection. Data were analyzed trough qualitative content analysis. Results: The result of the study shows that the police officers experienced health-promoting factors at four system levels: individual-, group-, management- and organizational level. Individual factors that had an impact on health were motivation, balance in everyday life and individuals own preparation were perceived important on an individual level. Social relationship in the terms of colleagues, communication and everyday external social relationships had a health promoting impact on a group level. Supportive leadership was considered an important factor at the management level. At the organizational level conditions like benefits and support functions were perceived to have an important impact on the work-related health.Conclusions: The conclusion is that health-promoting factors for police officers on external duty are identified in four different system levels. The health-promoting factors need to be in alignment to reach workplace health.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mdh-67151 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Larsson, Emma, Wallin, Elin |
| Publisher | Mälardalens universitet, Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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