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In or out of reach?: long-term trends in the reach of health assessments in the Swedish occupational setting
Department of Physical Activity and Health, The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
Department of Physical Activity and Health, The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Department of Physical Activity and Health, The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology. Department of Sport Science and Physical Education, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0834-1040
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2024 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, ISSN 0355-3140, E-ISSN 1795-990X, Vol. 50, no 8, p. 641-652Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the reach of a large-scale health assessment delivered by the occupational health service in Sweden for almost 30 years.

Methods: A total of 418 286 individuals who participated in a health assessment (Health Profile Assessment, HPA) between 1995–2021 were included. A comparative sample was obtained from Statistics Sweden, comprising the entire working population for each year (4 962 127–6 011 829 unique individuals per time period). Sociodemographic and work organization characteristics were compared between the HPA and comparative population for six different periods. Under- and overrepresented groups in the private and public sectors were identified using the most recent data (2015–2021).

Results: With negative per cent indicating underrepresentation, the most notable changes over time in representation in the HPA population compared to the comparative were observed for women (-1.2% to -12.8%), private sector employees (-9.4% to 14.9%), individuals with ≥3 years of employment (14.5% to 0.9%), in personal care (0.8% to -8.8%) and manufacturing (0.7% to 6.4%) occupations. Consistently overrepresented groups (median representation across periods) included individuals who had a single income source (6.3%) and were middle-aged (10.8%), born in Sweden (5.9%), associate professionals (8.7%), and employed in companies with high operating profit (17.9%) and low staff turnover (14.3%). Conversely, individuals with low income (-34.0%) and employed in small companies/organizations (-10.9%) were consistently underrepresented. Middle-aged women in education occupations were most underrepresented in the public sector, while in the private sector, it was young women in service and shop sales occupations.

Conclusions: This health assessment has reached many professionals, including hard-to-reach groups, but did not fully represents the Swedish workforce throughout the years.

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Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health , 2024. Vol. 50, no 8, p. 641-652
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health, occupational health service, representativeness, Sweden, workplace
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Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology Occupational Health and Environmental Health
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-231113DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.4192PubMedID: 39431991Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85211254852OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-231113DiVA, id: diva2:1907900
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Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2023-01126Available from: 2024-10-24 Created: 2024-10-24 Last updated: 2024-12-16Bibliographically approved

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