Patrik Haraldsson

Doctoral Student
Research School of Health and Welfare , School of Health and Welfare
Presentation Publications

Biography

Patrik Haraldsson works as a business developer at Arbetsmiljöenheten, which is a built-in Occupational Health Service (OHS) in Region Jönköping County. In the spring of 2020, Patrik completed a master´s degree with focus on work environment and health at Lund University. Since January 2021, he has been enrolled as a doctoral student at Jönköping University. 

Research

The focus of Patrik´s research is Structured Multidisciplinary Work Evaluation Tool (SMET). SMET is an OHS method for support in systematic work environment management developed in Region Jönköping County. The research aims to ensure good quality in the method and to evaluate how work with the SMET method can affect the work environment in healthcare.

The preliminary title of the thesis is "Adapting work to the worker. -A pragmatist complexity approach to health promotion through occupational health in a hospital setting". The main supervisor is Kristina Areskoug Josefsson, Professor at Högskolan Väst. Co-supervisors are Dirk Jonker PhD and Axel Ros Associated professor, both affiliated with Jönköping University.

More information about the SMET method can be found at FHVmetodik - methods for Occupational Health Service https://fhvmetodik.se/exponering/arbetsmiljökartläggning/smak/

Article

Areskoug Josefsson, K., Haraldsson, P., Jonker, D. (2025). Introduction to the special section on Occupational Health Service (OHS) support to ensure a sustainable work environment in health and welfare workplaces Work: A journal of Prevention, Assessment and rehabilitation, 80(4), 1938-1940. More information
Hosseini, Z., Mokhtarinia, H., Haraldsson, P., Gabel, C. (2024). Structured Multidisciplinary work Evaluation Tool (SMET) questionnaire: Translation, cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Persian version. Work: A journal of Prevention, Assessment and rehabilitation, 77(2), 659-669. More information
Wåhlin, C. Buck, S. Enthoven, P. Andreassen, M. Sandqvist, J. Haraldsson, P. , ... Strid E. (2024). Risk assessment of healthcare workers' exposure to physical load in relation to patient handling and movement: a feasibility study of the instrument TilThermometer BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 25(1). More information
Haraldsson, P., Nylander, E., Jonker, D., Ros, A., Areskoug Josefsson, K. (2024). Workplace interventions focusing on how to plan, organize and design the work environment in hospital settings: A systematic review. More information
Haraldsson, P., Rolander, B., Jonker, D., Strengbom, E., Areskoug Josefsson, K. (2022). Further psychometric evaluation of the Structured Multidisciplinary Work Evaluation Tool (SMET) questionnaire: Practical implications in healthcare settings Work: A journal of Prevention, Assessment and rehabilitation, 73(4), 1279-1295. More information
Haraldsson, P., Ros, A., Jonker, D., Areskoug Josefsson, K. (2022). Evaluating the effect of supported systematic work environment management during the Covid-19 pandemic: Protocol for a mixed methods study [protocol] JMIR Research Protocols, 11(3). More information
Haraldsson, P., Areskoug Josefsson, K., Rolander, B., Strengbom, E., Jonker, D. (2021). Comparing the Structured Multidisciplinary Work Evaluation Tool (SMET) questionnaire with technical measurements of physical workload in certified nursing assistants in a medical ward setting Applied Ergonomics, 96. More information
Haraldsson, P., Jonker, D., Rolander, B., Strengbom, E., Areskoug Josefsson, K. (2019). Structured Multidisciplinary Work Evaluation Tool (SMET): Reliability testing of a multidisciplinary/multifactorial work questionnaire Work: A journal of Prevention, Assessment and rehabilitation, 62(2), 287-297. More information
Haraldsson, P., Jonker, D., Areskoug Josefsson, K. (2016). Structured multidisciplinary work evaluation tool: Development and validation of a multidisciplinary work questionnaire Work: A journal of Prevention, Assessment and rehabilitation, 55(4), 883-891. More information

Conference paper

Haraldsson, P., Rolander, B., Jonker, D., Strengbom, E., Areskoug Josefsson, K. (2023). Further psychometric evaluation of the Structured Multidisciplinary Work Evaluation Tool (SMET) questionnaire: Practical implications in healthcare settings. 2023 Learn at WORK Webinars, 15 February 2023. More information
Haraldsson, P., Ros, A., Jonker, D., Areskoug Josefsson, K. (2022). The importance of occupational health for patient safety: Learnings from a development project. 6th Nordic Conference on Research in Patient Safety and Quality in Healthcare (NSQH), Jönköping, Sweden, 29-30 September 2022. More information
Haraldsson, P., Carlsson, K. (2021). Framgångsrikt arbetsmiljöarbete på Medicin- och geriatrikkliniken Värnamo sjukhus. Utvecklingskraft 2021, Region Jönköpings län. More information
Areskoug-Josefsson, K., Haraldsson, P. (2015). SMAK - Nyttan av ett strukturerat, validerat multidisciplinärt bedömningsinstrument inom företagshälsovården. Fysioterapi 2015, Stockholm, 21-23 oktober. More information

Other publications

Haraldsson, P., Nylander, E., Jonker, D., Ros, A., Areskoug Josefsson, K. (2021). Implementation of work environment interventions in healthcare: A systematic literature review protocol [protocol]. More information