Björn Blom
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 313986 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Björn Blom |
| NOMBRES | Björn |
| APELLIDO | Blom |
| FIRMA | BLOM B |
| AFILIACIONES | Umeå University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5867-234X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 39 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2001 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Gender Differences in Service Provision for Victims of Interpersonal Violence
Research suggests that male victims of interpersonal violence (IPV) experience differential treatment when seeking help from service providers. However, little research has explicitly investigated gender differences in actual service provision. The present study investigated whether there are gender differences in the number and type of services provided to IPV victims by the social services (research question 1), as well as if these gender diffe…
Perspectives on organizational structure and social services’ work with clients – a narrative review of 25 years research on social services
The Balancing Act
Dealing with specialised social service organisations can be a challenge for clients with complex needs. These organisations may appear confusing and hard to navigate, and there is also a risk of service fragmentation, as such clients often participate simultaneously in an array of interventions. An additional complication to be handled is that these parallel interventions can range from voluntary to more or less involuntary. The aim of the prese…
Risk Reduction Technologies in General Practice and Social Work
General practitioners (GPs) and social workers (SWs) are professions whose professional autonomy and discretion have changed in the so-called risk and audit society. The aim of this article is to compare GPs’ and SWs’ responses to Evidence-Based and Organizational Risk Reduction Technologies (ERRT and ORRT). It is based on a content analysis of 54 peer-reviewed empirical articles. The results show that both professions held ambivalent positions t…
The evaluation of quality in social-work practice
This theoretical article describes and discusses the concept of quality in relation to the evaluation of social-work practice. Of particular interest are the difference between quality of services and quality of life and the importance of balancing the stakeholders’ different interests in order to make a sound judgement of quality in social work possible. This article begins with presenting some basic perspectives on quality as well as the transf…
Evaluation of quality in social-work practice
This theoretical article describes and discusses the concept of quality in relation to the evaluation of social-work practice. Of particular interest are the difference between quality of services and quality of life and the importance of balancing the stakeholders’ different interests in order to make a sound judgement of quality in social work possible. This article begins with presenting some basic perspectives on quality as well as the transf…
Analysis of Generative Mechanisms
The focus of this article is the analysis of generative mechanisms, a basic concept and phenomenon within the metatheoretical perspective of critical realism. It is emphasized that research questions and methods, as well as the knowledge it is possible to attain, depend on the basic view - ontologically and epistemologically - regarding the phenomenon under scrutiny. A generative mechanism is described as a trans-empirical but real existing entit…
Analysing written narratives
This article describes and discusses a number of fundamental aspects of analysing short written narratives. Of particular interest are the code-totality problems that arise during the transformation of several individual stories into a collective narrative. This article starts with a brief introduction to our previous narrative research on Swedish social-work students, which is followed by a description of textual interpretation according to Paul…
Analysing written narratives
This article describes and discusses a number of fundamental aspects of analysing short written narratives. Of particular interest are the code-totality problems that arise during the transformation of several individual stories into a collective narrative. This article starts with a brief introduction to our previous narrative research on Swedish social-work students, which is followed by a description of textual interpretation according to Paul…
Explaining Human Change
The social worker-client relationship -- a Sartrean approach
Several theorists argue that a close and mutual relationship between social worker and client is the 'core' of social work practice. However, this relationship is not examined in a profound way. In the article, the assumption of the essential relationship between social worker and client is scrutinized, using Jean-Paul Sartre's phenomenological, existential philosophy. The aim is to see what Sartre's theory can bring to the discourse about this r…
The personal social services in a Swedish quasi-market context
English Since the end of the 1980s, the introduction of quasi-markets in the public sector has been a dominant feature in Sweden. This article describes a study of quasi-markets in the personal social services. The study concludes that the personal social services are not fully able to achieve the aims of the quasimarket, and the conditions that must be satisfied to achieve the aims of the quasi-market are only being met to a certain extent. The …
Analysis of short reflective narratives
This article describes and discusses a method for analysing and working with short reflective narratives. The method is inspired by the interpretation theory of Paul Ricoeur, and applied to short written stories where social work students reflect on situations from their field studies - situations they experienced as critical or problematic. The article starts with a discussion about the need to develop complementary methods in narrative research…
Analysis of Generative Mechanisms
The focus of this article is the analysis of generative mechanisms, a basic concept and phenomenon within the metatheoretical perspective of critical realism. It is emphasized that research questions and methods, as well as the knowledge it is possible to attain, depend on the basic view - ontologically and epistemologically - regarding the phenomenon under scrutiny. A generative mechanism is described as a trans-empirical but real existing entit…
Analysing written narratives
This article describes and discusses a number of fundamental aspects of analysing short written narratives. Of particular interest are the code-totality problems that arise during the transformation of several individual stories into a collective narrative. This article starts with a brief introduction to our previous narrative research on Swedish social-work students, which is followed by a description of textual interpretation according to Paul…
The personal social services in a Swedish quasi-market context
English Since the end of the 1980s, the introduction of quasi-markets in the public sector has been a dominant feature in Sweden. This article describes a study of quasi-markets in the personal social services. The study concludes that the personal social services are not fully able to achieve the aims of the quasimarket, and the conditions that must be satisfied to achieve the aims of the quasi-market are only being met to a certain extent. The …
Analysis of short reflective narratives
This article describes and discusses a method for analysing and working with short reflective narratives. The method is inspired by the interpretation theory of Paul Ricoeur, and applied to short written stories where social work students reflect on situations from their field studies - situations they experienced as critical or problematic. The article starts with a discussion about the need to develop complementary methods in narrative research…
Analysing written narratives
This article describes and discusses a number of fundamental aspects of analysing short written narratives. Of particular interest are the code-totality problems that arise during the transformation of several individual stories into a collective narrative. This article starts with a brief introduction to our previous narrative research on Swedish social-work students, which is followed by a description of textual interpretation according to Paul…
Evaluation of quality in social-work practice
This theoretical article describes and discusses the concept of quality in relation to the evaluation of social-work practice. Of particular interest are the difference between quality of services and quality of life and the importance of balancing the stakeholders’ different interests in order to make a sound judgement of quality in social work possible. This article begins with presenting some basic perspectives on quality as well as the transf…
The personal social services in a Swedish quasi-market context
English Since the end of the 1980s, the introduction of quasi-markets in the public sector has been a dominant feature in Sweden. This article describes a study of quasi-markets in the personal social services. The study concludes that the personal social services are not fully able to achieve the aims of the quasimarket, and the conditions that must be satisfied to achieve the aims of the quasi-market are only being met to a certain extent. The …
Analysis of short reflective narratives
This article describes and discusses a method for analysing and working with short reflective narratives. The method is inspired by the interpretation theory of Paul Ricoeur, and applied to short written stories where social work students reflect on situations from their field studies - situations they experienced as critical or problematic. The article starts with a discussion about the need to develop complementary methods in narrative research…
The social worker-client relationship -- a Sartrean approach
Several theorists argue that a close and mutual relationship between social worker and client is the 'core' of social work practice. However, this relationship is not examined in a profound way. In the article, the assumption of the essential relationship between social worker and client is scrutinized, using Jean-Paul Sartre's phenomenological, existential philosophy. The aim is to see what Sartre's theory can bring to the discourse about this r…
Explaining Human Change
Analysing written narratives
This article describes and discusses a number of fundamental aspects of analysing short written narratives. Of particular interest are the code-totality problems that arise during the transformation of several individual stories into a collective narrative. This article starts with a brief introduction to our previous narrative research on Swedish social-work students, which is followed by a description of textual interpretation according to Paul…
Analysing written narratives
This article describes and discusses a number of fundamental aspects of analysing short written narratives. Of particular interest are the code-totality problems that arise during the transformation of several individual stories into a collective narrative. This article starts with a brief introduction to our previous narrative research on Swedish social-work students, which is followed by a description of textual interpretation according to Paul…
Analysis of Generative Mechanisms
The focus of this article is the analysis of generative mechanisms, a basic concept and phenomenon within the metatheoretical perspective of critical realism. It is emphasized that research questions and methods, as well as the knowledge it is possible to attain, depend on the basic view - ontologically and epistemologically - regarding the phenomenon under scrutiny. A generative mechanism is described as a trans-empirical but real existing entit…
Risk Reduction Technologies in General Practice and Social Work
General practitioners (GPs) and social workers (SWs) are professions whose professional autonomy and discretion have changed in the so-called risk and audit society. The aim of this article is to compare GPs’ and SWs’ responses to Evidence-Based and Organizational Risk Reduction Technologies (ERRT and ORRT). It is based on a content analysis of 54 peer-reviewed empirical articles. The results show that both professions held ambivalent positions t…
The evaluation of quality in social-work practice
This theoretical article describes and discusses the concept of quality in relation to the evaluation of social-work practice. Of particular interest are the difference between quality of services and quality of life and the importance of balancing the stakeholders’ different interests in order to make a sound judgement of quality in social work possible. This article begins with presenting some basic perspectives on quality as well as the transf…
Evaluation of quality in social-work practice
This theoretical article describes and discusses the concept of quality in relation to the evaluation of social-work practice. Of particular interest are the difference between quality of services and quality of life and the importance of balancing the stakeholders’ different interests in order to make a sound judgement of quality in social work possible. This article begins with presenting some basic perspectives on quality as well as the transf…
The Balancing Act
Dealing with specialised social service organisations can be a challenge for clients with complex needs. These organisations may appear confusing and hard to navigate, and there is also a risk of service fragmentation, as such clients often participate simultaneously in an array of interventions. An additional complication to be handled is that these parallel interventions can range from voluntary to more or less involuntary. The aim of the prese…
Perspectives on organizational structure and social services’ work with clients – a narrative review of 25 years research on social services
Gender Differences in Service Provision for Victims of Interpersonal Violence
Research suggests that male victims of interpersonal violence (IPV) experience differential treatment when seeking help from service providers. However, little research has explicitly investigated gender differences in actual service provision. The present study investigated whether there are gender differences in the number and type of services provided to IPV victims by the social services (research question 1), as well as if these gender diffe…
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