Mikael Skillmark
Biographic Data
| ID | 4470817 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mikael Skillmark |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mikael |
| FAMILY NAME | Skillmark |
| SIGNATURE | SKILLMARK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jönköping University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2319-4034 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Do Specialized Social Welfare and Women's Shelter Services Make a Difference? A Swedish Pre–Post Study on Domestic Violence Interventions
Purpose: Violence against women is a major public health concern. Comparative research on outcomes across different service providers remains limited. Method: Women seeking support from social welfare units or women's shelters were recruited from six organizations in Sweden. A pre–post design was applied, with structured interviews and questionnaires at baseline and 1-year follow-up. Fifty-one women participated. Results: Psychological violence w…
Voices from the shadow: Domestic violence survivors’ experiences of seeking and receiving support during the Covid-19 pandemic
It has been globally recognised that COVID-19 has impacted the prevalence of domestic violence (DV). Various international research has reported obstacles for DV workers in reaching out to victims during the pandemic. To investigate how DV victims experienced seeking help and experienced support received from specialised units within social services or women’s shelters during the pandemic, an interview study was conducted. Fifty-one women subject…
The Sounds of Silence: Making Sense of the Absence of Domestic Violence Victims Help Seeking During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Increased concern was raised globally at the outbreak of COVID-19 that victims of domestic violence would be even more at risk when isolated with a violent partner and out of reach of support due to restrictions. Swedish staff in violence against women services prepared for increased calls for help. Instead, a worrying silence arose in a time and place of high uncertainty. This article analyzes the narratology of risk, when staff members in viole…
A Swedish study about how staff reason and act when they suspect domestic abuse perpetrated by informal caregivers of persons with dementia
Older persons with dementia have several risk factors for being exposed to domestic abuse, for example dependency on others to manage daily life.The purpose of the study was to explore how staff act and reason when suspecting domestic abuse perpetrated by informal caregivers of persons with dementia.Eight semi-structured group interviews were conducted with staff (n = 39) working with persons with dementia living in their ordinary homes.A themati…
Balancing in the pandemic: How social workers respond to new risks when supporting clients who experience domestic violence
Since the winter of 2020, COVID-19 has significantly changed the lives of many people. The aim of the present study is to explore how social workers specialised in the field of domestic violence (DV) balance the expectation and need to protect themselves from infection with the expectation and need to protect their clients and how this balancing affects their discretion. The method was qualitative interviews with social workers, team leaders, and…
It’s about Living Like Everyone Else”: Dichotomies of Housing Support in Swedish Mental Health Care
The deinstitutionalization of psychiatric care has not only altered the living conditions for people with severe mental illness but has also greatly affected social services staff. In the Mental Health Act launched by the Swedish government in 1995, a new kind of service called ‘housing support’ and a new occupational group, ‘housing support workers,’ was introduced. However, housing support does not currently operate under any specific guideline…
Bridge over Troubled Water—Closing the Research–Practice Gap in Social Work
Since starting over a hundred years ago social work has been occupied with the division into academic and practical knowledge. A common theme in scientific journals of social work is how this gap can be understood and resolved. The initial purpose of this article was to carry out a systematic review to find out if and how the gap could be bridged. Because few independent studies could be found, the study instead took the form of a scoping review …
The significance of context and victim–offender relationship for Swedish social workers’ understandings of young men’s violent victimization
This article investigates how social workers’ interpretations of contextual factors and the relationship between victim and offender affect their understanding and assessment of male violent victimization. The study was designed as a multiple case study with a qualitative comparative approach. Focus group interviews supported by vignettes were used to collect data. Interviews were carried out with professional Swedish social workers working with …
Applying standardisation tools in social work practice from the perspectives of social workers, managers, and politicians: A Swedish case study
This article reports findings from a case study of the practical application of a standardisation tool in everyday social work practice. The example tool used herein is the Swedish version of the UK-based Integrated Children’s System, which in Sweden is known as Children’s Needs in Focus (Barns Behov i Centrum; BBIC). The study analyses group and individual interviews with social workers, managers and politicians using concepts from implementatio…
Reluctant Help-Seekers and Agentic Victims – Swedish Social Workers’ Talk about Young Men Victimised by Violence
The aim of this article is to investigate how Swedish social workers who work with supporting young crime victims construct young men’s violent victimisation and their need for help. The data consist of three qualitative focus group interviews with trained social workers working with young crime victims. Based on data from focus group interviews, the analysis shows that the social workers do not portray young men as passive victims; instead, they…
Applying standardisation tools in social work practice from the perspectives of social workers, managers, and politicians: A Swedish case study
This article reports findings from a case study of the practical application of a standardisation tool in everyday social work practice. The example tool used herein is the Swedish version of the UK-based Integrated Children’s System, which in Sweden is known as Children’s Needs in Focus (Barns Behov i Centrum; BBIC). The study analyses group and individual interviews with social workers, managers and politicians using concepts from implementatio…
Bridge over Troubled Water—Closing the Research–Practice Gap in Social Work
Since starting over a hundred years ago social work has been occupied with the division into academic and practical knowledge. A common theme in scientific journals of social work is how this gap can be understood and resolved. The initial purpose of this article was to carry out a systematic review to find out if and how the gap could be bridged. Because few independent studies could be found, the study instead took the form of a scoping review …
It’s about Living Like Everyone Else”: Dichotomies of Housing Support in Swedish Mental Health Care
The deinstitutionalization of psychiatric care has not only altered the living conditions for people with severe mental illness but has also greatly affected social services staff. In the Mental Health Act launched by the Swedish government in 1995, a new kind of service called ‘housing support’ and a new occupational group, ‘housing support workers,’ was introduced. However, housing support does not currently operate under any specific guideline…
Reluctant Help-Seekers and Agentic Victims – Swedish Social Workers’ Talk about Young Men Victimised by Violence
The aim of this article is to investigate how Swedish social workers who work with supporting young crime victims construct young men’s violent victimisation and their need for help. The data consist of three qualitative focus group interviews with trained social workers working with young crime victims. Based on data from focus group interviews, the analysis shows that the social workers do not portray young men as passive victims; instead, they…
Applying standardisation tools in social work practice from the perspectives of social workers, managers, and politicians: A Swedish case study
This article reports findings from a case study of the practical application of a standardisation tool in everyday social work practice. The example tool used herein is the Swedish version of the UK-based Integrated Children’s System, which in Sweden is known as Children’s Needs in Focus (Barns Behov i Centrum; BBIC). The study analyses group and individual interviews with social workers, managers and politicians using concepts from implementatio…
The significance of context and victim–offender relationship for Swedish social workers’ understandings of young men’s violent victimization
This article investigates how social workers’ interpretations of contextual factors and the relationship between victim and offender affect their understanding and assessment of male violent victimization. The study was designed as a multiple case study with a qualitative comparative approach. Focus group interviews supported by vignettes were used to collect data. Interviews were carried out with professional Swedish social workers working with …
It’s about Living Like Everyone Else”: Dichotomies of Housing Support in Swedish Mental Health Care
The deinstitutionalization of psychiatric care has not only altered the living conditions for people with severe mental illness but has also greatly affected social services staff. In the Mental Health Act launched by the Swedish government in 1995, a new kind of service called ‘housing support’ and a new occupational group, ‘housing support workers,’ was introduced. However, housing support does not currently operate under any specific guideline…
Bridge over Troubled Water—Closing the Research–Practice Gap in Social Work
Since starting over a hundred years ago social work has been occupied with the division into academic and practical knowledge. A common theme in scientific journals of social work is how this gap can be understood and resolved. The initial purpose of this article was to carry out a systematic review to find out if and how the gap could be bridged. Because few independent studies could be found, the study instead took the form of a scoping review …
Balancing in the pandemic: How social workers respond to new risks when supporting clients who experience domestic violence
Since the winter of 2020, COVID-19 has significantly changed the lives of many people. The aim of the present study is to explore how social workers specialised in the field of domestic violence (DV) balance the expectation and need to protect themselves from infection with the expectation and need to protect their clients and how this balancing affects their discretion. The method was qualitative interviews with social workers, team leaders, and…
A Swedish study about how staff reason and act when they suspect domestic abuse perpetrated by informal caregivers of persons with dementia
Older persons with dementia have several risk factors for being exposed to domestic abuse, for example dependency on others to manage daily life.The purpose of the study was to explore how staff act and reason when suspecting domestic abuse perpetrated by informal caregivers of persons with dementia.Eight semi-structured group interviews were conducted with staff (n = 39) working with persons with dementia living in their ordinary homes.A themati…
The Sounds of Silence: Making Sense of the Absence of Domestic Violence Victims Help Seeking During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Increased concern was raised globally at the outbreak of COVID-19 that victims of domestic violence would be even more at risk when isolated with a violent partner and out of reach of support due to restrictions. Swedish staff in violence against women services prepared for increased calls for help. Instead, a worrying silence arose in a time and place of high uncertainty. This article analyzes the narratology of risk, when staff members in viole…
Do Specialized Social Welfare and Women's Shelter Services Make a Difference? A Swedish Pre–Post Study on Domestic Violence Interventions
Purpose: Violence against women is a major public health concern. Comparative research on outcomes across different service providers remains limited. Method: Women seeking support from social welfare units or women's shelters were recruited from six organizations in Sweden. A pre–post design was applied, with structured interviews and questionnaires at baseline and 1-year follow-up. Fifty-one women participated. Results: Psychological violence w…
Voices from the shadow: Domestic violence survivors’ experiences of seeking and receiving support during the Covid-19 pandemic
It has been globally recognised that COVID-19 has impacted the prevalence of domestic violence (DV). Various international research has reported obstacles for DV workers in reaching out to victims during the pandemic. To investigate how DV victims experienced seeking help and experienced support received from specialised units within social services or women’s shelters during the pandemic, an interview study was conducted. Fifty-one women subject…
Intimate Partner and Family Violence (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Domestic violence (5 works) · Poison control (5 works) · Suicide prevention (5 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Law (4 works)