Sofia Elwér

Dados Biográficos

ID93271
NOMESofia Elwér
PRENOMESSofia
SOBRENOMEElwér
ASSINATURAELWÉR S
AFILIAÇÕESUmeå University
VERIFICADONão
TOTAL DE OBRAS5
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES19
TOTAL COMO AUTOR5
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2010
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2017
ÍNDICE H2

  • Mer jämställt, mindre sjukskrivning

    Open AccessLisa Harrysson, Sofia ElwérARTICLETidskrift för genusvetenskap2017Referências: 4

    This study analyses how sick leave among women and men are related to patterns of gender equality in the workplace. The study is based on register data from the Longitudinal Integration Database for Health Insurance and Labor Studies (LISA ), and includes 520 workplaces for 134 450 people. Indicators of gender equality in the workplace consist of women to men ratio in terms of number of employees, salaries, education and parental leave. Cluster a…

  • Workplace gender composition and psychological distress

    Open AccessSofia Elwér, Klara Johansson et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    The association between gender composition and psychological distress cannot be explained by differences in the perception of the psychosocial work environment and thus the work environment hypothesis is not supported. Workplaces with a mixed gender composition needs further research attention to explain the negative development of psychological distress during working life for both women and men at these workplaces

  • Central gender theoretical concepts in health research

    Anne Hammarström, Klara Johansson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2014Citada por: 13Referências: 27

    Despite increasing awareness of the importance of gender perspectives in health science, there is conceptual confusion regarding the meaning and the use of central gender theoretical concepts. We argue that it is essential to clarify how central concepts are used within gender theory and how to apply them to health research. We identify six gender theoretical concepts as central and interlinked—but problematic and ambiguous in health science: sex…

  • Gender (in)equality among employees in elder care

    Open AccessSofia Elwér, Lena Aléx et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2012

    The health experience of the participants was affected by gender (in)equality in terms of a gendered work division. However, the participants did not see the gendered work division as a gender equality issue. Gender perspectives are needed to improve the health of the employees at the workplaces through shifting from individual to structural solutions. A healthy-setting approach considering gender relations is needed to achieve gender equality an…

  • Health Against the Odds

    Open AccessSofia Elwér, Lena Aléx et al.ARTICLEQualitative Health Research2010Citada por: 6Referências: 31

    Women-dominated elder care in Sweden is a low-paid, low-status job with a high prevalence of sick leave. Our aim was to analyze health experiences of employees in elder care from a gender perspective. All caregiving staff at two establishments providing care to the elderly were invited to participate in the study. A moderator led seven focus group discussions. Qualitative content analysis was used to analyze the transcribed focus groups. We ident…