In recent years there has been increased interest in the role played by business corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies in promoting the health and wellbeing of internal and external stakeholders. However, the sparse public health research to date has mainly focused on the health and wellbeing of internal stakeholders. This viewpoint article aims to ignite discussion of how CSR strategies need to also target external stakeholders beyond the workplace. Businesses have an opportunity to help address the most important societal challenges, especially the social determinants of health which are the root causes of inequities in health. However, while advancing a new agenda for promoting external stakeholders’ health, businesses need to take into account potential challenges that might arise from ethical conflicts when trying to balance their CSR initiatives against their business operations.
Äldre personers välbefinnande, och hur kyrkan och dess församlingar genom sina öppna verksamheter kan bidra till detta välbefinnande, står i fokus för denna studie. Vi genomförde tretton intervjuer med personer över 65 år som besökt någon öppen verksamhet i en församling i en stad i Mellansverige sommaren 2021. En induktiv tematisk analys resulterade i fem teman: kontakt med andra, fysisk aktivitet, sysselsättning, kyrkan och församlingen samt platser att gå till. Resultatet visar betydelsen av dessa faktorer för att minska känslan av ensamhet och bryta isolering. Det överensstämmer med tidigare forskning, men pekar också på kyrkans och församlingens potentiella betydelse för att ge äldre personer sammanhang och sysselsättning. Det finns få studier som har undersökt detta och mer forskning behövs. Det behövs också fler sociala aktiviteter och träffpunkter för äldre i Sverige. The Church of Sweden and the well-being of elderly people – the impact of open activities in a parishThe aim of the present study was to explore factors that contribute to elderly people’s well-being, the impact of the church and their open activities organized by a parish. Thirteen interviews were carried out in a city in mid-Sweden with people over 65 years of age who had participated in an open activity during the summer of 2021. An inductive thematic analysis resulted in five themes: interactions with others, physical activity, keeping occupied, the church and the parish and places to visit. The result points to the importance of these factors in decreasing loneliness and social isolation. This is in accordance with previous research but highlights the importance of the church and the parish in giving elderly people a social context and a meaningful pursuit. Few studies have examined this, and more research is needed as well as more activities and meeting points for elderly people in Sweden.
Föreliggande studie undersöker generell mental förmåga i barndomen och dess påverkan på arbetstrivseln som vuxen. Studien utgår ifrån ett longitudinellt urval på nästan 1000 kvinnor och män som följts från 10 års ålder till 48 års ålder. Skillnader i generell mental förmåga och arbetstrivsel med hänsyn till olika yrkesnivåer och yrkesområden undersöktes. Resultaten visade att generell mental förmåga respektive arbetstrivsel skilde sig åt mellan olika yrkesnivåer och yrkesområden. Det fanns interaktionseffekter mellan yrkesnivåer och kön. Resultaten indikerade på en självselektion in i arbetslivet vilket i sig har betydelse för den långsiktiga anpassningen.
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