Veronica Svärd

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I am an Associate Professor in Social Work with a clinical background as a licenced health social worker at Karolinska University Hospital.

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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK. 2024;27(5):938-951
Competence and professionalisation among return-to-work coordinators in Sweden: comparisons by original profession
Azad A; Svard V
Article: DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION. 2024;46(18):4120-4128
Physicians' experience of and collaboration with return-to-work coordinators in healthcare: a cross-sectional study in Sweden
Berglund E; Friberg E; Engblom M; Svard V
Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;24(1):1567
Collaboration in the return-to-work process after sick leave due to common mental disorders: a qualitative study of stakeholders' views on goals and roles
Svard V; Johansson ZA; Holmlund L; Hellman T; Kwak L; Bramberg EB
Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;24(1):1389
Exploring the working life of people with multiple sclerosis during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden
Murley C; Dervish J; Machado A; Svard V; Wennman-Larsen A; Hillert J; Friberg E
Article: INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK. 2023;66(6):1655-1668
Health social work with migrants: Constructing a specialist profession
Svard V; Sernbo E
Article: DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION. 2023;45(18):2915-2924
Organisational prerequisites for coordinating the return-to-work process for people with multimorbidity and psychosocial difficulties
Svard V; Jannas S
Article: PLOS ONE. 2023;18(8):e0290021
Coordinators in the return-to-work process: Mapping their work models
Svard V; Berglund E; Bramberg EB; Gustafsson N; Engblom M; Friberg E
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;19(7):4040
Coordination and Perceived Support for Return to Work: A Cross-Sectional Study among Patients in Swedish Healthcare
Berglund E; Friberg E; Engblom M; Andersen A; Svard V
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2021;11(12):e051555
Physician's use of sickness certification guidelines: a nationwide survey of 13 750 physicians in different types of clinics in Sweden
Svard V; Alexanderson K
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;18(22):11828
Conducting In-Depth Interviews via Mobile Phone with Persons with Common Mental Disorders and Multimorbidity: The Challenges and Advantages as Experienced by Participants and Researchers
Azad A; Sernbo E; Svard V; Holmlund L; Bramberg EB
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;18(19):10280
Patients' with Multimorbidity and Psychosocial Difficulties and Their Views on Important Professional Competence for Rehabilitation Coordinators in the Return-to-Work Process
Azad A; Svard V
Article: BMC WOMENS HEALTH. 2021;21(1):332
Factors of decisive importance for being in work or not during two years after breast cancer surgery: content analysis of 462 women's open answers
Wennman-Larsen A; Svard V; Alexanderson K; Friberg E
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER CARE. 2021;30(4):e13414
Oncologists' experiences of and prerequisites for sickness certification tasks: A nationwide questionnaire study
Soderman M; Wennman-Larsen A; Alexanderson K; Svard V; Friberg E
Article: JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY HEALTHCARE. 2021;14:1245-1257
How People with Multimorbidity and Psychosocial Difficulties Experience Support by Rehabilitation Coordinators During Sickness Absence
Svard V; Friberg E; Azad A
Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;28(suppl_4):cky212.179
Physician’s work with sickness certification of patients; results from 4 very large Swedish surveys
Alexanderson K; Haque M; Svärd V; Friberg E; Arrelöv B; Nilsson G
Journal article: CHILD CARE IN PRACTICE. 2017;23(4):342-355
“Why don’t they Report?” Hospital Personnel Working with Children at Risk
Svärd V
Article: CHILD & FAMILY SOCIAL WORK. 2017;22:81-91
Assessing children at risk: organizational and professional conditions within children's hospitals
Svard V
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK. 2014;17(4):508-522
Hospital social workers' assessment processes for children at risk: positions in and contributions to inter-professional teams
Svard V
Journal article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WORK ORGANISATION AND EMOTION. 2014;6(4):369
Emotions and normativity in assessments of children at risk
Svärd V

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Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;29:405
Experiences of specialist social workers for asylum seeking patients at a large Swedish hospital
Svard V; Nilsson M; Sernbo E
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;29:ckz186.065
Characteristics of specialist consultations regarding immigrant patients at a large Swedish hospital
Svard V; Sernbo E; Nilsson M
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;29:499
Physicians' use of information from sickness certification guidelines: A nationwide Swedish survey
Svard V; Alexanderson K
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;28:345
Physician's views on social insurance officers' encounters and competence regarding sick-leave cases
Svard V; Alexanderson K
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;28:64
Physician's work with sickness certification of patients; results from 4 very large Swedish surveys
Alexanderson K; Haque M; Svard V; Friberg E; Arrelov B; Nilsson G

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