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: 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; Svärd 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;:1-9

Physicians' experience of and collaboration with return-to-work coordinators in healthcare: a cross-sectional study in Sweden.

Berglund E; Friberg E; Engblom M; Svärd V
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.

Svärd V; Jannas S
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK. 2023;:1-14

Competence and professionalisation among return-to-work coordinators in Sweden: comparisons by original profession

Azad A; Svard V
Article: PLOS ONE. 2023;18(8):e0290021

Coordinators in the return-to-work process: Mapping their work models.

Svärd V; Berglund E; Björk Brämberg E; 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; Andersén Å; Svärd 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.

Svärd 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; Svärd V; Holmlund L; Björk Brämberg E
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; Svärd 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; Svärd 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.

Söderman M; Wennman-Larsen A; Alexanderson K; Svärd 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.

Svärd 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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