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2 KARTLÄGGNING OCH UTVÄRDERING AV SVENSK VÅRDFORSKNING – HUVUDRAPPORT OCH UNDERLAG FÖR VETENSKAPSRÅDETS REKOMMENDATIONER
Overall assessment of strong and weak research areas
There are many areas of strength in the Care Sciences at Jönköping University
and the organization of the main research areas in profiles/programs
gives an overview of this. Oral health was noted to be particularly strong.
The broad view of Care Sciences implies that there is a lack of focus and coordination
across the platforms and programmes. This has made assessment
difficult. Given that the numbers of staff involved in some of the very good
research is limited, it will be important to collaborate across the themes in
the future and to work together to strategically develop and better conceptualize
interdisciplinary Care Sciences research at the University.
Overall rating: C (Internationally recognised), with B for oral health.
UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE
At University of Skövde, the most important research subjects within the
area of Care Sciences include development of care and treatments for health
promotion and well-being and studies of underlying mechanisms. The research
includes excellent competence within the fields of Care Science: Reproductive,
Perinatal and Sexual Health; Public Health; Information Systems;
Business Administration; Social Psychology; Production Engineering;
Human Work Science and Ergonomics; and Logistics.
Women were in the majority among academic staff but men were more
common in senior positions. The major discipline was nursing, followed by
public health and then a number of different areas including product engineering,
transport systems, IT, social psychology. The external funding per
area in 2010 was modest.
Main Research Areas
University of Skövde highlighted four main research areas. These are:
A Lifelong learning and support to promote health and well-being, as well
as to prevent illness. (6 research subjects)
B Well-being and supportive health through complementary and alternative
methods. (4 research subjects)
C Instrument development: measuring outcomes of interventions and implementations.
(3 research subjects)
D Development of methods in organizations promoting care (8 research
subjects).
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