To Örebro University

The occupational health service (OHS) constitutes an independent resource with competence to identify and describe connections among work environments, organizations, productivity, and health, and can prevent and eliminate health risks in the workplace, for the best public health of the workforce. To do this, the OHS needs to be interdisciplinary. Therefore, the overall aim of this thesis was to investigate and explore interprofessional team collaboration (ITC) in the OHS in Sweden by measuring, describing, and comparing professionals’ per-ceptions and experiences of ITC and psychological and social factors in their work environment. Three quantitative studies and one qualitative study was conducted. A psychometric study was conducted to adapt and evaluate the Assessment of Interprofessional Team Collaboration Scale (AITCS) (Study I). Data collected with AITCS-SII(OH) and the General Questionnaire for Psychological and Social Factors at Work (QPS-Nordic) were used to compare and describe perceptions and experiences of professionals in the OHS (Studies II–III). Five focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted to explore the experiences of ITC (Study IV). The findings show that AITCS-SII(OH) is a valid and reliable tool in this context, there are differences and similarities within the professionals’ experience of ITC and their work environment. Specialist education in occupational health and safety and type of OHS may influence perceptions and experiences of ITC and the work environment. Evidence Based Practice needs to be implemented further in the OHS and the OHS need to develop and promote ITC.