Understanding the relationship between subjective health complaints and satisfaction with life for people in prevocational training in Norway

Background and aim: In Norway, a large part of the population is dependent on disability benefits. The main reasons for this are related to long-term musculoskeletal pain and psychological complaints. Prevocational rehabilitation, aimed at increasing participation in working life, targets people in need of a sheltered vocational environment. This group has been found to report a very high level of health complaints. Therefore, a better understanding of the psychological mechanisms affecting satisfaction with life for people who experience subjective health complaints could be important for tailoring more optimal vocational rehabilitation initiatives for these individuals. This study aimed to investigate the possible mediator role of basic psychological need satisfaction, described in self-determination theory, in the relationship between subjective health complaints and satisfaction with life. Methods: A total of 201 adult participants attending prevocational training on care farms in Norway answered a questionnaire, including demographic questions and standardised instruments on subjective health complaints, basic psychological need satisfaction and satisfaction with life. Analyses were conducted using a structural equation model. Results: Most of the participants had been out of work for more than one year, had a high prevalence of subjective health complaints and a low level of satisfaction with life. The structural equation model showed that basic psychological need satisfaction mediated the negative association between psychological health complaints and satisfaction with life. Conclusion: The results indicate that even though health complaints remain, prevocational programs can counteract some of the negative associations between subjective health complaints and satisfaction with life by creating contexts that support basic psychological needs that are important for well-being and functioning. Providing clients with understanding, guidance, positive feedback, meaningful tasks and a close, supportive social community, has been found to facilitate satisfaction of basic psychological needs in prevocational training on care farms

PREVOCATIONAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENT

Prevocational training and education in integrated environment is especially important for students with special educational needs because it gives them possibility to avoid social exclusion and discrimination in the labour market. In the present article the possibilities of prevocational training and education of students having special educational needs in integrated environment have been analyzed. Specialists’ attitude towards prevocational training and education of students having special educational needs in integrated environment has been revealed; it has been found out how prevocational training and education is performed; factors influencing effective prevocational training and education have been investigated.

Berufliche Rehabilitation psychisch Kranker

ZusammenfassungDie Wichtigkeit beruflicher Rehabilitation psychisch Kranker als Baustein auf dem Weg zur Wiedereingliederung ist unbestritten, spielt jedoch im klinischen Alltag oft nur eine untergeordnete Rolle. Der Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über rechtliche Grundlagen und Möglichkeiten der beruflichen Rehabilitation psychisch Kranker. Es werden die wichtigsten Einrichtungstypen dargestellt, einige Studienergebnisse zum Prevocational Training und Supported Employment referiert und der Ablauf des Antragsverfahrens beschrieben.

Flexible working arrangements in prevocational training: implications for the delivery of safe and effective health care

And the whole is greater than [the sum of] the part(s). ‘The Fifth Common Notion’ from Book I of Euclid’s ΣTOIXEIΩN (The Elements) 1

What employment programs should health services invest in for people with a psychiatric disability?

Employment has significant health benefits for people with a psychiatric disability, including improved mental health and wellbeing and a reduction in symptoms and rates of relapse. Systematic reviews show that supported employment is more effective than prevocational training in achieving open employment for this group. Health services should invest in developing partnerships and structures to ensure access to evidence-based supported employment programs for people with a psychiatric disability. We draw on exploratory research in south-west Sydney to discuss some of the challenges that a focus on employment presents for mental health services.