Social and health care teachers’ occupational well-being in Finland -research and development project, 2020-2023
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Main funder
Työhyvinvointirahasto (OAJ)
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The aim of the Social and health care teachers’ occupational well-being in Finland -research and development project is to promote the occupational well-being of social and health care teachers. The project is in two parts, the first part was implemented in autumn 2020 as a national cross-sectional study (n = 552) to extensively evaluate the occupational well-being and development needs of teachers working in the Social and Health Sector. The second phase of the social and health teachers’ occupational well-being in Finland research and development project develops individual-level and work community-level occupational well-being programs that are suitable for daily work of teachers. The aim of the programs is to maintain and increase the actions that promote the occupational well-being of vocational teachers and the resources of the individual and the work community in educational organizations. The occupational well-being programs produced and tested in the research and development project may be applied in various fields and levels of education in the future.
This project is also part of a larger research entity of the University of Eastern Finland, Department of Nursing Science, titled Occupational Well-being in Education (OWE), which also includes research on occupational well-being of health care teachers in Estonia (2021-23) and research co-operation for primary school staff in Lithuania (2019-20). This is how this occupational well-being project implemented in Finland, and its results and operating models also generate new information to the international research. The project is carried out by the University of Eastern Finland, the Department of Nursing Science, and as a partner, the University of Turku, the Department of Nursing Science and University of Eastern Finland, Department of Applied Physics and Vocational Educators and Trainers (Ammatilliset opettajat AO ry). The project has been received funding from the OAJ’s Occupational Wellbeing Fund for the years 2021-23.
Research group (University of Eastern Finland: Professor Terhi Saaranen (research leader), Department of Nursing Science; Project researcher Anneli Vauhkonen, Department of Nursing Science, Professori Kirsi Honkalampi, School of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Senior Researcher Mika Tarvainen, Department of Applied Physics
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An intervention to address
New publication from occupational well-being intervention among health care educators - a process evaluation study -
Occupational well-being among health and social care educators: Structural equation modelling
New publication about modeling occupational well-being -
Dissertation ”Occupational well-being of nurse educators – Development and evaluation of a digital intervention”
Jenni Rinne's dissertation research ”Occupational well-being of nurse educators – Development and evaluation of a digital intervention” focuses…
Cooperation
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Project is funded by the OAJ’s Occupational Wellbeing Fund for the years 2021-2023
Conference presentations
Saaranen, T., Vauhkonen, A., Salminen, L., Rinne, J., & Kähkönen, O. (2024). Sosiaali- ja terveysalan opettajien työhyvinvointi vuosina 2020 ja 2023. XVIII Kansallinen hoitotieteellinen konferenssi “Hoitotiede yhteiskunnassa”. 11.-12.6.2024, Finland, Tampere.
Vauhkonen, A., Azimirad, M., Pasanen, M., Salminen, L., Rinne, J, Honkalampi, K., & Saaranen, T., Elonen, I., Pasanen, M., & (2024). Psykometriset ominaisuudet – Sosiaali- ja terveysalan opettajien työhyvinvointi -indeksikysely. XVIII Kansallinen hoitotieteellinen konferenssi “Hoitotiede yhteiskunnassa”. 11.-12.6.2024, Finland, Tampere.
Saaranen, T., Kähkönen, O., Salminen, L., Rinne, J., & Vauhkonen, A. (2024). Occupational well-being of health and social care educators and promoting factors. 7th European Regional Sigma Conference, 26.-28.6.2024, United Kingdom, Bournemouth.
Vauhkonen, A., Azimirad, M., Pasanen, M., Salminen, L., Rinne, J., Kangasniemi, M., Kommusaar, J., Honkalampi, K., & Saaranen, T. (2024). Occupational well-being of social and health care teachers instrument – Development and psychometric properties. 7th European Regional Sigma Conference, 26.-28.6.2024, United Kingdom, Bournemouth.
Vauhkonen, A., Kommusaar, J., Honkalampi, K., Solankallio-Vahteri, T., Kööp, K., Varik, M., Linde, S., Saaranen, T. (2024). Community-based Participatory Occupational Well-being Intervention for Educators (CBP-OWE) among health care educators in Finland and Estonia. FoHS Doctoral Researcher Symposium, 15.-16.5.2024, Finland, Kuopio.
Vauhkonen, A., Saaranen, T., Cassar, M., Camilleri, M., Martín-Delgado, L., Haycock-Stuart, E., Solgajová, A., Elonen, I., Pasanen, M., Virtanen, H., Rinne. J., & Salminen, L. (2024). Occupational well-being and mental workload of health care educators in relation to professional competence. FINE Europe conference, 21-22.3.2024, Spain, Barcelona.
Vauhkonen, A., Kommusaar, J., Kangasniemi, M., Linde, S., Mikiver, M., Honkalampi, K., Saaranen, T. (2023). Occupational well-being developmental intervention among health care educators. 9th Sigma European PhD virtual connect conference. “Re-imagining nursing research in an uncertain world”, 22.11.2023.
Kähkönen, O., Vauhkonen, A., & Saaranen, T. (2023). Työhyvinvointi koulutusalalla – Verkkokoulutuksen kehittäminen. RENE Symposium 2023. 5.10.2023, Finland, Helsinki.
Vauhkonen, A., Azimirad, M., Pasanen, M., Salminen, L., Rinne, J., Honkalampi, K., & Saaranen, T. (2023). Sosiaali- ja terveysalan opettajien työhyvinvointi -indeksikyselyn validointi. RENE Symposium 2023. 5.10.2023, Finland, Helsinki.
Vauhkonen, A., Kommusaar, J., Kangasniemi, M., Honkalampi, K., Mikiver, M., Linde, S., Salminen, L., & Saaranen, T. (2023). Participatory action research as an approach to develop occupational well-being of health care educators. RENE Symposium 2023. 5.10.2023, Finland, Helsinki.
Rinne, J., Leino-Kilpi, H., Saaranen, T., Koskinen, S. Vauhkonen, A., & Salminen, L. 2023. Developing and evaluating a digital occupational well-being intervention among nurse educators. Poster presentation. European Academy of Nursing Science Summer Conference 2023, Oslo.
Vauhkonen, A., Kommusaar, J., Kangasniemi, M., Honkalampi, K., Mikiver, M., Linde, S., Saaranen, T. (2022). Occupational Well-being Development in Social and Health Care Education. Nordic Forum for Nurse Educators (NFNE 2022). Turku.
Rinne, J., Leino‐Kilpi, H., Saaranen, T., Pasanen, M., Vauhkonen, A., & Salminen, L. Opettajien työhyvinvointi sosiaali- ja terveysalalla – voimavarat suhteessa työn kuormitukseen. HTTS 2022. XVII Kansallinen hoitotieteellinen konferenssi, Oulu.
Saaranen, T., Honkalampi, K., Salminen, L., Azimirad, M., & Vauhkonen, A., (2022). Social and health care educators’ occupational well-being – A quantitative cross-sectional study in Finland. 24th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion.
Vauhkonen, A., Saaranen, T., Rautiainen, I., Honkalampi, K., Rinne, J., & Salminen. L. (2022). Sosiaali- ja terveysalan opettajien työhyvinvointi koronapandemian alkuvaiheessa syksyllä 2020. HTTS 2022. XVII Kansallinen hoitotieteellinen konferenssi, Oulu.
Vauhkonen, A., Salminen, L., Honkalampi, K., Rinne, J., Saaranen, T. (2022). Sosiaali- ja terveysalan opettajien työhyvinvointi Suomessa -tutkimus- ja kehittämishanke, 2020–2023. HTTS 2022. XVII Kansallinen hoitotieteellinen konferenssi, Oulu.
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Mika Tarvainen
Senior ResearcherDepartment of Technical Physics, Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology -
Outi Kähkönen
Senior ResearcherDepartment of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences
Doctoral Researchers
Publications
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An intervention to address nurse educators' occupational well-being: A process evaluation
Rinne, Jenni; Leino-Kilpi, Helena; Koskinen, Sanna; Saaranen, Terhi; Pasanen, Miko; Vauhkonen, Anneli; Salminen, Leena. 2024. Nurse education today. 138: . 106219 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Occupational well-being among health and social care educators: Structural equation modelling
Kähkönen, Outi; Vauhkonen, Anneli; Pasanen, Miko; Saaranen, Terhi. 2024. Heliyon. 10: . e30570 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Effectiveness of an Occupational Well-being Intervention Among Nurse Educators
Rinne, Jenni; Leino-Kilpi, Helena; Saaranen, Terhi; Tarvainen, Mika P; Pasanen, Miko; Koskinen, Sanna; Salminen, Leena. 2023. Nurse educator. 2024; 49: E26-E31 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Occupational well‐being of the work community in social and health care education during the COVID‐19 pandemic—A cross‐sectional study
Vauhkonen, Anneli; Honkalampi, Kirsi; Hult, Marja; Hujo, Mika; Saaranen, Terhi. 2023. Nursing open. 10: 3992-4003 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Sosiaali- ja terveysalan opettajien työhyvinvointi ja sitä edistävät tekijät – poikkileikkaustutkimus Suomessa 2020
Rautiainen, Iida; Vauhkonen, Anneli; Salminen, Leena; Rinne, Jenni; Saaranen, Terhi. 2023. Hoitotiede. 35: 211-223 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Educators’ occupational well-being in health and social care education
Rinne, J; Leino-Kilpi, H; Saaranen, T; Pasanen, M; Salminen, L. 2022. Occupational medicine: oxford. 72: 289-297 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Self-conductive interventions by educators aiming to promote individual occupational well-being - A systematic review
Rinne, Jenni; Koskinen, Sanna; Leino-Kilpi, Helena; Saaranen, Terhi; Salminen, Leena. 2021. International journal of educational research. 107: 101755 A2 Review article, Literature review, Systematic review