Piia Seppälä
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
[email protected] | +358 50 435 2859
Research groups
Publications
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Kuntatason analyysi lapsiperheiden sosiaalihuollon peruspalveluiden ja lastensuojelun erityispalveluiden yhteydestä
Seppälä, Piia; Jaakola, Anne-Mari; Toikko, Timo. 2025. Yhteiskuntapolitiikka. 90: 285-294 B1 Non-refereed journal articles -
Mental and physical violence experienced by children with disabilities and long-term illnesses
Seppälä, Piia. 2025. Publications of the University of Eastern Finland. Dissertations in social sciences and business studies G5 Doctoral dissertation (article) -
Child Maltreatment and Self-rated Health: Mediating Effect of Parent–child Conversation and Moderating Effect of Gender
Seppälä, Piia; Pfeifer, Michael; Toikko, Timo. 2024. Social work in public health. 39: 854-869 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Macro-level predictors of child removals: Do social welfare benefits and services reduce demand for children’s out of home placements?
Toikko, Timo; Gawel, Aleksandra; Hietamäki, Juulia; Häkkilä, Laura; Seppälä, Piia; Zhu, Ning. 2024. Children and youth services review. 160: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
The threshold of child protection notifications is higher in municipalities with a high level of risk factors – Is this evidence of the inverse intervention law?
Seppälä, Piia; Zhu, Ning; Hietamäki, Juulia; Häkkilä, Laura; Gawel, Aleksandra; Toikko, Timo. 2024. Child abuse and neglect. 155: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Emotional and Physical Violence Experienced by Children with Disabilities and Long-Term Illnesses
Seppälä, Piia; Toikko, Timo. Teoksessa: Martin, Colin; Preedy, Victor R; Patel, Vinood B(toim.) , 2023. Handbook of Anger, Aggression, and Violence. s. 1-19. Springer A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
Family support services reduce the demand for emergency child removals at the community level
Hietamäki, Juulia; Seppälä, Piia; Häkkilä, Laura; Toikko, Timo. 2023. European journal of social work. 26: 1137-1151 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
The Quality of Child Protection Buffers the Need for Emergency Child Removals—An Analysis of the Finnish Child Protection System
Hietamäki, Juulia; Seppälä, Piia; Häkkilä, Laura; Toikko, Timo. 2023. Journal of social service research. 49: 285-594 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Additional income support buffers the demand for child protection services at the municipality level
Toikko, Timo; Seppälä, Piia; McLaughlin, Thomas Chalmers. 2022. International journal of social welfare. [First published: 24 November 2022]: 1-13 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Family support services buffer the effect of child welfare notifications on child removals
Toikko, Timo; Seppälä, Piia; Häkkilä, Laura; Hietamäki, Juulia. 2022. Child and family social work. [First published: 08 September 2022]: 1-11 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research