Tutkimusta lasten kanssa

Artikkelissa tarkastellaan lasten ja tutkijoiden välisiä sukupolvisuhteita tutkimustoiminnassa. Tutkimusmenetelmänä ja tutkijoihin kohdistuvana pedagogisena menetelmänä käytetään kollaboratiivista autoetnografiaa. Artikkelissa hyödynnetään Pierre Bourdieun episteemisen refleksiivisyyden ajatusta eli tutkijan ja tutkittavien suhteiden ja asemien kriittistä arviointia. Lisäksi tutkimustoiminnassa toteutuvia sukupolvisuhteita tarkastellaan eksistentiaalisen, episteemisen ja juridis-eettisen ulottuvuuden avulla. Tutkimusaineisto koostuu tutkijoiden kirjoittamista autoetnografisista teksteistä sekä lapsille suunnattujen työpajojen litteraateista. Analyysi osoittaa, miten tärkeää on hahmottaa las…

“They’re always in a hurry” – Older people´s perceptions of access and recognition in health and social care services

The article examines older people's perceptions of quality of life from the perspective of access and use of health and social care services. The data include focus group discussions with older people living alone. The data were analysed using thematic analysis focusing on the older people's collective views on health and social care services as supportive or restrictive factors for their quality of life. Two central themes were present in all the focus group discussions: the importance of accessing services and information regarding the services, and need for recognition within the services/by the professionals. Both themes were connected to the older people's desire to maintain autonomy i…

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Monitoimijainen rakenteellinen sosiaalityö

“They're always in a hurry” : Older people's perceptions of access and recognition in health and social care services

The article examines older people's perceptions of quality of life from the perspective of access and use of health and social care services. The data include focus group discussions with older people living alone. The data were analysed using thematic analysis focusing on the older people's collective views on health and social care services as supportive or restrictive factors for their quality of life. Two central themes were present in all the focus group discussions: the importance of accessing services and information regarding the services, and need for recognition within the services/by the professionals. Both themes were connected to the older people's desire to maintain autonomy i…

Effects of ‘participatory group-based care management´ on wellbeing of older people living alone : a randomized controlled trial

Background and objectives More knowledge is needed of the effectiveness of complex interventions that aim to promote the wellbeing of older people. This study examines the effects of ‘participatory group-based care management’ conducted among community-dwelling older adults living alone in Central and Eastern Finland. The intervention aimed to promote wellbeing and quality of life (QoL) using a needs-based and participatory approach. Methods The study was carried out as a randomized control trial (intervention group n = 185, control group n = 207). In this article, baseline and 6-month follow-up surveys were used. QoL (WHOQOL-Bref instrument), loneliness (Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale; sing…

Parempaa elämänlaatua osallistavalla otteella : kokemuksia PROMEQ-hankkeesta

Hyvinvoinnin teoriat hyvinvoinnin edistämisessä ja poliittisessa päätöksenteossa

Well-being in theory, practice and political decision-making. The concept of well-being is vitally important from many perspectives. We all care about well-being at the personal level. The concept is very much used in politics, welfare services and in social policy. Indisputably, one of the very basic tasks of public administration is to promote the well-being of the citizens. However, there is a lot of conceptual confusion in both political and academic discussions on well-being. For instance, there is no consensus on how should it be understood theoretically or measured in practice. In this article, an interdisciplinary group of researchers brings clarity to urgent theoretical and concept…

Tukihenkilö- ja tukiperhetoiminnan tarvetta ilmentävät kuormitustekijät ja ­toiminnalle asetetut tavoitteet

Kaksi tyypillistä lapsi- ja perhesosiaalityön tukimuotoa ovat tukihenkilö- ja tukiperhetoiminta. Tukitoimia on perinteisesti lähestytty rinnakkaisina palveluina, joille on yhteistä niiden perustuminen lapsen ja vapaaehtoisen maallikkotoimijan välille syntyvään vuorovaikutussuhteeseen. Artikkelissa tarkastellaan tuen tarvetta ilmentäviä kuormitustekijöitä, tukisuhdetoiminnalle asetettuja tavoitteita sekä toiminnan rinnalla tyypillisimmin käytettyjä palveluita. Tarkastelu perustuu valtakunnalliseen sosiaalialan tukisuhdetoiminnan ammattilaisille suunnattuun kyselyyn. Tulokset osoittavat, että lasten ja perheiden tuen tarvetta ilmentävät kuormitustekijät ovat hyvin samankaltaisia sekä tukihenk…

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Nuorten identiteetti ja marginaalisuus : kvantitatiivinen tutkimus identiteettityön kohdentamisen painopistealueista

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Achieving agreement on service needs in child protection : Comparing children’s, mothers’ and practitioners’ views over time and between approaches

Purpose While studies on service users’ participation and their perceptions on the quality of services exist, agreement between family members’ and practitioners’ assessments of the family’s situation has received less interest. The purpose of this paper is to investigate agreement and its effect on outcomes by comparing the viewpoints of three groups of informants (children, mothers and practitioners) in the context of statutory child protection in two study groups – one applying a systemic approach (SPM) and a service-as-usual control group (SAU). Design/methodology/approach A quasi-experimental repeated-measures study design was applied. Outcome data comprised 112 cases (SPM cases n = 5…

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