Service system that produces wellbeing

Lead researcher: Tenure track professor Paola Vivo, Faculty of engineering and natural sciences, Tampere University. Sub-project leader: Emerita Professor Marja Kaunonen in cooperation with PhD, Adjunct Professor Mira Palonen

The multidisciplinary research project describes the needs and wishes that emerge in the day-to-day lives of older people and develops an aid for preventing and identifying falls with the help of light technology. The aim is to support older people in continuing to live safely at home in collaboration with experts from the fields of health, social sciences, architecture, and technology. The key is to take development measures together with older people living at home, their loved ones and home care professionals. Funded by Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.

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Lead researcher: PhD, Adjunct Professor Anja Rantanen

The research project describes and explains the quality of life, health, and received support of individuals and families with different health conditions, e.g., with a chronic or severe health problem. 

Lead researcher: Professor Eija Paavilainen

The research project describes the day-to-day lives of families with children in demanding situations, e.g., related to family violence and child maltreatment, and seeks effective ways to alleviate risky conditions. It aims to promote the wellbeing and health of children and families and develop multiprofessional services for families with children.

The research is focused on the following areas:

1. Examining the various forms of family violence
2. Multiprofessional interventions for preventing child maltreatment
3. ERICA 2019-2021 is continued by testing the mobile app on risk circumstances of the family, 2022–2027, in association with MNSc, Doctoral Researcher Heidi Rantanen
4. Services for families with children in Japan and Finland, 2018–2027
5. International study on the day-to-day life of children with long-term illnesses, 2020–2027
6. Virtual Reality (VR) in preventing parental emotional child maltreatment, STOPCEM_VR 2024–2027. Funded by the Research Council of Finland. In association with PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher Pia Keiski
7. Vulnerable infants in the services system (VAUPRO), 2025-2028.  Ministry of Social Services and Health, State Research Fund. In association with PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher Pia Keiski
8. Discussing sensitive topics with parents. In association with PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher Pia Keiski

Lead researcher: Professor Elina Haavisto

The research project aims to describe and explain the factors influencing the recruitment and retention of healthcare personnel across different contexts. Furthermore, the research project focuses on developing theories and instruments for evaluating healthcare professionals' desire to work in nursing.

The research is focused on the following areas:

1. Desire to work in nursing among various healthcare professionals across various contexts, as well as linguistically and culturally diverse students and nurses
2. Desire to apply for nursing education, desire to study and work in nursing, leaving the profession, and career transitions into the healthcare sector
3. Desire to work in nursing – further development and testing of the “Desire to Work as a Nurse” instrument (DeWoNu‑I) across different contexts, as well as the development of new measurement instruments

Lead researcher: PhD Minna Koskimäki

The project examines how multidisciplinary collaboration shapes the competencies, learning, and identity formation of supervisors, professionals, and students. Particular attention is paid to the types of expertise required for multidisciplinary cooperation and to the ways in which such expertise is acquired in practical work, internships, and various learning environments. The research focuses on the following areas:

The research is focused on the following areas: 

1. What kind of impacts interdisciplinary work has on the competence-development of superiors, professionals, and students?
2. How are interdisciplinary skills learned and how interdisciplinary competence develops as described by supervisors, professionals, and students?
3. What kind of skills do interdisciplinary work require?
4. The development of an interdisciplinary identity in the practical training of health care students and in the informal/formal learning of professionals in the workplace

Lead researchers: Professor Katja Joronen and PhD, Adjunct Professor Anja Rantanen

In this research project, we examine the implementation of multidisciplinary services from the perspectives of individuals, families, and professionals. We also assess how services meet users’ needs and explore opportunities for co-creation.