Minna Kaarakainen

Biographic Data

ID1129366
NAMEMinna Kaarakainen
GIVEN NAMESMinna
FAMILY NAMEKaarakainen
SIGNATUREKAARAKAINEN M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Eastern Finland
ORCID0000-0003-0614-5318
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Family carers as service producers – insights into psychological contracts

    Open AccessMarjo Ring, Minna Kaarakainen et al.ARTICLEEducational Gerontology2025

    Family carers and caregiving have a role in the service system but family carers are often invisible and go unnoticed in society. In this article we are interested in family carers as service producers in health and social care. We analyze family care using the concept of a psychological contract. A psychological contract is an unspoken, unconfirmed and unwritten agreement where an exchange is based on perception rather than what is explicitly wr…

  • Values, Health and Well-Being of Young Europeans Not in Employment, Education or Training (Neet)

    Open AccessMarja Hult, Minna Kaarakainen et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2023

    Youth unemployment is a problem that undermines young people's health and well-being and is also a concern for their immediate communities and society. Human values predict health-related behaviour; however, this relation is very little studied and not examined earlier among NEET (not in employment, education or training) young people. This study aimed to explore the association between four higher-order human values (conservation, openness to ch…

  • Integration of maternity care as a part of social welfare and health care reform in Finland

    Open AccessReija Klemetti, Maaret Vuorenmaa et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2023

    Introduction: The vertical integration of primary and specialized care has been identified as a key challenge internationally. In Finland, 23 wellbeing services counties will be responsible for organizing integrated social and health care of primary and specialized care starting 2023. Primary maternity care services are offered in antenatal clinics. Specialized care is offered at 23 maternity hospitals including specialized ante- and postnatal ca…

  • Broken psychological contracts in health and social care during Covid-19 among nursing professionals

    Open AccessMinna Kaarakainen, Marjo RingARTICLEInternational Journal of…2023

    In this study we are interested about the reasons why nurses leave their occupation as a nurse and what is the role of the COVID-19 pandemic behind this decision. Our focus is in registered and auxiliary nurses working in all fields of health and social care. The research, which this abstract is based, investigates why nursing professionals are leaving their occupation and how the health care as working environment should be developed in order to…

  • Acceptability of Convenience Food Among Older People

    Open AccessLiisa Peura-Kapanen, Liisa Peura‐Kapanen et al.ARTICLESAGE Open2017Cited by: 1References: 37

    Independent living in their own home is currently an ideal shared by many older people. However, weakening physical strength and illness are often associated with nutritional risks. Convenience food is one option to ensure that nutritional needs are met, but convenience food itself and its packaging face negative attitudes. This article analyzes the factors connected to acceptability of and obstacles to using convenience food among older people i…