Terhi Saaranen
Biographic Data
| ID | 272524 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Terhi Saaranen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Terhi |
| FAMILY NAME | Saaranen |
| SIGNATURE | SAARANEN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Eastern Finland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0883-6377 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Developing the occupational well-being of health care educators in Estonia and Finland – community-based participatory action research
Purpose The study aims to evaluate the occupational well-being outcomes of the Community-based Participatory Occupational Well-being Intervention for Educators among health care educators. Design/methodology/approach This study was a community-based participatory action research with pre-test–post-test design, including a year-lasting occupational well-being intervention in the work communities of two higher education institutions for health care…
Recovery from work and physical activity among Finnish higher education personnel – an online survey study
The findings of this study confirm differences in NfR by physical activity during breaks and LTPA. Adjusted models did not verify direct associations of NfR with active breaks and LTPA. Only age explained NfR in the adjusted linear regression model
The core competencies of a health education teacher
Teachers play a crucial role in students’ learning and in the development of health literacy. Hence, the aim of this study was to identify the core competencies needed for teachers of health education in supporting student learning. A three-round Delphi study was carried out over an 8-week period, through consultation with 25 Finnish experts in health education. An open-ended question was used to identify the core competencies for school health e…
Self-conductive interventions by educators aiming to promote individual occupational well-being—A systematic review
Educators experience mental and physical workload affecting their individual occupational well-being requiring attention. The aim of this systematic review is to summarize current research on self-conducted interventions aiming to promote individual occupational well-being of educators during working hours. This systematic review using narrative synthesis followed the PRISMA guidelines. The literature search was conducted without time limits usin…
Social, health care and rehabilitation educators' competence in professional education—Empirical testing of a model
The social and health care educator's role in educating future professionals need to be stronger emphasised and deserves international recognition. The purpose of this study was to develop and test an empirical model of social and health care educators' competence in higher and professional education. The presented research employed a cross-sectional study design. Data were collected using HeSoEduCo-instrument from 28 educational institutions in …
Health and Social Care Educators' Competence in Digital Collaborative Learning
The ongoing change from traditional pedagogy to digital collaborative learning requires a new mode of teaching, learning, and educators' responsibilities. For competence in digitally mediated teaching, educators need understanding of how to provide appropriate digital environment to learn collectively and individually. The aim of this study was to describe and explore health and social care educators' perceptions of their current level of compete…
The Factors Predicting Quality of Life Among Unemployed Adults
Unemployment narrows the realization of individual potential and has a negative effect on the experiences and status of an individual, thereby weakening the quality of life. We explored meaningfulness, health and work ability as predictors of quality of life among unemployed adults. A total of 30,598 persons participated in nationwide Finnish Regional Health and Well-Being Study (N = 76,000) between January 2014 and January 2015. This study used …
Qualitative study of social and healthcare educators’ perceptions of their competence in education
Competent educators are needed to ensure that social and healthcare professionals are effective and highly competent. However, there is too little evidence-based knowledge of current and required enhancements of educators' competences in this field. The aim of this study was to describe social and healthcare educators' perceptions of their competence in education. The study had a qualitative design, based on interviews with educators and rooted i…
Occupational wellbeing in a school community—Staff's and occupational health nurses’ evaluations
Qualitative study of social and healthcare educators’ perceptions of their competence in education
Competent educators are needed to ensure that social and healthcare professionals are effective and highly competent. However, there is too little evidence-based knowledge of current and required enhancements of educators' competences in this field. The aim of this study was to describe social and healthcare educators' perceptions of their competence in education. The study had a qualitative design, based on interviews with educators and rooted i…
The Factors Predicting Quality of Life Among Unemployed Adults
Unemployment narrows the realization of individual potential and has a negative effect on the experiences and status of an individual, thereby weakening the quality of life. We explored meaningfulness, health and work ability as predictors of quality of life among unemployed adults. A total of 30,598 persons participated in nationwide Finnish Regional Health and Well-Being Study (N = 76,000) between January 2014 and January 2015. This study used …
Occupational wellbeing in a school community—Staff's and occupational health nurses’ evaluations
Qualitative study of social and healthcare educators’ perceptions of their competence in education
Competent educators are needed to ensure that social and healthcare professionals are effective and highly competent. However, there is too little evidence-based knowledge of current and required enhancements of educators' competences in this field. The aim of this study was to describe social and healthcare educators' perceptions of their competence in education. The study had a qualitative design, based on interviews with educators and rooted i…
Health and Social Care Educators' Competence in Digital Collaborative Learning
The ongoing change from traditional pedagogy to digital collaborative learning requires a new mode of teaching, learning, and educators' responsibilities. For competence in digitally mediated teaching, educators need understanding of how to provide appropriate digital environment to learn collectively and individually. The aim of this study was to describe and explore health and social care educators' perceptions of their current level of compete…
The Factors Predicting Quality of Life Among Unemployed Adults
Unemployment narrows the realization of individual potential and has a negative effect on the experiences and status of an individual, thereby weakening the quality of life. We explored meaningfulness, health and work ability as predictors of quality of life among unemployed adults. A total of 30,598 persons participated in nationwide Finnish Regional Health and Well-Being Study (N = 76,000) between January 2014 and January 2015. This study used …
Self-conductive interventions by educators aiming to promote individual occupational well-being—A systematic review
Educators experience mental and physical workload affecting their individual occupational well-being requiring attention. The aim of this systematic review is to summarize current research on self-conducted interventions aiming to promote individual occupational well-being of educators during working hours. This systematic review using narrative synthesis followed the PRISMA guidelines. The literature search was conducted without time limits usin…
Social, health care and rehabilitation educators' competence in professional education—Empirical testing of a model
The social and health care educator's role in educating future professionals need to be stronger emphasised and deserves international recognition. The purpose of this study was to develop and test an empirical model of social and health care educators' competence in higher and professional education. The presented research employed a cross-sectional study design. Data were collected using HeSoEduCo-instrument from 28 educational institutions in …
The core competencies of a health education teacher
Teachers play a crucial role in students’ learning and in the development of health literacy. Hence, the aim of this study was to identify the core competencies needed for teachers of health education in supporting student learning. A three-round Delphi study was carried out over an 8-week period, through consultation with 25 Finnish experts in health education. An open-ended question was used to identify the core competencies for school health e…
Developing the occupational well-being of health care educators in Estonia and Finland – community-based participatory action research
Purpose The study aims to evaluate the occupational well-being outcomes of the Community-based Participatory Occupational Well-being Intervention for Educators among health care educators. Design/methodology/approach This study was a community-based participatory action research with pre-test–post-test design, including a year-lasting occupational well-being intervention in the work communities of two higher education institutions for health care…
Recovery from work and physical activity among Finnish higher education personnel – an online survey study
The findings of this study confirm differences in NfR by physical activity during breaks and LTPA. Adjusted models did not verify direct associations of NfR with active breaks and LTPA. Only age explained NfR in the adjusted linear regression model
Medicine (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Medical education (6 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Workplace Health and Well-being (4 works) · Health care (3 works) · Health, psychology, and well-being (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works)