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JYU.Well research impact projects
JYU.Well is actively developing research, education and collaborative structures in the field of wellbeing, in line with the university’s ‘wisdom and well-being for people and society’ strategy. We aim to enhance research and educational collaboration between academic disciplines and research clusters, as well as their impact. In 2023, JYU.Well awarded a total of approximately 200,000 euros to nine different wellbeing research impact projects across various faculties. Find out more about the projects and the people leading them on this website.
The impact study on S2 healthcare training programmes focused on the Talent Boost and ESF-funded training interventions, which aim to support international students on the English-language nursing programme in learning Finnish and securing employment. The project helped to identify, develop and establish effective practices for the training of international nurses and to strengthen their employment prospects in the Central Finland Wellbeing Services County area.
A new skills training programme has been developed within the youth psychiatry speciality of the Central Finland Wellbeing Services County, offering young people being discharged from inpatient care and their close adults additional support in coping with everyday life. In autumn 2023, this skills training programme will be organised for the first time as a virtual programme delivered online. At the same time, a development study entitled ‘Professional Agency in Virtual Skills Training’ will be launched, with the aim of observing the professional agency of health and social care professionals working in virtual training within a changing work environment. Funding for the development of virtual coaching has been awarded by JYU.Well. Minna Ruoranen, Head of Training in the HYVAKS area, is also involved in the project.
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Support person and support family schemes are child and family social work services whose effectiveness has been little studied, even though they have been in use in Finland for decades. Based on the research findings of the LATU project, carried out in 2021–2022, the TukiArviointi material was developed to support the evaluation, monitoring and development of support relationship activities. The material was well received by children, volunteers, carers and professionals alike. During the autumn of 2023, three regional training sessions aimed at professionals in the wellbeing sector will be organised, with the aim of integrating the LATU project’s materials into the evaluation and development of support relationships. Tiina Lehto-Lundén is also involved in the project.
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In this impact project utilising citizen science, research findings on effective parenting are communicated in the form of research snippets. These snippets are distributed, for example, to maternity and child health clinics, family centres and libraries in the Central Finland Wellbeing Services County area. The forms of communication range from posters and bookmarks to social media posts and gamified quizzes on the theme of the wellbeing of families with children. In addition, videos have been produced as part of the project in which families share their own solutions to everyday challenges. The project encourages expectant parents and parents of families with babies to engage in effective mutual cooperation, to network, and to involve other adults in their parenting team who can help with looking after the baby. The project’s key messages encourage parents to reflect on and discuss with their loved ones how to support one another, share responsibilities fairly and pull together. Parents are also encouraged to share their own effective practices with peers.
An article based on the project was published in the magazine *Kasvun tuki*. The article appeared on 3 June 2024.
Read more about the tips and the project from its own website - where you can find all the materials and leaflets of the project
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Project is part of CopaGloba -initiative (JAMK).
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The ‘Significance of Digital Support for Older People as Users of Digital Technologies and Services in the Central Finland Wellbeing Services County’ impact project is based on two digital support courses organised by the Ikääntyvien yliopisto JYU, during which older people were given practical, everyday guidance on using digital services. The courses focused in particular on key digital services from the perspective of the Central Finland Wellbeing Services County: where to find various digital services and how to use them. The courses within this impact project form part of a larger research programme that generates new knowledge on digital technologies and services from the perspectives of digital inclusion, learning, peer support and the design of digital technologies and services.
Please follow the link below to view the final report compiled in connection with the JYU.Well impact project results presentation event held on 13 February.
Read the final report of the project (in Finnish)
Project was conducted in co-operation with REMEDIS -project
REMEDIS – Rethinking Media Literacy and Digital Skills in Europe
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The project produced a carefully documented model for the processing of sensitive health data, which is reproducible, scalable and can be utilised in future projects. The aim was to develop and test an operational model for the processing of patients’ personal, sensitive health data at the University of Jyväskylä (JYU), Hospital Nova and between these two organisations. The pilot platform for the operational model under development was the joint LaVirE study conducted by the University of Jyväskylä and Hospital Nova, which investigates lifestyle, mood and treatment response following surgery for gynaecological prolapse or urinary incontinence. The National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) also collaborated on the analysis of the data. In addition to Eija Laakkonen (JYU), the development project was led by Pauliina Aukee, a senior consultant at Hospital Nova in the Central Finland Wellbeing Services County.
Read the final report of the project (in Finnish)
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Perimä, elämäntavat ja terveys -biopankkitutkimuspilotissa luotiin takaisinkutsututkimuksen toimintamalli, joka mahdollistaa biopankkinäytteiden yhdistämisen näytteenantajan elämäntapa- ja elinympäristötietoihin. Toimintamallin avulla voidaan toteuttaa hankkeita, joissa tutkitaan elämäntapojen ja ympäristötekijöiden vaikutusta sairastavuuteen ottaen huomioon geeniperimän vaikutus. Tämä avaa uusia mahdollisuuksia sairauksien ennaltaehkäisyyn ja yksilölliseen terveydenhuoltoon. Hankkeen yhteistyökumppaneita ovat Itä-Suomen yliopisto, Keski-Suomen hyvinvointialue sekä Keski-Suomen Biopankki. Vastaavia tutkimuksia ei ole aiemmin toteutettu Keski-Suomen Biopankissa.
Hanke tuotti ja tuottaa uutta tieteellistä tietoa siitä, kuinka yhteisöllisen asumisen yksikössä asukkaiden toimintaa tukeva tau luontohoivamenetelmät mahdollistava asuinympäristö on yhteidessä elinpiiriin, osallistumiseen ja mielen hyvinvointiin. Hanke toteutetaan tiiviissä yhteistyössä Keski-Suomen hyvinvointialueen toimijoiden kanssa. Hankkeessa tehtyjä havaintoja ja tarkastelujen tuloksia raportoidaan Keski-Suomen hyvinvointialueelle asumispalveluyksiköiden kehittämisen näkökulmasta. MAY-hanketta jatketaan vuosina 2024-2026 tieteellisenä tutkimuksena, jolle Jyväskylän sotainvalidien asuntosäätiö on myöntänyt rahoitusta. Alla mainittujen henkilöiden lisäksi tutkimusryhmään kuuluvat myös tutkimuspäällikkö Outi Jolanki ja väitöskirjatutkija Anniriikka Rantala Tampereen yliopistosta.
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Hankkeen tarkoitus on tiivistää yhteistyötä Liikuntatieteellisen tiedekunnan ja Keski-Suomen hyvinvointialueen (Sairaala Nova) liikuntalääketieteen poliklinikan kanssa. Hankkeessa luodaan ja testataan sujuvaa toimintamallia tutkimusyhteistyön mahdollistamiseksi ja lisäämiseksi. Mallia rakennetaan, testataan ja kehitetään edelleen muun muassa yliopistonlehtori Satu Pekkalan Akatemiahankkeen yhteydessä. Lisäksi poliklinikan ylilääkäri Merja Perhonen osallistuu tiedekunnassa tehtäviin tutkimuksiin. Tutkimusyhteistyön paraneminen on myös helpottanut tiedekunnan opiskelijoiden pääsyä tutkimusharjoitteluun poliklinikalle. Tahojen välisen yhteistyön edistämisen toivotaan mahdollistavan lopullisten tutkimustulosten hyödyntämisen Keski-Suomen hyvinvointialueella. Toimivan yhteistyömallin kehittämisen lisäksi hankkeessa selvitetään syitä ja tekijöitä, jotka ovat liikuntamotivaation ja liikunnan terveysvaikutusten vaihtelun taustalla.
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