Department of Health and Social Management - News

With Finland's climate getting warmer in the future, what can we expect in terms of pollen? In their search for answers to this question, researchers are looking not only at the present and the future, but also into the past.

The festive atmosphere of the doctoral conferment ceremony held in Kuopio last June can now be revisited via a commemorative book, and via a video of the entire ceremonial conferment of degrees.

A PhD study carried out at the University of Eastern Finland showed that individual factors determine physical activity behaviour.

More than resources, individual factors influence physical activity behavior.

The doctoral dissertation in the Health and Human Services Informatics will be examined at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies at Kuopio Campus and online.

Ulla-Mari Kinnunen’s career path has led her from nurse to professor with profound understanding of knowledge management in social welfare and health care.

Professor Anna Mäki-Petäjä-Leinonen's and Professor Ismo Linnosmaa's research groups are partners in two new consortia of the Strategic Research Council.

The dissertation in health economics by project researcher Olli Salmensuu studies potato price formation, speculation and potential for affordable welfare in developing countries.

In the health and social services reform, a good manager knows how to connect different pieces and hold them together.

Health coaching has a positive effect on health, quality of life and social and health care costs. Therefore, health coaching could be the part of self-care support in the chronic care delivery system.