Avustajakoira liikuntarajoitteisen henkilön apuna : Selvitys avustajakoiran tehtävistä, hyödyistä sekä avustajakoiratoiminnan järjestämisen nykytilasta

Tämä työpaperi kokoaa yhteen tutkimustietoa liikuntarajoitteiselle henkilölle koulutetun avustajakoiran tehtävistä ja hyödyistä. Lisäksi työpaperissa kuvataan avustajakoiratoiminnan järjestämisen nykytilaa Suomessa sekä toiminnan kansainvälisiä järjestämistapoja. Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitoksella tehty selvitys on toteutettu Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriön toimeksiannosta

The Relationship between Dietary Habits and Work Engagement among Female Finnish Municipal Employees

Background: Work engagement reflects work-related well-being. It is positively associated with health, life satisfaction, work efficiency, income level, and occupational prospects. However, little is known about the relationship between work engagement and diet. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among female Finnish municipal employees (n = 630) in 2015. Work engagement was assessed using the Utrecht Work Engagement Index. The consumption of healthy and unhealthy food items was determined using a food frequency questionnaire. Sociodemographic factors, health behaviors, depressive and anxiety symptoms were assessed with self-administrated questionnaires. Results: Work engagement had a positive relationship with the daily consumption of healthy food items. This association remained significant even after adjusting for age, education years, financial situation, and physical activity. The frequency of consuming unhealthy food items showed no relationship with work engagement. Anxiety and depressive symptoms decreased linearly with the greater consumption of healthy foods. Conclusion: Frequent consumption of healthy food items is associated with higher work engagement, irrespectively of the consumption of unhealthy nutrients. These results encourage health care professionals to recommend healthy food items instead of forbidding unhealthy food, as well as employers to support healthy dietary habits among employees

The Relationship between Dietary Habits and Work Engagement among Female Finnish Municipal Employees

Background: Work engagement reflects work-related well-being. It is positively associated with health, life satisfaction, work efficiency, income level, and occupational prospects. However, little is known about the relationship between work engagement and diet. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among female Finnish municipal employees (n = 630) in 2015. Work engagement was assessed using the Utrecht Work Engagement Index. The consumption of healthy and unhealthy food items was determined using a food frequency questionnaire. Sociodemographic factors, health behaviors, depressive and anxiety symptoms were assessed with self-administrated questionnaires. Results: Work engagement had a positive relationship with the daily consumption of healthy food items. This association remained significant even after adjusting for age, education years, financial situation, and physical activity. The frequency of consuming unhealthy food items showed no relationship with work engagement. Anxiety and depressive symptoms decreased linearly with the greater consumption of healthy foods. Conclusion: Frequent consumption of healthy food items is associated with higher work engagement, irrespectively of the consumption of unhealthy nutrients. These results encourage health care professionals to recommend healthy food items instead of forbidding unhealthy food, as well as employers to support healthy dietary habits among employees

Vammaisten henkilöiden asumisyksiköt ja niiden johtaminen COVID-19 -epidemian aikana : Yksikön johtajien kokemuksia korona-ajasta

Tässä työpaperissa raportoidaan haastattelututkimuksen tuloksia vammaisten henkilöiden asumisyksiköissä toimivien johtajien koronaepidemian aikaisista kokemuksista. Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitoksella tehty tutkimus on toteutettu osana Vammaisten ja ulkomaalaistaustaisten ihmisten selviäminen poikkeus- ja kriisitilanteissa Tulevaisuutta luomassa covid-19-kokemusten pohjalta -hanketta. Hanke on saanut rahoituksen Euroopan sosiaalirahastolta ja sitä on toteutettu Kehitysvammaliiton, Kuntaliiton sekä Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitoksen yhteistyönä

Keskiaikainen liturgia elettynä ja koettuna

Medieval liturgy as lived emotionsThis paper addresses the images and emotions stimulated by medieval liturgy, as well as their role as a verbal and musical medium, namely, sonic hagiogra- phy. We examine the topic in relation to two historical frames: on one hand, the medieval Dominican community where our liturgical sources originat- ed; on the other, the workshops on medieval chant that we organized in 2015 and 2016. This discussion aims at a many-sided study of a researcher’s means of interpreting the past, while also addressing the interpretation of medieval imagery as informed by the background of the present, utilizing the subjective experiences of a modern listener.Our medieval research material consists of the musical notation and texts of the liturgical chants dedicated to the Dominican Saint Thomas Aquinas (1224/5–1274). The extant memorial chants of Thomas (including their music and lyrics) and their contextualization in our knowledge of Dominican litur- gy provide our analysis on the function of medieval music with an important frame of reference. In analyzing the material collected in our workshops (de- scriptions of participants’ thoughts and emotions), we have been guided by theories of modality, acoustic feeling and phenomenology.This study focuses, above all, on the body: the living and dead body of Thomas, his relics, and the bodies of the medieval and modern singers who performed liturgical chants that describe the physicality of Thomas Aquinas. The structure of the article moves between medieval and modern contexts as we observe the sensory impressions created by music in the Middle Ages and the modern world on occasions when their respective singers have partici- pated corporally in the offices of Thomas Aquinas by singing and listening.The material collected in our workshops is largely similar, regardless of the participants’ age, education and other background factors. This is an indicator of the general uniformity of the human auditory experience. A singer’s per- sonal voice in his or her own body can produce experiences that connect to the atmosphere of medieval chant and its singers.</div

Keskiaikainen liturgia elettynä ja koettuna

Medieval liturgy as lived emotions This paper addresses the images and emotions stimulated by medieval liturgy, as well as their role as a verbal and musical medium, namely, sonic hagiogra- phy. We examine the topic in relation to two historical frames: on one hand, the medieval Dominican community where our liturgical sources originat- ed; on the other, the workshops on medieval chant that we organized in 2015 and 2016. This discussion aims at a many-sided study of a researcher’s means of interpreting the past, while also addressing the interpretation of medieval imagery as informed by the background of the present, utilizing the subjective experiences of a modern listener. Our medieval research material consists of the musical notation and texts of the liturgical chants dedicated to the Dominican Saint Thomas Aquinas (1224/5–1274). The extant memorial chants of Thomas (including their music and lyrics) and their contextualization in our knowledge of Dominican litur- gy provide our analysis on the function of medieval music with an important frame of reference. In analyzing the material collected in our workshops (de- scriptions of participants’ thoughts and emotions), we have been guided by theories of modality, acoustic feeling and phenomenology. This study focuses, above all, on the body: the living and dead body of Thomas, his relics, and the bodies of the medieval and modern singers who performed liturgical chants that describe the physicality of Thomas Aquinas. The structure of the article moves between medieval and modern contexts as we observe the sensory impressions created by music in the Middle Ages and the modern world on occasions when their respective singers have partici- pated corporally in the offices of Thomas Aquinas by singing and listening. The material collected in our workshops is largely similar, regardless of the participants’ age, education and other background factors. This is an indicator of the general uniformity of the human auditory experience. A singer’s per- sonal voice in his or her own body can produce experiences that connect to the atmosphere of medieval chant and its singers.acceptedVersionPeer reviewe