Social and Healthcare Educators’ Competence in Well-Being at Work – A Cross-Sectional Study

Kristina Mikkonen; Johanna Pirttisalo; Sari Pramila-Savukoski; Kati Immonen; Miro Koskenranta; Anna-Maria Tuomikoski; Merja Männistö; Tuulikki Sjögren; Meeri Koivula; Minna Koskimäki; Heli-Maria Kuivila

doi:10.46328/ijres.3352

Social and Healthcare Educators’ Competence in Well-Being at Work – A Cross-Sectional Study

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Kristina Mikkonen Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu Aapistie 5A, P.O. Box 5000, FI-90014, Finland, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland. Kajaanintie 50, FI-90220 Oulu, Finland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-3428
Johanna Pirttisalo Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu Aapistie 5A, P.O. Box 5000, FI-90014, Finland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-3428
Sari Pramila-Savukoski Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu Aapistie 5A, P.O. Box 5000, FI-90014, Finland https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6590-1174
Kati Immonen Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu Aapistie 5A, P.O. Box 5000, FI-90014, Finland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8859-8718
Miro Koskenranta Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu Aapistie 5A, P.O. Box 5000, FI-90014, Finland https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7842-2703
Anna-Maria Tuomikoski The wellbeing services county of North Ostrobothnia, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Kajaanintie 50, FI-90220 Oulu, Finland https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9387-9058
Merja Männistö Diaconia University of Applied Sciences PO Box 12, FI-00511, Helsinki, Finland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0017-6343
Tuulikki Sjögren Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Seminaarinkatu 15. PL 35, FI-40014, Jyväskylä, Finland https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6908-4618
Meeri Koivula Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Kalevantie 5, 33014 University of Tampere, Finland. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8200-1458
Minna Koskimäki Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Kalevantie 5, 33014 University of Tampere, Finland. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1568-1123
Heli-Maria Kuivila Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu Aapistie 5A, P.O. Box 5000, FI-90014, Finland https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8639-7640

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https://doi.org/10.46328/ijres.3352

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Competence, Educator, Social and healthcare, Well-being

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The study’s purpose was to describe the competence in well-being at work of social and health care educators and the factors influencing it. Cross-sectional study. Data were collected using a questionnaire from social and health care educators (n=243) working at ten randomly selected educational organizations. K-means clustering was used to identify three distinct educator profiles. Educators belonging to profiles 1 and 2 exhibited low competence in managing work well-being. All profiles exhibited intermediate competence in promoting work well-being. Competence in appreciating the work of educators was either intermediate or high in all three profiles. Managers working in educational organizations need to ensure and support educators’ well-being.

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Mikkonen, K., Pirttisalo, J., Pramila-Savukoski, S., Immonen, K., Koskenranta, M., Tuomikoski, A.M., Männistö, M., Sjögren, T., Koivula, M., Koskimäki, M., & Kuivila, H.M. (2024). Social and healthcare educators’ competence in well-being at work – A cross-sectional study. International Journal of Research in Education and Science (IJRES), 10(2), 299-314. https://doi.org/10.46328/ijres.3352

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