title: Significance of action plans in the development of occupational well-being in the schools of Finland and Estonia.
abstract: This article is part of a long term project "Promoting the Occupational Well-Being of School Staff-Action Research Project in Finland and Estonia, 2009-2014." The purpose of this article is to describe the significance of action plans in the promotion of the occupational well-being of primary and upper secondary school staff in Finland and Estonia from 2010 to the turn of the year 2011-2012. An electronic open questionnaire was sent to occupational well-being groups in Finland (N=18) and in Estonia (N=39). In Finland, the questionnaire was responded to by 16 (n=16) occupational well-being groups, and in Estonia, by 38 (n=38) groups. The qualitative data were analyzed using the inductive-deductive method and content analysis. The obtained results indicate that the schools had named goals for action plans in all aspects of the promotion of occupational well-being in schools (worker and work, working conditions, professional competence, working community) and that these goals were mainly realized in the schools in a systematic way. Schools felt that the action plan for occupational well-being helped them to set goals for occupational well-being and that the planned actions were realized in a more systematic way than before.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Science, University of Eastern Finland, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kuopio Campus, Kuopio, Finland. Electronic address: sari.laine@uef.fi.
authors.forename: Sari
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Laine
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Science, University of Eastern Finland, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kuopio Campus, Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: Terhi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saaranen
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion Department, The National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia.
authors.forename: Tiia
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pertel
authors.affiliation: North-Estonian Pathfinder Centre, Tallinn, Estonia.
authors.forename: Siivi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.affiliation: Health Management, Tallinn University Haapsalu Collage/Foundation for School Health Care in Tallinn Development, Tallinn, Estonia.
authors.forename: Kädi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lepp
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Science, University of Eastern Finland, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kuopio Campus, Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: Kerttu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tossavainen
mesh_terms: D004957:Estonia; D005387:Finland; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D016272:Occupational Health; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D015397:Program Evaluation; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012574:Schools / Q000458:organization & administration*
keywords: Health; Occupational well-being; Schools