Tools

Below you will find a list of various tools and methods supporting the development of health and welfare. Please note that the material is located on the old websites of the National Public Health Institute (KTL) and the National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES).

Assessment

Evaluation of social services (STAKES)
Evaluation of social services provides useful information on the effectiveness and impact of different practices.

Health technology assessment (STAKES)
Health technology assessment promotes the use of evidence-based technology in the health care system.

The ITHACA toolkit for monitoring human rights and general health care
The ITHACA toolkit has been developed to monitor human rights and health care in mental health and social care institutions.

Benchmarking

Hospital benchmarking (STAKES)
Here, benchmarking refers to a tool used by public and private service providers and decision-makers for the planning and development of activities. The aim of the Hospital Benchmarking Project is to create comparative benchmarking databases for hospital districts and hospitals.

RAI benchmarking (in Finnish) (STAKES)
The Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) is a benchmarking tool that supports the development of services for older people.

Developing a benchmarking system for health promotion (in Finnish) (STAKES)
The project for developing a benchmarking system for health promotion aims at creating a benchmarking system that covers all municipalities and municipal services in Finland.

Health in All Policies (HiAP)

Health in All Policies approach
The approach emphasizes that public policies and decisions made concerning policy areas other than health (e.g. transport, agriculture, education, employment etc.) have the most impact on citizens’ health and health and social inequalities.

Quality

Quality recommendations (in Finnish) (STAKES)
Quality recommendations are a means to develop uniform municipal functions and services in the whole country. The recommendations are based on legislation; however, they are not binding norms, but rather a form of indicative information steering.

Quality of substance abuse prevention – online material (STAKES)
The quality criteria applied in substance abuse prevention help to assess and target substance abuse work.

Strategic work and management

Projects on municipal welfare strategies (STAKES)
Projects related to municipal welfare strategies produce tools, methods and action models for the strategic management of welfare and health promotion.

Co-operative models

Family group conferencing (STAKES)
Family group conferencing is a method used in reinforcing the status and resources of child welfare clients and their families and helping them to resolve their issues.

Time Out! Getting Life Back on Track (STAKES)
Time Out is a co-operative model involving the participating municipalities, the Finnish Defence Forces and the Ministry of Employment and the Economy. It enables an active offer of support to young men in the context of medical check-ups for conscripts or of interrupted service.

The Effective Family (STAKES)
The Effective Family working methods have been developed to support child development and prevent disorders when a parent in the family has psychiatric symptoms. The methods include the ‘Let’s Talk about Children’ intervention, the Beardslee Preventive Family Intervention, Family Networking and Peer groups. The methods are also used in child welfare interventions.