Study title

Health Promotion Barometer 2010: Municipalities

Dataset ID Number

FSD2650

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2650
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2650

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Finnish Centre for Health Promotion

Abstract

The survey focused on the health promotion strategies and activities of Finnish municipalities (local government) at the time of the survey and in the future. The respondents were municipal managers, directors of health services or chairmen of municipal executive boards.

The respondents were asked to estimate the state of health promotion in their municipality/federation of municipalities in various issues at the time of the survey and 5 years from then. The issues mentioned included, for instance, the attractiveness and safety of the municipality, access to social and health services, help provided for alcohol or drugs misusers and smokers, leisure facilities, taking families with children and the aged into account in decision-making, support for the disadvantaged, and citizens' possibilities to participate in decision-making. Views were probed on factors facilitating and preventing health promotion, how well certain aspects of health promotion were handled by the municipality, and how good various methods were in promoting health or citizen well-being.

Further questions covered views on the functionality of the municipality's cooperation with other actors in health promotion issues and on the most useful methods of promoting health. The respondents were also asked whether they thought the general state (finances, operational environment) of various municipal services and operations would improve or weaken over the following year. The year 2010 was the European year for combating poverty and social exclusion, and the respondents were asked how the situation in Finland would develop over the next five years regarding the objectives of the theme year. Finally, the use of art and culture in health promotion was investigated.

Background variables included the respondent's role in the municipality, province where the municipality was situated, and number of inhabitants in the municipality.

Keywords

decision making; health services; mayors; municipalities; neighbourhoods; public health; social services

Topic Classification

• Medical and health sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Health care services and policies (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Public health (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Health Promotion Barometers

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• Finnish Centre for Health Promotion

Time Period Covered

2010

Collection Dates

2010-01 – 2010-02

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Political-administrative area (Municipality/Federation of municipalities)

Universe

Finnish municipalities or federations of municipalities (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Simple random

75 municipalities were randomply drawn from the municipality list of the Association of Finnish and Regional Authorities.

Collection Mode

Telephone interview

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

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Data Version

2.0

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Finnish Centre for Health Promotion: Health Promotion Barometer 2010: Municipalities [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-08-21). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2650

Deposit Requirement

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Special Terms and Conditions for Access

Users of the data shall send the Suomen sosiaali ja terveys ry (SOSTE) a copy of all reports, theses, articles, other publications or material based on or using the data. If printed, to the mail address: SOSTE Suomen sosiaali ja terveys ry, Tutkimus, Yliopistonkatu 5, 00100 HELSINKI, FINLAND. If electronic, to the e-mail address: tutkimus@soste.fi.

Disclaimer

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Related Publications

Parviainen, Heikki & Hakulinen, Heidi & Koskinen-Ollonqvist, Pirjo & Forsman, Outi & Huhta, Helena & Ruohonen Anna (2010). Terveyden edistämisen barometri 2010. Ajankohtaiskatsaus järjestöjen ja kuntien terveyden edistämiseen. Helsinki: Terveyden edistämisen keskus. Terveyden edistämisen keskus ry (Tekry) julkaisu 3/2010.