Minna Zechner
University of Helsinki
Minna Zechner
I work as an associate professor in social work at the University of Helsinki, Finland having social policy background and specialized in health and social services.
FURTHER INFORMATION
| Countries | Finland; |
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| Topics | Care economy; Care inequalities; Care needs poverty and deprivation; Care trajectories; Gender and care; LTC Policy; LTC Systems; Unpaid / informal care; |
| Methods | Comparative policy analysis; Discourse analysis; Focus groups; Literature reviews and synthesis; Policy analysis; Qualitative studies; Research ethics; Systematic Review; Thematic analysis; |
| Role | Research; |
| Interest Groups | Care home markets and regulation; Economics of Long-Term Care; Long-Term Care Policy; Qualitative Research; |
| Website | https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/minna-maija-zechner |
| ORC.ID | 0000-0002-0784-4519 |
| Key publications | Zechner, Minna & Näre, Lena (2025) Inequalities in social care as barriers to social sustainability: towards care justice. In Maria Vaalavuo, Kati Kuitto & Kenneth Nelsson (eds.) Social sustainability in ageing welfare states. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 121–139. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035318377.00013 Jøranson, Nina, Zechner, Minna, Silva, Rosa, Korkmaz Yaylagul, Nilufer, Thygesen, Hilde & (2025) A case study on experiences with integrated technologies in a care home for older people. Geriatric Nursing 61, 121–128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2024.10.059 Åkerman, Sarah, Nyqvist, Fredrica Zechner, Minna, Olofsson, Birgitta & Nygård, Mikael (2025) Using the Andersen Behavioural Model to explore formal support use among older informal carers in Finland and Sweden. International Journal of Social Welfare 34(2), e70000. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsw.70000 Eskola, Kaarina, Tallqvist, Susanna, Zechner, Minna, Arokoski, Jari, Hämäläinen, Harri, Rajavaara, Marketta & Hiekkala, Sinikka (2024) Conceptions of accessibility in persons with spinal cord injury in Finland. Disability & Society 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2024.2412829 Zechner, Minna, Sihto, Tiina & Hagelin, Anni (2025) Mitä hoiva maksaa sitä tarvitseville ja heidän läheisilleen? Hoivakustannukset taloudellisen lukutaidon näkökulmasta [What does care cost for care receivers and their families? Analyzing care costs through the lens of financial literacy]. Janus 33(1), 81–99. https://doi.org/10.30668/janus.144440 |