Saana Raittila-Salo
Social Work, University of Helsinki
Saana Raittila-Salo
Im a Doctoral Researcher working at the University of Helsinki, Finland, in Social Work, and a Visiting Researcher affiliated with the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. My PhD study looks at social networks and unmet long-term care needs of Mozambican background self-settled refugees aging with cognitive difficulties in rural South Africa.
FURTHER INFORMATION
| Countries | Finland; Mozambique; South Africa; Southern Africa; |
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| Topics | Care and social protection in Southern Africa; Care in rural and other non-urban settings; Care inequalities; Care needs poverty and deprivation; Dementia care and support; Local care ecosystems; Social connection; Unmet needs; |
| Methods | Case studies; Co-production methods; Ethnography; Qualitative studies; |
| Role | Research; |
| Interest Groups | Care and social protection in Southern Africa; Unmet need inequalities and care poverty (UNICAP); |
| Website | https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/fi/persons/saana-raittila-salo |
| ORC.ID | 0009-0001-2439-2382 |
| Research interests | Unmet needs, social networks, community health work, social work in Southern Africa, dementia, anthropology of aging |
| Key publications | Post-professional social work? Decolonising social work professionalism through the engagement of community health workers |