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Developing a theory is a long-term, multi-phased process that can be used to produce models applicable to workplace health promotion in school communities. The study described in this chapter employed the action research method to empirically test a theoretical model for the occupational well-being of school staff. Inductive and deductive research approaches were applied to the development in that both quantitative and qualitative research materials (national and international data) and analysis methods were methodically utilised during 2002–2012 (until 2014). By developing and testing the theory, we produced a middle-level theory and the Content model for the promotion of school community staff’s occupational well-being, which continues to be tested and developed. The content model is theoretically clear and flexible. It contains the premises for planning comprehensively through four aspects, and it serves as a suitable model for implementing and evaluating the development of school staff’s occupational well-being, which also affects the learning, health and well-being of children and adolescents. The content model can therefore be used in various situations. It has been applied to, and tested in, comprehensive and upper secondary school communities, but it can also be applied to other schools and work communities where its functionality will also be tested in the future.
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Saaranen, T., Tossavainen, K., Sormunen, M., Laine, S., Turunen, H. (2015). Developing and Testing a Health Promotion Theory—An Example of Creating a Model of School Staff’s Occupational Well-Being. In: Simovska, V., Mannix McNamara, P. (eds) Schools for Health and Sustainability. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9171-7_19
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