Työelämän mielenterveysohjelman vaikutusarviointi: Raportti joulukuu 2022

Abstract

This impact assessment report discusses the outcomes of the Mental Health at Work Pro-<br/>gramme. The Programme was led and coordinated by the Ministry of Social Affairs and <br/>Health, and it was part of the implementation of the National Mental Health Strategy and the <br/>Programme of Prime Minister Marin’s Government. The Finnish Institute of Occupational <br/>Health and MIELI Mental Health Finland were responsible for the operational implementa-<br/>tion of the Programme. The Programme was implemented in 2021–2022. <br/>The core objective of the Mental Health at Work Programme was to change the focus of the <br/>support for mental health in working life from solving existing problems in an individual-fo-<br/>cused way to preventing work ability problems. The aim with this was to prevent, for exam-<br/>ple, sick leave and retirement due to mental health issues and the related costs in the long <br/>term. As a solution to the situation, the Programme involved creating a Mental Health Sup-<br/>port Toolkit and a model for occupational health cooperation that helps build a working cul-<br/>ture supporting mental wellbeing. <br/>The impact assessment takes a view on how successful the Programme and its different <br/>sub-projects were especially from the perspective of whether the measures taken had the <br/>desired impact. In addition, the assessment provides monitoring data on the direction of <br/>development and aims to address the question of whether, considering the current <br/>situation and the Programme’s operating environment, the development work focuses on <br/>the right things in the right way to achieve the desired changes.