Anna
Axelin
Associate Professor, Nursing Science
Associate Professor
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Areas of expertise
Family Centered Neonatal Care
Maternity Care, Pain Management
Sleep
Development of IT tools for data collection and IT-based health interventions
Experimental Research
Implementation research
Biography
My academic career has included conducting quantitative and qualitative research in multidisciplinary research groups. In the Academic year 2011-2012, I joined the faculty of Department of Family Health Care Nursing in University of California San Francisco for my post-doctoral research. In 2018, I was appointed to Associated researcher in international Maternal
and Child Health (IMCH), University of Uppsala, Sweden. In collaboration with my collogues in Uppsala university, I have gain expertise on implementation science and global health. In addition to the academic career, I have ten-year working experience as a NICU nurse.
Teaching
Research methodology; Nursing theory; Evidence based practice; Transferable skills
Research
I am leading the
Connected Health - UTU research program which aims through the use of information technology and digital solutions to support effective and personalized health care. My special interest is to promote health and welfare of parents and infants in the early stages of life. In addition, I serve as the Director for Separation and Closeness Experiences in Neonatal Environment (SCENE) research group which aims to improve parents' and infants' experiences and outcomes of neonatal care.
Publications
Close Collaboration with Parents intervention improves family-centered care in different neonatal unit contexts: a pre-post study (2020)
Pediatric Research
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)
Evaluating the content validity of two versions of an instrument used in measuring pediatric pain knowledge and attitudes in the Ghanaian context (2020)
PLoS ONE
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)
Continuous 7-month Internet of Things -based monitoring of health parameters of pregnant and Postpartum Women: prospective observational feasibility study (2020)
JMIR Formative Research
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)
Evidence-informed policymaking: Modelling nurses' career pathway from registered nurse to advanced practice nurse (2020)
International Journal of Nursing Practice
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)
The golden hour in Finnish birthing units - An ethnographic study (2020)
Midwifery
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)
Dynamics on the field: a focused study on the culture and context of pediatric pain management at four Ghanaian hospitals (2020)
BMC Pediatrics
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)
Motor Performance in Children Diagnosed with Cancer: A Longitudinal Observational Study (2020)
Children
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)
The Development of Data Collection Tools to Measure Parent-Infant Closeness and Family-Centered Care in NICUs (2020)
Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)
Being ‘A Google Mom’ or Securely Monitored at Home - Perceptions of Remote Monitoring in Maternity Care (2020)
Journal of Advanced Nursing
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)
Exploring the educational needs of nurses on children's pain management: A descriptive qualitative study (2020)
Nursing Open
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