Anna
Axelin
Professor, Department of Nursing Science
Professor
Family centered perinatal care
Areas of expertise
Family Centered Perinatal Care
Maternity Care, Labor and Delivery, Neonatal Care
Health Technology
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 Intelligent Health 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
Mothers’ experiences of mistreatment during childbirth – A qualitative analysis of patient insurance claims in Finland (2026)
Midwifery
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Low-complexity fetal heart rate monitoring from carbon-based single-channel dry electrodes maternal electrocardiogram (2026)
Physiological Measurement
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Silent practices becoming norms: planned napping for nurses during intensive care night shifts – a focus group study (2026)
Journal of Research in Nursing
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Implementation and Evaluation of a Pediatric Pain Education Program for Healthcare Providers in Ghana: A Multidisciplinary Approach (2026)
Paediatric and Neonatal Pain
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Loneliness and well-being in finnish immigrants: A multimodal dataset from wearables and passive data collection (2026)
Data in Brief
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu data-artikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä)
Separation after childbirth and the psychological, social and physical implications: ethnographic insights from a neonatal intensive care unit (2025)
BMJ Open
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Enhancing happiness and life satisfaction in university students: analysis with a machine learning approach (2025)
BMC Psychology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Co-developing an intervention to facilitate safe and early transition to neonatal home care for very preterm infants: a mixed-method study evaluating the impact of patient and public involvement (2025)
Research involvement and engagement
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Vanhemmuus keskosvauvan sairaalahoidon aikana (2025)
(D2 Artikkeli ammatillisessa kokoomateoksessa)The association between exclusive breastfeeding and quality of care and maternal factors in a tertiary maternity hospital in Finland: A cross-sectional study (2025)
Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )