Anna
Axelin
Associate Professor, Department of Nursing Science
Associate Professor
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
Mothers' experiences of parenting and everyday life of children born at 23 weeks of gestation – a qualitative descriptive study (2021)
BMC Pediatrics
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Effects of single family room architecture on parent–infant closeness and family centered care in neonatal environments—a single-center pre–post study (2021)
Journal of Perinatology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Mikä tekee yliopistosta huippuyliopiston? (2020)
(Kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa (B2))Continuous 7-month Internet of Things -based monitoring of health parameters of pregnant and Postpartum Women: prospective observational feasibility study (2020)
JMIR Formative Research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Exploring the educational needs of nurses on children's pain management: A descriptive qualitative study (2020)
Nursing Open
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
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
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Close Collaboration with Parents intervention improves family-centered care in different neonatal unit contexts: a pre-post study (2020)
Pediatric Research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Being ‘A Google Mom’ or Securely Monitored at Home - Perceptions of Remote Monitoring in Maternity Care (2020)
Journal of Advanced Nursing
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Dynamics on the field: a focused study on the culture and context of pediatric pain management at four Ghanaian hospitals (2020)
BMC Pediatrics
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Sairaanhoitajat tarvitsevat koulutusta lasten deliriumista Suomen lasten teho-osastoilla (2020)
Tehohoito
(Artikkeli ammattilehdessä tai kirjoitus ammatillisessa blogissa (D1))