Anna Axelin
Professor
anmaax@utu.fi +358 40 502 9905 Kiinamyllynkatu 10 Turku Office: B602 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2743-3589 |
Areas of expertise
Family Centered Perinatal Care; Maternity Care, Labor and Delivery, Neonatal Care; Health Technology; Experimental Research; Implementation research
Family Centered Perinatal Care; Maternity Care, Labor and Delivery, Neonatal Care; Health Technology; Experimental Research; Implementation research
Research community or research topic
Family centered perinatal care
Family centered perinatal care
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.
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.
Teaching
Research methodology; Nursing theory; Evidence based practice; Transferable skills
Research methodology; Nursing theory; Evidence based practice; Transferable skills
Publications
- Implementation and Evaluation of a Pediatric Pain Education Program for Healthcare Providers in Ghana: A Multidisciplinary Approach (2026)
- Paediatric and Neonatal Pain
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Loneliness and well-being in finnish immigrants: A multimodal dataset from wearables and passive data collection (2026)
- Data in Brief
(A1 Refereed data article in a scientific journal) - Low-complexity fetal heart rate monitoring from carbon-based single-channel dry electrodes maternal electrocardiogram (2026)
- Physiological Measurement
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Mothers’ experiences of mistreatment during childbirth – A qualitative analysis of patient insurance claims in Finland (2026)
- Midwifery
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Silent practices becoming norms: planned napping for nurses during intensive care night shifts – a focus group study (2026)
- Journal of Research in Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A Novel Wearable-Based Fetal Movement Localization System Using Machine Learning (2025)
- Proceedings of IEEE Sensors
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Asphyxia due to substandard obstetric care in Finland: An 11-year patient insurance registry study of compensated patient claims (2025)
- European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A Systematic Review of Experimental Studies Examining Family-Centred Care Interventions in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (2025)
- Acta Paediatrica
(Abstract) - Circadian rhythm of heart rate and heart rate variability in pregnancy (2025)
- npj Women's Health
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - 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 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Development of a Tool for the Assessment of Information-Driven Operations Management by Nurse Leaders (2025)
- Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
(Poster) - Effectiveness of supporting lifestyle change in pregnant mothers with obesity through the wearable internet-of-things (SLIM) -intervention on self-efficacy in weight management in pregnant women : A quasi-experimental trial (2025)
- Midwifery
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Enhancing happiness and life satisfaction in university students: analysis with a machine learning approach (2025)
- BMC Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Hoitajan mahdollisuudet tukea potilaan perhettä teho-osastolla (2025)
- Tehohoito
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Identifying daily-living features related to loneliness: A causal machine learning approach (2025)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Integrating Remote Monitoring Into the Pregnancy Care (2025)
- CIN: Computers Informatics Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Outcomes Following Close Collaboration With Parents Intervention in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (2025)
- JAMA Network Open
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Proactive Monitoring of Chronic Conditions Using WMDs in Primary Care: Protocol of a Multicentre Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial Across Italy and Finland (2025)
- Dissertation Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Separation after childbirth and the psychological, social and physical implications: ethnographic insights from a neonatal intensive care unit (2025)
- BMJ Open
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - 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 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



