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
- Vanhemmat paras kivunlievitys keskoslapselle (2011)
- Sairaanhoitaja
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Vanhemmet keskoslapsen kivunlievittäjinä (2011)
- Sairaanhoitaja
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Effects of pain management on sleep in preterm infants (2010)
- European Journal of Pain
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Facilitated tucking as a non-pharmacological intervention for neonatal pain relief: is it clinically feasible? (2010)
- Acta Paediatrica
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Miten teen hyvän posterin? (2010)
- Tehohoito
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Mothers' Different Styles of Involvement in Preterm Infant Pain Care (2010)
- Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Parents as pain killers in the pain management of preterm infants (2010) Axelin Anna
(G5 Article dissertation ) - Increasing parental involvement in pain management in preterm infants (2009)
- Acta Paediatrica
(Other publication) - Oral Glucose and Parental Holding Preferable to Opioid in Pain Management in Preterm Infants (2009)
- Clinical Journal of Pain
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Pain assessment tools for unconscious or sedated intensive care patients: a systematic review (2009)
- Journal of Advanced Nursing
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Promoting shorter duration of ventilator treatment decreases the number
of painful procedures in preterm infants (2009)- Acta Paediatrica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Ethics in neonatal pain research (2008)
- Nursing Ethics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Keskosvauvan ja vanhempien varhaisen vuorovaikutuksen tukeminen hoitotyön menetelmin. (Supporting early interaction between premature baby and parents with the help of nursing methods) (2008)
- Hoitotiede
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - 'Facilitated tucking by parents' in pain management of preterm infants - a randomized crossover trial (2006)
- Early Human Development
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Vanhempien kosketus ja kiinnipitäminen kivunlievitysmenetelmänä keskoslapsen hoidossa (Parents’ touch and hold in pain management in preterm infants) (2004) Axelin Anna
(G2 Master’s thesis, polytechnic Master’s thesis)