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
- An educational intervention for NICU staff decreased maternal postpartum depression (2019)
- Pediatric Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A Typology of Breastfeeding Mothers of Preterm Infants: A Qualitative Analysis (2019)
- Advances in Neonatal Care
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Content validation of Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) for primary health care workers in South Africa and Zambia a heterogeneous expert panel method (2019)
- Global Health Action
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Coverage, associated factors, and impact of companionship during labour: A large-scale observational study in six hospitals in Nepal. (2019)
- Birth
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Feasibility of smart wristbands for continuous monitoring during pregnancy and one month after birth (2019)
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Finnish adolescents’ self-efficacy in peer interactions: a critical incident study (2019)
- Health Promotion International
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Key factors supporting implementation of a training program for neonatal family- centered care - a qualitative study (2019)
- BMC Health Services Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Lähellä vauvaa – Vanhempien voimavara vastasyntyneen tehohoidon aikana (2019)
- Kätilölehti
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Missing data resilient decision-making for healthcare IoT through personalization: A case study on maternal health (2019)
- Future Generation Computer Systems
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Nursing students and nurses' knowledge and attitudes regarding children's pain: A comparative cross-sectional study (2019)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Principal investigator
- Monikulttuurisuus koetuksella02.02.2026 - 31.05.2029
- Department of Nursing Science
- HAIF NURSING SCIENCE01.01.2025 - 25.01.2030
- Department of Nursing Science
- HOITJOHTAMINEN01.01.2024 - 31.12.2028
- Department of Nursing Science
- NewLife_hoitotiede01.01.2023 - 30.06.2026
- Department of Nursing Science
- SLIM Axelin01.09.2018 - 31.12.2022
- Department of Nursing Science
- PREVENT Hoitotiede01.01.2018 - 31.12.2019
- Department of Nursing Science



