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
- Pain process of patients with cardiac surgery — Semantic annotation of electronic patient record data (2019)
- Journal of Clinical Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Parents' Experiences of Support in NICU Single-Family Rooms (2019)
- Neonatal Network
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Parents’ presence and participation in medical rounds in 11 European neonatal units (2019)
- Early Human Development
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Personalized Maternal Sleep Quality Assessment: An Objective IoT-based Longitudinal Study (2019)
- IEEE Access
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Scaling Up Safer Birth Bundle Through Quality Improvement in Nepal (SUSTAIN)a stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial in public hospitals (2019)
- Implementation Science
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The effect of an active video game intervention on physical activity, motor performance, and fatigue in children with cancer: a randomized controlled trial (2019)
- BMC Research Notes
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The Effect of Educational Strategies Targeted for Nurses on Pain Assessment and Management in Children: An Integrative Review (2019)
- Pain Management Nursing
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Vanhempien osallistamisesta hyötyä vastasyntyneen sairaalahoitoon (2019)
- Lääkärilehti
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Vastasyntyneen kivun hoidon tulee olla vanhemman ja lapsen välinen vuorovaikutustilanne (2019)
- Kipuviesti
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Clinging to closeness: The parental view on developing a close bond with their infants in a NICU (2018)
- Midwifery
(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



