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
- 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 ONEDissertation Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Integrating Remote Monitoring Into the Pregnancy CareThe association between exclusive breastfeeding and quality of care and maternal factors in a tertiary maternity hospital in Finland: A cross-sectional study (2025)
- CIN: Computers Informatics NursingSexual & Reproductive Healthcare
(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)
(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) - (2025)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The Effectiveness of an Online Exercise Program on Physical Activity and Quality of Life of Postpartum Women: Quasi-Experimental Study (2025)
- International journal of childbirth
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The Effect of Implementation of Skin Care Guidelines on Nurses’ Knowledge Regarding Skin Care and Incidence of Skin Injuries Among Neonates at a Private Tertiary Care Hospital (2025)
- Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The role of parents to prevent infections in the neonatal intensive care unit (2025)
- Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
(A2 Refereed review 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



