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
- Tiedolla johtaminen lähiesihenkilön arjessa (2025)
- Pro terveysActa Paediatrica
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Effect of couplet care on early parent–infant closeness among preterm infants (2025) Keskosen hoito ja kehitys Ahlqvist-Björkroth, Sari; Axelin, Anna; Lehtonen, Liisa
(D2 Article in a professional compilation book) - Adapting the Cornell assessment of pediatric delirium for Swedish context : translation, cultural validation and inter-rater reliabilityEtäseuranta osaksi vastasyntyneen hoitoa (2024)
- BMC PediatricsKätilölehti
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - ‘Breastfeeding exclusivity, difficulties, and support in the first days after hospital discharge : A correlational study’ (2024)
- European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive BiologyActa Paediatrica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Close Collaboration with Parents-Implementation and effectiveness (2024)
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Discharge criteria, practices, and decision-making in the transition of preterm infants to home (2024)
- Pediatric ResearchStudies in Health Technology and Informatics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2024)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2024)
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Evaluation of a complex couplet care intervention in a neonatal intensive care unit : A mixed methods study protocol (2024)
- Pediatric Investigation
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Finnish Immigrants' Affective Attitude Towards the IMPMS for Loneliness Detection: A Descriptive Qualitative Study (2024)
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication )
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



