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
- Parents' Perspectives of Closeness and Separation With Their Preterm Infants in the NICU (2017)
- Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Parents ' presence and parent-infant closeness in 11 neonatal intensive care units in six European countries vary between and within the countries (2017)
- Acta Paediatrica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - PEARL-Pain in Early Life A New Network for Research and Education (2017)
- Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - PEARL - Pain In Early Life -luentopäivä – vanhemmat ovat lapsen parasta kipulääkettä (2017)
- Kipuviesti
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Sleep in the intensive care unit – nurses' documentation and patients' perspectives (2017)
- Nursing in Critical Care
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Vanhempien osallistuminen keskosen hoitoon (2017) Keskosen hoito ja kehitys Sari Ahlqvist-Björkroth , Anna Axelin, Liisa Lehtonen
(D2 Article in a professional compilation book) - Video education for critical care nurses to assess pain with a behavioural pain assessment tool: A descriptive comparative study (2017)
- Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Aktivoivat videopelit motorisen suoriutumisen tukena? – satunnaistettu kontrolloitu tutkimus syöpää sairastavilla lapsilla (2016) Hamari L, Järvelä L, Lähteenmäki P, Arola M, Heinonen OJ, Axelin A, Lilius J, Vahlberg T, Salanterä S
(Other publication) - Breastfeeding preterm infants – a randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of an internet-based peer-support group (2016)
- Journal of Advanced Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Captivating Issues in Critical Care - Scientific Critical Care Nursing Symposium (2016)
- Tehohoito
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Determinants of tobacco-related health literacy: A qualitative study with early adolescents (2016)
- International Journal of Nursing Studies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Esikouluikäisten lasten käsityksiä suun terveydestä – tutkimusmenetelmänä sadutus (2016)
- Tutkiva Hoitotyö
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Lapsen kehitystaso ja kivusta kertominen (2016)
- Kipuviesti
(Other publication) - Medical champions can make a difference in initiating culture change (2016)
- Acta Paediatrica
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - NIAPAS-kipumittari tehohoidossa oleville vastasyntyneille: mittarin kehittäminen ja luotettavuuden arviointi (2016)
- Hoitotiede
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Parent and nurse perceptions on the quality of family-centred care in 11 European NICUs (2016)
- Australian Critical Care
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Parents and nurses balancing parent-infant closeness and separation: a qualitative study of NICU nurses' perceptions (2016)
- BMC Pediatrics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Pathways to emotional closeness in neonatal units - a cross-national qualitative study (2016)
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Physical activity and motor performance during early stages of treatment in children with cancer: The possible role of active video games (2016) Hamari L, Järvelä L, Lähteenmäki PM, Arola M, Heinonen OJ, Axelin A, Lilius J, Vahlberg T, Salanterä S
(Other publication) - Pitkittyneestä kivusta kärsivät lapset, nuoret ja heidän perheensä tarvitsevat tietoa ja verkostoitumista − Ensimmäisen ensitietopäivän järjestäminen yliopistosairaaloissa (2016)
- Kipuviesti
(D1 Article in a professional journal)