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
- A comprehensive accuracy assessment of Samsung smartwatch heart rate and heart rate variability (2022)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A Descriptive Comparative Pilot Study: Association Between Use of a Self-monitoring Device and Sleep and Stress Outcomes in Pregnancy (2022)
- CIN: Computers Informatics Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Comparison of Oura Smart Ring Against ActiGraph Accelerometer for Measurement of Physical Activity and Sedentary Time in a Free-Living Context (2022)
- CIN: Computers Informatics Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Construct validity and internal consistency of the revised Mental Health Literacy Scale in South African and Zambian contexts (2022)
- Nursing Open
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Emotional Closeness Among NICU Fathers: A Qualitative Descriptive Study (2022)
- Advances in Neonatal Care
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Fewer maternal depression symptoms after the Close Collaboration with Parents intervention: Two-year follow-up (2022)
- Acta Paediatrica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Healthcare Professionals' Breastfeeding Attitudes and Hospital Practices During Delivery and in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: Pre and Post Implementing the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (2022)
- Journal of Human Lactation
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Investigating the construct and concurrent validity of the Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire with intensive care unit patients and home sleepers (2022)
- Australian Critical Care
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Lasten ja nuorten mielenterveyskriisi (2022)
- Terveydenhoitaja
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Maternal perceptions of breastfeeding support in a birth hospital before and after designation to the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative: A quasi-experimental study (2022)
- Midwifery
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Mental health literacy among primary healthcare workers in South Africa and Zambia (2022)
- Brain and Behavior
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Mental health services in the school environment—Future visions using a phenomenographic approach (2022)
- Journal of Clinical Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Mistreatment during childbirth and postnatal period reported by women in Nepal -a multicentric prevalence study (2022)
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - ”Muutakin kuin kuulumisia” (2022)
- Pro terveys
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Parent-infant closeness after preterm birth and depressive symptoms: A longitudinal study (2022)
- Frontiers in Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Parents' friends and families in neonatal intensive care units: A cross-national qualitative study on staff perceptions and experiences (2022)
- Journal of Clinical Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Protokolla satunnaistetun kontrolloidun tutkimuksen suunnittelussa – esimerkkinä pellillinen mobiilisovellusinterventio lasten päiväkirurgisella hoitopolulla (2022)
- Hoitotiede
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Psychometric Properties of an Instrument to Measure the Quality of Family-Centered Care in NICUs (2022)
- Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sensitivity and specificity of proposed Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire cut-off scores for good quality sleep during an ICU stay (2022)
- Journal of Clinical Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Success and failure factors of patient recruitment for industry-sponsored clinical trials and the role of the electronic health records—a qualitative interview study in the Nordic countries (2022)
- Trials
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



