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
- Clinical trial site identification practices and the use of electronic health records in feasibility evaluations: An interview study in the Nordic countries (2021)
- Clinical Trials
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Development and psychometric evaluation of the CO-PARTNER tool for collaboration and parent participation in neonatal care (2021)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Effectiveness of the Close Collaboration with Parents intervention on parent-infant closeness in NICU (2021)
- BMC Pediatrics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Effects of single family room architecture on parent–infant closeness and family centered care in neonatal environments—a single-center pre–post study (2021)
- Journal of Perinatology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Effects of the Close Collaboration with Parents intervention on the quality of family-centered care in NICUs (2021)
- Advances in Neonatal Care
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Exercise and Stress in At-Risk Women during Pregnancy and Postpartum (2021)
- MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Good interaction skills are not enough – competency in mental health issues in child health clinics and school health services (2021)
- Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Identifying target behaviors for weight management interventions for women who are overweight during pregnancy and the postpartum period: a qualitative study informed by the Behaviour Change Wheel (2021)
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Lasten ja nuorten mielenterveysongelmat - terveydenhoitaja tarvitsee monenlaista osaamista (2021)
- Terveydenhoitaja
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Long-Term IoT-Based Maternal Monitoring: System Design and Evaluation (2021)
- Sensors
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Mothers' experiences of parenting and everyday life of children born at 23 weeks of gestation – a qualitative descriptive study (2021)
- BMC Pediatrics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Pregnant women's daily patterns of well-being before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland: Longitudinal monitoring through smartwatch technology (2021)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Valmiuksien ja vaatimusten ristiriita - terveydenhoitajien kokemuksia tutkintoonsa sisältyneistä mielenterveysopinnoista (2021)
- Tutkiva Hoitotyö
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Being ‘A Google Mom’ or Securely Monitored at Home - Perceptions of Remote Monitoring in Maternity Care (2020)
- Journal of Advanced Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Close Collaboration with Parents intervention improves family-centered care in different neonatal unit contexts: a pre-post study (2020)
- Pediatric Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Continuous 7-month Internet of Things -based monitoring of health parameters of pregnant and Postpartum Women: prospective observational feasibility study (2020)
- JMIR Formative Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Dynamics on the field: a focused study on the culture and context of pediatric pain management at four Ghanaian hospitals (2020)
- BMC Pediatrics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Evaluating the content validity of two versions of an instrument used in measuring pediatric pain knowledge and attitudes in the Ghanaian context (2020)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Evidence-informed policymaking: Modelling nurses' career pathway from registered nurse to advanced practice nurse (2020)
- International Journal of Nursing Practice
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Exploring the educational needs of nurses on children's pain management: A descriptive qualitative study (2020)
- Nursing Open
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



