Anni Pakarinen
Postdoctoral Researcher, PhD, MHSc, RN
ankorh@utu.fi +358 29 450 4711 +358 50 440 9740 Kiinamyllynkatu 10 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9077-1663 |
Health promotion, Digital health, Digital interventions, Gamification, health games, Wellbeing of children, adolescents and families, Case management, Design Thinking
I am a registered nurse (medical-surgical) and PhD (nursing science). Currently, I am working as a Senior researcher and Research Manager in the Department of Nursing Science.
My research focuses on health
promotion and digital interventions, particularly on serious games
and gamified applications. My research approaches the topic from many perspectives; development
through user-centered design process, evaluation of the usability, feasibility
and effectiveness of the intervention, as well as the implementation process of
digital interventions. The research aims to provide both the knowledge and
methods to support the work of professionals, to promote the health of
individuals and to support the use of high-quality and evidence-based digital
interventions in health and social care for disease prevention, treatment and
rehabilitation. The aim is also to provide information that can be used in the
design and development of new digital interventions for health promotion
purposes.
Currently and during next semester, I am teaching in the following courses: Digital culture and health (Asklepios), Research and reportage in Nursing Science, Evidence based practice, Design Thinking in healthcare innovation, Design thinking for healthcare and Case management (continuing education). I also teach to Future Health and Technology-international master students in following courses: Research and reportage in Nursing Science and Digitalisation supporting Clinical Nursing. I also supervise students in Bachelor, Master and Doctoral level.
- Encountering sexual and gender minority youth in healthcare: an integrative review (2019)
- Primary Health Care Research and Development
(Refereed review article in scientific journal (A2)) - Nuorella on oikeus (ja velvollisuus) olla oma itsensä (2019)
- Terveyttä tieteestä -blogi
(Popularised article or blog post (E1)) - Pelit hyvinvoinnin ja terveyden edistäjinä (2019) Pelikasvattajan käsikirja 2 Arpola T, Kotimaa A, Marttinen R, Pakarinen A, Parisod H
(Article in a professional research book (D2)) - Uusi perhe haastaa uusperheen - uusparien ja ammattilaisten näkemyksiä uusperheiden haasteista (2019)
- Perheterapia
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1)) - Feasibility of mobile health game “Fume” in supporting tobacco-related health literacy among early adolescents: A three-armed cluster randomized design (2018)
- International Journal of Medical Informatics
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Protocol for digital intervention for effective health promotion of small children—A cluster randomized trial (2018)
- Journal of Advanced Nursing
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Secondary School Nurse as an information source for Finnish Sexual and Gender Minority Youth (2018)
- TUCS Lecture Notes
(Refereed article in conference proceedings (A4)) - The development and feasibility of gamified digital intervention aiming to promote physical activity in early childhood (2018) Pakarinen Anni
(Doctoral dissertation (article) (G5)) - Acceptability of and Demand for a Tobacco-Related Health Game Application in Early Adolescents with Different Gender, Age and Gaming Habits (2017)
- CEUR Workshop Proceedings
(Refereed article in conference proceedings (A4)) - Association of Self-Perceived Physical Competence and Leisure-Time Physical Activity in ChildhoodA Follow-Up Study (2017)
- Journal of School Health
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Comparison of Fitbit One® Against ActiGraph in Measuring Habitual Physical Activity of Children (2017) Hamari L, Kullberg T, Ruohonen J, Heinonen OJ, Díaz-Rodríguez N, Lilius J, Pakarinen A, Myllymäki A, Leppänen V, Salanterä S.
(Other (O2)) - Designing a Health-Game Intervention Supporting Health Literacy and a Tobacco-Free Life in Early Adolescence (2017)
- Games for Health
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Digitaalisia työkaluja hyvinvoinnin tukemiseen (2017)
- Turun Sanomat
(Popularised article or blog post (E1)) - Health game interventions to enhance physical activity self-efficacy of children: a quantitative systematic review (2017)
- Journal of Advanced Nursing
(Refereed review article in scientific journal (A2)) - HyväMe-sovellus - digitaalinen työkalu lastenneuvolatyöhön (2017)
- Terveydenhoitaja
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1)) - Hyvinvoinnista ja vähän sen mittaamisestakin (2017)
- Terveyttä tieteestä -blogi
(Popularised article or blog post (E1)) - Lasten hyvinvointia edistämässä digitaalisin menetelmin (2017)
- Terveyttä tieteestä -blogi
(Popularised article or blog post (E1)) - Miltä näyttää tulevaisuuden sairaala ja miten kansalaisten terveyttä edistetään 2030-luvulla? (2017)
- Terveyttä tieteestä -blogi
(Popularised article or blog post (E1)) - Miten kehitetään vaikuttavia pelejä lasten terveyden edistämiseksi? (2017)
- Terveyttä tieteestä -blogi
(Popularised article or blog post (E1)) - Physical activity among children: objective measurements using Fitbit One® and ActiGraph (2017)
- BMC Research Notes
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))