Anna
Axelin
Associate Professor, Department of Nursing Science
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise
Family Centered Neonatal Care
Maternity Care, Pain Management
Sleep
Development of IT tools for data collection and IT-based health interventions
Experimental Research
Implementation research
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.
Teaching
Research methodology; Nursing theory; Evidence based practice; Transferable skills
Research
I am leading the
Connected Health - UTU 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.
Publications
Mothers' Different Styles of Involvement in Preterm Infant Pain Care (2010)
Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Facilitated tucking as a non-pharmacological intervention for neonatal pain relief: is it clinically feasible? (2010)
Acta Paediatrica
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))
Effects of pain management on sleep in preterm infants (2010)
European Journal of Pain
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Miten teen hyvän posterin? (2010)
Tehohoito
(Artikkeli ammattilehdessä tai kirjoitus ammatillisessa blogissa (D1))
Parents as pain killers in the pain management of preterm infants (2010)
(Artikkeliväitöskirja (G5))Increasing parental involvement in pain management in preterm infants (2009)
Acta Paediatrica
(O2 Muu julkaisu )
Pain assessment tools for unconscious or sedated intensive care patients: a systematic review (2009)
Journal of Advanced Nursing
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))
Promoting shorter duration of ventilator treatment decreases the number of painful procedures in preterm infants (2009)
Acta Paediatrica
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Oral Glucose and Parental Holding Preferable to Opioid in Pain Management in Preterm Infants (2009)
Clinical Journal of Pain
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Keskosvauvan ja vanhempien varhaisen vuorovaikutuksen tukeminen hoitotyön menetelmin. (Supporting early interaction between premature baby and parents with the help of nursing methods) (2008)
Hoitotiede
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))