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Anni
Pakarinen
Senior Researcher, Department of Nursing Science
Postdoctoral Researcher, PhD, MHSc, RN

Contact

+358 29 450 4711
+358 50 440 9740
Kiinamyllynkatu 10
20520
Turku

Areas of expertise

Health promotion
Digital health
Digital interventions
Gamification
health games
Wellbeing of children
adolescents and families
Case management
Design Thinking

Biography

I am a registered nurse (medical-surgical), MHSc and PhD (nursing science). Currently, I am working as a Senior researcher in the Department of Nursing Science. 

Teaching

Teaching and planning of teaching in following courses (current and past): Design thinking for health- and social care, Health Innovations- from ideas to impact in device development, Digital culture and health (Asklepios), Research and reportage in Nursing Science, Evidence based practice, Design Thinking in healthcare innovation, Case management (continuing education) and Digitalisation supporting Clinical Nursing. I also supervise students in Bachelor, Master and Doctoral level. 


Research

My research focuses on health promotion and digital interventions, particularly on serious games and gamified applications, as well as sensor technlogy and wearables. 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. 

PI in Gamification for Health reseaech programme:  https://sites.utu.fi/nursingscienceresearchprogrammes/intelligent-health/gamification-for-health/

Publications

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