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Stress in children

The main aim of my research is to learn more about stress and reactivity in children by measuring cortisol in the saliva and to evaluate healthcare methods with the potential of preventing and relieving stress.

When children are exposed to stress factors, a response mechanism is triggered that activates the entire body. If the child is exposed to repeated stress factors that do not permit rest and recuperation, the risk of impact on memory, learning, concentration, behavioural problems and changes to the stress system increases.

Director of research

I am director of research for the following projects:

  • Kangaroo Study
  • LiMoNid Study
  • Sleep in parents of sick children
  • Nourishing extreme preterm infants

I am also participating in these projects:

  • Development of infant circadian rhythm of cortisol (USDyk)
  • Development and Evaluation of a Transitional Family Centred Care Model for Families of Preterm Infants
  • Fear of the needle among children and adolescents

Teaching

I teach at the Specialist Nursing programme with a specialisation in health care for children and adolescents.

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Baby och mor / Baby and mother

The Kangaroo Study

Is kangaroo care applicable and in the best interests of the infant and family in a high-tech neonatal environment in Sweden?
Mamma håller om en babys fötter. Hennes händer är formade som ett hjärta. / Mother holding the feet of a baby. Her hands make a shape of a heart.

LiMoNid Study

We want to improve neonatal intensive care to promote and raise the quality of parent-child interactions in order to strengthen the prospects of normal development among preterm infants.
Mamma sover bredvid sitt barn som hon håller i handen. / A mother sleeps next to her baby. She holds the baby's hand.

Sleep in parents of sick children

Being the parent of a sick child brings with it additional demands. We study and describe sleep patterns among these parents.

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Networks

  • National Association of Paediatric Nurses
  • Chair of the National Association of Paediatric Nurses, 2008-2013
  • Nordic Attachment Network (NAN) 
  • Pain in Early Life (PEARL) 
  • Separation and Closeness Experiences in the Neonatal Environment (SCENE)
  • Network of PhD nurses who conduct research about children
 

Assignments

  • Head of the Division of Nursing (ISV)
  • Course coordinator, Specialist Nursing programme, with a specialisation in health care for children and adolescents
  • Examining committees
  • Referee
  • Lecture about stress 

Research supervisor

  • Thesis no. 124, 2013. Was assistant supervisor for Licentiate of Medicine students. Marie Teder, evaluation of a family-based behavioural intervention programme for children with obesity
  • Principal supervisor for Charlotte Angelhoff. Sleep in parents of sick children
  • Assistant supervisor for Katrin Ivars. Development of infant circadian rhythm of cortisol (USDyk)
  • Assistant supervisor for Denise Rocha Araújo. Development and Evaluation of a Transitional Family Centred Care Model for Families of Preterm Infants

Higher education degrees

  • Registered Nurse, 1987
  • Specialist Nurse, health care for children and adolescents, 1990
  • Master of Medicine, Nursing, 1999
  • Doctor of Medicine, Paediatrics, 2006
  • Post-doc, 2011-2014
  • Associate Professor of Nursing with a specialisation in paediatrics, 2014
  • Sabbatical, National University of Singapore 2015

Awards

STINT fellowship 2015/16, National University of Singapore, Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education.

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