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Katarina Åsberg

Affiliated Researcher

PhD candidate and lecturer at the Unit of Public Health, with a research interest in prevention and public health, particularly digital support tools for health behavior change. I also work as a public health scientist at Region Östergötland.

Presentation

My research focuses on prevention and public health, empasizing health behavior change through digital interventions. My dissertation investigates behavior change from multiple perspectives including:

  • Exploring students´views on health and behavior change.
  • Evaluating the effectiveness of the digital intervention Buddy.
  • Analyzing how students utilized the intervention.
  • Examining their experiences with behavvior change using Buddy.

During my doctoral studies, I also conducted the Focus RCT – a digital intervention aimed at supporting procrastination, and conducted a scoping review on perioperative digital lifestyle interventions.

I teach in the Master´s program in Medical Science and handle public health-related tasks in the Nursing Programme and the Specialist Nursing Programme, Primary Health Care.


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CV

  • Bachelor´s degree in Public Health Science, 2004
  • Master´s degree in Public Health Science, 2005
  • PhD candidate in Medical Science (2020- ongoing)

Teaching

I teach courses in the Master´s program in Medical Science, and handle public health-related tasks in the Nursing Programme and the Specialist Nursing Programme, Primary Health Care. I am a seminar leader for ‘Kostdebatten’, ‘Hälsoläget, and Strimma supervisor for ethics, human rights, and literature in the Medical program. Additionally, I am a guest lecturer in the Public Health Science program, at Mälardalen university, Västerås.

Publications

2026

Katarina Åsberg, Oskar Lundgren, Hanna Olsson, Pontus Henriksson, Ann Catrine Eldh, Preben Bendtsen, Marie Löf, Marcus Bendtsen (2026) Effectiveness of the Components of a Digital Multiple Health Behavior Intervention Among University Students (Buddy): Factorial Randomized Trial Journal of Medical Internet Research, Vol. 28, Article e88884 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2025

Katarina Åsberg, Marie Löf, Marcus Bendtsen (2025) Setting Goals and Accepting Challenges for Behavior Change-Analysis of Participants' Interactions With a Digital Multiple Health Behavior Intervention: Mixed Methods Study JMIR Human Factors, Vol. 12, Article e66208 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Katarina Åsberg (2025) Buddy: A digital intervention promoting multiple health behavior change among university and college students in Sweden

2024

Katarina Åsberg, Marie Löf, Marcus Bendtsen (2024) Effects of a single session low-threshold digital intervention for procrastination behaviors among university students (Focus): Findings from a randomized controlled trial Internet Interventions, Vol. 36, Article 100741 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Katarina Åsberg, Ann Catrine Eldh, Marie Löf, Marcus Bendtsen (2024) "Simply complicated": Uncovering the processes of lifestyle behavior change among college and university students with access to a digital multiple lifestyle intervention Digital Health, Vol. 10, Article 20552076241245905 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

News

Marcus Bendtsen pointing at app in smartphone

Digital support for reduced alcohol consumption

A digital support tool on your phone can help if you want to reduce your alcohol consumption. This has been shown in a study by researchers at LiU. They have developed a digital tool which helps individuals reduce their alcohol intake on their own.

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