Caring Sciences

Research within Caring Science

In Caring Science the human being is studied throughout the life cycle and is focused on development of knowledge concerning health promoting activities aimed to maintain and improve health, relieve suffering and develop prerequisites for a peaceful death.

Research in Caring Science at IFV is focusing on the key concept in nursing ”Health” in national and international studies, in order to develop an optimal healthcare organization. Studies on the individual,-as well as, based on populations with different qualitative and quantitative research methods are run. The research questions concern person-centered care, not at least for persons with a foreign background, collaboration in teams and in the healthcare trajectory, safe and- evidence based care and how it can be implemented. The research include a wide field from reproductive and perinatal health to care of elderly persons and trans-cultural care including migrants health and global public health problems, e.g diabetes. Studies of how to prevent chronic diseases as well as complications related to them and thus, deterioration of health and prevention of damages due to unsafe care as pressure ulcer, post-operative wound infections and drug related symptoms are ongoing.   

MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH

• Person-centered care  Christine Leo Swenne
  
  - Person-centered shift hand over
    Ulrika Pöder, Lena Gunningberg
  - Elderly persons autonomy
    Ulrika Pöder, Elisa Jobs
   
• Patient safety
  - Pressure ulcer
    Lena Gunningberg, Ann-Chistin Karlsson, Lisa Hultin 
  - Infections related to care
    Christine Leo Swenne, Per-Ola Blomgren, Marianne Hedström
  - Working environment
    Barbro Wadensten, Ulrika Pöder, Lena Gunningberg, Marianne Hedström
  - Drug related symptoms
    Marianne Hedström, Elisa Jobs
   
• Migration and health
  - Katarina Hjelm, Pranee Lundberg
   
• International perspectives on health
  - Katarina Hjelm, Leif Eriksson, Pranee Lundberg, Helena Volgsten
   
• Chronic disease management
  - Katarina Hjelm
   
• Reproductive and perinatal health
  - Helena Volgsten, Leif Eriksson, Pranee Lundberg, Jennifer Drevin,
    Niticorn Phosuwaan