Research
I hold a PhD degree in social work and in my thesis I investigated associations between family-, school- and individual related social stressors and adolescents’ psychosomatic problems.
I am currently involved in three research projects:
Hand in hand we stand - collaboration to promote mental among youth in school environments
The overall aim of this project is to develop and implement a school- based intervention focused on interprofessional collaboration aimed at promoting mental health and preventing mental health problems in children and adolescents. Read more about the project here:
https://www.kau.se/en/cbu/hand-hand-we-stand
Mobile health apps to reach and support young people who have a parent with mental illness or substance abuse issues
The general research idea of this project is to contribute to equitable and health-promoting care for these children through preventive mobile health (mHealth) digital interventions. The exploratory planning grant enables us to prepare a larger project, with the following objectives:
1) Conduct a needs assessment in consultation with the target group (young people) and a reference group (professionals/civil society, researchers).
2) Systematically map and conduct an interdisciplinary quality assessment of internationally available mHealth applications (apps).
3) Explore the conditions for development, evaluation, implementation, sustainable access, and further development of mHealth solutions.
Read more about the project here:
Evaluation of "Stopp! Min kropp" (Respect my body!)
In collaboration with Save the Children and the World Childhood Foundation, the material "Stopp! Min kropp!" and a gamified digital version including the same themes is evaluated.
Finished projects
Evalutation of govermental subsidy for regional suicide prevention in Värmland
The project is ongoing between 2022 and 2024 and is financed by the Public Health Agency of Sweden.
Teaching
I teach at the training program for social workers at Karlstad University.
Bio
I have a master's degree with a major in psychology. Subsequently, I worked as an investigator at FoU Welfare Värmland, Karlstad University. Currently I am working at KaU as a senior lecturer in social work.