Woman Child Family
ConSIRT
ConSIRT is a Consortium for Sterile Water Injections Research and Training. The aim of this collaborative group is to serve as a central point for information, clinical training and research on Sterile Water Injections (SWI).
Well-being for Teenagers
Includes research in the area of teenage attitudes towards and behavior regarding pregnancy and motherhood, sexual risk-taking and living with venereal disease.
Support and Attitudes During the Childbearing Period
This area of research includes observations, interviews, randomized controlled intervention studies and pedagogical studies of professional and social support, experience and clinical outcomes regarding childbirth, parental relation to and feelings for the baby, parenthood and inter-parental relations. The research includes both the perspective of parents' and health professionals'.
Complementary and Alternative Methods
Focuses on non-pharmacological pain relief methods such as acupuncture and sterile water injections for childbirth pain and other acute and chronic pain conditions. To further develop the method of sterile water injections the underlying mechanisms of action is studied from a physiological perspective.
Developing and Validating Instruments in Order to Measure Support, Attitudes and Pain During the Childbearing Period
An applied contribution focuses on the development and validation of instruments and gradation measurement of impact of professional and social support during childbearing as well as breastfeeding attitudes and attachment to child of both parents and the perspective of health representatives, sexual risk taking among teenagers in relation to estimated parenting style. Furthermore development of instruments aiming to measure and grade perceived pain during childbirth is in progress.
Effect of Armchair with Massage and Relaxation Program on Recovery and Health Promotion - A Randomized Controlled Study
Evaluation of the effects of a recovery armchair and mental relaxation program, separately or in combination in regard to health and well-being. The research also investigates underlying mechanisms behind the effects on health and well-being in response to these treatments. It is of particular interest to explore the role of endogenous oxytocin in the mechanisms that promote health and well-being. The study is collaboration between the companies Promas AB and Scandinavian International University and a research group from the University of Skövde. The study is financed by the Knowledge Foundation.
Researchers
Ali Kazemi
Anette Ekström
Caroline Bäckström
Elisabeth Hertfelt Wahn
Elisabeth Jangsten
Elisabeth Kylberg
Ingela Gyllspång
Karin Axelsson
Kina Hammarlund
Kristina Carlén
Lena Mårtensson
Lena Nilsson
Lika Rodin
Linda Handlin
Margaretha Larsson
Maria Björk
Maria Olson
Marie Wihlsson
Stefan Sönnerhed
Stina Thorstensson