Ewa-Lena Bratt

Senior lecturer/ nurse

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Ewa-Lena Bratt
Senior lecturer/ nurse
ewa-lena.bratt@gu.se
+46 31 786 4450
0766-184450

Room number: 2323
Postal Address: Box 457, 40530 Göteborg
Visiting Address: Arvid wallgrens backe 20 biotech v 7 , 41346 Göteborg

Care in Long-term Conditions at Institute of Health and Care Sciences (More Information)
Box 457
405 30 Göteborg
Visiting Address: Arvid Wallgrens backe hus 1 och 2 , 413 46 Göteborg

About Ewa-Lena Bratt

Research Presentation
Ewa-Lena Bratt is a researcher with focus on transitions in health care. She is also a nurse specialized in health care for children and adolescents. Ewa-Lena has more than 25 years of experience in pediatric and youth care.

Research
Ewa-Lena is one of the researchers in the research group "Health care transitions " She is the project leader for the national research project Stepstones. For more information see: www.stepstones-project.org. She is also the national project-coordinator for the Adole7C-project (AdolesCents reCeiving Continuous Care for Childhood-onset Chronic Conditions). This is a international collaboration project with Capetown, South-Africa.

Research Group
Healthcare transitions

Teaching
Ewa-Lena is responsible for the course “Complex care situations” during the 5th semester of the nursing program. She teaches mainly “Health care for children and young people” in the nursing program and in the postgraduate program in specialist nursing (advanced level).

Clinical activity
Ewa-Lena has worked since 1998 with children and adolescents with congenital heart disease. In her position as a university lecturer, she is working 20% at the department for pediatric cardiology at the Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg.

Keywords
Children, parenting, health status, quality of life, long-term illnesses, congenital heart defects, prenatal diagnosis, screening, transition, adolescents, young persons

Research areas

Medical and Health Sciences

Latest publications

Self-Perceived Health Status and Sense of Coherence in Children With Type 1 Diabetes in the West Bank, Palestine.
Kawther Elissa, Ewa-Lena Bratt, Åsa B. Axelsson, Salam Khatib, Carina Sparud Lundin
Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society, Journal article 2019
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Ready for transfer to adult care - a triadic evaluation of transition readiness in adolescents with congenital heart disease and their parents
Åsa Burström, Mariela Acuña Mora, Maria Öjmyr-Joelsson, Carina Sparud Lundin, Annika Rydberg et al.
Journal of Family Nursing, Journal article 2019
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Parental reactions, distress, and sense of coherence after prenatal versus postnatal diagnosis of complex congenital heart disease
Ewa-Lena Bratt, Stina Järvholm, Britt-Marie Ekman-Joelsson, Antje Johannsmeyer, Sven-Åke Carlsson et al.
Cardiology in the Young, Journal article 2019
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Empowering young persons with congenital heart disease: Using intervention mapping to develop a transition program - the STEPSTONES project.
Mariela Acuña Mora, Markus Saarijärvi, Carina Sparud Lundin, Philip Moons, Ewa-Lena Bratt
Journal of pediatric nursing, Journal article 2019
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Transition program for adolescents with congenital heart disease in transition to adulthood: protocol for a mixed-method process evaluation study (the STEPSTONES project).
Markus Saarijärvi, Lars Wallin, Philip Moons, Hanna Gyllensten, Ewa-Lena Bratt
BMJ open, Journal article 2019
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The Scope of Research on Transfer and Transition in Young Persons With Chronic Conditions
Mariela Acuña Mora, Markus Saarijärvi, Philip Moons, Carina Sparud Lundin, Ewa-Lena Bratt et al.
Journal of Adolescent Health, Journal article 2019
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Parents’ experience of uncertainty related to transfer from pediatrics to adult care in adolescents with congenital heart disease
Åsa Burström, Mariela Acuña Mora, Carina Sparud Lundin, Annika Rydberg, Katarina Hanseus et al.
Abstract book of the 99th Berzelius conference, 21-22 February 2019, Stockholm, Sweden, p29-30., Conference contribution 2019
Conference contribution

Unraveling the role of healthcare system factors for continuing care of adolescents with congenital or rheumatic heart disease: Rationale and methods of the international Adole7C-project
Ewa-Lena Bratt, Sandra Skogby, Liesl Zühlke, Bongani Mayosi, Bengt Johansson et al.
Abstract book of the 99th Berzelius conference, 21-22 February 2019, Stockholm, Sweden, p31-32., Conference contribution 2019
Conference contribution

Ready for Transfer to Adult Care? A Triadic Evaluation of Transition Readiness in Adolescents With Congenital Heart Disease and Their Parents
A. Burstrom, Mariela Acuña Mora, M. Ojmyr-Joelsson, Carina Sparud Lundin, A. Rydberg et al.
Journal of Family Nursing, Journal article 2019
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In a prospective randomized study in familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, metoprolol maintains exercise-performance, with lower myocardial oxygen-cost, and prevents deterioration in exercise-ability
Ingegerd Östman-Smith, Pari Allahyari, Ewa-Lena Bratt, Magnus Pettersson
European Society of Cardiology-ESC congress. Paris, France31 Aug-4 Sept 2019., Conference contribution 2019
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2015

Why is transfer to adult care so hard?
Philip Moons, Eva Goossens, Ewa-Lena Bratt
18th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease - Challenges and Dilemmas. Feb 11-15, 2015. Scottsdale, ARizona, US., Conference contribution 2015
Conference contribution

Scrutinizing Patient-Reported Health Status in Young People with Congenital Heart Disease
Ewa-Lena Bratt, Koen Luyckx, Eva Goossens, Werner Budts, Philip Moons
18th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease - Challenges and Dilemmas. Feb 11-15, 2015. Scottsdale, Arizona, US., Conference contribution 2015
Conference contribution

How can we improve patient knowledge in adult patients?
Philip Moons, Eva Goossens, Ewa-Lena Bratt
49th AEPC Annual Meeting. Prague, Czech Republic (20-23 May, 2015), Conference contribution 2015
Conference contribution

Which education and support do couples need after a prenatal diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease?
Ewa-Lena Bratt, Stina Järvholm, Britt-Marie Ekman-Joelsson, Lars-Åke Mattsson, Mats Mellander
49th Annual Meeting of the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology 20-23 May 2015., Conference contribution 2015
Conference contribution

Upplevelser kring överföring till vuxensjukvård - Unga vuxna med medfödda hjärtfel
Ann Asp, Ewa-Lena Bratt, Ann-Chatrine Bramhagen
Barnveckan, 20-23 april, Stockholm, Poster 2015
Poster

Effects of lifestyle changes and high-dose β-blocker therapy on exercise capacity in children, adolescents, and young adults with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Ewa-Lena Bratt, Ingegerd Östman-Smith
Cardiology in the Young, Journal article 2015
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2014

Prenatal screening of congenital heart disease - What about the parents?
Ewa-Lena Bratt, Sven-Åke Carlsson, Britt-Marie Ekman-Joelsson, Antje Johannsmeyer, Stina Järvholm et al.
XXXXIV Nordic Paediatric Cardiology Meeting in Umeå. 17-19 Sept 2014, Conference contribution 2014
Conference contribution

How do we improve patient knowledge
Philip Moons, Eva Goossens, Ewa-Lena Bratt
Annual Program on Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult: An International Symposium, Cincinnati summit June 10-13, 2014, Conference contribution 2014
Conference contribution

Att vårda sjuka barn inom kommunal hemsjukvård - en ny utmaning
Sarah Samuelsson, Charlotta Willén, Ewa-Lena Bratt
Sjuksköterskedagarna 2014, Poster 2014
Poster

New kid on the block? Community nurses' experiences of caring for sick children at home
Ewa-Lena Bratt, Charlotta Willén, Sarah Samuelsson
American Academy of Nursing 2014 Transforming Health, Driving Policy Conference held from October 16 - 18 2014. Washington, USA, Poster 2014
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