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Lena Andersson
Universitetslektor
Institutionen för socialt arbeteOm Lena Andersson
Socionom, medicine doktor i socialmedicin, fil.mag socialt arbete, universitetslektor, docent. Disputerade 2006 vid enheten för socialmedicin, Sahlgrenska Akademin, Göteborgs universitet med avhandlingen Regional differences in disability pensions and sickness absence with psychiatric diagnoses in Sweden and Norway 1980-2000. The influence of demography and access to psychiatric health care. Mina forskningsområden rör global hälsa, tillgång och barriärer till vård, migration, papperslösas hälsa och sociala situation, psykisk ohälsa, social utveckling, rätten till hälsa.
Medlem i: Centrum för Global Migration, Göteborgs Universitet.
Forskningsprojekt:
- Towards sustainable social development: Strengthening social work education, research and practice in Rwanda (Sida).
- Hälsa och ohälsa hos papperslösa migranter i Sverige (Vetenskapsrådet).
- Barriers to health care and the right to health for persons with mental illness in South Africa: How can access and the right to health be improved? (Sida)
Leder forskargruppen Global social utveckling, psykisk hälsa och mänskliga rättigheter i ett livsförloppsperspektiv, en interdisciplinär forskargrupp med fokus på frågor som rör hälsa, social development goals (SDGs) och mänskliga rättigheter i Sverige och Global South.
Web sida: https://www.gu.se/forskning/gpm
Undervisar på International Master in Social Work and Human Rights, Master of Global Health och på Socionomprogrammet. Har undervisat på utländska lärosäten; School of Public Health, School of Social Welfare, University at Albany, USA. Department of Nursing, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elisabeth, Syd Afrika. Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam. Faculty of Health Promotion, Rajarata University, Sri Lanka. Department of Nursing, Aga Kahn University Pakistan. Review uppdrag för bl a Int. Social Work, Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, British Journal of Psychiatry, Transcultural Psychiatry. Finns på Research Gate och LinkedIn.
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Caring for Undocumented Migrants: Significance of Recognition and Respect during Healthcare
Encounters
Lena Andersson, Elisabeth Punzi
Issues in Mental Health Nursing - 2024 -
Unifying of social work with faith-based communities in combating HIV-related stigma: paper for social
work
Anthony Kiwanuka, Lena Andersson, Eddy Walakira, David Kaawa Mafigiri
HIV & AIDS Review - 2024 -
Mental illness, suicide and alcohol abuse among youth in poor communities in Zambia - a community-based intervention
project
Lena Andersson, Annette Sandwall, Evelyn Khoo
https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/#/event/4805/program - 2024 -
Mental health and suicidal thoughts among undocumented migrants in
Sweden
Lena Andersson
Oral presentation at the 14th International Conference of the European Network for Health Service Evaluation "Collectivism and Individualism in Mental Health", June 27-29, 2022, Tel Aviv, Israel - 2022 -
Impact of stigma on HIV treatment seeking behavior among the youth living with HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: Critical Review of
Literature
Anthony Kiwanuka, Eddy J Walakira, Lena Andersson, David K. Kaawa-Mafigiri
HIV & AIDS Review - 2021 -
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Deprivation and Depression Symptoms in Adults From The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos
(HCHS/SOL)
Jennifer Holmgren, Jordan A Carlson, Linda C Gallo, Aubrey L Doede, Marta M Janowska, James F Sallis, Kirsta M Perreira, Lena Andersson, Gregory A Talavera, Sheila F Castaneda, Melawhy L Garcia, Matthew A Allison
American Journal of Community Psychology - 2021 -
Suicidal thoughts among undocumented migrants in
Sweden
Lena Andersson, Anders Hjern, Henry Ascher
International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care - 2021 -
Barriers to accessing health care among undocumented migrants in Sweden - a principal component
analysis
Mona Hatem, Lena Andersson, Anders Hjern, Henry Ascher
BMC Health Services Research - 2021 -
Living situations among undocumented migrants in Sweden: The effects of exclusion from fundamental housing
rights
Matti Wirehag, Lena Andersson, Anders Hjern, Henry Ascher
International Journal of Social Welfare - 2021 -
Hegemonic masculinity and risky sexual behaviours in Kwazulu-Natal, South
Africa.
Ronald Byaruhanga, Lena Andersson, Kay Govender
African Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Research - 2021 -
Undocumented adult migrants in Sweden: mental health and associated
factors
Lena Andersson, Anders Hjern, Henry Ascher
BMC Public Health - 2018 -
Prevalence and socioeconomic characteristics of alcohol disorders among men and women in the Eastern Cape Province, South
Africa.
Lena Andersson, Akwasi Twum-Antwi, Carin Staland-Nyman, Dalena van Rooyen
Health & social care in the community - 2018 -
Weapons Used to Harm Female Victims of Intimate Partner Violence and Community
Violence.
Maria Ulnes, Hanna Hultquist, Manjika M Sithum, Muditha Vidanapathirana, Kumudu Wijewardene, Lena Andersson
Medico-Legal Journal of Sri Lanka - 2018 -
Social determinants of subjective well-being among young adults living in the Eastern Cape, South
Africa.
David Morton, Dalena van Rooyen, Danie Venter, Lena Andersson
Journal of Psychology in Africa - 2018 -
Living conditions and self-rated health among undocumented migrants in
Sweden
Lena Andersson, Henry Ascher, Anders Hjern
European Journal of Public Health. Vol 28, Supplement 1 - 2018 -
Collaboration or renunciation? The role of traditional medicine in mental health care in Rwanda and Eastern Cape Province, South
Africa
Isabell Schierenbeck, Peter Johansson, Lena Andersson, Gunilla Krantz, Joseph Ntaganira
Global Public Health - 2018 -
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Barriers to Care in Eastern Cape Province, South
Africa
Kegan Topper, Kempie van Rooyen, Christoffel Grobler, Dalena van Rooyen, Lena Andersson
Journal of Traumatic Stress - 2015 -
Barriers to Health Care for Mental Illness - How can Access be
Improved?
Lena Andersson
Research Series of the 90th Anniversary of the Establishment of Sociology at Fudan University, Shanghai, China. "Mission, Profession and Future, 2015 Shanghai International Medical (Health) Social Work Conference." - 2015 -
Development and preliminary validation of a scale to measure self-efficacy in seeking mental health care
(SE-SMHC)
C.D. Moore, C. Schofield, D.R.M. van Rooyen, Lena Andersson
SpringerPlus - 2015 -
Psychometric analysis of the Swedish translation of the WHO well-being
index
Jesper Löve, Lena Andersson, Crystal Dea Moore, Gunnel Hensing
Quality of Life Research - 2014 -
Health care practitioners´perceptions of public mental health care in the Eastern Cape, South
Africa
Dalena van Rooyen, Kegan Topper, David Morton, Joanitha Strupmher, Isabell Schierenbeck, Lena Andersson
Journal of Psychology in Africa - 2014 -
Barriers to accessing mental health care in the Eastern Cape province of South
Africa
J. Strumpher, R. M. van Rooyen, K. Topper, Lena Andersson, D. Morton, Isabell Schierenbeck
Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery - 2014 -
General Self-efficacy and Its Relationship to Self-reported Mental Illness and Barriers to Care: A General Population
Study
Lena Andersson, Chrystal Dea Moore, Gunnel Hensing, Gunilla Krantz, Carin Staland Nyman
Community mental health journal - 2014 -
Barriers to accessing and receiving mental health care in Eastern Cape, South
Africa
Isabell Schierenbeck, Peter Johansson, Lena Andersson, Dalena van Rooyen
Health and Human Rights - 2013 -
Help-seeking behaviour, barriers to care and the right to health among persons with depression in Eastern Cape Province, South
Africa
Lena Andersson
Sustainable Development through Global Action. The case for investing in mental health. Global Mental Health Forum, 27-28 September, Institute of Psychiatry, King´s College London - 2013 -
Help-seeking behaviour, barriers to care and experiences of care among persons with depression in Eastern Cape, South
Africa
Lena Andersson, Isabell Schierenbeck, Johanita Strumpher, Gunilla Krantz, Kegan Topper, Gunilla Backman, Esmeralda Ricks, Dalena van Rooyen
Journal of Affective Disorders - 2013 -
Exploring consequences of sickness absence - a longitudinal study on changes in self-rated physical
health.
Carin Staland Nyman, Lena Andersson, Fredrik Spak, Gunnel Hensing
Work (Reading, Mass.) - 2009 -
The increase in mental illness among adolescents in Sweden—epidemiology and possible
explanations
Lena Andersson
European Journal of Public Health - 2009 -
Association of IQ scores and school achievement with suicide in a 40-year follow-up of a Swedish
cohort.
Lena Andersson, Peter Allebeck, Jan-Eric Gustafsson, D Gunnell
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica - 2008 -
The Association of IQ Scores and School Achievement With Suicide in a 40-year Follow-Up of a Swedish
Cohort
Lena Andersson, Jan-Eric Gustafsson, Peter Allebeck, D Gunnell
10th International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, Drawing from traditional sources and basic research to improve health of individuals, communities and populations, August 27-30, 2008 Tokyo, Japan - 2008 -
Geografiska skillnader i psykisk hälsa-samband med socioekonomisk
position
Lena Andersson
Socialmedicinsk tidskrift - 2008 -
Can access to psychiatric health care explain regional differences in disability pension with psychiatric
disorders?
Lena Andersson, N. Wiles, G. Lewis, S. Brage, Gunnel Hensing
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol - 2007 -
Regionala skillnader i förtidspension och sjukfrånvaro med psykiatriska diagnoser i Sverige och Norge
1980-2000
Lena Andersson
Socialmedicinsk tidskrift - 2007 -
Disability pension for psychiatric disorders: Regional differences in Norway
1988-2000
Lena Andersson, N. Wiles, G. Lewis, S. Brage, Gunnel Hensing
Nord J Psychiatry - 2006 -
High incidence of disability pension with a psychiatric diagnosis in western Sweden. A population-based study from 1980 to
1998
Lena Andersson, Carin Staland Nyman, Fredrik Spak, Gunnel Hensing
WORK - 2006 -
Increase in sickness absence with psychiatric diagnosis in Norway: a general population-based epidemiologic study of age, gender and regional
distribution
Gunnel Hensing, Lena Andersson, S. Brage
BMC Med - 2006 -
Regional differences in disability pension and sickness absence with psychiatric diagnoses in Sweden and Norway 1980-2000. The influence of demography and access to psychiatric health
care
Lena Andersson
2006 -
Can avilability to psychiatric care explain regional differences in disability pension due to psychiatric
disorders?
Lena Andersson, Nichola Wiles, Glyn Lewis, Sören Brage, Gunnel Hensing
Europen Journal of Public Health - 2005 -
Regional differences in disability pensioning on the basis of psychiatric disorders in
Norway
Lena Andersson, Sören Brage, Gunnel Hensing
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica - 2004 -
Changes in health and life style among women with and without sickness absence: a general population study over five
years
Carin Staland Nyman, Lena Andersson, Fredrik Spak, Gunnel Hensing
European Journal of Public Health - 2003 -
Health and social consequences of sickness absence: a general population study over five
years
Carin Staland Nyman, Lena Andersson, Fredrik Spak, Gunnel Hensing
European Journal of Public Health - 2002 -
Bright waters, dark moods – explaining regional differences in early retirement with psychiatric
disorders
Lena Andersson, Carin Staland Nyman, Fredrik Spak, Gunnel Hensing
European Journal of Public Health - 2002