Ann Liljas
About me
Docent in Public Health and Assistant Professor in the research group Equity and Health Policy at the Department of Global Public Health. My research interests lie in the areas of ageing, health and social inequalities, and healthcare services and systems. I am also a lecturer and lead the course Applied Health Promotion and Prevention part of the Master programme in Public Health.
Grants:
KI Research School in Health Science (FiH) grant to supervise a doctoral
student 2023-2027 /How to tackle moral distress among healthcare
professionals at emergency departments?/
FORTE health and social care coordination grant 2021-01784/ Risk factors for
infection in older adults who receive home healthcare and/or home help: a
systematic review/
FORTE co-applicant 2021-00273 /Ageing in place – from policy to practice.
Consequences of the de-institutionalisation of Swedish eldercare for older
people and their family members/
FORTE co-applicant 2021-01830 /In the wake of Covid-19: How can the
structure and quality of health and social care for older people with complex
care needs in Sweden be improved?/
FORTE postdoctoral grant 2019-01101/ How do healthcare professionals
perceive the hospital discharge process of older adults with complex needs? A
comparative study of potential inequity in the care of these patients in
Nordic countries/Background:
PhD in Epidemiology, University College London (UCL), 2017
Master of Public Health, King's College London, 2009
Bachelor of Social Science in Education, Linköping University, 2008
Bachelor of Social Science in Public Health, Linköping University, 2007
Research
- I have experience of conducting both quantitative and qualitative research.
Currently I lead the work of a systematic review on risk factors for
infection in older adults who receive home care. I also work on projects on
health literacy, the de-institutionalisation of Swedish eldercare (the
'ageing in place' policy), and municipalities’ communication and response
to Covid-19 in Stockholm.
For my postdoctoral research project I examined how healthcare
professionals perceive the hospital discharge process of older adults with
complex needs. Data from Sweden, Denmark and Finland were compared to examine
potential inequity in the care of these patients in Nordic countries.
For my PhD I examined the relationship of sensory impairments with
cardiovascular disease and mortality, disability and frailty in older age
using data from two longitudinal cohort studies: the British Regional Heart
Study and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. I have also been involved
in the development and testing of a feasibility study of an home-based health
promotion intervention for pre-frail older adults.
Teaching
- My main teaching areas are health promotion, disease prevention, and
evaluation of health interventions. I lead the 10 hp/credit course Applied
health promotion and prevention part of the Master programme in Public
health. I also give lectures and facilitate seminars in health promotion and
prevention at other graduate courses at KI.
I am the main supervisor of two PhD candidates: Farzana Rahman whose project
focuses on the contents and quality of health and social care for older
adults, and Clara Brune who works on a project on moral distress among healthcare professionals in emergency departments.
Most terms I also supervise a master/medical student in their degree project.
Articles
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUALITATIVE STUDIES ON HEALTH & WELL-BEING. 2024;19(1):2300151
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;:14034948241253339
- Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2024;295(6):804-824
- Article: NURSING OPEN. 2024;11(5):e2169
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;52(2):119-122
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;52(1):5-9
- Journal article: MEDICAL RESEARCH ARCHIVES. 2024;12(2)
- Article: MEDICINE (UNITED KINGDOM). 2023;102(50):e36610
- Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2023;23(1):1173
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;20(19):6809
- Article: HEALTH SERVICES INSIGHTS. 2023;16:11786329231222168
- Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;32(Supplement_3):ckac131.331
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGEING. 2022;19(2):189-200
- Article: JOURNAL OF AGING AND HEALTH. 2020;32(5-6):243-251
- Article: JAMA OTOLARYNGOLOGY - HEAD AND NECK SURGERY. 2020;146(3):278-285
- Journal article: AGE AND AGEING. 2019;49(1):111-118
- Journal article: HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY. 2019;27(5):1333-1343
- Journal article: NUTRIENTS. 2019;11(6):1281
- Journal article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION. 2019;20(6):725-729
- Journal article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;19(1):629
- Article: HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY. 2018;26(3):393-403
- Article: AGE AND AGEING. 2018;47(1):126-131
- Article: HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT. 2017;21(73):1-128
- Article: BIOSCIENCE TRENDS. 2017;11(5):600-602
- Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2017;71(11):1053-1058
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. 2017;65(5):958-965
- Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;17(1):349
- Journal article: THE LANCET. 2016;388:s70-70
- Journal article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2016;70(Suppl 1):a38
- Article: AGE AND AGEING. 2016;45(5):662-667
- Article: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2016;38(2):e21-e28
- Journal article: AGE AND AGEING. 2015;44(suppl_2):ii14-ii15
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All other publications
- Review: MEDICINE (UNITED KINGDOM). 2022;101(45):e31772
- Editorial comment: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OLDER PEOPLE NURSING. 2022;17(6):e12483
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;32:ckac130.109
- Corrigendum: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2022;22(1):384
- Review: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2022;22(1):339
- Corrigendum: THE JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY. SERIES A, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2022;77(2):e109
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;32:III545
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;31:220
- Review: THE JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY. SERIES A, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2020;75(12):2461-2470
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2020;30:ckaa166.497
- Review: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTEGRATED CARE. 2019;19(3):6
- Review: RISK MANAGEMENT AND HEALTHCARE POLICY. 2019;12:23-30
- Meeting abstract: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2018;72:a87
- Review: AGE AND AGEING. 2018;47(1):26-34
- Meeting abstract: THE LANCET. 2017;390:s58
- Review: CURRENT ALZHEIMER RESEARCH. 2017;14(12):1256-1263
- Letter: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. 2016;64(2):442-444
- Editorial comment: RESEARCH INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT. 2016;2:2
- Conference publication: THE GERONTOLOGIST. 2016;56:319
- Meeting abstract: THE LANCET. 2015;386:s52
- Meeting abstract: THE LANCET. 2015;386:s51
- Conference publication: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2015;69:A11-A12
- Conference publication: AGE AND AGEING. 2015;44:14-15
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Grants
- How to tackle moral distress among healthcare professionals in the emergency department?AFA Försäkring1 September 2023 - 31 August 2026
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 January 2023 - 31 December 2025
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 January 2022 - 31 December 2024
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 November 2021 - 31 October 2025
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 November 2021 - 31 October 2022
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 October 2019 - 30 June 2021
Employments
- Assistant Professor, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-2027
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2024