Ann Liljas
About me
Associate Professor in Public Health at the Department of Global Public Health where I lead the research group Equity and Health Policy, and teach at 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 co-applicant 2022-00588 Exploring older people's prerequisites for understanding health information and making informed health choices
FORTE principal applicant 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 share principal 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 countriesBackground:
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
My research interests lie in the areas of social inequalities in health, and, health and social care services and organisations with a particular focus on older adults with complex care needs.
I have extensive experience of conducting both quantitative and qualitative research. Currently I co-lead a project exploring insights from other Nordic countries on how to organise services to improve health and social care among older adults. Additional current collaborative projects cover topics such as healthy ageing, health literacy, the de-institutionalisation of Swedish eldercare (the 'ageing in place' policy), and municipalities' communication and response to Covid-19 in Stockholm. Recently I completed the work of a systematic review on risk factors for infection in older adults who receive home care, for which I acted as the principal investigator.
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: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2025;25(1):1643
- Journal article: INNOVATION IN AGING. 2024;8:813
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUALITATIVE STUDIES ON HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. 2024;19(1):2300151
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;53(5):456-464
- 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: 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 & NECK SURGERY. 2020;146(3):278-285
- Journal article: AGE AND AGEING. 2019;49(1):111-118
- Journal article: HEALTH & 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 & 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: LANCET. 2016;388:s70
- 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. 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: 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: 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: 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: GERONTOLOGIST. 2016;56:319
- Meeting abstract: LANCET. 2015;386:s52
- Meeting abstract: 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