Anna Nielsen

Anna Nielsen

Affiliated to Research
Visiting address: Widerströmska huset Tomtebodavägen 18 A, plan 3, 17165 Solna
Postal address: K9 Global folkhälsa, K9 GPH Ekström Kosidou, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • Research coordinator within the Global and Sexual Health research group at the Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet.

    Nurse/Midwife, Master of Global Health, PhD in Public Health/epidemiology (Karolinska Institutet). Midwife at the Youth Health Clinics, Region Stockholm.

Research

  • The focus of my research is sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) including primary and secondary prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STI), and gender-based violence. I have foremost studied SRHR among youth in Sweden, and I am interested in sexual risk-taking, implementation and evaluation of health interventions.

    My PhD thesis (2019) “Chlamydia among youth in Stockholm
  • testing habits and evaluation of a mobile phone intervention to promote safe sexual practices” focused on understanding how testing services for Chlamydia infection are utilised by youth and how this might subsequent sexual risk-taking. Furthermore, a mobile phone intervention to promote condom use among youth aged 18-23 was developed, implemented, and evaluated in a randomised controlled trial.

    Areas of expertise include:

    Sexual and reproductive health and rights
    Adolescent health
    Gender norms and gender-based violence
    Maternal and child health
    Epidemiology
    Global public health
    mHealth
    Randomised controlled trials

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Employments

  • Affiliated to Research, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2025
  • Amanuensis, Epidemics and public health, Department of Public Health Sciences, Stockholm University, 2021-2022

Degrees and Education

  • Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2019
  • Degree Of Master Of Medical Science 60 Credits, Karolinska Institutet, 2011
  • Bachelor Of Medical Science, Karolinska Institutet, 2007
  • Graduate Diploma In Midwifery, Karolinska Institutet, 2007
  • Bachelor Of Science In Nursing, Karolinska Institutet, 2001
  • Bachelor Of Medical Science, Karolinska Institutet, 2001

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