Malin Edqvist
Affiliated to Research
E-mail: malin.edqvist@ki.se
Visiting address: Maria Aspmans gata 30A, 17164 Solna
Postal address: K2 Medicin, Solna, K2 KEP Stephansson, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- I hold a senior position as University midwife at the Department of Women's
Health and Health Professions at the Karolinska University Hospital. I am
affiliated to the Reproductive, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology research
group at the Clinical Epidemiology Division, Karolinska Institutet.
2018-2020 Postdoctoral position at the Institution of Health Sciences,
Faculty of Medicine, Lund University
2017 PhD degree, Institution of Health and Caring Sciences, The Sahlgrenska
Academy, University of Gothenburg
2003 Midwifery degree, Karolinska Institutet
1995 Nursing degree, Borås University
Research
- My main research interest is to improve maternity care for women giving birth
and I am currently involved in two research projects. The IMCA project
(Improving maternity care with agile implementation approaches) is an
implementation research project. We investigate if agile methodology,
combined with a model for designing behaviour change can complement an
implementation framework to increase the knowledge on how to tailor
context-specific implementation strategies in maternity care. Within this
project we are using agile implementation strategies to adapt and implement,
and evaluate a care process designed to enhance patient participation and
safety during labour and birth.
The Oneplus project is a multicentre randomized controlled trial which
evaluates a clinical practice among midwives to prevent severe perineal
trauma. The first publication in the Oneplus project was published
in the Lancet. Follow up studies involve Swedish Women’s After Birth
Experiences (SWEA).
Selected publications
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Article: BIRTH-ISSUES IN PERINATAL CARE. 2024;51(1):163-175
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Article: SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. 2024;39:100926
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Article: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2023;102(3):355-369
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Article: WOMEN AND BIRTH. 2023;36(1):e118-e124
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Article: WOMEN AND BIRTH. 2022;35(5):e464-e470
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Article: LANCET. 2022;399(10331):1242-1253
Articles
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Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2023;13(1):21731
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Article: BIRTH-ISSUES IN PERINATAL CARE. 2023;50(4):868-876
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Article: WOMEN AND BIRTH. 2023;36(1):72-79
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Article: MIDWIFERY. 2022;107:103283
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MIDWIFERY. 2022;6:47-11
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Article: BIRTH-ISSUES IN PERINATAL CARE. 2019;46(2):379-386
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Article: SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. 2018;18:30-36
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Article: WOMEN AND BIRTH. 2018;31(2):e115-e121
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Article: SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. 2018;15:18-22
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Article: BIRTH-ISSUES IN PERINATAL CARE. 2017;44(1):86-94
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Article: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. 2016;16(1):196
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Article: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. 2014;14:258
All other publications
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Other: THE CONVERSATION. 2022Seven ways to reduce tearing during childbirth
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Conference publication: INTERNATIONAL UROGYNECOLOGY JOURNAL. 2019;30:S227-S228
Grants
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Diabetes in pregnancy - understanding the role of intensified treatment, social inequalities, and co-creation of care strategies to improve maternal and infant outcomesSwedish Council for Working Life and Social Research1 January 2024 - 31 December 2026
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TeamBirth - an intervention to improve patient safety and patient participation during labour and birth for women with high-risk pregnancies in SwedenRegion Stockholm1 January 2023 - 31 December 2025
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The Swedish TeamBirth study – testing an intervention to increase patient safety for women with high-risk pregnanciesKI Research Foundation Grants 2022-20231 January 2023 - 31 December 2024
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Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 July 2020 - 30 June 2024
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Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 January 2019 - 31 December 2020
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Learning the art of midwifery care - Midwifery perception during the second stage of labourALF Pedagogical grant - Region Stockholm1 January 2019 - 31 December 2020
Employments
- Affiliated to Research, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2025
- Affiliated to Research, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2025
Degrees and Education
- PhD, Posterior Perineral Injuries - Midwives' Management and Experiences of the Second Stage of Labour in Relation to Perineal Outcome, Institution of Health and Caring Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, 2017
- Master Of Medical Science, Karolinska Institutet, 2009
- Graduate Diploma In Midwifery, Karolinska Institutet, 2003
- Bachelor Of Medical Science, Karolinska Institutet, 2003
Supervisor
- Mia Vilhelmsen, What matters to women during postnatal care, 2023
- Christel Johansson, Initiation of breastfeeding, significance of mental health and suggestions for improvement of postpartum care, 2023
- Karin Johnson, Variations in oxytocin use, labour culture, teamwork, and shared decision-making during childbirth in Sweden, 2021
- Anna Ivert, Safe delivery - studies on maternal and health care determinants of adverse pregnancy outcome, 2021
- Cecilia Häggsgård, The second stage of labour - the use of interventions and women's experiences, https://lucris.lub.lu.se/ws/portalfiles/portal/155531260/Cecilia_H_ggsg_rd_WEBB.pdf, 2019
- Helena Tern, Collegial midwifery assistance during the active second stage of labour, https://lucris.lub.lu.se/ws/portalfiles/portal/164966838/Helena_Tern_-_WEBB.pdf, 2019