Eric Asaba

Eric Asaba

Lektor/Arbetsterapeut | Docent
E-postadress: eric.asaba@ki.se
Besöksadress: Alfred Nobels Allé 23, 14183 Huddinge
Postadress: H1 Neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle, H1 Arbetsterapi Patomella, 171 77 Stockholm
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Forskningsbeskrivning

  • Jag har ett intresse för att undersöka och jobba med frågor som handlar om delaktighet och inklusion för personer som riskerar utanförskap. Risken  för utanförskap kan handla om att förlora jobbet, ha en funktionsnedsättning, eller vara minoritet. Delaktighet och inklusion i detta sammanhang handlar om både att vara en del i samhället och hur vi formar förutsättningar för aktiv brukarmedverkan i forskning. Jag bedriver projekt för att t.ex. 1) studera arbetsåtergång och rehabilitering för personer med funktionsnedsättning eller som har migrerat till ett nytt land, 2) studera hur levnadsvanor kan förändras genom engagerande aktiviteter för att t.ex. minska risk för sjukdomar som stroke, eller 3) undersöka hur innovationer i utbildningsinsatser kan bidra till bättre förutsättningar för personal inom vård (inkl hem och vård och omsorg). Enskilda projekt jag bedriver eller medverkar i finns att läsa mer om under Forskargruppen HELD.

    Du kan också läsa mer om mina forskningsintressen kring migration under Moving People.

    *Urval av publikationer inom aktivitetsvetenskap som speglar begreppet aktivitet och mitt engagemang i att utveckla fältet - occupational science*

    Bratun, U., & Asaba, E. (2008).  From individual to communal experiences of occupation: Drawing upon Qi Gong practices.  Journal of Occupational Science. 15(2), 80-86.

    Asaba, E.  (2008).  Hashi-ire: Where occupation, chopsticks, and mental health intersect.  Journal of Occupational Science. 15(2), 74-79.

    Asaba, E. & Wicks, A. (2010).  Occupational Potential.  Journal of Occupational Science. 17(2), 120-124.

    Sakiyama, M. Josephsson, S., & Asaba, E. (2010). What is participation: A story of mental illness, metaphor, and everyday occupation. Journal of Occupational Science, 17(3).

    Asaba, E. & Jackson, E. (2011).  Social ideologies embedded in everyday life: A narrative analysis about disability, identities, and occupation.  Journal of Occupational Science, 18(2), 139-152.

    Johansson, K., Rudman, D., Mondaca, M., Park, M., Josephsson, S., Luborsky, M., Asaba, E. (2013). Moving beyond ‘aging in place’ to understand migration and aging: Place making and the centrality of occupation. Journal of Occupational Science. 20(2), 108-119.

    Farias, L., & Asaba, E.  (2013). “The Family knot”: Negotiating identities and cultural values enacted through everyday occupations of a migrant family in Sweden. Journal of Occupational Science. 20(1), 36-47.

    Fischl, C., Asaba, E., & Nilsson, I. (2017). Exploring potential in participation mediated by digital technology among older adults. Journal of Occupational Science. 24(3), 314-326.

    Jonsson, H. & Asaba, E. (2017). Aktivitet som begreb i aktivitetsvidenskaben. In Kristensen, H.K., Back Schou, A. & Mærsk (Eds.): Nordisk aktivitetsvidenskab. København: Munksgaard.

    Asaba, E., Josephsson, S. & Jonsson, H. (2017). Vedenskabsteoretisk, filosofisk og teoretisk grundlag for aktivitetsvedenskaben. In Kristensen, H.K., Back Schou, A. & Mærsk (Eds.): Nordisk aktivitetsvidenskab. København: Munksgaard.

    Asaba, E., Patomella, A-H., Guidetti, S., Kottorp, A., & Tham, K. (2018). Att främja hälsa och förebygga ohälsa genom engagerande aktiviteter: Ett exempel från prevention av stroke. In U. Kroksmark (Ed.): Hälsa och Aktivitet i Vardagen - ur ett arbetsterapeutiskt perspektiv. Sveriges Arbetsterapeuter.

    Asaba, E., Aldrich, B., Gabrielsson, H., Ekstam, L., & Farias, L. (2021). Challenging conceptualisations of work: Revisiting contemporary experiences of return to work and unemployment. Journal of Occupational Science. 28:1,  81-94.

    Ekstam, L., Pálsdóttir, A. M., & Asaba, E. (2021). Migrants’ experiences of a nature-based vocational rehabilitation programme in relation to place, occupation, health, and everyday life. Journal of Occupational Science. 28:1,  144-158.

    Asaba, E., Patomella, A-H., Guidetti, S., Kottorp, A., & Tham, K. (2022). Att främja hälsa och förebygga ohälsa genom engagerande aktiviteter: Ett exempel från prevention av stroke. 2:a upplagan. In P. Wagman (Ed.). Hälsa och Aktivitet i Vardagen - ur ett arbetsterapeutiskt perspektiv. Sveriges Arbetsterapeuter.

    Jonsson, H. & Kruse, N., Asaba, E. (2022). Aktivitet som begreb i aktivitetsvidenskaben. In Kristensen, H.K., Back Schou, A. & Mærsk (Eds.). Nordisk aktivitetsvidenskab 2a upplagaga. København: Munksgaard.

    Asaba, E., Josephsson, S. & Madsen, J., Jonsson, H. (2022). Vedenskabsteoretisk, filosofisk og teoretisk grundlag for aktivitetsvedenskaben. In Kristensen, H.K., Back Schou, A. & Mærsk (Eds.). Nordisk aktivitetsvidenskab, 2a upplagaga. København: Munksgaard

    Berger, M., Asaba, E., Fallahpour, M., & Farias, L. (2022). The sociocultural shaping of mothers’ doing, being, becoming and belonging after returning to work. Journal of Occupational Science. 29(1), 7-20.

    Bratun, U., Asaba, E., and Zurc, J. (2022).  Motives of Retirement-Aged Workers and the Importance of Doing-Being-Becoming-Belonging: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies. Journal of Occupational Science.

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Forskningsbidrag

  • Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
    1 July 2023 - 30 June 2029
    Research problem and specific questions The overall aim is to develop models that support older adults´ participation in everyday activities that engage and lead to well-being where welfare technology is used to reduce the need for primary- and homecare.The needs of older adults at risk/ with frailty and significant others participating in interventions using digital technologies and what is needed for successful implementation will be studied together with the older adults, significant others, informal carer and staff.Research questions Can a prevention program using technology supporting engaging activities in everyday life reduce risk or maintain/delay the level of frailty in older adults? (project A)How can a prevention program that use technology support “Good quality, local health care “for frail older adults become a self-evident and integrated way of working as an addition to physical care within primary healthcare? (project A)Can a specialized homecare service (Reablement) using technology support older adults’ participation and engagement in everyday life while living at home? (project B)What are the needs of informal carer who provide support to older adults living with frailty at home? (project A-D)What are the systemic factors for and how can co-creation methods contribute to successful implementation of an intervention using technology directed towards older adults to improve primary care and homecare services? (project A-E)                                                                                                                                                                Data and method The interdisciplinary program is based on tested interventions using digital technology with positive effects in the context of older adult’s home. Five projects with qualitative and quantitative methods are planned. A digital platform will be used to compare data. With analyses from projects A-D, a model describing effects of implementation that can change and implement new interventions and working approaches using will be developed (project E).Relevance and utilisation In Europe, more than 1/3 of older adults &lt
    75 years live with frailty that causes functional limitations with an impact on well-being of many older adults thats lead to high costs for tax-funded care.The home is an important arena and with an increase of older adults new working models are needed. The result will generate knowledge about how to use digital solutions for preventive efforts, more efficient primary- and homecare that enable participation in everyday life of older adults and support for relatives and staff.Plan for project realisation A close collaboration between staff in Region Stockholm/Uppsala, City of Stockholm, Huddinge municipality and researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Royal Institute of Technology and Uppsala University that will work closely to a reference group of older adults, significant others, and stakeholders.
  • Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
    1 January 2021 - 31 December 2023
  • Toyota School Foundation
    1 April 2010
    The two-year project will introduce young people and local residents living in Stockholm and Tokyo to the diverse life experiences of older migrants, and will prepare training materials for educational and medical professionals. Specifically, (1) Using ethnography (ethnography) and community participation type research methods known as photo voice, we identify and verify those that support or impede the aging process of elderly migrants. (2) To transmit the experiences of elderly migrants in the city through the Photo Voice Working Group, regional photo exhibitions, intergenerational exchanges, websites, etc. (3) to support elderly migrants in the regional context Build a model with good tolerance.

Anställningar

  • Lektor/Arbetsterapeut, Neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle, Karolinska Institutet, 2021-

Examina och utbildning

  • Docent, Arbetsterapi, Karolinska Institutet, 2014
  • PhD, Aktivitetsvetenskap, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, 2005
  • Folkhälsa, Folkhälsa, Extension, Harvard University, 1999
  • Masterexamen, Arbetsterapi, Occupational Therapy, Springfield College, 1995
  • Kandidatexamen, Psykologi, Psychology, Cornell College, 1993

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