Helena Kilander
Anknuten till Forskning
E-postadress: helena.kilander@ki.se
Besöksadress: BioMedicum A4, Solnavägen 9, 17165 Solna
Postadress: K6 Kvinnors och barns hälsa, K6 NOGRH Gemzell Danielsson, 171 77 Stockholm
Om mig
- Helena Kilander is a Postdoc fellow and assistent research leader in the
project IMPROVE it in collaboration with associated professor Elin Larsson,
Department of Global Public Health.
2018-11-23 PhD, Medical sciences, Linköping University.
2006 - 2007 Graduate program in Midwifery, Linköping
University.
1997 - 2000 Program in Nursing, Bachelor of Science,
Linköping University.
Forskningsbeskrivning
- Helena Kilander's research is mainly about quality improvements in sexual and
reproductive health and rights. Her research concerns the prevention of
unintended pregnancy, sexual violence and sexual risk-taking.
In her dissertation, she studied women's choice of contraceptive method in
connection with abortion in a Swedish population. Taken together, the
project's quantitative and qualitative studies formed the basis for the
development of systematic improvement measures regarding counseling and
access to effective contraceptive methods in the context of abortion. These
improvement measures were studied in a Quality Improvement Collaborative.
Helena is a post doc fellow in project IMPROVE it and the main aim is to
promote equitable reproductive health in Sweden. The IMPROVE it project
stands for "IMplementing best practice postpartum contraceptive services
through a quality imPROVEment initiative for and with immigrant women in
Sweden." and will answer the following questions:
What are immigrant women’s and men’s views on reproductive decisions,
contraception, partner’s involvement, and how to improve contraceptive
counseling? (Study 1)
How does a Quality Improvement Collaborative (QIC) influence the proportion
of immigrant women who choose an effective postpartum contraceptive method?
(Study 2a)
How and by what mechanisms is contraceptive services influenced by a Quality
Improvement Collaborative, and how does context affect the implementation,
and outcomes? (Study 2b)
Helena Kilander is also post doc fellow in SAMSKAPA, Forte program,
Jönköping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare, School of Health
and Welfare Jönköping University. She is the research leader for the
project Coproduce help, support and care in connection with sexual
violence.
Artiklar
- Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2023;23(1):1089