Helle Mölsted Alvesson

I am a medical anthropologist with a Ph.D in public health. My research
focuses on the interface between community- and central-level practices in
health and disease. I am specialized in designing and analyzing qualitative
data in multi-disciplinary teams in low, middle and high-income settings. I
am a senior research specialist at the Department of Global Public Health,
Karolinska Institutet where I lead qualitative research studies often nested
in complex interventions. My work elucidates how people define, experience,
and cope with health concerns, and how people respond to public programs that
promote improved human development.
I am the departmental director of education at the Department of Global
Public Health, Karolinska Institutet and leading teaching on qualitative
methods in health in the master program of public health and master program
in global health.

My research is focusing on different participatory methods and co-design
processes to understand user perspectives in global public health challenges.
I am engaged in implementation science and the steps we need to take
to bridge the know-do gap.
I am active in two implementation projects on maternal and newborn health:
*ALERT - *Action Leveraging Evidence to reduce perinatal Mortality and
morbidity in Sub-Saharan Africa - https://alert.ki.se/ [1]
*QUALI-DEC - *Appropriate use of Caesarean section through QUALIty
DECision-making by women and providers https://www.ceped.org/fr/ [2]
[1] https://alert.ki.se/
[2] https://www.ceped.org/fr/Projets/Projets-Axe-1/article/quali-dec

Course leader in Qualitative Methods within the Masters program in Public
Health Sciences.
Qualitative methods, (7, 5 ECT credits) | Karolinska Institutet Utbildning
(ki.se) [1]
[1] https://education.ki.se/student/qualitative-methods-75-ect-credits/4fh088