Department of Public Health

 Department of Public Health Research Research areas Clinical Public Health Nursing and Healthcare Existence and Rehabilitation

Existence and Rehabilitation

In the research group, we focus on existence and rehabilitation in cases where the circumstances for life are permanently changed or changing, either suddenly or due to long-term illness. Our research aims to answer the question of how healthcare professionals best support the respective individual in living a meaningful life with illness or disability.

We gain knowledge through a phenomenological approach to unravel and explore the meaning of living with changing life conditions, and to understand, identify and illuminate healing processes. Furthermore, we make use of a complex interventions approach to support the understanding and integration of individual experiences in a healthcare context with multiple agents.

Research areas

Currently, our research falls within these areas:

  • The meaning of narrative in the healing process
  • What it takes for nurses to support the patient’s healing process towards a meaningful life
  • Stay healthy despite low back pain  
  • Arts as means to maintenance of health and the healing process
  • Better living with Parkinson’s disease
  • Being a carer to a person with Parkinson’s disease
  • The experience of advanced treatment and Parkinson’s disease
  • What is it like to attend PD dance classes?

Recent publications

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Aadal, L., Haahr, A., Møller, L. A. & Vedelø, T. W. (2023). A national network of researchers in neuro-nursing to strengthen evidence-based practice. An example from Denmark. Abstract from The 14th EANN Quadrennial Congress of the European Association of Neuroscience Nurses, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Buus Vester, L., Haahr, A., Nielsen, T. L., Pires, S. B. & Portillo, M. C. (2023). A Parkinson care-coordinator may make a difference: A scoping review on multi-sectoral integrated care initiatives for people living with Parkinson's disease and their caregivers. Patient Education and Counseling, 116, Article 107931. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2023.107931
Søgaard Hansen, L., Angel, S. & Kristensen, H. K. (2023). Brugerinvolvering i et historisk perspektiv. In A. Enemark Larsen, L. D. & B. Sørensen (Eds.), Brugerinvolvering i sundhedsvæsenet: En personcentreret tilgang på tværs af professioner og sektorer (pp. 61-75). Gad.
Angel, S., Steensgaard, R., Kolbaek, R. & Frimann, S. (2023). Competing discourses as barriers to change in rehabilitation nursing: a discourse analysis. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 4, Article 1267401. https://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2023.1267401
Haahr, A. & Sørensen, D. (2023). Forskning i sygepleje. In K. Frederiksen & M. Eckhardt (Eds.), Fag: Grundbog i sygepleje (3 ed., pp. 148-166). Munksgaard .
Nielsen, A. H., Kvande, M. E. & Angel, S. (2023). Humanizing and dehumanizing intensive care: Thematic synthesis (HumanIC). Journal of Advanced Nursing, 79(1), 385-401. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15477
Navarta-Sánchez, M. V., Palmar-Santos, A., Pedraz-Marcos, A., Reidy, C., Soilemezi, D., Haahr, A., Sørensen, D., Smidt, H. R., Bragstad, L. K., Hjelle, E. G., Haavaag, S. B. & Portillo, M. C. (2023). Perspectives of people with Parkinson's disease and family carers about disease management in community settings: A cross-country qualitative study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 32(15-16), 5201-5218. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16636

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