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Josefin WÃ¥ngdahl

Josefin WÃ¥ngdahl

Biträdande Lektor | Docent
Telefon: +46852483619
µþ±ð²õö°ì²õ²¹»å°ù±ð²õ²õ: Tomtebodavägen 18 A, 17177 Stockholm
Postadress: H1 Neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle, H1 ARC Socialgerontologi Lennartsson, 171 77 Stockholm

Om mig

  • Jag är docent i folkhälsovetenskap. Mitt huvudsakliga intresseomrÃ¥de är hälsolitteracitet ur ett folkhälsoperspektiv. Jag har främst bedrivit forskning som fokuserat pÃ¥ hälsolitteracitet och hälsofrämjande arbete kopplat till nyanlända migranter med flyktingbakgrund. Det som driver mig är att producera och sprida kunskap om hur man kan minska ojämlikhet i hälsa och sjukvÃ¥rd.

    Halva min tid forskar jag i Carin Lennartssons grupp inom Social Gerontologi vid Aging Research Center (ARC), ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ & Stockholms universitet om hälsolitteracitet bland äldre vuxna i det Forte-finansierade projektet "±áä±ô²õ´Ç±ô¾±³Ù³Ù±ð°ù²¹³¦¾±³Ù±ð³Ù bland äldre vuxna: Undersökning av äldre personers förutsättningar att förstÃ¥ hälsoinformation och göra informerade hälsoval" tillsammans med b.la. Janne Agerholm. Vi använder delvis data frÃ¥n den svenska panelstudien vad gäller hälso- och levnadsförhÃ¥llanden bland de äldre vuxna i den svenka befolkningen (SWEOLD). Jag arbetar ocksÃ¥ med Lena Dahlberg med flera i det FORTE-finansierade programmet " Ã…±ô»å°ù²¹²Ô»å±ð, ensamhet och psykisk hälsa: att förstÃ¥ sambanden och möjliggöra förändring" (REALM), där jag leder working package 3. Baserat pÃ¥ intervjuer med vÃ¥rdpersonal och tidigare forskning kommer vi att utveckla och pilottesta ett utbildningsprogram för vÃ¥rdpersonal om ensamhet och psykisk hälsa. Därutöver medverkar jag i ett projekt i Västra Götalands regionen som syftar till att förbättra hälso- och sjukvÃ¥rd- och tandvÃ¥rdspersonals kapacitet att främja och ta hänsyn till hälsolitteracitet i sitt arbete. Hittills har en sida om hälsolitteracitet publicerats pÃ¥ och under 2025 kommer en online utbildning om hälsolitteracitet att tas fram. PÃ¥ deltid undervisar jag vid avdelningen för omvÃ¥rdnad, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, Sverige. Jag undervisar främst om hälsolitteracitet, folkhälsa, hälsofrämjande och forskningsmetoder.

    Jag är Sveriges forskningsrepresentant i Action Network on Measuring Population and Organizational Health Literacy of WHO Europe () där jag är involverad i arbetsgruppen om mental hälsolitteracitet och M-POHLs-projektet om organisatorisk hälsolitteracitet i primärvÃ¥rden. Ã…r 2024 kommer vi att översätta M-POHLs instrument för bedömning av organisatorisk hälsolitteracitet i primärvÃ¥rden till svenska och pilottesta det i en svensk kontext.  Vidare är jag grundare av den och driver . Jag har ocksÃ¥ ofta externa uppdrag inom hälsolitteracitet som expert, utbildare och föreläsare utanför ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.

    Tidigare har jag projektlett och utvärderat flera EU-finansierade forskningsprojekt som fokuserat på hälsofrämjande aktiviteter för migranter

    med flyktingbakgrund. Till exempel projektet MILSA utbildningsplattform för samhälls- och hälsokommunikatörer och MILSA psykosociala hälsoprojekt och  Erasmus+-projektet Health4Health Literacy, där en kompetensprofil, en xMOOC-kurs och en handbok har tagits fram.

     Jag har ocksÃ¥ arbetat med översättningar av flera hälsolitteracitetsinstrument till svenska och flera sprÃ¥k som mÃ¥nga migranter i Sverige talar, och studerat hur giltiga de är i en svensk kontext. För närvarande arbetar jag med översättning och validering av HLS19-Q12 som syftar till att mäta hälsolitteracitet pÃ¥ individnivÃ¥ och OHL-PHC, ett verktyg som syftar till att bedöma hälsolitteracitet pÃ¥ organisatorisk nivÃ¥ inom primärvÃ¥rden. Information om instrument för hälsolitteracitet pÃ¥ svenska finns pÃ¥ den svenska webbsidan om hälsolitteracitet.

Forskningsbeskrivning

  • ¹ó´Ç±ô°ì³óä±ô²õ²¹, hälsofrämjande arbete, hälsolitteracitet, hälsokommunikation, migration, ojämlikhet i hälsa, pedagogik, forskningsmetodik

Artiklar

  • Journal article: HEALTH PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL. 2025;40(5):daaf162
    Jubran Leksell M; Müssener U; André K; Henriksson P; Wångdahl J
  • Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2025;:14034948251357704
    Kayser Leeoza N; Wangdahl J; Lennartsson C; Agerholm J
  • Article: HEALTH PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL. 2025;40(4):daaf132
    Wangdahl J; Jaensson M; Dahlberg K; Bergman L; Celeste RK; Doheny M; Agerholm J
  • Journal article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2025;15(1):17208
    Shirvanifar M; Mussener U; Lindh A; Wangdahl J; Henriksson P
  • Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF CARING SCIENCES. 2024;38(4):876-887
    Mekhail KT; Burstrom B; Marttila A; Wangdahl J; Lindberg L
  • Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;34:ckae144.943
    Al-Adhami M; Durbeej N; Daryani A; Larsson E; Wangdahl J; Salari R
  • Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;34:ckae144.378
    Svensson P; Agerholm J; Wangdahl J
  • Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;34:ckae144.2048
    Al-Adhami M; Wangdahl J; Tomsfelt C; Carlzen K; Svensson P
  • Article: PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING. 2024;125:108291
    Jaensson M; Josefin W; Dahlberg K
  • Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;24(1):1455
    Higueras-Fresnillo S; Herraiz-Adillo A; Ahlqvist VH; Oberg R; Lenander C; Wennberg P; Wangdahl J; Berglind D; Daka B; Oestgren CJ; Radholm K; Henriksson P
  • Article: QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH. 2024;33(4):1003-1014
    Herraiz-Adillo A; Ahlqvist VH; Daka B; Wangdahl J; Wennberg P; Carlsson J; Higueras-Fresnillo S; Lenander C; Oestgren CJ; Berglind D; Radholm K; Henriksson P
  • Article: HEALTH PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL. 2024;39(2):daae015
    Al-Adhami M; Durbeej N; Daryani A; Wangdahl J; Larsson EC; Salari R
  • Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;33:ckad160.253
    Wangdahl J; Sorensen K; Gramstad A; Hoffren-Mikkola M; Haesum LKE
  • Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2023;23(1):842
    Grynne A; Wangdahl J; Fristedt S; Smith F; Browall M
  • Article: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC HEALTH CARE. 2023;37(4):391-401
    Mekhail KT; Burstrom B; Marttila A; Wangdahl J; Lindberg L
  • Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2023;23(1):510
    Al-Adhami M; Wangdahl J; Salari R; Akerman E
  • Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;23(1):724
    Bergman L; Nilsson U; Dahlberg K; Jaensson M; Wangdahl J
  • Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;23(1):304
    Bergman L; Nilsson U; Dahlberg K; Jaensson M; Wangdahl J
  • Article: PLOS ONE. 2022;17(12):e0279397
    Al-Adhami M; Berglund E; Wangdahl J; Salari R
  • Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;22(1):2278
    Sundell E; Wangdahl J; Grauman A
  • Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;32(Supplement_3):ckac131.331
    WÃ¥ngdahl J; Agerholm J; Liljas A; Heap J; Lennartsson C
  • Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;32(Supplement_3):ckac131.313
    Al-Adhami M; Berglund E; WÃ¥ngdahl J; Hedrick K; Salari R
  • Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;32(Supplement_3):ckac130.141
    Al-Adhami M; Hjelm K; WÃ¥ngdahl J; Larsson E
  • Article: HEALTH COMMUNICATION. 2022;37(12):1510-1519
    Roble S; WÃ¥ngdahl J; Warner G
  • Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;22(1):293
    Mekhail KT; Burstrom B; Marttila A; Wangdahl J; Lindberg L
  • Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;21(1):2165
    Bergman L; Nilsson U; Dahlberg K; Jaensson M; Wangdahl J
  • Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;31(Supplement_3):ckab164.701
    WÃ¥ngdahl J; Drebold H
  • Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;31(Supplement_3):ckab164.698
    Wångdahl J; Åkerman E; Engström K
  • Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;21(1):1606
    Al-Adhami M; Hjelm K; Wangdahl J; Larsson EC
  • Article: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH. 2021;23(3):e24466
    Wangdahl J; Dahlberg K; Jaensson M; Nilsson U
  • Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2020;20(1):1044
    Martensson L; Lytsy P; Westerling R; Wangdahl J
  • Article: JMIR MHEALTH AND UHEALTH. 2020;8(2):e16316
    Wangdahl J; Jaensson M; Dahlberg K; Nilsson U
  • Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2019;19(1):676
    Wangdahl J; Westerling R; Lytsy P; Martensson L
  • Article: BMJ OPEN. 2019;9(9):e029668
    Wangdahl JM; Dahlberg K; Jaensson M; Nilsson U
  • Journal article: SOCIALMEDICINSK TIDSKRIFT. 2019;96(1):56-65
    WÃ¥ngdahl J; Ã…kerman E
  • Article: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2018;57(6):743-749
    Wangmar J; Jervaeus A; Fritzell K; Wangdahl J; Hultcrantz R; Wengstrom Y
  • Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;28(suppl_1):cky048.075
    WÃ¥ngdahl J; Lytsy P; MÃ¥rtensson L; Westerling R
  • Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;28(suppl_1):cky048.074
    WÃ¥ngdahl J; Westerling R
  • Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;28(suppl_1):cky048.073
    WÃ¥ngdahl J; Westerling R; Lytsy P; MÃ¥rtensson L
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;63(3):409-419
    Wangdahl J; Lytsy P; Martensson L; Westerling R
  • Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;27(suppl_3):ckx189.262
    WÃ¥ngdahl J
  • Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;27(suppl_3):ckx186.217
    WÃ¥ngdahl J
  • Journal article: SOCIALMEDICINSK TIDSKRIFT. 2017;94(2):126-135
    Wångdahl J; Lau M; Nordström P; Samulowitz A; Karlsson L
  • Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2015;15:1162
    WÃ¥ngdahl J; Lytsy P; MÃ¥rtensson L; Westerling R
  • Journal article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF CARING SCIENCES. 2015;29(1):165-172
    WÃ¥ngdahl JM; MÃ¥rtensson LI
  • Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2014;14:1030
    WÃ¥ngdahl J; Lytsy P; MÃ¥rtensson L; Westerling R
  • Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2014;24(suppl_2):cku162-cku017
    WÃ¥ngdahl J; Lytsy P; MÃ¥rtensson L; Westerling R
  • Journal article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2014;42(1):25-31
    WÃ¥ngdahl JM; MÃ¥rtensson LI
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Alla övriga publikationer

  • Book chapter: COMMUNICATION RESEARCH ON HEALTH DISPARITIES AND COPING STRATEGIES IN COVID-19 RELATED CRISES. 2023;p. 56-65
    Roble S; WÃ¥ngdahl J; Warner G
  • Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2023
    Grynne A; WÃ¥ngdahl J; Fristedt S; Smith F; Browall M
  • Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2022
    Bergman L; Nilsson U; Dahlberg K; Jaensson M; WÃ¥ngdahl J
  • Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2022
    Bergman L; Nilsson U; Dahlberg K; Jaensson M; WÃ¥ngdahl J
  • Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;32:III545
    Wangdahl J; Agerholm J; Liljas A; Heap J; Lennartsson C
  • Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;31:ckab164.700
    Wangdahl J; Nilsson U; Dahlberg K; Jaensson M; Bergman L
  • Preprint: JMIR PREPRINTS. 2020
    WÃ¥ngdahl J; Dahlberg K; Jaensson M; Nilsson U
  • Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2020
    MÃ¥rtensson L; Lytsy P; Westerling R; WÃ¥ngdahl J
  • Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2020
    MÃ¥rtensson L; Lytsy P; Westerling R; WÃ¥ngdahl J
  • Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2020
    MÃ¥rtensson L; Lytsy P; Westerling R; WÃ¥ngdahl J
  • Preprint: JMIR PREPRINTS. 2019
    WÃ¥ngdahl J; Jaensson M; Dahlberg K; Nilsson U
  • Book chapter: INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF HEALTH LITERACY. 2019;p. 199-214
    Sørensen K; Wångdahl J
  • Book chapter: INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF HEALTH LITERACY. 2019;p. 199-214
    Sørensen K; Wångdahl J
  • Book chapter: INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF HEALTH LITERACY. 2019;p. 199-214
    Sørensen K; Wångdahl J

Forskningsbidrag

  • Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
    1 July 2023 - 30 June 2029
    Research problem and specific questionsLoneliness is associated with poor health and mortality, but the causal relationships between loneliness, mental health and care use are not well understood, and there is a lack of evidence-based methods for care professionals to recognise and respond to loneliness. This programme takes a holistic perspective on loneliness in older adults, how loneliness is understood and experienced, and its relationship with mental health. Our work packages (WPs) will address research gaps to support evidence-based approaches to identify, assess and address to loneliness in practice by:examining inequalities in risk factors and consequences of loneliness, and causal associations between loneliness, mental health and careexploring subjective experiences of loneliness and mental health from a life-course perspectivedeveloping an instrument to assess loneliness in practicecreating a loneliness literacy training programme for care professionalsenhancing care professionals’ response to lonelinessData and methodIn WP1, panel studies will be combined with register data to examine inequalities in loneliness and its causal associations with mental health and care use. In WP2, older adults’ experiences of loneliness and mental health will be explored in interviews, which will also support the development of an instrument to assess loneliness. In WP3, researchers and care professionals will co-design a loneliness literacy training programme to improve care professionals’ competencies to address loneliness. WP4 integrates research across WPs, embeds it in practice and promotes dissemination of findings. Workshops with stakeholders will explore how to enhance care professionals’ response to loneliness.Relevance and utilisationOur research will advance the understanding of risk factors and avoidable consequences of loneliness, produce the first instrument for assessing loneliness validated for use with older adults in Swedish care practice, and develop a unique loneliness literacy programme for care professionals. Close collaboration with stakeholders will ensure our findings can support social care and civil society in addressing loneliness and mitigate its negative outcomes.Plan for project realisationThe programme will be realised by an experienced multidisciplinary team with expertise in loneliness, mental health, gender and socioeconomic inequality, health literacy and care in old age. Collaboration with pensioner and mental health organisations and authorities ensures representation of older adults and the programme’s relevance and feasibility for practice. Scientific quality is supported by an international academic reference group. There will be thorough dissemination to academic, policy and practice communities.A budget of SEK 23.8 million includes staff costs (SEK 15.1 million)
    running costs (e.g., meetings, fieldwork, dissemination, administration, IT, offices
    SEK 4.4 million)
    and indirect costs (SEK 4.3 million).
  • Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
    1 January 2023 - 31 December 2025
    Research problems: The Swedish healthcare system has become very specialised and is often experienced as fragmented and lacking coordination between caregivers. Advanced age is associated with multi-morbidity, which usually requires care from several different caregivers. This makes older people vulnerable to fragmentated care and lack of care coordination. Health literacy (HL) is an essential component of an individual’s ability to gain access to, understand and use information to improve and maintain good health and is an important prerequisite for managing health and care needs. Therefore, knowledge on older people’s HL is vital to efficiently and equitably meet the care needs of the rapidly aging population.Specific questions: The project aim is to gain knowledge on HL in the older population. In this project we will assess to what degree the older population in Sweden is health literate, identify groups that might face challenges due to inadequate HL and explore what older people experience as prerequisites for understanding health information and managing their health and care needs as well as communicate with caregivers.Data and Methods: This project combines both qualitative and quantitative data. The Swedish Panel Study of Living Conditions of the Oldest Old (SWEOLD), linked with register data on healthcare utilisation will allow for measuring the level of health literacy in a nationally representative sample of the Swedish population aged 77 years and over. Semi-structured interviews with older people will be performed to deepen the understanding of contextual barriers and facilitators, and individual internal and external resources to make informed decisions about their health and care needs. Plan for project realisation: The collection of SWEOLD data is in progress and preliminary analyses on a sub-sample have been performed. Information about HL, life situation, health, care utilisation, physical and cognitive ability and social support from relatives are being collected. The project group has extensive knowledge about older adults, health literacy, the health and social care system as well as relevant research methodology, both qualitative and quantitative.Relevance: Knowledge on HL among the older population can be used to tailor communication and directing support to vulnerable groups in order to achieve an efficient and equitable health and social care system, as well as supporting older people in health crisis, like the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Biträdande Lektor, Neurobiologi, vÃ¥rdvetenskap och samhälle, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2022-2026

Examina och utbildning

  • Docent, Folkhälsovetenskap, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2025
  • Filosofie doktor, Socialmedicin, Health literacy among newly arrived refugees in Sweden and implications for health and healthcare., Institutionen för folkhälso- och vÃ¥rdvetenskap, Uppsala University, 2018
  • Medicine Masterexamen, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2011

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