Magdalena Bjerneld
Affiliated Researcher at Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa; Internationell kvinno- och mödrahälsovård och migration
- E-mail:
- magdalena.bjerneld@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1 tr
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 UPPSALA
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Short presentation
Community health nurse and nurse tutor, Excellent teacher award, Master in International health, PhD. My focus is Global health and migration
Keywords
- global hälsa
- migration
Biography
I am a researcher in International health, with a special focus on global health, inclusive migration and humanitarian assistance. I have forty years of experience from this area including fieldwork, consulting, education, and research. My PhD was called Images, Motives, and Challenges for Western Health Workers in Humanitarian Aid. My present research focuses on migration, including unaccompanied children.
Publications
Recent publications
- Companions to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Sweden – experiences of Swedish families (2022)
- What has happened during the last two decades? (2018)
- Experiences and reflections of Somali unaccompanied girls on their first years in Sweden (2018)
- Detainees, staff and healthcare services in immigration detention centers (2016)
- Western Health Workers in Humanitarian Aid (2015)
All publications
Articles
- Companions to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Sweden – experiences of Swedish families (2022)
- What has happened during the last two decades? (2018)
- Experiences and reflections of Somali unaccompanied girls on their first years in Sweden (2018)
- Detainees, staff and healthcare services in immigration detention centers (2016)
- Quality of life among immigrants in Swedish immigration detention centres (2015)
- "It is a thin line to walk on" (2015)
- A prison with extra flavours : Experiences of immigrants in Swedish immigration detention centres (2015)
- Motivations, Concerns, and Expectations of Scandinavian Health Professionals Volunteering for Humanitarian Assignments (2006)
- Perceptions of Work in Humanitarian Assistance (2004)
- Images of humanitarian disaster work
- Socialisation of humanitarian aid workers