Helena Lindgren
Affiliated to Research
E-mail: helena.lindgren@ki.se
Telephone: +46852482841
Visiting address: Forskningsmottagning WHO, QB84 Karolinska vägen 37 A, 17176 Stockholm
Postal address: K6 Kvinnors och barns hälsa, K6 NOGRH Gemzell Danielsson, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- Helena Lindgren holds a position as senior lecturer and is also an associate professor specializing in reproductive and perinatal health.Helena Lindgren holds a position as senior lecturer and is also an associate professor specializing in reproductive and perinatal health. She has extensive experience from teaching at midwifery programs and master program in care sciences. She is the head of division for sexual, reproductive and perinatal health at the department of women’s and children’s health at Karolinska Institutet since 2016 and the program director for the midwifery program at KI. She is member of the international committee and the board of education within the Swedish Midwives Association.Her research focus is on models of care for optimal outcomes during pregnancy and childbirth. She has conducted epidemiological studies, intervention studies and she has also extensive experience from complex interventions using qualitative data for evaluations and enhanced understanding. HL is the innovator of the MIMA-model (Midwives' Management during the second stage of labor) which showed a reduction in perineal injuries among first-time mothers. She is since 2017 a guest professor at the University of Gondar in Ethiopia. After graduation as a midwife I worked in labor wards and assisted planned home births for several years before entering the PhD program and teaching midwifery students. My professional experience as a midwife comes mainly from care in labor and birth. I have worked clinically in labor wards and assisted planned home births during several years. I am the editor of two text books for midwives - Midwives' management in normal birth (Barnmorskans handläggning vid normal förlossning) and Reproductive health - the midwives' competence area (Reproduktiv hälsa - barnmorskans kompetensområde). Helena has dual registration as nurse and midwife. Sahlgrenska academy award for best education program. * Dalarna University, Certified nurse 1992-93 * Mälardalen University, Certified midwife 1998-99 * Mälardalen University, Masters degree 2002 * PhD Karolinska Institutet 2008-05-16
Research
- Research projects where Helena Lindgren is the Principal Investigator: * MIMA – Midwives' management during second stage of labor * EMMA-program (co-leader professor Erica Schytt) Enhanced Maternity care for Migrant women – research to Action
Articles
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Journal article: SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. 2023;38:100915
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Article: SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. 2022;33:100763
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Article: WOMEN AND BIRTH. 2022;35(4):340-348
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Article: MIDWIFERY. 2021;103:103156
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Article: SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. 2021;30:100670
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Article: MIDWIFERY. 2021;101:103051
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Article: WOMEN AND BIRTH. 2021;34(5):e498-e504
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Article: BMJ OPEN. 2021;11(7):e044792
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Article: SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. 2021;28:100614
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Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2021;14(1):1905304
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2021;16(8):e0255297
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Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2021;14(1):1983121
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2021;16(10):e0258248
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Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2020;13(1):1794107
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Article: ETHIOPIAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCES. 2020;30(6):903-912
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Article: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. 2020;20(1):577
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Article: INTERNATIONAL UROGYNECOLOGY JOURNAL. 2020;31(7):1409-1416
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Article: HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY. 2020;28(3):958-968
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Article: PLOS MEDICINE. 2020;17(5):e1003103
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Article: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY OPEN. 2020;7(1):2055102919897382-205510291989738
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Article: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. 2019;19(1):428
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Article: MIDWIFERY. 2019;78:85-90
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Article: SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. 2019;20:32-37
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Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2019;12(1):1689721
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2019;14(5):e0216216
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Article: SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. 2018;18:30-36
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Article: WOMEN AND BIRTH. 2018;31(2):e115-e121
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Article: SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. 2018;15:18-22
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WOMENS HEALTH. 2018;10:639-648
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Article: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. 2017;17(1):359
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Article: SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. 2017;11:31-35
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Article: BIRTH-ISSUES IN PERINATAL CARE. 2017;44(1):86-94
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Article: SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. 2016;10:56-61
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Article: WOMEN AND BIRTH. 2016;29(6):482-486
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Article: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. 2016;16(1):196
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Article: BIRTH-ISSUES IN PERINATAL CARE. 2016;43(2):125-133
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Article: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2016;95(4):420-428
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Article: SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. 2015;6(4):226-229
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Article: BIRTH-ISSUES IN PERINATAL CARE. 2015;42(4):346-353
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Article: SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. 2015;6(3):126-131
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Article: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. 2014;14:349
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Article: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. 2014;14:258
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Article: BIRTH-ISSUES IN PERINATAL CARE. 2014;41(1):100-107
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Article: SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. 2014;5(1):31-35
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Article: MIDWIFERY. 2014;30(3):e91-e95
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Article: BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY. 2013;120(4):479-486
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Article: SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. 2012;3(3):113-116
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Article: WOMEN AND BIRTH. 2012;25(3):e11-e18
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Article: SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. 2012;3(1):55-56
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Article: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2012;91(1):28-33
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Article: JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY RESEARCH. 2011;37(11):1677-1684
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Article: SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. 2011;2(3):101-105
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Article: SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. 2011;2(2):65-70
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Article: SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. 2011;2(2):51-55
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Article: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. 2011;11:6
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Article: BIRTH-ISSUES IN PERINATAL CARE. 2010;37(4):309-317
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Article: BIRTH-ISSUES IN PERINATAL CARE. 2010;37(4):288-295
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Article: JOURNAL OF MIDWIFERY & WOMENS HEALTH. 2010;55(5):421-429
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Article: MIDWIFERY. 2010;26(2):163-172
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Article: OMEGA-JOURNAL OF DEATH AND DYING. 2010;62(4):353-367
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Article: JOURNAL OF MENS HEALTH. 2009;6(4):338-344
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Article: BIRTH-ISSUES IN PERINATAL CARE. 2008;35(1):9-15
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Article: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2008;87(7):751-759
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. 2006;195(5):1366-1372
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Article: MIDWIFERY. 2006;22(1):15-22
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All other publications
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Review: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. 2019;19(1):466
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Review: PLOS ONE. 2019;14(7):e0219573
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Review: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. 2014;14:179
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Review: SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. 2014;5(1):3-8
Employments
- Affiliated to Research, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-2026
Degrees and Education
- Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2008