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Petra Nilsson Lindström holds a Ph.D. in Medical Science, in the field of Public Health Science. I work as Deputy Dean at the Faculty of Health Science and as Assistant Professor in Health Science. I am promoted to Accomplished Associate Professor at Kristianstad University and I am also the research group leader of HERD@HKR – Higher Education Research and Development.
My research focus is overall based on a salutogenic perspective on health and empowerment processes. I conduct research in various arenas, for example working life, school and daily activities, with a person-centred and action-oriented approach. I also conduct higher education pedagogical research, mainly in relation to student-centred learning and academic teachership.
My thesis work (2010) and subsequent two post doc projects focused on work-related health in the form of salutogenic factors that make employees feel good at work; development and quality testing of salutogenic questionnaires for work and health; how survey processes are perceived and can function in work environment work and how organizations work with employee interviews.
The current research project (2020-2025) in which I am the project leader is called: "Grow with horse power - research on person-centeredness for increased health and personal development in daily activity" at Fulltofta Nature Center.
I am co-supervisor to several doctoral students:
- Access to person-centered lifestyle counselling for persons with intellectual disability: The ACCESS project. PhD student: Carin Gustafsson. Main supervisor: Lina Behm. Co-supervisors: Petra Nilsson Lindström, Daniel Östlund, Douglas Sjöwall, 2025-ongoing.
- The importance of playfulness and play for health and well-being of elderly people with reduced mobility. PhD student: Anna Bergman. Main supervisor: Albert Westergren. Co-supervisors: Petra Nilsson Lindström; Maria Haak, Anna Nivestam, 2024-ongoing
- Equipped for Lifestyle Counselling? An educational model to promote person-centered lifestyle counselling skills in nurses: The ELCI-study. PhD student: Sara Alenius. Main supervisor: Lina Behm. Co-supervisors: Petra Nilsson Lindström, Marie Nilsson, Marie Rask, 2022-ongoing - Person-centering as an innovative strategy for health-promoting sports education. PhD student: Johanna Bergman. Main supervisor: Maria Haak. Co-supervisors: Petra Nilsson Lindström, Åsa Bringsén, 2022-ongoing
- That's why we can - Nurses' work situation and health before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, and the conditions for working in a person-centered manner. Doctoral student: Cicilia Nagel. Main supervisor: Kerstin Nilsson. Co-supervisors: Petra Nilsson Lindström, Albert Westergren, Sophie Schön Persson, 2021-2025
- Workplace relationships as health-promoting resources at work. Doctoral student: Sophie Schön Persson. Main supervisor: Ingemar Andersson. Co-supervisors: Petra Nilsson Lindström, Kerstin Blomqvist, Pär Pettersson, Margareta Troein Töllborn, Göran Ejlertsson, 2012–2019
I co-leads a Higher Education Research-project about a student centred learning culture, 2022-2024.
Higher Education Research-project about program examination, 2022-2024.
Previously reseqarch projects:
Health-promoting school development project at Söderport's special secondary school, 2019.
Health-promoting school development project at Degeberga School, 2018.
The role of the workforce for a health-creating workplace. Doctoral project: Sophie Schön Persson, completion 2019.
Post-doctoral fellow in the project "MEDEA - MED workers and Survey Processes in Working Life", 2013–2021.
Has previously collaborated with the company Agerus to commercialize the research results WEMS and SHIS, two salutogenic questionnaires for use in workplace health development work.
Postdoctoral researcher in the project "Development of a health-creating workplace", 2011–2013.
Disputed in 2010 on the thesis "Enhance your workplace! A dialogue tool for workplace health promotion with a salutogenic approach". Former PhD student in the project "Stop band-aid - health-creating workplaces in health care", 2006–2010.
Member of the research environment Human - Health - Society since 2006-ongoing.
Research group leader for HERD@HKR (Higher Education Research and Development) since 2022-ongoing.
Teaching
I work as associate professor, teaching on courses and programmes in the field of public health science, as well as methods courses. I teach both on-campus and online courses at bachelor, master and postgraduate levels. In addition, I supervise and examine degree projects at the bachelor, master and doctoral level in public health science and health science.
My interest in higher education pedagogics is mainly focused on student-centred learning, Universal Design for Learning and academic teachership. I was promoted to Accomplished Associate Professor at Kristianstad University.
I am one of two editors (Bringsén Å. & Nilsson Lindström, P.) of the textbook Hälsopromotion i teori och praktik: olika arenor och målgrupper (Health promotion in theory and practice: different arenas and target groups) which was published in Swedish by Liber in 2019.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Lekfullhetens och lekens betydelse för hälsa och välbefinnande hos äldre personer med nedsatt mobilitet (inom ramen för forskningsprogrammet PLAY-SE)
Westergren, A. (PI), Nilsson Lindström, P. (Researcher), Nivestam, A. (Researcher), Haak, M. (Researcher) & Norell, A. (Researcher)
24-01-01 → 29-01-01
Project: Research
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ACCESS: Access to lifestyle counselling for persons with intellectual disability
Behm, L. (PI), Nilsson Lindström, P. (Researcher), Östlund, D. (Researcher), Sjöwall, D. (Researcher), Sennersten, C. (Researcher) & Gustafsson, C. (Doctoral student)
23-03-06 → 29-02-01
Project: Research
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Personcentrering som innovativ strategi för en hälsofrämjande idrottsutbildning
Nilsson Lindström, P. (Assistent supervisor), Haak, M. (Supervisor), Bringsén, Å. (Assistent supervisor) & Bergman, J. (Doctoral student)
22-09-01 → 26-12-31
Project: Research
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ELCI: Equipped for Lifestyle Counselling? - Evaluation of a student-led clinic focusing on person centered lifestyle counselling
Behm, L. (PI), Rask, M. (Assistent supervisor), Nilsson, M. (Assistent supervisor), Nilsson Lindström, P. (Assistent supervisor) & Alenius, S. (Doctoral student)
22-09-01 → 26-09-01
Project: Research
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Därför orkar vi – Sjuksköterskors arbetssituation och hälsa före, under och efter COVID-10 pandemin, samt förutsättningar för att arbeta personcentrerat
Nilsson, K. (Supervisor), Westergren, A. (Assistent supervisor), Nilsson Lindström, P. (Researcher), Schön Persson, S. (Assistent supervisor) & Nagel, C. (Doctoral student)
21-11-01 → …
Project: Research
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ACCESS to person-centered lifestyle counselling for persons with intellectual disability (ID)
Gustafsson, C., Östlund, D., Nilsson, P., Sjöwall, D. & Behm, L., 2025-Jun-09.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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Health Promotion Practitioners are needed in School Health Promotion! Lessons learned from two school health promotion initiatives
Bringsén, Å. & Nilsson, P., 2025-May-13.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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Nurses' health and work experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Swedish prehospital and hospital care: a deductive content analysis through the lens of the swAge model
Nagel, C., Lindstrom, P. N., Westergren, A., Persson, S. S. & Nilsson, K., 2025-Jan-24, In: BMC Public Health. 25, 1, 304.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Adolescents’ experiences of sport education at upper secondary school level: Prerequisites for learning, health and personal development
Bergman, J., Haak, M., Nilsson, P. & Bringsén, Å., 2024-Jun-17.Research output: Contribution to conference › Oral presentation
Activities
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Personcentrering - att göra abstrakta begrepp och komplexa situationer konkreta
Nilsson Lindström, P. (Participant)
2025-May-28Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Därför orkar vi – Sjuksköterskors arbetssituation och hälsa före, under och efter COVID-10 pandemin, samt förutsättningar för att arbeta personcentrerat
Nilsson, K. (First/primary/Lead supervisior), Westergren, A. (Deputy supervisor), Nilsson Lindström, P. (Deputy supervisor) & Schön Persson, S. (Deputy supervisor)
2025-Apr-25Activity: Examination and supervision › Supervision of PhD students
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Access to person-centred lifestyle counselling for persons with intellectual disabilities
Behm, L. (First/primary/Lead supervisior), Nilsson Lindström, P. (Deputy supervisor), Östlund, D. (Deputy supervisor) & Sjöwall, D. (Deputy supervisor)
2025-Feb-03 → 2029-Feb-03Activity: Examination and supervision › Supervision of PhD students
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Lekfullhetens och lekens betydelse för hälsa och välbefinnande hos äldre personer med nedsatt mobilitet
Westergren, A. (First/primary/Lead supervisior), Haak, M. (Deputy supervisor), Nivestam, A. (Deputy supervisor) & Nilsson Lindström, P. (Deputy supervisor)
2024-Sept-02 → 2028Activity: Examination and supervision › Supervision of PhD students
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Deltagarorienterad forskning för hälsa
Nilsson Lindström, P. (Speaker) & Bringsén, Å. (Speaker)
2023-Oct → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Performance