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Erla Kolbrún Svavarsdóttir - Professor
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School of Health Sciences
Erla Kolbrún Svavarsdóttir
Íslenska
Professor
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Eirberg / EIR-314
Phone
525 - 4218
Email
eks [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
Website
http://uni.hi.is/eks
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1284-1088
Research portal – Erla Kolbrún Svavarsdóttir
Under construction throughout the autumn semester 2023
Courses 2023 - 2024
HJÚ252F - Quantitative Nursing Research
HJÚ618G - Clinical Geriatric Nursing
HJÚ627G - clinical public - and community health nursing
HJÚ424G - Family nursing
HJÚ632G - Family nursing in clinical practice
HJÚ529G - Family nursing
HJÚ139G - Family nursing
Education
1997
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Ph.D
,
,
1993
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MS
,
,
1988
,
Post BSc education
,
,
1987
,
BS
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,
Professional Experience
2006 -
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2000 -
2006,
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1997 -
2000,
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Published works
2022
Effectiveness of Nursing Interventions for Patients With Cancer and their Family Members: A Systematic Review
Journal of Family Nursing
2021
Effectiveness of a couple-based intervention on sexuality and intimacy among women in active cancer treatment: A quasi-experimental study
European Journal of Oncology Nursing
Factors associated with family functioning in patients with heart failure and their family members: An international cross-sectional study
Journal of Advanced Nursing
The Benefit of a Couple-Based Intervention Among Women in Active Cancer Treatment on Sexual Concerns: A Quasi-Experimental Study
Cancer nursing
Healthcare practices and interventions in Europe towards families of older patients with cardiovascular disease: A scoping review
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
Long-Term Effect of Receiving a Family Strengths-Oriented Intervention on Family Cancer Caregiver Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Symptoms: A Longitudinal Quasi-Experimental Study
Journal of Family Nursing
Predictors of university nursing students burnout at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study
Nurse Education Today
2020
Health practices in Europe towards families of older patients with cancer: a scoping review
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
The Impact of Receiving a Family-Oriented Therapeutic Conversation Intervention Before and During Bereavement Among Family Cancer Caregivers
Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing
The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Family Affair
Journal of Family Nursing
The better sleep better well-being programme: Educating and training community healthcare nurses in developing interventions for families of infants with moderate sleep problems: a pilot study
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
The impact of receiving a family-oriented therapeutic conversation intervention before and during bereavement among family cancer caregivers: A nonrandomized trial
Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing
The Impact of Family Strengths Oriented Therapeutic Conversations on Parents of Children with a New Chronic Illness Diagnosis
Journal of Family Nursing
A challenging journey: The experience of elderly patients and their close family members after major emergency abdominal surgery
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
2019
The effectivness of a strengths-oriented therapeutic conversation intervention on perceived support, well-being and burden among family caregivers in palliative home-care,感知支持中以力量为导向的对话治疗干预的有效性,保守家庭护理中家庭护理人员的健康和负担。
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Prioritizing Family Health of Older People in Europe: Current State and Future Directions of Family Nursing and Family-Focused Care
Journal of Family Nursing
Predictors of quality of life for families of children and adolescents with severe physical illnesses who are receiving hospital-based care
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
2018
The impact of nursing education and job characteristics on nurse's perceptions of their family nursing practice skills
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
The impact of implementing an educational intervention to enhance a family-oriented approach in specialised palliative home care: A quasi-experimental study.
Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Guided Participation and the Family Strength–Oriented Therapeutic Conversations Intervention: Supporting Families of Children With Cancer
Guided Participation in Pediatric Nursing Practice
How Do Family Strengths‐Oriented Therapeutic Conversations ( FAM ‐ SOTC ) Advance Psychiatric Nursing Practice?
Journal of Nursing Scholarship
Perception on family support and predictors’ of satisfaction with the healthcare service among families of children and adolescents with serious mental illnesses who are in active psychiatric treatment
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing
Drawing forward family strengths in short therapeutic conversations from a psychiatric nursing perspective
Perspectives in Psychiatric Care
2017
The effectiveness of therapeutic conversation intervention for caregivers of adolescents with ADHD: a quasi-experimental design
Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
Psychometric testing of the Iceland Health Care Practitioner Illness Beliefs Questionnaire among school nurses
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
2016
Iceland–Family Illness Beliefs Questionnaire
PsycTESTS Dataset
Development and Psychometric Testing of the Iceland–Family Illness Beliefs Questionnaire
Journal of Family Nursing
The Process of Writing When English is Your Second Language
Nurse Author & Editor
The importance of family support in pediatrics and its impact on healthcare satisfaction
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
Effectiveness of therapeutic conversation intervention among caregivers of people with eating disorders: quasi-experimental design
Journal of Clinical Nursing
The Process of Writing when English is your Second Language
Nurse Author & Editor
Going inside the strength oriented therapeutic conversation intervention: A clinical case study of an adolescent with ADHD and his family
Family Sygepleje
2015
Disclosure of Intimate Partner Violence in Current Marital/Partner Relationships Among Female University Students and Among Women at an Emergency Department
Journal of Forensic Nursing
Family nursing hospital training and the outcome on job demands, control and support
Nurse Education Today
2014
Advanced Knowledge in Nursing Practice Can Make the Difference: The Value of a Nursing Intervention for Families of Children with Rare Chronic Illnesses
Nordic Journal of Nursing Research
Strengths-Oriented Therapeutic Conversations for Families of Children With Chronic Illnesses
Journal of Family Nursing
The Process of Translating Family Nursing Knowledge Into Clinical Practice
Journal of Nursing Scholarship
Advanced Nursing Intervention for Families of Children and Adolescents with Asthma: The Fathers Perspective
Nordic Journal of Nursing Research
The Impact of a Web-Based Educational and Support Intervention on Parents' Perception of Their Children's Cancer Quality of Life: An Exploratory Study
Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing
Dr. Erla K. Svavarsdottir
Journal of Family Nursing
Development of an International School Nurse Asthma Care Coordination Model
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Reaching Out To Women Who Are Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
Perspectives in Psychiatric Care
2013
Therapeutic Conversations Intervention in Pediatrics
Nursing Clinics of North America
What are the benefits of a short therapeutic conversation intervention with acute psychiatric patients and their families? A controlled before and after study
International Journal of Nursing Studies
Does a therapeutic conversation intervention in an acute paediatric setting make a difference for families of children with bronchiolitis caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
Journal of Clinical Nursing
Benefits of a Brief Therapeutic Conversation Intervention for Families of Children and Adolescents in Active Cancer Treatment
Oncology Nursing Forum
The Role of Advanced Nurse Practitioners in Offering Brief Therapeutic Conversation Intervention for Families of Children and Adolescents with Diabetes Type 1
Nordic Journal of Nursing Research
2012
Purposeful Therapeutic Conversations: Are They Effective for Families of Individuals with COPD: A Quasi-Experimental Study
Nordic Journal of Nursing Research
Psychometric Development of the Iceland-Family Perceived Support Questionnaire (ICE-FPSQ)
Journal of Family Nursing
Psychometric Development of the Iceland-Expressive Family Functioning Questionnaire (ICE-EFFQ)
Journal of Family Nursing
Knowledge Translation in Family Nursing
Journal of Family Nursing
Iceland-Family Perceived Support Questionnaire
PsycTESTS Dataset
The international school nurse asthma project: barriers related to asthma management in schools
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Iceland-Expressive Family Functioning Questionnaire
PsycTESTS Dataset
2011
New Book Announcement
Journal of Family Nursing
How effective is a short-term educational and support intervention for families of an adolescent with type 1 diabetes?
Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing
Cultural differences in parent-adolescent agreement on the adolescent's asthma-related quality of life.
Pediatric nursing
Fjölskyldur Einstaklinga með Heilabilun: Ávinningur Hjúkrunarmeðferðar
The Icelandic Nursing Journal
Educational and support intervention to help families assist in the recovery of relatives with eating disorders
Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
Nurses attitudes towards the importance of families in psychiatric care following an educational and training intervention program
Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
Family Nursing in Action
University of Iceland Press
2010
Icelandic and United States families of adolescents with asthma: predictors of health-related quality of life from the parents’ perspective
Journal of Clinical Nursing
Detecting intimate partner abuse within clinical settings: self-report or an interview
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
Þróunn Meðferðar: Markviss Stuðningur við Fjölskyldur á Bráðageðdeildum
Heiðursrit Ármanns Snævarr
Relationship between urinary sodium excretion and pioglitazone-induced edema.
Journal of diabetes investigation
Út úr myrkrinu: Áhrif margþætts og langvinns ofbeldis á andlega líðan kvenna.
Ofbeldi Margbreytileg Birtingarmynd
Quality of Life in Healthy and Chronically Ill Icelandic Children: Agreement between Child's Self-Report and Parents' Proxy Report
Handbook of Disease Burdens and Quality of Life Measures
2009
Identifying abuse among women: use of clinical guidelines by nurses and midwives
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Implementing Family Nursing: How Do We Translate Knowledge Into Clinical Practice?
Journal of Family Nursing
Intimate partner abuse factors associated with women’s health: a general population study
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Adolescents with asthma: predictors of quality of life
Journal of Advanced Nursing
In response to: Burkhart P.V., Svavarsdottir E.K., Rayens M.K., Oakley M.G., Orlygsdottir B. (2009) Adolescents with asthma: predictors of quality of life.Journal of Advanced Nursing65(4), 860-866.
Journal of Advanced Nursing
2008
Effect of Abuse by a Close Family Member on Health
Journal of Nursing Scholarship
Fatigue among Icelandic Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
Nordic Journal of Nursing Research
Excellence in Nursing
Journal of Family Nursing
Áhrif andlegs, líkamlegs og kynferðislegs ofbeldis á andlega heilsu kvenna
Gedvernd
Connectedness, belonging and feelings about school among healthy and chronically ill Icelandic schoolchildren
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
2007
Þróun Fjölskyldumeðferðar fyrir ungar konur með átröskun
Tímarit hjúkrunarfræðinga
2006
Konur sem lifa við stöðugan ótta: Hjúkrun gegn ofbeldi
Frá Innsæi til Inngripa
Listening to the Family’s Voice
Journal of Family Nursing
Health-related quality of life in Icelandic school children
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
Developing a Family-Level Intervention for Families of Children With Cancer
Oncology Nursing Forum
Comparison of health-related quality of life among 10- to 12-year-old children with chronic illnesses and healthy children: the parents' perspective.
The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses
2005
The feasibility of offering a family level intervention to parents of children with cancer
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
Caring for a child with cancer: a longitudinal perspective
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Surviving Childhood Cancer: Parents’ Perceptions of Their Child’s Health
Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing
Predictors of Adaptation in Icelandic and American Families of Young Children With Chronic Asthma
Family & Community Health
Hardiness in families of young children with asthma
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Gender and emotions: Icelandic parents experiencing childhood cancer
International Journal of Nursing Studies
2004
The Healthy-Sibling's Behaviour: Icelandic Families Caring for Young Child with Chronic Asthma
Vaard I Norden
Nordic Journal of Nursing Research
2003
A new methodological approach in nursing research: An actor, partner, and interaction effect model for family outcomes
Research in Nursing & Health
American and Icelandic Parents' Perceptions of the Health Status of their Young Children with Chronic Asthma
Journal of Nursing Scholarship
2000
Well-being of parents of young children with asthma
Research in Nursing and Health
Well‐being of parents of young children with asthma
Research in Nursing & Health
Well-being of parents of young children with asthma
Research in Nursing & Health
1996
Parenthood transition for parents of an infant diagnosed with a congenital heart condition
Journal of Pediatric Nursing
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