Jean Stevenson-Ågren

PhD in Health Informatics (University of Sheffield). Senior lecturer at LNU. Subjects English and Health Informatics.

Previously, Registered Nurse (Aberdeen), Registered Midwife (Glasgow), Intensive Care Nurse (Glasgow and Toronto), Nurse teacher (Aberdeen). Worked in Scotland, Canada and Saudi Arabia. At LNU since 2002.

Teaching

Teach English, Health Informatics and eHealth.

Research

Research in health informatics with focus on patient safety, vital signs and electronic health records. Research in development of an app to assist communication in pre-natal care for non-Swedish speakers.

Commissions

Represent Faculty for Arts and Humanities in the Faculty Interest Board for eHealth (FIRE).

Publications

Article in journal (Refereed)

Bitar, D., Oscarsson, M., Stevenson-Ågren, J. (2022). Application to promote communication between midwives and Arabic-speaking women at antenatal care : Challenges met by researchers when developing content. European Journal of Midwifery. 6.
Status: Published
Stevenson-Ågren, J., Oscarsson, M. (2021). User-centred iterative design to develop an evidence-based communication application for maternity care. Health Informatics Journal. 27 (2).
Status: Published
Oscarsson, M., Stevenson-Ågren, J. (2020). Midwives' experiences of caring for immigrant women at antenatal care. Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare. 24 (June). 1-6.
Status: Published
Stevenson-Ågren, J., Israelsson, J., Petersson, G., Bath, P. (2018). Factors influencing the quality of vital signs data in electronic health records : a qualitative study. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 27 (5-6). 1276-1286.
Status: Published
Stevenson-Ågren, J., Israelsson, J., Nilsson, G., Petersson, G., Bath, P.A. (2018). Vital sign documentation in electronic records : the development of workarounds. Health Informatics Journal. 24 (2). 206-215.
Status: Published
Stevenson-Ågren, J., Israelsson, J., Nilsson, G., Petersson, G., Bath, P. (2016). Recording signs of deterioration in acute patients : The documentation of vital signs within electronic health records in patients who suffered in-hospital cardiac arrest. Health Informatics Journal. 22 (1). 21-33.
Status: Published
Israelsson, J., Lilja, G., Bremer, A., Stevenson-Ågren, J., Årestedt, K. (2016). Post cardiac arrest care and follow-up in Sweden : a national web-survey. BMC Nursing. 15 (1).
Status: Published
Stevenson-Ågren, J., Nilsson, G. (2012). Nurses’ perceptions of an electronic patient record from a patient safety perspective: A qualitative study.. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 68 (3). 667-676.
Status: Published
Stevenson-Ågren, J., Nilsson, G., Petersson, G., Johansson, P. (2010). Nurses' experience of using electronic patient records in everyday practice : a literature review. Health Informatics Journal. 16 (1). 63-72.
Status: Published

Conference paper (Refereed)

Stevenson-Ågren, J., Byrman, G. (2022). Designing an App for Maternity Care : Improving Communication between Swedish Midwives and Arabic-speaking Women. Proceedings of the 18^th International Symposium on Health Information Management Research : Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden (on-line). September 17-18.
Stevenson-Ågren, J. (2019). How we created an evidence-based communication app for maternity care. Vitalis conference 2019, Svenskmassan, Göteborg. May 21-23. : The largest eHealth event in Scandinavia.
Stevenson-Ågren, J., Petersson, G., Israelsson, J., Bath, P. (2017). Reasons for poor vital sign documentation in electronic health records: A qualitative study. European Society of Cardiology Congress, Barcelona, 26-30 August, 2017.
Stevenson-Ågren, J., Israelsson, J., Nilsson, G., Petersson, G., Bath, P. (2015). Documentation of vital signs in electronic records : the development of workarounds. Health informatics for enhancing health and well-being : Proceedings of the seventeenth International Symposium for Health Information Management Research, York, UK 24-26 June 2015.

Other (Refereed)

Byrman, G., Stevenson-Ågren, J., Bitar, D., Ericsson, S., Oscarsson, M., et al. (2020). Sadima : Vänta barn på arabiska, engelska och svenska! Effektiv och integrerande design för interaktiv mödrahälsovård. Växjö, Linnéuniversitetet.

Article in journal (Other academic)

Stevenson-Ågren, J., Israelsson, J., Nilsson, G., Petersson, G., Bath, P.A. (2013). Variable documentation of vital signs in an electronic health record in patients at risk of in-hospital cardiac arrest could pose a threat to patient safety. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 12. S55-S56.
Status: Published

Conference paper (Other academic)

Stevenson-Ågren, J., Byrman, G. (2019). A bilingual evidence-based app to improve communication in maternity care. Nursing World Congress on Nursing Education and Practice : December 02-04, 2019, Mantra Bell City, Australia.
Stevenson-Ågren, J. (2017). A project to promote equality in ante-natal care for women who do not speak Swedish. .
Stevenson-Ågren, J., Israelsson, J., Nilsson, G., Petersson, G., Bath, P. (2014). Dokumentation av vitalparametrar i datorjournaler : En risk för patientsäkerheten?. VITALIS - Nordens ledande eHälsomöte : Vetenskapliga papers presenterade vid Vitalis konferens, Svenska Mässan, Göteborg, 8-10 april 2014.
Stevenson-Ågren, J., Petersson, G., Nilsson, G., Bath, P. (2013). Documentation of vital signs in electronic health records : issues for patient safety. Proceedings of the sixteenth International Symposium for Health Information management Research, ISHIMR 2013 : Exploiting Health Informatics for Connected, Collaborative and Customized Patient Care. 153-154.
Stevenson-Ågren, J., Israelsson, J., Nilsson, G., Petersson, G., Bath, P. (2011). Electronic patient record and documentation of deterioration in patients at risk of in-hospital cardiac arrest : pilot study. ISHIMR 2011 : Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Symposium for Health Information Management Research, 8-9 September 2011, Zurich, Switzerland.

Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)

Stevenson-Ågren, J. (2016). Documentation of Vital Signs in Electronic Health Records : A Patient Safety Issue. Doctoral Thesis. Sheffield, White Rose ethesis on line. 322.

Report (Other academic)

Axelsson, C., Byrman, G., Petersson, G., Skoglund, A., Stevenson-Ågren, J. (2016). "Det kan bli så mycket fel" : Förstudie om barnmorskors upplevelser av kommunikation med gravida kvinnor utan funktionell behärskning av svenska.. Kalmar/Växjö, Linnéuniversitetet. 15.