Alexandra Brandt Ryborg Jønsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 79953 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexandra Brandt Ryborg Jønsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexandra Brandt Ryborg |
| FAMILY NAME | Jønsson |
| SIGNATURE | JØNSSON A B R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Roskilde University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4396-8383 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Feeling ill, not harmed
Scholarship has highlighted how the identification of breast cancer risk and false-positive screening results operate as modes of governance that shape subjects and extend the reach of medicine. Building upon this work, this article offers a phenomenologically-informed analysis of women's experiences of false-positive results in breast cancer screening, examining how such encounters with risk and the possibility of disease are lived and carried i…
Does information inform? Societal dynamics of cancer screening
Communicating the harms associated with participation in national screening programmes is not a straightforward process. In a previous study, we interviewed Danish women in the age group 23–55 and found that they tended to reject or downplay the harms presented in an information pamphlet related to cervical cancer screening. This phenomenon we termed the ‘Perception Gap’. In this article, we revisit the original data and draw on theoretical frame…
Enacted Restoration of Selfhood
Non-suicidal self-harm, particularly the phenomenon of cutting, is gaining increasing academic attention. However, most existing literature approaches this topic from clinical, cultural, or historical perspectives, often neglecting an in-depth exploration of the lived experiences of individuals engaging in self-harm. Notably, within the context of mental illnesses, self-harm is often viewed merely as a symptomatic behavior and consequently addres…
‘Where do we draw the line?’ - pregnant women’s responses to proposed genetic carrier screening for cystic fibrosis during pregnancy in Denmark
In Denmark, nearly all pregnant women participate in the national prenatal screening programme offered through the public healthcare system. With advancements in reproductive technology, there is a growing demand for prenatal genetic testing in both private and public healthcare settings. In 2020, a political proposal was introduced to expand the national screening programme to include genetic carrier screening for cystic fibrosis. This study exp…
Threatened by an individual double-edged risk? Representations of suicidal behavior and people who attempt suicide in prevention policies in Denmark. A poststructural policy analysis
The aim of this study is to critically analyze how suicidal behavior and individuals who attempt suicide are problematized and represented in Danish suicide prevention policies. Drawing on a poststructural policy analysis approach inspired by Bacchi and Goodwin, we seek to uncover the underlying assumptions, silences, and potential effects embedded in these problem representations, with particular attention to how certain preventive actions are p…
The Multimorbidity Questionnaire (MMQ1)
The English-language MMQ1 demonstrated adequate psychometric properties using classical test theory. Further validation using Rasch analysis is planned, and may help optimise and abbreviate the measure. This PROM has the potential to improve the measurement of QOL in MLTC research, including trials
The expert eye - Navigating ambiguity in clinical breast radiology
Drawing on phenomenological concepts of embodiment and the theory of clinical judgment, we examine how radiologists navigate the inherent risk of overtesting and overdiagnosis in breast cancer screening. Based on 12 weeks of fieldwork at a breast radiology department, we explore how radiologists navigate clinical ambiguity when women are recalled for further diagnostics following an abnormal screening mammogram. Radiologists expressed a strong se…
Rethinking the logic of early diagnosis in cancer
To reduce morbidity and mortality of cancer, more countries have implemented strategies to detect cancer, based on the logic of 'the sooner the better'. Time is thereby an essential component in how cancer research, policies, and prevention are practiced today. Where the logic of early diagnosis benefits some, the logic also produces harms. In this article, we use a cross-disciplinary case-study design to discuss how different notions of time and…
Negotiating Normalcy
Medicalization of Old Age
In Denmark, people are expected to take responsibility for their health, not least as their bodies age and they experience signs of physical or mental decline. Drawing on fieldwork among older Danes, I illustrate that an excessive focus on health gives rise to social and structural controversies and disparities, linking ideas of healthy behavior at the individual level with the societal framing of disease and aging. I argue that this emphasis con…
Gamle og kommende numre
Gamle og kommende numre
Danske resuméer
Danske resuméer
Forfatterliste
Forfatterliste
English summaries
English summaries
Women's experiences of age‐related discontinuation from mammography screening
INTRODUCTION: In Denmark, women are discontinued from mammography screening at age 69 due to decreased likelihood of benefits and increased likelihood of harm. The risk of harm increases with age and includes false positives, overdiagnosis and overtreatment. In a questionnaire survey, 24 women expressed unsolicited concerns about being discontinued from mammography screening due to age. This calls for further investigation of experiences related …
Spaces out of reach? Service user involvement in residents’ meetings at recovery-oriented social housing facilities for young people with mental health disorders
Through anthropological fieldwork among people with severe mental health disorders, this article focuses on these service users’ interactions and relations with the professionals and with other service users at recovery-oriented housing facilities in Denmark. We discuss how recovery-oriented spaces designed for the service users may feel out of reach to them, hence making the service users feel awkward and reluctant to participate. The study show…
Overdiagnostik som antropologisk forskningsfelt
Overdiagnostik som antropologisk forskningsfelt
Jeg troede, jeg havde valgt friheden, men her det regler, regler og regler
Denne artikel undersøger, hvordan konstruktioner af tid og rum i seniorfællesskaberfor ensomme ældre er definerende og rammesættende for, hvilke relationerog aktiviteter der kan - og ikke kan - foregå. Teoretisk trækker artiklen påCharles Taylors begreb om det autentiske selv og anvender det som prisme tilat forstå, hvorfor nogle ældre mennesker oplever ikke at blive anerkendt 'somsig selv'. Artiklen diskuterer, hvordan seniorfællesskaber kan ram…
Indledning
Indledning til Tidsskriftet Antropologi #86 Aldring
Tuning the self
In this article, we examine the subjective experiences of people who, according to their education level and income, belong to the lowest social classes-indicators that are commonly associated with poor health behaviors and poor health status. Drawing on 18 months of fieldwork among white, working-class people in Denmark, we draw attention to the negative stereotypes connected to health inequities and how people attempt to navigate and mitigate p…
Responsibilities of Risk
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, Denmark introduced repeated lock-downs of society, including outreach services and visits from social workers for people living with mental illnesses. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, in this article we explore how people with mental illness react to and manage their lives amid COVID-19 mitigations, focusing on how they experience and negotiate vulnerability at personal and community level. We argue, that the subj…
The Tyranny of Numbers
All Danish adults have access to their electronic medical records on the e-health platform Sundhed.dk, which is intended as a means to empower patients. But what happens when patients see their paraclinical test results presented as numbers which are flagged as either 'normal' or 'abnormal'? Based on fieldwork in general practices and consultations, and on observations of individuals living with chronic illnesses, we investigated how patients and…
Det' bare en virus
Position
Undskyld
Redaktionelt forord
The perception gap
The benefits and harms of cervical cancer screening are delicately balanced, and in that sense, many argue that participation should be based on an informed choice. Information pamphlets play a central part in the process of obtaining informed consent from women, and therefore adequate communication about health and risk is essential. However, pamphlets on screening have been shown to be information poor and biased in favour of participation, and…
Tuning the self
In this article, we examine the subjective experiences of people who, according to their education level and income, belong to the lowest social classes-indicators that are commonly associated with poor health behaviors and poor health status. Drawing on 18 months of fieldwork among white, working-class people in Denmark, we draw attention to the negative stereotypes connected to health inequities and how people attempt to navigate and mitigate p…
Responsibilities of Risk
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, Denmark introduced repeated lock-downs of society, including outreach services and visits from social workers for people living with mental illnesses. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, in this article we explore how people with mental illness react to and manage their lives amid COVID-19 mitigations, focusing on how they experience and negotiate vulnerability at personal and community level. We argue, that the subj…
How Older Men With Multimorbidity Relate to Successful Aging
Our study contributes to research on perceptions of successful aging with insights to the role of cultural context, gender and multimorbidity. Living with multimorbidity challenges the ability of the men to positively frame themselves as successfully aging older adults; however, they navigate this dilemma by constructing their own experiences in their own terms of independence
Rethinking the logic of early diagnosis in cancer
To reduce morbidity and mortality of cancer, more countries have implemented strategies to detect cancer, based on the logic of 'the sooner the better'. Time is thereby an essential component in how cancer research, policies, and prevention are practiced today. Where the logic of early diagnosis benefits some, the logic also produces harms. In this article, we use a cross-disciplinary case-study design to discuss how different notions of time and…
Overdiagnostik som antropologisk forskningsfelt
Overdiagnostik som antropologisk forskningsfelt
The Robin
In this article, I argue that ethnodramatic monologue is a valuable method for producing knowledge complementary to current research on living with chronic diseases. Inspired by discussions on ethnographic representations, I present the monologue of an older woman with chronic diseases. The monologue has been performed for a live audience, and several future performances are also booked; however, this article is an experiment on the textual prese…
Egalité des sexes et conciliation vie familiale – vie professionnelle en Europe
A l’heure où l’Union européenne (UE) promeut activement des politiques pour concilier vie familiale et vie professionnelle en vue de favoriser l’égalité des chances entre hommes et femmes, cet article s’interroge sur la validité de certaines idées préconçues tendant à considérer toute politique de conciliation indifféremment comme une politique d’égalité entre les sexes. La comparaison sexuée des politiques menées dans ce domaine par trois pays e…
Egalité des sexes et conciliation vie familiale – vie professionnelle en Europe
A l’heure où l’Union européenne (UE) promeut activement des politiques pour concilier vie familiale et vie professionnelle en vue de favoriser l’égalité des chances entre hommes et femmes, cet article s’interroge sur la validité de certaines idées préconçues tendant à considérer toute politique de conciliation indifféremment comme une politique d’égalité entre les sexes. La comparaison sexuée des politiques menées dans ce domaine par trois pays e…
En Familie Bliver Til
Med udgangspunkt i feltarbejde blandt forældre til børn med adfærdsforstyrrelser undersøger jeg, hvordan det at have et barn med en adfærdsforstyrrelse påvirker hverdagsliv og selvforståelse og dermed skaber et rum for kostbehandling til at muliggøre optimering for familierne. At have et barn med en adfærdsforstyrrelse har ikke kun betydning for barnet, men for hele familien og dens socialitet. Familier med adfærdsforstyrrede børn føler sig ofte …
Turning to Trump
De Usunde
Alexandra Ryborg Jønsson: The Unhealthy. Anthropological Encounters with Priorities and Health Perceptions of Older People Living with Multimorbidity Based on ethnographic research among the chronically ill elderly in Lolland, the article demonstrates how 'health' as a morally weighted concept is reproduced by the fieldworker. Recognition of such positionality emerges gradually throughout the author's fieldwork, and the article shows how increasi…
Evaluation of a patient-centered organizational model for multimorbidity in general practice in Denmark - a feasibility study
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
How Older Men With Multimorbidity Relate to Successful Aging
Our study contributes to research on perceptions of successful aging with insights to the role of cultural context, gender and multimorbidity. Living with multimorbidity challenges the ability of the men to positively frame themselves as successfully aging older adults; however, they navigate this dilemma by constructing their own experiences in their own terms of independence
The Robin
In this article, I argue that ethnodramatic monologue is a valuable method for producing knowledge complementary to current research on living with chronic diseases. Inspired by discussions on ethnographic representations, I present the monologue of an older woman with chronic diseases. The monologue has been performed for a live audience, and several future performances are also booked; however, this article is an experiment on the textual prese…
The perception gap
The benefits and harms of cervical cancer screening are delicately balanced, and in that sense, many argue that participation should be based on an informed choice. Information pamphlets play a central part in the process of obtaining informed consent from women, and therefore adequate communication about health and risk is essential. However, pamphlets on screening have been shown to be information poor and biased in favour of participation, and…
Undskyld
Redaktionelt forord
Responsibilities of Risk
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, Denmark introduced repeated lock-downs of society, including outreach services and visits from social workers for people living with mental illnesses. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, in this article we explore how people with mental illness react to and manage their lives amid COVID-19 mitigations, focusing on how they experience and negotiate vulnerability at personal and community level. We argue, that the subj…
The Tyranny of Numbers
All Danish adults have access to their electronic medical records on the e-health platform Sundhed.dk, which is intended as a means to empower patients. But what happens when patients see their paraclinical test results presented as numbers which are flagged as either 'normal' or 'abnormal'? Based on fieldwork in general practices and consultations, and on observations of individuals living with chronic illnesses, we investigated how patients and…
Det' bare en virus
Position
Gamle og kommende numre
Gamle og kommende numre
Danske resuméer
Danske resuméer
Forfatterliste
Forfatterliste
English summaries
English summaries
Women's experiences of age‐related discontinuation from mammography screening
INTRODUCTION: In Denmark, women are discontinued from mammography screening at age 69 due to decreased likelihood of benefits and increased likelihood of harm. The risk of harm increases with age and includes false positives, overdiagnosis and overtreatment. In a questionnaire survey, 24 women expressed unsolicited concerns about being discontinued from mammography screening due to age. This calls for further investigation of experiences related …
Spaces out of reach? Service user involvement in residents’ meetings at recovery-oriented social housing facilities for young people with mental health disorders
Through anthropological fieldwork among people with severe mental health disorders, this article focuses on these service users’ interactions and relations with the professionals and with other service users at recovery-oriented housing facilities in Denmark. We discuss how recovery-oriented spaces designed for the service users may feel out of reach to them, hence making the service users feel awkward and reluctant to participate. The study show…
Overdiagnostik som antropologisk forskningsfelt
Overdiagnostik som antropologisk forskningsfelt
Jeg troede, jeg havde valgt friheden, men her det regler, regler og regler
Denne artikel undersøger, hvordan konstruktioner af tid og rum i seniorfællesskaberfor ensomme ældre er definerende og rammesættende for, hvilke relationerog aktiviteter der kan - og ikke kan - foregå. Teoretisk trækker artiklen påCharles Taylors begreb om det autentiske selv og anvender det som prisme tilat forstå, hvorfor nogle ældre mennesker oplever ikke at blive anerkendt 'somsig selv'. Artiklen diskuterer, hvordan seniorfællesskaber kan ram…
Indledning
Indledning til Tidsskriftet Antropologi #86 Aldring
Tuning the self
In this article, we examine the subjective experiences of people who, according to their education level and income, belong to the lowest social classes-indicators that are commonly associated with poor health behaviors and poor health status. Drawing on 18 months of fieldwork among white, working-class people in Denmark, we draw attention to the negative stereotypes connected to health inequities and how people attempt to navigate and mitigate p…
Medicalization of Old Age
In Denmark, people are expected to take responsibility for their health, not least as their bodies age and they experience signs of physical or mental decline. Drawing on fieldwork among older Danes, I illustrate that an excessive focus on health gives rise to social and structural controversies and disparities, linking ideas of healthy behavior at the individual level with the societal framing of disease and aging. I argue that this emphasis con…
‘Where do we draw the line?’ - pregnant women’s responses to proposed genetic carrier screening for cystic fibrosis during pregnancy in Denmark
In Denmark, nearly all pregnant women participate in the national prenatal screening programme offered through the public healthcare system. With advancements in reproductive technology, there is a growing demand for prenatal genetic testing in both private and public healthcare settings. In 2020, a political proposal was introduced to expand the national screening programme to include genetic carrier screening for cystic fibrosis. This study exp…
Threatened by an individual double-edged risk? Representations of suicidal behavior and people who attempt suicide in prevention policies in Denmark. A poststructural policy analysis
The aim of this study is to critically analyze how suicidal behavior and individuals who attempt suicide are problematized and represented in Danish suicide prevention policies. Drawing on a poststructural policy analysis approach inspired by Bacchi and Goodwin, we seek to uncover the underlying assumptions, silences, and potential effects embedded in these problem representations, with particular attention to how certain preventive actions are p…
Medicine (14 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Cancer (4 works) · Chronic Disease Management Strategies (4 works)