Maria Kristiansen
Biographic Data
| ID | 235401 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria Kristiansen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria |
| FAMILY NAME | Kristiansen |
| SIGNATURE | KRISTIANSEN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4663-3298 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The rise of patient and public involvement in health research in Denmark – a qualitative study of funder's policies and practices
Patient and public involvement (PPI) aims to produce knowledge and improve health services by involving patients, citizens, and stakeholders in various processes, including research. Research funders are centrally positioned to influence how PPI is understood in a given context and legitimise how it is done. This article investigates the rationales used by research funders to encourage PPI in Danish health research, and the possible implications …
Struggling for a tomorrow: Lived time in social anxiety disorder
Educating future psychologists in exploring meaning in life: A qualitative study of existential communication
The challenges of modern societies and health issues call for complex understandings in psychological practice. These include existential aspects of life related to health and wellbeing. A specific focus is needed when educating future psychologists on being aware of cultural differences as well as addressing clients’ existential conditions or diverse subjective approaches to existence, such as religion or spirituality. This study explored in whi…
Feeling like a Perpetual Outsider: Relationality in Social Anxiety Disorder
The role of loneliness in shaping the interpersonal experience of patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD) is poorly understood. The present study begins to close this gap through phenomenological analysis of a series of experiential interviews with eight people suffering from SAD. The analysis shows that in socially anxious experiences, the sense of being an outsider to a seamlessly unfolding interpersonal situation constitutes the self-other…
Revisiting the phenomenology of social anxiety disorder: Lived Body, Gestalt, and Clinical Significance
Interpretive debate lies at the heart of phenomenological explorations of the myriad variations of human experience and suffering. Merleau-Ponty's (1945/1982) reanalysis of the Schneider-case is a classic example; Young's (1980) critical revision of Straus's (1966) considerations on feminine corporeality is another. This kind of continuous scholarly dialogue is of special relevance in exploring anxiety in its complexity as Micali (2022) underscor…
Looking for places to be alone: Lived space in social anxiety disorder
In this paper, I elucidate how lived space is transformed in social anxiety disorder. The cognitive–behavioral framework that dominates the field conceptualizes the disorder as an intrapsychic dysfunction and sidelines concrete experience. The omnipresent sense of threat as it expresses itself “out there” in the patient’s experiential world thus remains unexplored. Looking to first-person descriptions of social anxiety, I argue that the felt pres…
Investigating the Role of Intercultural Mediators in Enhancing Asylum-Seeking Migrants’ Access to Health Care Services in Serbia
Migrants are especially susceptible to inequitable access to health care services and their access to health care may be further compromised by the tradition of informal patient payments in the Western Balkan countries. As a particularly vulnerable group, this study focused on the asylum-seeking migrants and the role of informal patient payments as an avenue for migrants’ health care access in Serbia. Qualitative interviews were conducted in Augu…
They are breaking us into pieces’: A longitudinal multi-method study on urban regeneration and place-based social relations among social housing residents in Denmark
Urban regeneration often intends to improve the physical, economic, and social environment of disadvantaged neighborhoods. However, evidence on the consequences of such interventions on place-based social relations is limited in Scandinavia. This study investigates the relationship between urban regeneration and diverse forms of place-based social relations among middle-aged and older social housing residents in Denmark. A longitudinal multi-meth…
Migration and the 2030 Agenda
Perceived return-to-work pressure following cardiovascular disease is associated with age, sex, and diagnosis: A nationwide combined survey- and register-based cohort study
A substantial proportion of people with cardiovascular disease feel under pressure to return to work, and this pressure is associated with age, sex, and diagnosis. The results show that vocational rehabilitation must be improved and emphasize the importance of ensuring that cardiac rehabilitation programmes include all core rehabilitation components
Partners in heart disease - a mixed methods study of social inequality in health among individuals with cardiovascular disease and their partners
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 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Fænomenologi som dvælen ved erfaringens merhed
Mennesker med psykiske lidelser tenderer til at sprogliggøre deres smertefulde oplevelse som terapeutiske problemer, hvilket overskygger et andet perspektiv på erfaringen som passivt gennemlevet. Lidelsen bliver tematiseret som lidelse og derved tabes den lidelsesfulde verden af syne. Med udgangspunkt i et igangværende forskningsprojekt i socialangstens fænomenologi viser jeg i denne artikel hvordan dette udgør et problem for fænomenologisk inter…
The Cultural Formulation Interview-Generating distance or alliance? A qualitative study of practice changes in Danish mental healthcare
This article presents provider experiences with the Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) in Danish mental healthcare for migrant patients. Semi-structured interviews with 17 providers and 20 recorded CFI sessions were analyzed with a constructivist grounded theory approach. Based on our empirical material, we endorse the CFI's ability to facilitate working alliance and a profound and contextually situated understanding of the patient. Further, th…
Negotiating Engagement, Worthiness of Care and Cultural Identities Through Intersubjective Recognition: Migrant Patient Perspectives on the Cultural Formulation Interview in Danish Mental Healthcare
Civil Servants and Non-Western Migrants’ Perceptions on Pathways to Health Care in Serbia—A Grounded Theory, Multi-Perspective Study
(1) Background: Informal patient payments continue to persist in the Serbian health care system, exposing vulnerable groups to private spending on health care. Migrants may in particular be subject to such payments, as they often experience barriers in access to health care. Little is known about migrants paying informally to access health care in Serbia. The study aims to explore pathways of accessing health care, including the role of informal …
Short Communication: Opportunities and Challenges for Early Person-Centered Care for Older Patients in Emergency Settings
The provision of person-centered care (PCC) for older adults in emergency settings is important. This short communication explores the complexity of providing comprehensive PCC for older adults in emergency settings, based on a synthesis of existing literature and empirical data from a small-scale case study on the potential of improving patient engagement in a Danish emergency department (ED). Our findings highlight overall positive attitudes to…
Qualitative Study of the Implementation and Potential of a Social Intervention at Nursing Homes in Denmark
(1) Background: The effect of social relations on health and wellbeing is well documented. However, knowledge about social interventions specifically in nursing homes and their potential for health and wellbeing is inadequate. In this qualitative study, we explore the implementation of a social intervention entitled Tell Stories for Life implemented in Danish nursing homes. (2) Methods: Through a qualitative multi-perspective longitudinal approac…
Unhealthy lifestyles, environment, well-being and health capability in rural neighbourhoods: A community-based cross-sectional study
Metabolic risk factors reflect unhealthy lifestyles and can be associated with environment contextual-dependent circumstances. People-centred approaches highlight wider socioeconomic and (natural) environmental determinants reflecting health needs, health expectations and health capability. Our community-based program and cross-disciplinary research provides insights that may improve health-promoting changes in rural neighbourhoods
Towards Inclusive Healthcare Delivery: Potentials and Challenges of Human-Centred Design in Health Innovation Processes to Increase Healthy Aging
National healthcare systems need to adjust services and operations to accommodate the needs of complex, aging populations living with multimorbidity and polypharmacy. This paper suggests the use of a human-centred design as a method to engage older adults and key professionals in innovation processes aiming to design person-centred healthcare services and improve quality of life in older adults. We outline three innovation phases and highlight ho…
Social Relations, Community Engagement and Potentials: A Qualitative Study Exploring Resident Engagement in a Community-Based Health Promotion Intervention in a Deprived Social Housing Area
Emerging evidence points towards a lower quality of life, fragile social relations and suboptimal health behavior and status of residents living in social housing areas characterized by ethnic diversity and socioeconomic deprivation. Community-based health promotion interventions developed in collaboration with the target group and adjusted to the local context can affect the acceptance of and engagement in such interventions. However, few studie…
Targeting preventive home visits to older adults in disadvantaged communities: Perspectives of professionals
This study explored the implementation of multidimensional preventive home visits targeted to older adults living in a disadvantaged community in Denmark. The intervention was adapted to include the following key components: involvement of community members in recruitment processes; a combination of individual and group-based dissemination; adaptation of materials to overcome language barriers; and diversity-sensitivity training for professionals…
Improving Dietary Behavior Among Ethnic Minority Women in Denmark: A Feasibility Study Based on a Participatory and Culturally Adapted Intervention
The Danish Heart Foundation and the non-governmental organization Neighborhood Mothers have co-developed a culturally adapted intervention seeking to promote healthy dietary behaviour among ethnic minority women. This feasibility study explores the potential of the intervention to reach ethnic minority women using health promotion initiatives. Participants attended instructor courses or cooking events, where culturally adapted, healthy recipes we…
A Mechanism for Allocating Benefits and Costs from Transmission Interconnections under Cooperation: A Case Study of the North Sea Offshore Grid
We propose a generic mechanism for allocating the benefits and costs that result from the development of international transmission interconnections under a cooperative agreement. The mechanism is based on a planning model that considers generation investments as a response to transmission developments, and the Shapley Value from cooperative game theory. This method provides a unique allocation of benefits and costs considering each country’s ave…
Experiencing Loss: A Muslim Widow’s Bereavement Narrative
Return Migration among Elderly, Chronically Ill Bosnian Refugees: Does Health Matter
Elderly migrants constitute a considerable share of global return migration; nevertheless, literature on the health aspects of the return migration among these migrants is still scarce. This study explores the significance of return migration among elderly, chronically ill Bosnian refugees from Denmark and the role of health issues in their decision to return. It is based on semi-structured interviews with 33 elderly, chronically ill Bosnian refu…
They are breaking us into pieces’: A longitudinal multi-method study on urban regeneration and place-based social relations among social housing residents in Denmark
Urban regeneration often intends to improve the physical, economic, and social environment of disadvantaged neighborhoods. However, evidence on the consequences of such interventions on place-based social relations is limited in Scandinavia. This study investigates the relationship between urban regeneration and diverse forms of place-based social relations among middle-aged and older social housing residents in Denmark. A longitudinal multi-meth…
The practice of hope: A longitudinal, multi-perspective qualitative study among South Asian Sikhs and Muslims with life-limiting illness in Scotland
ObjectivesWe explored the role of faith and religious identities in shaping end of life experiences in South Asian Muslims and Sikhs with life-limiting illnesses.DesignSecondary analysis of data from a longitudinal, multi-perspective qualitative study of the experience of life-limiting illness and access to palliative care services among South Asian Sikhs and Muslims in Scotland. Up to three semi-structured interviews were conducted with 25 parti…
The Cultural Formulation Interview-Generating distance or alliance? A qualitative study of practice changes in Danish mental healthcare
This article presents provider experiences with the Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) in Danish mental healthcare for migrant patients. Semi-structured interviews with 17 providers and 20 recorded CFI sessions were analyzed with a constructivist grounded theory approach. Based on our empirical material, we endorse the CFI's ability to facilitate working alliance and a profound and contextually situated understanding of the patient. Further, th…
Legislation on male infant circumcision in Europe: A call to avoid paternalism and to promote evidence-based, patient-centred care
Male infant circumcision is a controversial and debated topic in both scientific and public discourses in parts of Western Europe. Debates are heated and it is not always entirely clear what is in the best interest of the male infant. In this article, we discuss the importance of returning to core principles of evidence-based, patient-centred care that may help move the discussion away from the current, increasingly polarised positions. According…
Access to healthcare and alternative health-seeking strategies among undocumented migrants in Denmark
Undocumented migrants face formal and informal barriers to the Danish healthcare system, which lead to alternative health-seeking strategies that may have adverse effects on their health. This study shows the need for policies and guidelines, which in accordance with international human rights law, ensure access to healthcare for undocumented migrants and give clarity to healthcare professionals
Contextualising migrants’ health behaviour - a qualitative study of transnational ties and their implications for participation in mammography screening
The study emphasises the need to take into account the multi-layered and multi-sided factors in migrants' everyday life in order to further understand their health behaviour
Legislation on male infant circumcision in Europe: A call to avoid paternalism and to promote evidence-based, patient-centred care
Male infant circumcision is a controversial and debated topic in both scientific and public discourses in parts of Western Europe. Debates are heated and it is not always entirely clear what is in the best interest of the male infant. In this article, we discuss the importance of returning to core principles of evidence-based, patient-centred care that may help move the discussion away from the current, increasingly polarised positions. According…
The practice of hope: A longitudinal, multi-perspective qualitative study among South Asian Sikhs and Muslims with life-limiting illness in Scotland
ObjectivesWe explored the role of faith and religious identities in shaping end of life experiences in South Asian Muslims and Sikhs with life-limiting illnesses.DesignSecondary analysis of data from a longitudinal, multi-perspective qualitative study of the experience of life-limiting illness and access to palliative care services among South Asian Sikhs and Muslims in Scotland. Up to three semi-structured interviews were conducted with 25 parti…
Experiencing Loss: A Muslim Widow’s Bereavement Narrative
Return Migration among Elderly, Chronically Ill Bosnian Refugees: Does Health Matter
Elderly migrants constitute a considerable share of global return migration; nevertheless, literature on the health aspects of the return migration among these migrants is still scarce. This study explores the significance of return migration among elderly, chronically ill Bosnian refugees from Denmark and the role of health issues in their decision to return. It is based on semi-structured interviews with 33 elderly, chronically ill Bosnian refu…
A Mechanism for Allocating Benefits and Costs from Transmission Interconnections under Cooperation: A Case Study of the North Sea Offshore Grid
We propose a generic mechanism for allocating the benefits and costs that result from the development of international transmission interconnections under a cooperative agreement. The mechanism is based on a planning model that considers generation investments as a response to transmission developments, and the Shapley Value from cooperative game theory. This method provides a unique allocation of benefits and costs considering each country’s ave…
Improving Dietary Behavior Among Ethnic Minority Women in Denmark: A Feasibility Study Based on a Participatory and Culturally Adapted Intervention
The Danish Heart Foundation and the non-governmental organization Neighborhood Mothers have co-developed a culturally adapted intervention seeking to promote healthy dietary behaviour among ethnic minority women. This feasibility study explores the potential of the intervention to reach ethnic minority women using health promotion initiatives. Participants attended instructor courses or cooking events, where culturally adapted, healthy recipes we…
Towards Inclusive Healthcare Delivery: Potentials and Challenges of Human-Centred Design in Health Innovation Processes to Increase Healthy Aging
National healthcare systems need to adjust services and operations to accommodate the needs of complex, aging populations living with multimorbidity and polypharmacy. This paper suggests the use of a human-centred design as a method to engage older adults and key professionals in innovation processes aiming to design person-centred healthcare services and improve quality of life in older adults. We outline three innovation phases and highlight ho…
Social Relations, Community Engagement and Potentials: A Qualitative Study Exploring Resident Engagement in a Community-Based Health Promotion Intervention in a Deprived Social Housing Area
Emerging evidence points towards a lower quality of life, fragile social relations and suboptimal health behavior and status of residents living in social housing areas characterized by ethnic diversity and socioeconomic deprivation. Community-based health promotion interventions developed in collaboration with the target group and adjusted to the local context can affect the acceptance of and engagement in such interventions. However, few studie…
Targeting preventive home visits to older adults in disadvantaged communities: Perspectives of professionals
This study explored the implementation of multidimensional preventive home visits targeted to older adults living in a disadvantaged community in Denmark. The intervention was adapted to include the following key components: involvement of community members in recruitment processes; a combination of individual and group-based dissemination; adaptation of materials to overcome language barriers; and diversity-sensitivity training for professionals…
Negotiating Engagement, Worthiness of Care and Cultural Identities Through Intersubjective Recognition: Migrant Patient Perspectives on the Cultural Formulation Interview in Danish Mental Healthcare
Civil Servants and Non-Western Migrants’ Perceptions on Pathways to Health Care in Serbia—A Grounded Theory, Multi-Perspective Study
(1) Background: Informal patient payments continue to persist in the Serbian health care system, exposing vulnerable groups to private spending on health care. Migrants may in particular be subject to such payments, as they often experience barriers in access to health care. Little is known about migrants paying informally to access health care in Serbia. The study aims to explore pathways of accessing health care, including the role of informal …
Short Communication: Opportunities and Challenges for Early Person-Centered Care for Older Patients in Emergency Settings
The provision of person-centered care (PCC) for older adults in emergency settings is important. This short communication explores the complexity of providing comprehensive PCC for older adults in emergency settings, based on a synthesis of existing literature and empirical data from a small-scale case study on the potential of improving patient engagement in a Danish emergency department (ED). Our findings highlight overall positive attitudes to…
Qualitative Study of the Implementation and Potential of a Social Intervention at Nursing Homes in Denmark
(1) Background: The effect of social relations on health and wellbeing is well documented. However, knowledge about social interventions specifically in nursing homes and their potential for health and wellbeing is inadequate. In this qualitative study, we explore the implementation of a social intervention entitled Tell Stories for Life implemented in Danish nursing homes. (2) Methods: Through a qualitative multi-perspective longitudinal approac…
Unhealthy lifestyles, environment, well-being and health capability in rural neighbourhoods: A community-based cross-sectional study
Metabolic risk factors reflect unhealthy lifestyles and can be associated with environment contextual-dependent circumstances. People-centred approaches highlight wider socioeconomic and (natural) environmental determinants reflecting health needs, health expectations and health capability. Our community-based program and cross-disciplinary research provides insights that may improve health-promoting changes in rural neighbourhoods
Migration and the 2030 Agenda
Perceived return-to-work pressure following cardiovascular disease is associated with age, sex, and diagnosis: A nationwide combined survey- and register-based cohort study
A substantial proportion of people with cardiovascular disease feel under pressure to return to work, and this pressure is associated with age, sex, and diagnosis. The results show that vocational rehabilitation must be improved and emphasize the importance of ensuring that cardiac rehabilitation programmes include all core rehabilitation components
Partners in heart disease - a mixed methods study of social inequality in health among individuals with cardiovascular disease and their partners
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 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Fænomenologi som dvælen ved erfaringens merhed
Mennesker med psykiske lidelser tenderer til at sprogliggøre deres smertefulde oplevelse som terapeutiske problemer, hvilket overskygger et andet perspektiv på erfaringen som passivt gennemlevet. Lidelsen bliver tematiseret som lidelse og derved tabes den lidelsesfulde verden af syne. Med udgangspunkt i et igangværende forskningsprojekt i socialangstens fænomenologi viser jeg i denne artikel hvordan dette udgør et problem for fænomenologisk inter…
The Cultural Formulation Interview-Generating distance or alliance? A qualitative study of practice changes in Danish mental healthcare
This article presents provider experiences with the Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) in Danish mental healthcare for migrant patients. Semi-structured interviews with 17 providers and 20 recorded CFI sessions were analyzed with a constructivist grounded theory approach. Based on our empirical material, we endorse the CFI's ability to facilitate working alliance and a profound and contextually situated understanding of the patient. Further, th…
They are breaking us into pieces’: A longitudinal multi-method study on urban regeneration and place-based social relations among social housing residents in Denmark
Urban regeneration often intends to improve the physical, economic, and social environment of disadvantaged neighborhoods. However, evidence on the consequences of such interventions on place-based social relations is limited in Scandinavia. This study investigates the relationship between urban regeneration and diverse forms of place-based social relations among middle-aged and older social housing residents in Denmark. A longitudinal multi-meth…
Looking for places to be alone: Lived space in social anxiety disorder
In this paper, I elucidate how lived space is transformed in social anxiety disorder. The cognitive–behavioral framework that dominates the field conceptualizes the disorder as an intrapsychic dysfunction and sidelines concrete experience. The omnipresent sense of threat as it expresses itself “out there” in the patient’s experiential world thus remains unexplored. Looking to first-person descriptions of social anxiety, I argue that the felt pres…
Investigating the Role of Intercultural Mediators in Enhancing Asylum-Seeking Migrants’ Access to Health Care Services in Serbia
Migrants are especially susceptible to inequitable access to health care services and their access to health care may be further compromised by the tradition of informal patient payments in the Western Balkan countries. As a particularly vulnerable group, this study focused on the asylum-seeking migrants and the role of informal patient payments as an avenue for migrants’ health care access in Serbia. Qualitative interviews were conducted in Augu…
Struggling for a tomorrow: Lived time in social anxiety disorder
Psychology (18 works) · Medicine (16 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Political science (11 works) · Health care (10 works) · Nursing (10 works) · Qualitative research (10 works) · Gerontology (9 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (7 works) · Environmental health (6 works)