Johanna Falck
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Johanna Falck is a Ph.D. student in Health and Care Sciences at the Research School of Health and Welfare and a lecturer at the School of Health and Welfare, and also a member of the center Jönköping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare.
Johanna's research concerns lipoedema, a chronic disease characterized by painful enlargement of subcutaneous fat. Lipoedema almost exclusively affects women during hormonal influence and has a negative impact on health and quality of life. Research on lipoedema is sparse, and the affected women pay low attention to healthcare. The thesis aims to gain a more profound knowledge of lipoedema by studying health, quality of life, and experiences of support, care, and treatment among the affected women. Main supervisor is professor Jan Mårtensson.
Biography
Johanna is a reg. specialist nurse and midwife and has a for many years combined her clinical work with leadership in the development and improvements of health care.
Publications
Article
Falck, J., Rolander, B., Nygårdh, A., Jonasson, L-L., Mårtensson, J. (2022). Women with lipoedema: a national survey on their health, health-related quality of life and sense of coherence. BMC Women´s Health, 22:457. More information
Hammarlund, K., Falck, J., Lind, J., Thorstensson, S. (2015). Meeting and supporting students who have parents with mental ill-health. British Journal of School Nursing, 10(4), 182–187. More information
Petersson, C., Falck, J., Lundquist, M., Fredholm Ståhl, y. (2022). Measuring school children´s experiences of the school health services in Sweden: a pilot study. British Journal och Child Health, 3(3), 67-74. More information
Conference paper
Falck, J., Rolander, B., Nygårdh, A., Jonasson, L., Mårtensson, J. (2023). Experiences of healthcare and treatments in women with lipedema - results from a Swedish national survey. FDRS 2023 Conference, 14-16 April 2023, Atlanta, USA.
Falck, J., Nygårdh, A., Rolander, B., Jonasson, L., Mårtensson, J. (2023). Healthcare experiences, health-related stigma, and social support among Swedish women with lipoedema – results from a national survey. Lipedema World Congress, 5-7 October 2023, Potsdam, Germany. More information