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search agenda. They are: 1) women and child health (3 groups), 2) living with
long-term disability (7 groups), 3) older adults with activity limitations and
participation restrictions (5 groups), 4) cancer nursing and palliative care (9
groups), and 5) health systems, policy, management, informatics, and economics
(8 groups). This thematic arrangement has been in place since 2008.
The report from KI is organized under the 5 core areas, and is very clear.
The statistics reports a body of 492 researchers, including 164 doctoral
students. The majority of individuals are women at all levels. The main
subject is nursing, followed by public health, then a range of therapies and
other subjects. Public health has received the bulk of external funding.
Quality of the research
Research in the Care Sciences at KI is well organized, well-funded, and supported
by a strong infrastructure. As might be expected from those conditions,
the quality of research is generally excellent. A variety of research
methods and approaches from small scale phenomenological studies to
population level quantitative studies are conducted. Several longitudinal
studies take advantage of the opportunities afforded by a national health
care system, and research takes place at every level of health concern, from
the experiences of individuals, to health care providers, to symptom management,
to policy. The groups at KI have developed a number of research
and assessment instruments with strong psychometric properties, some of
which have clinical use. Research addresses critical issues to health, health
care, and health care systems. Prevention, intervention, and management
are included in the research program, and novel means of intervention are
studied. Some of the work done provides evidence to support practice. The
PhD programme is very extensive, with responsibility reported for organizing
the national Post Graduate School in Care Sciences in 2001.
Work is published internationally in top ranked journals. In many there is evidence
of international collaborations and important empirical findings, and
also some evidence of theoretical and methodological innovation. Assessors’
views of the quality of publications across the five themes were as follows:
Women and child health. Important findings about maternal-infant bonding.
Published in leading specialist journals.
Living with long-term disability. Good quality papers on rehabilitation after
stroke, including involvement in systematic reviews published in the
Lancet.
Older adults with activity limitations and participation restrictions. Good
papers in specialist journals plus a contribution to a paper published in the
Lancet.
58 VETENSKAPSRÅDETS KARTLÄGGNING, UTVÄRDERING OCH REKOMMENDATIONER ANGÅENDE SVENSK VÅRDFORSKNING