Maria Romare Strandh

Affiliated Researcher at Department of Women's and Children's Health; Medical psychology and care science

E-mail:: maria.romare.strandh@uu.se
Visiting address:: MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1 tr
752 37 Uppsala
Postal address:: Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 UPPSALA

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Hi! I'm a researcher at the Department for Women's and Children's Health and my research focuses on parenting and mental health when a parent has been diagnosed with cancer.

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I defended my thesis "Navigating parenting and cancer: Understanding parenting concerns, challenges, and supporting psychological well-being in parents with cancer" in June 2025. During my PhD I was also a part of the WOMHER research school.

Read more about the CONNECTED-project that I am part of here: https://www.connectedprojektet.com/

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Psychosocial interventions targeting parenting distress among parents with cancer: A systematic review and narrative synthesis of available interventions

Romare Strandh, Maria; Hovén, Emma; Sörensdotter, Renita; Stålberg, Karin et al.

Part of Critical reviews in oncology/hematology, 2023
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Implementing School-Based Mental Health Services: A Scoping Review of the Literature Summarizing the Factors That Affect Implementation

Richter, Anne; Sjunnestrand, My; Romare Strandh, Maria; Hasson, Henna

Part of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
- DOI for Implementing School-Based Mental Health Services: A Scoping Review of the Literature Summarizing the Factors That Affect Implementation
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Comprehensive doctoral thesis

Navigating parenting and cancer: Understanding parenting concerns, challenges, and supporting psychological well-being in parents with cancer

Romare Strandh, Maria

2025
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Manuscripts (preprints)

A feasibility study of affect-focused psychodynamic psychotherapy for mothers diagnosed with cancer

Romare Strandh, Maria; Kuylenstierna, Astrid; Melzi, Greta; Lindman, Henrik et al.