Karin Enskär
Professor at Department of Women's and Children's Health; Clinical and translational research in pediatric oncology
- E-mail:
- karin.enskar@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1 tr
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 UPPSALA
Short presentation
Karin Enskär is a Professor of Paediatric Nursing at the Department of Women´s and Children´s Health, combined with employment as a Specialist Nurse at Uppsala University Hospital. Her research mainly concerns: Nursing care of children with cancer, Stress and pain during medical procedures, Children as next of kin, and Child and School Health services.
Biography
Karin Enskär is a Professor of Paediatric Nursing at the Department of Women´s and Children´s Health Uppsala University, combined with employment as a Specialist Nurse at Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden, since 2021. Her research and teaching concerns Children´s and young people´s health, Nursing of sick children and their families, as Caring, Quality of life, Pain management, and Children´s rights. Also, supervision of papers and dissertations.
Karin Enskär´s doctoral dissertation, presented at Linköping University in 1997, concerned the experience of life situation in children and adolescents with cancer and their families. Her present research mainly concerns different aspects of nursing of children with cancer and their families. She is collaborating with researchers from China, Singapore, South Africa, USA and Sweden. She is also supervising colleagues and postgraduate students in a variety of studies, such as Everyday life and nursing care of children with cancer and other long-term diseases, Stress and pain during medical procedures for children, Children as next of kin to a sick parent, Nursing care in Child and School Health services. Karin Enskär is often engaged as reviewer for pre-reviewed journals and on examination boards and the boards of foundations.

Publications
Recent publications
Part of Critical Public Health, 2026
- DOI for "Good and equitable health": a critical analysis of equity discourses in Swedish regional action plans for mental health
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Steps Toward Justice: a model for equitable involvement of young people in mental health promotion
Part of Frontiers in Public Health, 2025
- DOI for Steps Toward Justice: a model for equitable involvement of young people in mental health promotion
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Healthcare professionals’ attitudes to animal assisted activity with dogs in paediatric care
Part of Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, p. 101952-101952, 2025
School Nurses’ Experiences of the School-Based HPV Vaccination Program – A Decade Later
Part of Journal of School Nursing, 2025
Part of European Journal of Oncology Nursing, p. 102853-102853, 2025
All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Critical Public Health, 2026
- DOI for "Good and equitable health": a critical analysis of equity discourses in Swedish regional action plans for mental health
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Steps Toward Justice: a model for equitable involvement of young people in mental health promotion
Part of Frontiers in Public Health, 2025
- DOI for Steps Toward Justice: a model for equitable involvement of young people in mental health promotion
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Healthcare professionals’ attitudes to animal assisted activity with dogs in paediatric care
Part of Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, p. 101952-101952, 2025
School Nurses’ Experiences of the School-Based HPV Vaccination Program – A Decade Later
Part of Journal of School Nursing, 2025
Part of European Journal of Oncology Nursing, p. 102853-102853, 2025
Part of BMC Public Health, 2025
Part of European Journal of Oncology Nursing, p. 102780-102780, 2025
School Nurses’ Experiences of the School-Based HPV Vaccination Program – A Decade Later
Part of Journal of School Nursing, 2025
Part of European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2025
- DOI for Siblings' lived experiences of transitions between hospital and home in paediatric oncology: A qualitative study
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Part of European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2025
Part of BMC Public Health, 2025
- DOI for Young people's proposals for tackling everyday challenges in order to improve mental health: a qualitative comparison study based on different socioeconomic neighborhoods
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Part of BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2024
- DOI for Comparative efficacy of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for mitigating pain and anxiety associated with venipuncture: a randomised controlled trial
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School children's perceptions about being offered the HPV vaccination: A focus group study
Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 1672-1678, 2024
- DOI for School children's perceptions about being offered the HPV vaccination: A focus group study
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Part of Acta Psychologica, 2024
- DOI for Exploring the relationship between depressive symptoms, problematic smartphone use, and cumulative risk factors in nursing students: A cross sectional study
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Part of BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2024
- DOI for Comparative efficacy of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for mitigating pain and anxiety associated with venipuncture: a randomised controlled trial
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Part of Children & society, p. 228-244, 2024
- DOI for Exploring young people's experiences of race, gender and socioeconomic status in relation to everyday challenges: A focus group study
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Conceptualizing adolescents' everyday stressors to underscore areas for support
Part of Frontiers in Education, 2024
- DOI for Conceptualizing adolescents' everyday stressors to underscore areas for support
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Part of BMJ Open, 2024
- DOI for Children's participation in the development, use and evaluation of support interventions for children of a parent diagnosed with cancer: a scoping review protocol
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Part of European Journal of Pediatrics, p. 113-122, 2024
- DOI for Comparison of trace image colors for kids-book with two active distractions in reducing pain and fear of children during the venipuncture procedure
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Part of European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2024
- DOI for Comparing the use of colored Trace Images in Kids' Books with passive distractions to decrease pain and fear during cannulation in children: A randomized clinical trial
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Children's interaction with a dog when having Animal Assisted Activity in paediatric hospital care
Part of Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 2023
- DOI for Children's interaction with a dog when having Animal Assisted Activity in paediatric hospital care
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Part of Vaccines, 2023
- DOI for Barriers in the School-Based Pan-Gender HPV Vaccination Program in Sweden: Healthcare Providers' Perspective
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Part of Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 2023
- DOI for Everyday life during the childhood cancer trajectory: Childhood cancer survivors' descriptions of the role of caring support
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Perceptions of health among school-aged children living in socially vulnerable areas in Sweden
Part of Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
- DOI for Perceptions of health among school-aged children living in socially vulnerable areas in Sweden
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Part of Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nursing, p. 178-187, 2023
- DOI for Nurses' Perceptions of the Impact of a National Educational Program in Pediatric Oncology Nursing: A Cross-Sectional Evaluation
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Patterns of smartphone usage associated with depressive symptoms in nursing students
Part of Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
- DOI for Patterns of smartphone usage associated with depressive symptoms in nursing students
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Part of Nursing Open, p. 630-640, 2023
- DOI for Factors associated with posttraumatic growth among spouses of women diagnosed with gynaecological cancer: A cross-sectional study
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Part of Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 2022
Part of PERIOPERATIVE CARE AND OPERATING ROOM MANAGEMENT, 2022
The Need for Parental Support for Migrant Parents in Transition Into Sweden: A Perspective
Part of Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
- DOI for The Need for Parental Support for Migrant Parents in Transition Into Sweden: A Perspective
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Part of Belitung Nursing Journal, p. 213-221, 2022
- DOI for Effectiveness of art-based distraction in reducing pain and anxiety of hospitalized children during cannulation procedure: A randomized controlled trial
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Part of Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 2021
- DOI for Using ICF to Describe Problems With Functioning in Everyday Life for Children Who Completed Treatment for Brain Tumor: An Analysis Based on Professionals' Documentation
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Part of European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2021
The meaning of being a visiting child of a seriously ill parent receiving care at the ICU
Part of International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 2021
- DOI for The meaning of being a visiting child of a seriously ill parent receiving care at the ICU
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Part of European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2021
Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 2833-2841, 2021
- DOI for Child health professionals' experiences of the introduction and successful implementation of rotavirus vaccination in Sweden
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Part of Child Care Health and Development, p. 57-69, 2020
- DOI for Safe environments—Through the eyes of 9‐year‐old schoolchildren from a socially vulnerable area in Sweden
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Articles, review/survey
Nursing interventions for pediatric patients with cancer and their families: A scoping review
Part of International Journal of Nursing Studies, 2024
- DOI for Nursing interventions for pediatric patients with cancer and their families: A scoping review
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Part of JBI Evidence Synthesis, p. 1903-1909, 2023
Part of Pielegniarstwo XXI wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century, p. 264-272, 2023
- DOI for A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of art-based psychological distraction on school-aged children's pain and anxiety during painful procedures
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