Lena Uvhagen
Position: Doctoral Student School/office: School of Health SciencesEmail: lena.uvhagen@oru.se
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About Lena Uvhagen
Lena Uvhagen has her educational background in public health and is currently a doctoral student at the University Health Care Research Center, Region Örebro County.
Lena's research focuses on various aspects of young people's mental health. The thesis work focuses on how the degree of mental well-being in adolescents has changed over time, how the mental well-being is distributed between different groups, and different aspects of measuring mental health.
Previously, Lena has worked as a project manager and development manager in public health issues and education issues within Regional Development, and as strategic support and organisational development support within municipal social services.
Publications
Conference papers
- Söderqvist, F. & Uvhagen, L. (2023). Assessing the mental health among adolescents using a two continua model approach. In: European Journal of Public Health. Paper presented at 16th European Public Health Conference: Our Food, Our Health, Our Earth: A Sustainable Future for Humanity, Dublin, Ireland, November 8–11, 2023. (pp. ii105-ii105). Oxford University Press.
- Uvhagen, L. & Söderqvist, F. (2023). Mental health in Swedish adolescents prior to and three years after the Covid-19 outbreak. In: European Journal of Public Health. Paper presented at 16th European Public Health Conference: Our Food, Our Health, Our Earth: A Sustainable Future for Humanity, Dublin, Ireland, November 8–11, 2023. (pp. ii105-ii106). Oxford University Press.