Associate Professor

Gunilla Kulla

Department of Health and Caring sciences
Gunilla Kulla
Tel: +47 57 72 25 52
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VI, VIE2019
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Field of work

SKILLS: *NURSING *PUBLIC HEALTH *MIGRATION RESEARCH *PRACTICE RESEARCH

As nurse and public health nurse my interest is in public health education and research. Public health engages me both globally and locally.

Within my teaching and research, I focus on the older peoples’ health from an ageing and migration perspective. In addition, I am interested in opportunities for academia to collaborate with practice.  An exciting field of collaboration is the co-creation of education between academia and practice. Offering students opportunities for interesting learning is important. Therefore, my approach to teaching and research is to allow the persons to use their resources.

I teach master students in public health, health promotion and advanced clinical general nurses in community health care. 

Norwegian Forum for Global Health Research and COST-networks, 'NET4Age-Friendly' and 'Ethics in dementia' involves me internationally.

Courses taught

Public health and health promotion, Methods, Older peoples' health, patients with long-term health conditions. 

Research areas

Person-centered care, Welfare technology, Students' learning.  

Co-creation in practice research. Migration studies. Health services in mental health care. 

Research groups

Collaboration for better public health.  

https://www.hvl.no/forsking/gruppe/samhandling-for-bedre-folkehelse/

Publications

  • The integration experiences of older Finnish re-migrants: ‘Embraced by the Swedes … but Finland is my home country’

    Kulla, Gunilla, Appoh, Lily, Sarvimäki, Anneli (2024)
    Social Sciences & Humanities Open 2024 ;Volum 9.

  • Home living older adults' subjective perceptions, evaluation, and interpretations of various welfare technology: A systematic review of qualitative studies

    Pajalic, Zada, Olsen, Sofia E.Gustafsson, Hamre, Annabel, Strøm, Benedicte Sørensen, Clausen, Celine, Saplacan, Diana (2024)
    Public Health in Practice 2024 ;Volum 7. s. 1-10

  • Nursing students’ lived experiences of temporality in dementia care: A phenomenological study

    Kulla, Gunilla, Sarvimäki, Anneli (2024)
    Nordic journal of nursing research 2024 ;Volum 44.

  • What are the disadvantages of having a foreign background as a female academic and working at a university in Europe?

    Pajalic, Zada, Saplacan, Diana, Areskoug Josefsson, Kristina, Moen, Helga Wallin, Naustdal, Iril, Rao, Nima (2023)
    Social Sciences & Humanities Open 2023 ;Volum 8.(1)

  • Helsetenester for eldre med psykisk liding i Oslo og Sogn og Fjordane - ein kvalitativ studie av helsetenester

    Bale, Marte, Kulla, Gunilla, Holsen, Maria (2022)

  • Nursing Students’ Learning about Person-centred Dementia Care in a Nursing Home: A Qualitative Study

    Kulla, Gunilla, Slettebø, Åshild (2022)
    Nordic journal of nursing research 2022

  • Older Re-Migrants' Experiences of Integration and Exclusion – A Qualitative Study

    Kulla, Gunilla, Appoh, Lily, Ekman, Sirkka-Liisa, Sarvimäki, Anneli (2021)

  • Dannelse og samskaping av utdanning mellom akademia og sykehjem En kritisk etnografisk studie

    Kulla, Gunilla, Slettebø, Åshild (2020)
    Nordisk tidsskrift for helseforskning 2020 ;Volum 16.(2)

  • GLOBVAC 2020 Conference 13.-14.5.(Postponed Webinar fall 2020)

    Kulla, Gunilla (2020)

  • Perspektiver på tverrfaglig samarbeide og sosial innovasjon. Erfaringer fra prosjekt "SIS Sosial innovasjon i sykehjem"

    Kulla, Gunilla (2020)

  • Disability in global health

    Hatløy, Anne, Kulla, Gunilla (2019)

  • Det åpne sykehjem - sykepleiestudenters erfaringer av personsentrert omsorg

    Kulla, Gunilla, Røli, Kjell Harald (2019)

  • Hva er et godt sykehjem? : en samling av tekster fra livet i og omkring sykehjem : formidling fra prosjektet Sosial innovasjon i sykehjem

    Anvik, Cecilie Høj, Bjerkås, Silje, Brodtkorb, Kari, Dubland, Tove Olaug Åsemoen, Fredriksen, Marit, Hagh, Renate (2019)
    SIS : Sosial innovasjon i sykehjem.

  • God ledelse kan gi dem som bor på sykehjem en meningsfull hverdag

    Slettebø, Åshild, Kulla, Gunilla, Vedeler, Janikke Solstad, Wegener, Charlotte, Willumsen, Elisabeth (2019)
    www.forskning.no 2019

  • Et utviklingsprosjekt om personsentrert demensomsorg - sykepleiestudenters erfaringer

    Kulla, Gunilla, Slettebø, Åshild (2019)

  • Competence building for impact - time for revolution. The 2019 Conference in Global Health 2-3 April, 2019, Bergen, Norway

    Kulla, Gunilla (2019)

  • Presentasjon: Sosial innovasjon og lederskap, prosjekt SIS Sosial innovasjon i sykehjem

    Kulla, Gunilla (2019)

  • Nursing Students' Experiences of Person-Centered Care in Nursing Homes - An Action Learning Approach.

    Kulla, Gunilla (2018)

  • Presentation of project "Social Innovation in Nursing Homes". Nursing Students Experiences of Person-Centered Care.

    Kulla, Gunilla (2018)

  • Universiteter og innovasjon: Konseptualisering av innovasjon i universitetsutdanning-hva handler det egentlig om?

    Kulla, Gunilla (2018)

  • Akademia og praksis: Sykepleiestudenters erfaringer av personsentrert omsorg i sykehjem

    Røli, Kjell Harald, Kulla, Gunilla (2018)

  • Presentasjon av prosjekt: "Sosial innovasjon i sykehjem"

    Kulla, Gunilla (2017)

  • Promoting social innovation within institution-based elderly care – a research and practice based education approach (oral presentation)

    Kulla, Gunilla (2017)

  • Older Re-Migrants' Experiences of Integration and Inclusion from a Lifespan Perspective

    Kulla, G.E, Sarvimäki, A., Ekman, S-L (2017)
    Innovation in Aging 2017 ;Volum 1.

  • Att vara gammal - åldrandet ur ett psykosocialt perspektiv

    Kulla, Gunilla (2017)

  • Older Re-migrants' Experiences of Integration and Inclusion from a Lifespan Perspective

    Kulla, Gunilla, Sarvimäki, Anneli, Ekman, Sirkka-Liisa (2017)

  • Promoting social innovation within institution-based elderly care - a research and practice based education approach

    Kulla, Gunilla, Røli, Kjell Harald, Johnson, Ragnhild, Lo, Christian, Vedeler, Jannike, Robertson, Eva Katarina (2017)

  • Development of Dementia in Person with Down's syndrome - Challenges for Nursing.

    Kulla, Gunilla (2016)

  • Older People's Health in Nursing.

    Kulla, Gunilla (2016)

  • Social- och hälsovårdsområdets utbildning, framtid och innovationer.

    Kulla, Gunilla, Peltomäki, Pirjo, Palosaari, Sinikka, Fröjdö, Monika (2016)
    Yrkeshögskolan Novia. s. 43-51

  • Development of Dementia in Persons with Down's Syndrome-The caregivers'challenges

    Kackur, Anna-Lena, Kulla, Gunilla (2016)

  • Digitalization and humanization-Two sides of the same issue? -The Nordic Forum for Nurse Educators

    Kulla, Gunilla, Kullas-Nyman, Lisen, Nyback, Maj-Helen, Sandvik, Ann-Helén, Vikström, Iréne (2016)
    Vård i Fokus 2016 s. 20-23

  • Development of Dementia in Persons with Down's Syndrome

    Kackur, Anna-Lena, Kulla, Gunilla (2016)

  • VATA-palaute - Näkemyksiä projektioppimisesta, näyttöön perustuvasta työtavasta sekä ICF-luokituksen käytöstä

    Liljeroth, Pia, Hautala, Tiina, Teppo, Ulla, Kulla, Gunilla (2016)
    Arcada, Nylands svenska yrkeshögskola - Finland. s. 181-196

  • Lärdomar om migration och integration - Livsloppsintervjuer med äldre återflyttade sverigefinländare

    Kulla, Gunilla, Sarvimäki, Anneli, Ekman, Sirkka-Liisa (2016)

  • VATA-projektet vid Yrkeshögskolan Novia: Interprofessionella rehabiliterande arbetssätt och evidensbaserad praktik - pilotering av case i Vasa och Åbo

    Kulla, Gunilla, Liljeroth, Pia (2016)
    Arcada, Nylands svenska yrkeshögskola - Finland. s. 50-68

  • THE BEST AT HOME - project at Novia University of Applied Sciences (UAS)- nursing students participatory Project activities.

    Kulla, Gunilla, Hietanen, Anne (2015)

  • The VATA Project at Novia University of Applied Sciences (UAS) - Developing evidence-based inter-professional rehabilitating ways of working in social- and healthcare.

    Kulla, Gunilla, Liljeroth, Pia (2015)

  • VATA-PROJEKTET VID YRKESHÖGSKOLAN NOVIA - UTVECKLING AV EVIDENSBASERADE MÅNGPROFESSIONELLA REHABILITERANDE ARBETSSÄTT INOM SOCIAL- OCH HÄLSOVÅRDEN

    Liljeroth, Pia, Kulla, Gunilla (2015)

  • Evidensbaserad funktionsupprätthållande rehabilitering - Vasa Centralsjukhus som innovatör i sjukskötarstuderandes kompetensutveckling

    Kulla, Gunilla, Kullas-Nyman, Lisen, Gädda, Marlene, Granlund, Jeanette, Salmela, Susanne, Lehti, Anne-Mari (2015)

  • VATA-projektet-Utveckling av evidensbaserad praxis som stöder befolkningens funktionsförmåga

    Liljeroth, Pia, Kulla, Gunilla (2015)
    Vård i Fokus 2015 s. 24-28

  • Evidensbaserad funktionsupprätthållande rehabilitering - Vasa Centralsjukhus som innovatör i sjukskötarstuderandes kompetensutveckling.

    Kulla, Gunilla, Lehti, Anne-Mari, Salmela, Susanne (2015)

  • VAIKUTTAVAT TAVAT (VATA) - PROJEKTET: MÅNGPROFESSIONELLT REHABILITERANDE ARBETSSATT I VÅRD- OCH OMSORG - GENOM YRKESHÖGSKOLESTUDERANDENS ENGAGEMANG

    Kulla, Gunilla, Liljeroth, Pia (2014)

  • A Nordic Network Project GEROPROFFS - advanced clinical geriatric care in the nordic countries

    Ahonen, Pia, Kulla, Gunilla, Fagerström, Lisbeth, Skovdahl, Kirsti, Larsen, Reidun, Blix, Ellen Støre (2010)

  • An optimal future care for older people in the Nordic countries

    Finnbakk, Elisabeth Bell, Skovdahl, Kirsti, Fagerström, Lisbeth, Olesen, Anne Mette, Store Blix, Ellen, Larsen, Reidun (2010)
    Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN) 2010 ;Volum 19. s. 127-127

  • Differences in self-rated health among older immigrants - a comparison between older Finland-Swedes and Finns in Sweden.

    Kulla, Gunilla, Ekman, Sirkka-Liisa, Heikkilä, Kristiina, Sarvimäki, Anneli (2010)
    Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2010

  • Experiental Health form an Ageing and Migration Perspective: The Case of Older Finland-Swedes

    Kulla, Gunilla, Ekman, Sirkka-Liisa, Sarvimäki, Anneli (2008)
    Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 2008

  • Health resources and health strategies among older Swedish-speaking Finns - a hermeneutic study

    Kulla, Gunilla, Sarvimäki, Anneli, Fagerström, Lisbeth (2006)
    Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 2006