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Isabel Goicolea

Professor of Public Health

Responsible for Research Education

Research qualifications: Docent

Works at

Affiliation
Professor at Department of Epidemiology and Global Health Role: Director of studies
Location
5B, Målpunkt P, Försörjningsvägen 7 B, Norrlands universitetssjukhus Epidemiologi och global hälsa, Umeå Universitet, 90185 Umeå

I am a professor in public health, and responsible for PhD education at the Department.

My research focuses on two main areas: youth health and gender-based violence. I am a medical doctor by background, and before getting into academia worked for several years with community health workers and in the promotion of sexual and reproductive health and rights.

I lead and I am involved in several research projects. In the area of youth health, I am leading a project funded by FORTE and the Public Health Agency of Sweden that analyses Swedish youth clinics’ work on mental (ill) health. In Zambia I participate in a project analysing how to make community-based health systems more responsive towards young people’s sexual and reproductive health needs. In the area of gender-based violence I lead a project in Sweden analysing what we call ‘question center responses to gender-based violence’ within social services and I participate in two projects: one analysing the feminist support online provided by the women empowerment centers and another one analysing violence against people with disabilities and existing support systems. I lead a project on feminist advocacy for safe abortion in Bolivia and Ecuador, and I am also involved in a project on gender-based violence and disabilities in Uganda.

In addition to my own research a very important part of my work is also supervising PhD students, and teaching. My teaching focuses on qualitative methodologies for public health research - we offer different courses both online and on campus, and at master and PhD level, and on gendered violence, health and healthcare - we offer an online course that can be taken both as a PhD courses and as a single subject course. 

Affilia, Sage Publications 2024, Vol. 39, (2) : 214-228
Bäckström Olofsson, Hanna; Goicolea, Isabel
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, Taylor & Francis 2024, Vol. 19, (1)
Goicolea, Isabel; Richter Sundberg, Linda; Wiklund, Maria; et al.
BMC Public Health, BioMed Central (BMC) 2024, Vol. 24, (1)
Mulubwa, Chama; Zulu, Joseph Mumba; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; et al.
BMC Health Services Research, BioMed Central (BMC) 2024, Vol. 24
Richter Sundberg, Linda; Gotfredsen, Anne; Christianson, Monica; et al.
BMC Public Health, BioMed Central (BMC) 2023, Vol. 23, (1)
Amani, Paul Joseph; San Sebastian, Miguel; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; et al.
BMC Women's Health, BioMed Central (BMC) 2023, Vol. 23, (1)
Anyango, Cartrine; Goicolea, Isabel; Namatovu, Fredinah
Journal of Migration and Health, Elsevier 2023, Vol. 7
Baroudi, Mazen; Goicolea, Isabel; Hurtig, Anna-Karin
Journal of Gender-Based Violence, Bristol University Press 2023, Vol. 7, (3) : 467-482
Goicolea, Isabel; Bäckström, Hanna; Lauri, Marcus; et al.
Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer 2023, Vol. 24 : 695-713
Goicolea, Isabel; Gotfredsen, Anne; Jonsson, Frida; et al.
Health Research Policy and Systems, BioMed Central (BMC) 2023, Vol. 21, (1)
Malizgani, Chavula Paul; Zulu, Joseph Mumba; Goicolea, Isabel; et al.
BMC Public Health, BioMed Central 2022, Vol. 22, (1)
Baroudi, Mazen; Goicolea, Isabel; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; et al.
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2022, Vol. 11, (3) : 287-298
Baroudi, Mazen; Nkulu Kalengayi, Faustine; Goicolea, Isabel; et al.
Health & Social Care in the Community, John Wiley & Sons 2022, Vol. 30, (1) : 102-113
García-Quinto, Marta; Briones-Vozmediano, Erica; Otero-García, Laura; et al.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, MDPI 2022, Vol. 19, (22)
Goicolea, Isabel; Vives-Cases, Carmen; Castellanos-Torres, Esther; et al.
BMC Health Services Research, BioMed Central 2022, Vol. 22, (1)
Goicolea, Isabel; Wiklund, Maria; Linander, Ida; et al.
Journal of Youth Studies, Routledge 2022, Vol. 25, (10) : 1350-1366
Gotfredsen, Anne; Enlund, Desirée; Goicolea, Isabel; et al.
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, Vol. 11, (1) : 39-48
Jonsson, Frida; Carson, Dean B.; Goicolea, Isabel; et al.
Journal of Applied Youth Studies
Jonsson, Frida; Goicolea, Isabel; Hjelte, Jan; et al.
BMC Research Notes, BioMed Central 2022, Vol. 15, (1)
Jonsson, Frida; Gotfredsen, Anne C.; Goicolea, Isabel
BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2022, Vol. 12, (2)
Mathias, Kaaren; Nayak, Prabhudutt; Singh, Pratibha; et al.
International Journal for Equity in Health, BioMed Central 2022, Vol. 21, (1)
Mulubwa, Chama; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; Zulu, Joseph Mumba; et al.
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, Kerman University of Medical Science 2022, Vol. 11, (1) : 9-16
Schneider, Helen; Olivier, Jill; Orgill, Marsha; et al.
BMC Health Services Research, BioMed Central 2021, Vol. 21, (1)
Amani, Paul Joseph; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; Frumence, Gasto; et al.
BMC Public Health, BioMed Central 2021, Vol. 21, (1)
Baroudi, Mazen; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; Goicolea, Isabel; et al.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Sage Publications 2021, Vol. 36, (19-20) : NP10433-NP10452
Briones-Vozmediano, E.; Castellanos-Torres, E.; Goicolea, Isabel; et al.
BMC Public Health, BioMed Central 2021, Vol. 21
Jonsson, Frida; Christianson, Monica; Wiklund, Maria; et al.
NORA: Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, Routledge 2021, Vol. 29, (2) : 110-123
Linander, Ida; Goicolea, Isabel; Wiklund, Maria; et al.
Sexuality Research & Social Policy, Springer 2021, Vol. 18, (2) : 309-320
Linander, Ida; Lauri, Marcus; Alm, Erika; et al.
BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2021, Vol. 11, (10) : e048922-e048922
Richter Sundberg, Linda; Christianson, Monica; Wiklund, Maria; et al.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Sage Publications 2021, Vol. 36, (17-18) : NP9982-NP9993
San Sebastian, Miguel; Vives-Cases, Carmen; Goicolea, Isabel
Stockholm: Folkhälsomyndigheten 2020
Abrahamsson, Klara; Jonzon, Robert
BMC Research Notes, BioMed Central (BMC) 2020, Vol. 13
Anyango, Cartrine; Nkulu Kalengayi, Faustine; Goicolea, Isabel; et al.
European Journal of Public Health, Oxford University Press 2020, Vol. 30, (4) : 780-785
Baroudi, Mazen; San Sebastian, Miguel; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; et al.
Health Expectations, John Wiley & Sons 2020, Vol. 23, (5) : 1118-1128
De Sola, Helena; Maquibar, Amaia; Failde, Inmaculada; et al.
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, Taylor & Francis 2020, Vol. 15, (1)
Gotfredsen, Anne Christina; Goicolea, Isabel; Landstedt, Evelina
BMC Health Services Research, Springer Nature 2020, Vol. 20, (1)
Hernández, Alison; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; Goicolea, Isabel; et al.
International Journal for Equity in Health, BioMed Central 2020, Vol. 19, (1)
Jonsson, Frida; Goicolea, Isabel; Christianson, Monica; et al.
Folkhälsomyndigheten 2020
Linander, Ida; Strömbäck, Maria; Wiklund, Maria; et al.
Reproductive Health, BMC 2020, Vol. 17, (1)
Mulubwa, Chama; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; Zulu, Joseph Mumba; et al.
Stockholm: Folkhälsomyndigheten 2020
Nkulu Kalengayi, Faustine; Goicolea, Isabel; Baroudi, Mazen; et al.
BMC Health Services Research, BioMed Central 2020, Vol. 20, (1)
Waenerlund, Anna-Karin; San Sebastian, Miguel; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; et al.
Global Health Action, Taylor & Francis 2019, Vol. 12, (1)
Banda, Emmanuel; Svanemyr, Joar; Sandoy, Ingvild Fossgard; et al.
BMC International Health and Human Rights, BioMed Central 2019, Vol. 19, (1)
Eid, Daniel; San Sebastian, Miguel; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; et al.
Gaceta Sanitaria, Bridgewater: Elsevier 2019, Vol. 33, (2) : 169-176
Goicolea, Isabel; Marchal, Bruno; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; et al.
World Development, Elsevier 2019, Vol. 113 : 392-401
Hernandez, Alison; Lorena Ruano, Ana; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; et al.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Taylor & Francis 2019, Vol. 78
Jonsson, Frida; Goicolea, Isabel; San Sebastian, Miguel

Research projects

My teaching focuses on qualitative methodologies in public health at the master and PhD level, and on gender-based violence, health and healthcare. I also teach gender within public health and realist evaluation.

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Isabel Goicolea, Professor in public health