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Isabel Goicolea

My research focuses on gender and health systems (especially sexual and reproductive health, violence against women and youth health) and innovative mixed methodologies research.

Contact

E-mail
isabel.goicolea@umu.se
Phone
+46 90 786 54 66

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

My research interests are in gender relations, men’s violence against women, young people’s health and sexual and reproductive rights. Currently involved in research on youths’ access to health care services in northern Sweden.

Young migrants' sexual rights in Sweden: a cross-sectional study
BMC Public Health, BioMed Central 2021, Vol. 21, (1)
Baroudi, Mazen; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; Goicolea, Isabel; et al.
Social workers' perspectives on barriers and facilitators in responding to intimate partner violence in primary health care in Spain
Health & Social Care in the Community
García-Quinto, Marta; Briones-Vozmediano, Erica; Otero-García, Laura; et al.
Precarious leisure in a teenage wasteland?: Intertwining discourses on responsibility and girls’ place-making in rural Northern Sweden
Journal of Youth Studies
Gotfredsen, Anne; Enlund, Desirée; Goicolea, Isabel; et al.
Strengthening Community Health Systems Through Novel eHealth Initiatives? Commencing a Realist Study of the Virtual Health Rooms in Rural Northern Sweden
International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Jonsson, Frida; Carson, Dean B.; Goicolea, Isabel; et al.
Power and subjectivity: Making sense of sexual consent among adults living in Sweden
NORA: Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, Routledge 2021, Vol. 29, (2) : 110-123
Linander, Ida; Goicolea, Isabel; Wiklund, Maria; et al.
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: A Policy Analysis of the Swedish Guidelines for Trans-Specific Healthcare
Sexuality Research & Social Policy, Springer 2021, Vol. 18, (2) : 309-320
Linander, Ida; Lauri, Marcus; Alm, Erika; et al.
Migration, sexuell hälsa och hiv/STI prevention: en sammanfattande rapport
Stockholm: Folkhälsomyndigheten 2020
Abrahamsson, Klara; Jonzon, Robert
" A One-size-fit-all model is not good"?: Ambivalent perceptions and experiences of African immigrant parents towards Swedsih sexual and reproductive health services for young people
BMC Research Notes, BioMed Central 2020, Vol. 13
Anyango, Cartrine; Nkulu Kalengayi, Faustine; Goicolea, Isabel; et al.
Access of Migrant Youths in Sweden to Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare: A Cross-sectional Survey
International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Baroudi, Mazen; Nkulu Kalengayi, Faustine; Goicolea, Isabel; et al.
The perception of youth health centres' friendliness: does it differ between immigrant and Swedish-Scandinavian youths?
European Journal of Public Health, Oxford University Press 2020, Vol. 30, (4) : 780-785
Baroudi, Mazen; San Sebastian, Miguel; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; et al.
Living with opioids: A qualitative study with patients with chronic low back pain
Health Expectations, John Wiley & Sons 2020, Vol. 23, (5) : 1118-1128
De Sola, Helena; Maquibar, Amaia; Failde, Inmaculada; et al.
Carving out space for collective action: a study on how girls respond to everyday stressors within leisure participation
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, Taylor & Francis 2020, Vol. 15, (1)
Gotfredsen, Anne Christina; Goicolea, Isabel; Landstedt, Evelina
Building collective power in citizen-led initiatives for health accountability in Guatemala: the role of networks
BMC Health Services Research, Springer Nature 2020, Vol. 20, (1)
Hernández, Alison; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; Goicolea, Isabel; et al.
“We believe in you, like really believe in you”: Initiating a realist study of (re)engagement initiatives for youth not in employment, education or training with experiences from northern Sweden
Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier 2020, Vol. 83
Jonsson, Frida; Goicolea, Isabel
Landscapes of care and despair for rural youth: a qualitative study in the northern Swedish 'periphery'
International Journal for Equity in Health, BioMed Central 2020, Vol. 19, (1)
Jonsson, Frida; Goicolea, Isabel; Christianson, Monica; et al.
Ett spektrum av sexuella samtycken: En intervjustudie om samtycke hos sexuellt aktiva vuxna
Folkhälsomyndigheten 2020
Linander, Ida; Strömbäck, Maria; Wiklund, Maria; et al.
Can sexual health interventions make community-based health systems more responsive to adolescents?: A realist informed study in rural Zambia
Reproductive Health, BMC 2020, Vol. 17, (1)
Mulubwa, Chama; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; Zulu, Joseph Mumba; et al.
Migration, sexuell hälsa och hiv- och STI-prevention: en kartläggning av unga migranters sexuella och reproduktiva hälsa och rättigheter i Sverige
Stockholm: Folkhälsomyndigheten 2020
Nkulu Kalengayi, Faustine; Goicolea, Isabel; Baroudi, Mazen; et al.
Assessing the youth-friendliness of youth clinics in northern Sweden: a survey analyzing the perspective of the youth
BMC Health Services Research, BioMed Central 2020, Vol. 20, (1)
Waenerlund, Anna-Karin; San Sebastian, Miguel; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; et al.
Acceptability of an economic support component to reduce early pregnancy and school dropout in Zambia: a qualitative case study
Global Health Action, Taylor & Francis 2019, Vol. 12, (1)
Banda, Emmanuel; Svanemyr, Joar; Sandoy, Ingvild Fossgard; et al.
Leishmaniasis patients' pilgrimage to access health care in rural Bolivia: a qualitative study using human rights to health approach
BMC International Health and Human Rights, BioMed Central 2019, Vol. 19, (1)
Eid, Daniel; San Sebastian, Miguel; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; et al.
Why do certain primary health care teams respond better to intimate partner violence than others?: A multiple case study
Gaceta Sanitaria, Bridgewater: Elsevier 2019, Vol. 33, (2) : 169-176
Goicolea, Isabel; Marchal, Bruno; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; et al.
Pathways to accountability in rural Guatemala: a qualitative comparative analysis of citizen-led initiatives for the right to health of indigenous populations
World Development, Elsevier 2019, Vol. 113 : 392-401
Hernandez, Alison; Lorena Ruano, Ana; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; et al.
"There is no reward penny for going out and picking up youths": issues in the design of accessible youth healthcare services in rural northern Sweden
BMC Research Notes, Vol. 12, (1)
Hultstrand Ahlin, Cecilia; Carson, Dean; Goicolea, Isabel
Rural-urban differences in health among youth in northern Sweden: an outcome-wide epidemiological approach
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Taylor & Francis 2019, Vol. 78
Jonsson, Frida; Goicolea, Isabel; San Sebastian, Miguel
'It was like I had to fit into a category': care-seekers' experiences of gender regulation in the Swedish trans-specific healthcare
Health, Sage Publications 2019, Vol. 23, (1) : 21-38
Linander, Ida; Alm, Erika; Goicolea, Isabel; et al.
(Un)safe spaces, affective labour and perceived health among people with trans experiences living in Sweden
Culture, Health and Sexuality, Routledge 2019, Vol. 21, (8) : 914-928
Linander, Ida; Goicolea, Isabel; Alm, Erika; et al.
Analysing training in gender-based violence for undergraduate nursing students in Spain: A mixed-methods study
Nurse Education Today, Elsevier 2019, Vol. 77 : 71-76
Maquibar, Amaia; Estalella, Itziar; Vives-Cases, Carmen; et al.
An asymmetric burden: experiences of men and women as caregivers of people with psycho-social disabilities in rural North India
Transcultural Psychiatry, Sage Publications 2019, Vol. 56, (1) : 76-102
Mathias, Kaaren; Kermode, Michelle; San Sebastian, Miguel; et al.
Sub-Saharan African immigrant women's experiences of (lack of) access to appropriate healthcare in the public health system in the Basque Country, Spain
International Journal for Equity in Health, BMC 2019, Vol. 18
Perez-Urdiales, Iratxe; Goicolea, Isabel; San Sebastian, Miguel; et al.
"Closer to the Unfair Reality": Magnitude and Spatial Analysis of Femicides in Ecuador
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
San Sebastian, Miguel; Vives-Cases, Carmen; Goicolea, Isabel
"Doctors ready to be posted are jobless on the street…" the deployment process and shortage of doctors in Tanzania.
Human Resources for Health, Vol. 17, (1)
Sirili, Nathanael; Frumence, Gasto; Kiwara, Angwara; et al.
Public private partnership in training of doctors after the 1990s' health sector reforms: the case of Tanzania
Human Resources for Health, BioMed Central 2019, Vol. 17
Sirili, Nathanael; Frumence, Gasto; Kiwara, Angwara; et al.
Access for all?: Assessing vertical and horizontal inequities in healthcare utilization among young people in northern Sweden
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 47
Wagenius, Cecilia M.; San Sebastian, Miguel; Gustafsson, Per E.; et al.
Health-Sector Responses to Intimate Partner Violence: fitting the Response Into the Biomedical Health System or Adapting the System to Meet the Response?
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Sage Publications 2018, Vol. 33, (10) : 1653-1678
Briones-Vozmediano, Erica; Maquibar, Amaia; Vives-Cases, Carmen; et al.
"The complaining women": health professionals' perceptions on patients with fibromyalgia in Spain
Disability and Rehabilitation, Taylor & Francis 2018, Vol. 40, (14) : 1679-1685
Briones-Vozmediano, Erica; Öhman, Ann; Goicolea, Isabel; et al.
Assessment of a Leishmaniasis Reporting System in Tropical Bolivia Using the Capture-Recapture Method
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2018, Vol. 98, (1) : 134-138
Eid, Daniel; Guzman-Rivero, Miguel; Rojas, Ernesto; et al.
Risk factors for cutaneous leishmaniasis in the rainforest of Bolivia: a cross-sectional study
Tropical Medicine and Health, Vol. 46
Eid, Daniel; Guzman-Rivero, Miguel; Rojas, Ernesto; et al.
El efecto del estado civil sobre las desigualdades sociales y de género en la mortalidad por diabetes mellitus en Andalucía
Endocrinología, Diabetes y Nutrición, Elsevier 2018, Vol. 65, (1) : 21-29
Escolar-Pujolar, Antonio; Córdoba Doña, Juan Antonio; Goicolea Julían, Isabel; et al.
Health care access for rural youth on equal terms?: A mixed methods study protocol in northern Sweden
International Journal for Equity in Health, BioMed Central 2018, Vol. 17
Goicolea, Isabel; Carson, Dean; San Sebastian, Miguel; et al.
Accessibility and factors associated with utilization of mental health services in youth health centers: a qualitative comparative analysis in northern Sweden
International Journal of Mental Health Systems, BioMed Central 2018, Vol. 12
Goicolea, Isabel; Hultstrand Ahlin, Cecilia; Waenerlund, Anna-Karin; et al.
An account for barriers and strategies in fulfilling women's right to quality maternal health care: a qualitative study from rural Tanzania
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, BioMed Central 2018, Vol. 18
John, Thomas Wiswa; Mkoka, Dickson Ally; Frumence, Gasto; et al.
Nursing students' discourses on gender-based violence and their training for a comprehensive healthcare response: A qualitative study.
Nurse Education Today, Churchill Livingstone 2018, Vol. 68 : 208-212
Maquibar, Amaia; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; Vives-Cases, Carmen; et al.
Social distance and community attitudes towards people with psycho-social disabilities in  Uttarakhand, India
Community mental health journal, Springer 2018, Vol. 54, (3) : 343-353
Mathias, Kaaren; Kermode, M.; Goicolea, Isabel; et al.
Strengthening community mental health competence: A realist informed case study from Dehradun, North India
Health & Social Care in the Community, WILEY 2018, Vol. 26, (1) : E179-E190
Mathias, Kaaren; Mathias, Jeph; Goicolea, Isabel; et al.
Factores asociados a la respuesta a la violencia del compañero íntimo en atención primaria de salud en España
Gaceta Sanitaria, Elsevier 2018, Vol. 32, (5) : 433-438
Murillo, Pilar; San Sebastian, Miguel; Vives-Cases, Carmen; et al.
Gender-based violence among people with disabilities is a neglected public health topic
Global Health Action, Vol. 11 : 97-100
Namatovu, Fredinah; Preet, Raman; Goicolea, Isabel
A qualitative study on primary health care responses to intimate partner violence during the economic crisis in Spain
European Journal of Public Health, Oxford University Press 2018, Vol. 28, (6) : 1000-1005
Otero-García, Laura; Briones-Vozmediano, Erica; Vives-Cases, Carmen; et al.
¿Cómo acceden las mujeres inmigrantes a los servicios sanitarios en el País Vasco?: Percepciones de profesionales sanitarias
Atención Primaria, Elsevier 2018, Vol. 50, (6) : 368-376
Pérez-Urdiales, Iratxe; Goicolea, Isabel
Free clinic utilisation by immigrants after the introduction of a restrictive health policy in the Basque Country (Spain)
Public Health, Saunders Elsevier 2018, Vol. 163 : 9-15
Pérez-Urdiales, Iratxe; San Sebastian, Miguel; Goicolea, Isabel
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Research groups

Group member
Norrland Observatory for Equity in Health and Health Care

Research projects

1 January 2021 until 31 December 2023
How can we support ‘NEET’ youth through neat interventions? A realist evaluation and implementation study of (re)engagement initiatives for young people not in employment, education or training
1 October 2020 until 30 September 2022
Support, empower and change: A qualitative study of the Young Women’s Empowerment Centers’ support and advocacy work
1 January 2020 until 31 December 2022
How does Integration of sexuality education in schools shape sexuality decisions among adolescents? A community based participatory research driven realist evaluation in Zambia
1 April 2019 until 30 April 2023
Strengthen service provision among people with disabilities that experience intimate-partner violence in Sweden (DIS-IPV)
1 January 2019 until 31 December 2021
How can mental health care services be integrated in youth clinics?
1 January 2019 until 31 December 2022
Young immigrants’ sexual rights and their access to sexual and reproductive health care in Sweden
1 January 2018 until 31 December 2020
Can mental health and health care be promoted among young prisoners in Cambodia?
1 January 2018 until 31 December 2019
Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) among young migrants in Sweden
1 January 2018 until 31 December 2020
Strengthening community-based health systems through e-health innovations?
1 January 2018 until 31 December 2020
Strengthening youth resilience and mental health in North India
Health and Medical care’s handling social issues

Isabel Goicolea, Professor in public health