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Maria Wiklund

lecturer and docent, with interdisciplinary research focus on public health science, medical sociology, as well as gender-theoretical and socio-cultural perspectives on the body, movement and health.

Research qualifications: Docent
Educational qualifications: Distinguished university teacher
0000-0001-6636-9597

Contact

E-mail
maria.e.wiklund@umu.se
Phone
+46 90 786 50 84

Works as

Affiliation
Associate professor at Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation Section: Physiotherapy
Location
Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå
Postpartum work ability among women with severe perineal trauma at childbirth: an exploratory cross-sectional pilot study in Sweden
Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare, Vol. 47
Tjernström, Katharina; Holmberg, Henrik; Edvardsson, Kristina; et al.
Beyond the physical: exploring the complexities of Women’s health after severe perineal trauma: a cross-sectional study on predictors of health-related quality of life in Sweden
Frontiers in Global Women's Health, Frontiers Media S.A. 2026, Vol. 7
Tjernström, Katharina; Lindberg, Inger; Wiklund, Maria; et al.
Kropp och hälsa
Feministiskt tänkande och sociologi: teorier, begrepp och tillämpningar, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2025 : 171-193
Bengs, Carita; Wiklund, Maria
Negotiating a physically active life in tune with ageing: a grounded theory study of older persons’ experiences of participating in high-intensity interval training
BMC Geriatrics, BioMed Central (BMC) 2025, Vol. 25, (1)
Fridberg, Helena; Wiklund, Maria; Snellman, Fredrik; et al.
Supramaximal high-intensity interval training for older adults in a community setting: a pragmatic feasibility study
European Review of Aging and Physical Activity, BioMed Central (BMC) 2025, Vol. 22, (1)
Frykholm, Erik; Pettersson, Beatrice; Hedlund, Mattias; et al.
Physical activity on prescription “not a quick fix”: school nurses’ experiences of promoting and tailoring physical activity to children in Swedish compulsory school
Journal of School Nursing, Sage Publications 2025, Vol. 41, (3) : 316-324
Wiklund, Emelie; Wiklund, Maria; Hedenborg, Susanna
Widening the scope of mental health with a 'youth centred' approach: a qualitative study involving health care professionals in Sweden’s youth clinics
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.
Exploring cross-boundary collaborationfor youth mental health in Sweden: a qualitative study using the integrativeframework for collaborative governance
BMC Health Services Research, BioMed Central (BMC) 2024, Vol. 24
Richter Sundberg, Linda; Gotfredsen, Anne; Christianson, Monica; et al.
Overlooked by the obstetric gaze - how women with persistent health problems due to severe perineal trauma experience encounters with healthcare services: a qualitative study
BMC Health Services Research, BioMed Central (BMC) 2024, Vol. 24, (1)
Tjernström, Katharina; Lindberg, Inger; Wiklund, Maria; et al.
Facilitators and barriers in interprofessional collaboration around physical activity on prescription: a focus group study in a Swedish school setting
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, Frontiers Media S.A. 2024, Vol. 6
Wiklund, Emelie; Vikman, Jenny; Wiklund, Maria; et al.
"A constant battle against sedentary lifestyle and screen time": Swedish school nurses' views on school children's physical activity and its promotion - a grounded theory study
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, Frontiers Media S.A. 2024, Vol. 6
Wiklund, Emelie; Wiklund, Maria; Vikman, Jenny; et al.
Thinking and re-thinking: a qualitative study of university teachers' perspectives on the development process for a new online interprofessional education curriculum in a Swedish higher education institution
Nordic Studies in Education, Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2023, Vol. 43, (3) : 225-240
Einarsson, Sandra; Johansson, Anna; Kautto, Ethel; et al.
Negotiating the ambiguity of an (in)authentic working life: a grounded theory study into severe perineal trauma
BMC Women's Health, BioMed Central (BMC) 2023, Vol. 23, (1)
Tjernström, Katharina; Lindberg, Inger; Wiklund, Maria; et al.
Living (dys)regulated and alienated young masculinity: young men's embodied experiences of mental disorders and suicidality
Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, John Wiley & Sons 2023, Vol. 23, (4) : 893-905
Åhlander, Anna; Strömbäck, Maria; Sandlund, Jonas; et al.
Protecting, managing and bending boundaries: a biomedicalization perspective on Swedish youth clinics’ responses to mental (ill) health
BMC Health Services Research, BioMed Central 2022, Vol. 22, (1)
Goicolea, Isabel; Wiklund, Maria; Linander, Ida; et al.
Disrupted knee – disrupted me: a strenuous process of regaining balance in the aftermath of an anterior cruciate ligament injury
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, BioMed Central 2022, Vol. 23, (1)
Karlström, Josefin; Wiklund, Maria; Tengman, Eva
”Att bara få finnas, utforska eller prata om det”: unga transpersoners egna erfarenheter av stärkande faktorer för den psykiska hälsan
"Jag är inte ensam, det finns andra som jag": unga hbtqi-personers levnadsvillkor, Växjö: Myndigheten för ungdoms- och civilsamhällesfrågor 2022 : 89-113
Linander, Ida; Wiklund, Maria
Gender matters in physiotherapy
Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, Taylor & Francis 2022, Vol. 38, (13) : 2316-2329
Stenberg, Gunilla; Fjellman-Wiklund, Anncristine; Strömbäck, Maria; et al.
A safe place – adolescents' and young adults' perceptions of youth clinics in northern Sweden
Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare, Elsevier 2022, Vol. 33
Thomson, Anna; Christensen, Ellen; Wiklund, Maria; et al.
Enhanced Capacity to Act: Managers' Perspectives When Participating in a Dialogue-Based Workplace Intervention for Employee Return to Work
Journal of occupational rehabilitation, Springer 2021, Vol. 31, (2) : 263-274
Eskilsson, Therese; Norlund, Sofia; Lehti, Arja; et al.
Collective imaginaries of caring landscapes for rural youth: a concept mapping study in northern Sweden
BMC Public Health, BioMed Central 2021, Vol. 21
Jonsson, Frida; Christianson, Monica; Wiklund, Maria; 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.
Older adults’ experiences of behavior change support in a digital fall prevention exercise program: A qualitative study framed by the self-determination theory
Journal of Medical Internet Research, JMIR Publications 2021, Vol. 23, (7)
Pettersson, Beatrice; Janols, Rebecka; Wiklund, Maria; et al.
How can we strengthen mental health services in Swedish youth clinics? A health policy and systems study protocol
BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2021, Vol. 11, (10) : e048922-e048922
Richter Sundberg, Linda; Christianson, Monica; Wiklund, Maria; et al.
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.
Enhancing confidence or coping with stigma in an ambiguous interaction with primary care: a qualitative study of people with COPD
COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Taylor & Francis 2020, Vol. 17, (5) : 533-542
Lundell, Sara; Wadell, Karin; Wiklund, Maria; et al.
Co-Creation with Older Adults to Improve User-Experience of a Smartphone Self-Test Application to Assess Balance Function
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, MDPI 2020, Vol. 17, (11)
Månsson, Linda; Wiklund, Maria; Öhberg, Fredrik; 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.
"Managing pieces of a personal puzzle': Older people's experiences of self-management falls prevention exercise guided by a digital program or a booklet
BMC Geriatrics, BioMed Central 2019, Vol. 19
Pettersson, Beatrice; Wiklund, Maria; Janols, Rebecka; et al.
'Strong is the new skinny': navigating fitness hype among teenagers in northern Sweden
Sport, Education and Society, Abingdon: Routledge 2019, Vol. 24, (5) : 441-454
Wiklund, Emelie; Jonsson, Emma; Coe, Anna-Britt; et al.
Theorising women's health and health inequalities: shaping processes of the 'gender-biology nexus'.
Global Health Action, Vol. 11, (sup3) : 1-10
Annandale, Ellen; Wiklund, Maria; Hammarström, Anne
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 (BMC) 2018, Vol. 12
Goicolea, Isabel; Hultstrand Ahlin, Cecilia; Waenerlund, Anna-Karin; et al.
Interacting with primary care - experiences of patients with COPD. A qualitative study
European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Society 2018, Vol. 52
Lundell, Sara; Wadell, Karin; Wiklund, Maria; et al.
Usefulness and relevance of an eHealth Tool in supporting the self-management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: explorative qualitative study of a cocreative process
JMIR Human Factors, Vol. 5, (4)
Tistad, Malin; Lundell, Sara; Wiklund, Maria; et al.
Constructing respectability from disfavoured social positions: exploring young femininities and health as shaped by marginalisation and social context. A qualitative study in Northern Sweden
Global Health Action, Taylor & Francis Group 2018, Vol. 11, (sup3)
Wiklund, Maria; Ahlgren, Christina; Hammarström, Anne
Physiotherapeutic interventions and physical activity for children in Northern Sweden with cerebral palsy: a register study from equity and gender perspectives
Global Health Action, Vol. 10
Degerstedt, Frida; Wiklund, Maria; Enberg, Birgit
Walking down 'Via Dolorosa' from primary health care to the specialty pain clinic: patient and professional perceptions of inequity in rehabilitation of chronic pain
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, Vol. 31, (1) : 45-53
Lehti, Arja; Fjellman-Wiklund, Anncristine; Stålnacke, Britt-Marie; et al.
Building COPD care on shaky ground: a mixed methods study from Swedish primary care professional perspective
BMC Health Services Research, BioMed Central 2017, Vol. 17
Lundell, Sara; Tistad, Malin; Rehn, Börje; et al.
Creating space for youth in physiotherapy: related to gender and embodied empowerment
Physiotherapy in mental health and psychiatry: a scientific and clinical based approach, Elsevier 2017 : 290-298
Strömbäck, Maria; Wiklund, Maria
Youth politics as multiple processes: how teenagers construct political action in Sweden
Journal of Youth Studies, Routledge 2016, Vol. 19, (10) : 1321-1337
Coe, Anna-Britt; Wiklund, Maria; Uttjek, Margaretha; et al.
Searching for best practices of youth friendly services - a study protocol using qualitative comparative analysis in Sweden
BMC Health Services Research, Vol. 16
Goicolea, Isabel; Christianson, Monica; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; et al.
Developing a Tool for Increasing the Awareness about Gendered and Intersectional Processes in the Clinical Assessment of Patients: A Study of Pain Rehabilitation
PLOS ONE, Vol. 11, (4)
Hammarström, Anne; Wiklund, Maria; Stålnacke, Britt-Marie; et al.
Gender-sensitive and youth-friendly physiotherapy: Steps toward a stress management intervention for girls and young women
Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, Vol. 32, (1) : 20-33
Strömbäck, Maria; Wiklund, Maria; Salander Renberg, Ellinor; et al.
Challenges and strategies for sustaining youth-friendly health services: a qualitative study from the perspective of professionals at youth clinics in northern Sweden
Reproductive Health, Vol. 13
Thomée, Suzanne; Malm, Desiré; Christianson, Monica; et al.
Access to rehabilitation: patient perceptions of inequalities in access to specialty pain rehabilitation from a gender and intersectional perspective
Global Health Action, Taylor & Francis 2016, Vol. 9
Wiklund, Maria; Fjellman-Wiklund, Anncristine; Stålnacke, Britt-Marie; et al.
Kropp och hälsa
Feministiskt tänkande och sociologi: teorier, begrepp och tillämpningar, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2015 : 151-167
Bengs, Carita; Wiklund, Maria
Health and masculinities shaped by agency within structures among young unemployed men in a northern Swedish context
PLOS ONE, Vol. 10, (5) : 1-18
Hammarström, Anne; Lundman, Berit; Ahlgren, Christina; et al.
”Jag skakar” tjejers uttryck för psykisk ohälsa
När livet känns fel: ungas upplevelser kring psykisk ohälsa, Stockholm: Myndigheten för ungdoms- och civilsamhällesfrågor 2015 : 174-196
Strömbäck, Maria; Wiklund, Maria; Bengs, Carita; et al.
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