,Faculty of Graduate Studies in Health Sciences

Sigríður Halldórsdóttir

Professor
460 8452

Location

  • A301
  • Sólborg

Office hours

First contact is generally through an email: sigridur@unak.is

Specialisation

Qualitative research Doctoral studies Theory development Graduate studies Psychological trauma and violence Violence against women and children Leadership
Research portal - Sigríður Halldórsdóttir 

General information

Courses

EIR0110100
Qualitative research
EIR0105200
Qualitative research
OFB0110130
Trauma and violence
EIR0105200
Qualitative research

Education

1996
University of Linköping, PhD, Medicinae Doctricem Doctoral degree
1988
University of British Columbia, Meistarapróf Master of Science
1979
University of Iceland, Viðbótardiplóma Diploma degree
1978
University of Iceland, Baccalaureate degree Baccalaureate of Science
1974
Hamrahlid College, Stúdentspróf Matriculation
1972
The Commercial College of Iceland, Verslunarpróf Commercial diplóma

Research

2023
In the jaws of death: Surviving women's experience of male intimate terrorism
2022
The challenging journey from trauma to post‐traumatic growth: Lived experiences of facilitating and hindering factors
2022
‘We experienced lack of understanding in the healthcare system’. Experiences of childhood sexual abuse survivors of the childbearing process, health and motherhood
2022
The Post-Traumatic Growth Journey of Women Who Have Survived Intimate Partner Violence: A Synthesized Theory Emphasizing Obstacles and Facilitating Factors
2022
Ethical Dilemmas in Physicians’ Consultations with COPD Patients
2022
Fourteen Main Obstacles on the Journey to Post-Traumatic Growth as Experienced by Female Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: “It Was All So Confusing”
2022
Using Mixed Methods Integration to Evaluate the Structure of Help-Seeking Barriers Scale: A Survivor-Centered Approach
2022
“I’m a Winner, Not a Victim”: The Facilitating Factors of Post-Traumatic Growth among Women Who Have Suffered Intimate Partner Violence
2021
Persistent Suffering: The Serious Consequences of Sexual Violence against Women and Girls, Their Search for Inner Healing and the Significance of the #MeToo Movement
2021
Pain, Sleep, and Health-Related Quality of Life after Multidisciplinary Intervention for Chronic Pain
2021
Pain Rehabilitation’s Effect on People in Chronic Pain: A Prospective Cohort Study
2021
Adaptation of the barriers to help-seeking for trauma (BHS-TR) scale: a cross-cultural cognitive interview study with female intimate partner violence survivors in Iceland
2021
Understanding and Measuring Help-Seeking Barriers among Intimate Partner Violence Survivors: Mixed-Methods Validation Study of the Icelandic Barriers to Help-Seeking for Trauma (BHS-TR) Scale
2020

Frustrated Caring: Family Members’ Experience of Motivating COPD Patients Towards Self-Management
2020
Breaking the vicious circle: Experiences of people in chronic pain on the pain rehabilitation journey
2020
Stressful Factors in the Working Environment, Lack of Adequate Sleep, and Musculoskeletal Pain among Nursing Unit Managers
2019
‘The self‐destruction force is so strong’: male survivors’ experience of suicidal thoughts following sexual violence
2019

COPD patients’ experiences, self-reported needs, and needs-driven strategies to cope with self-management
2018
Enhancing patient safety in the operating theatre: from the perspective of experienced operating theatre nurses
2018
Effects of cutbacks on motivating factors among nurses in primary health care
2018
Screaming Body and Silent Healthcare Providers: A Case Study with a Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivor.
2017
Social justice, access and quality of healthcare in an age of austerity: users’ perspective from rural Iceland
2017
Heimilislækningar á Íslandi og í Noregi: Reynsla lækna af ólíku fyrirkomulagi heilbrigðisþjónustu í löndunum tveimur
2016
Personal resurrection: female childhood sexual abuse survivors' experience of the Wellness-Program.
2016
Reynsla fólks af hjartaáfalli um og innan við fimmtugt: Önnur hjartaáfallseinkenni og aðrir áhættuþættir
2016
Stoðkerfisverkir hjá hjúkrunardeildarstjórum og tengsl verkja við streitu
2016
Tengsl streituvaldandi þátta í starfsumhverfi, svefns og stoðkerfisverkja hjá millistjórnendum í opinberri þjónustu
2016
Djúp og viðvarandi þjáning: Reynsla íslenskra karla af áhrifum kynferðislegs ofbeldis í æsku
2015
Exacerbated vulnerability in existential changes: the essence of dealing with reduced working capacity
2014
The third paradigm in labour pain preparation and management: the childbearing woman's paradigm
2014
Vinnutengd streita og starfsumhverfi íslenskra hjúkrunardeildarstjóra
2014
"Ég veit ekki hvað það er að líða vel": Reynsla kvenna með geðröskun af áhrifum endurtekins ofbeldis á líðan, líkamsheilsu og geðheilbrigði
2014
Silent, invisible and unacknowledged: experiences of young caregivers of single parents diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
2014
Consequences of childhood sexual abuse for health and well-being: gender similarities and differences.
2013
Repressed and silent suffering: consequences of childhood sexual abuse for women's health and well-being
2012
When Theoretical Knowledge Is Not Enough: Introduction of an Explanatory Model on Nurse’s Pain Management
2012
Deep and almost unbearable suffering: consequences of childhood sexual abuse for men's health and well-being
2012
Facilitators of and Barriers to Physical Activity in Retirement Communities: Experiences of Older Women in Urban Areas
2012
Áhrif niðurskurðar á starfshvata og innbyrðis þekkingarmiðlun heilsugæsluhjúkrunarfræðinga
2011
The primacy of the good midwife in midwifery services: an evolving theory of professionalism in midwifery
2011
The quest for well-being: self-identified needs of women in chronic pain
2010
Facilitators and Barriers to Exercising Among People With Osteoarthritis: A Phenomenological Study
2010
Stöðug streita, ótti og kvíði : reynsla kvenna sem hafa búið við ofbeldi á meðgöngu og endranær
2010
„Það vissi aldrei neinn neitt.” Reynsla ungmenna sem alist hafa upp með móður sem er öryrki, af stuðningi og upplýsingaflæði milli þjónustukerfa
2009
Tímin læknar ekki öll sár: Fyrirbærafræðileg rannsókn á langvarandi afleiðingum kynferðislegs ofbeldis
2009
Reynsla aldraðra, sem búsettir eru á eigin heimili, af heilbrigði og af því hvað viðheldur og eflir heilsu á efri árum
2009
The challenge of caring for patients in pain: from the nurse's perspective
2009
Primacy of existential pain and suffering in residents in chronic pain in nursing homes: a phenomenological study
2008
Existential struggle and self-reported needs of patients in rehabilitation
2008
Heitt vatn og heilbrigði: Heilsufarsáhrif heitavatnsnotkunar á Íslandi
2008
Iktsýki, streita og bjargráð eftir áföll : „Þessi sjúkdómur er allt öðruvísi en bækurnar segja til um.“
2008
The dynamics of the nurse-patient relationship: introduction of a synthesized theory from the patient's perspective
2008
To discipline a "Dog": The essential structure of mastering diabetes
2008
Women in chronic pain: Sense of control and encounters with health professionals
2005
Samtöl um dauðann
2005
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2005
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2005
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2005
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2005
[Dialogs on death].
2004
Interviews on death
2003
Handbók í aðferðafræði og rannsóknum í heilbrigðisvísindum
2003
Vancouver-skólinn í fyrirbærafræði
2000
Andlit þjáningarinnar
2000
Hundrað daga heimsóknin
1999
No title
1998
Fræðimaður fyrir norðan : fjölbreytni í hjúkrun : viðtal]
1997
Hann sem er og var og kemur : Jesús Kristur, ljósið sanna
1997
Caring and uncaring encounters within nursing and health care from the cancer patient's perspective.
1996
Journeying through labour and delivery: perceptions of women who have given birth.
1996
Experiencing existential changes: the lived experience of having cancer.
1996
Caring and uncaring encounters in nursing and health care : developing a theory
1996
Empowerment or discouragement: women's experience of caring and uncaring encounters during childbirth.
1996
Journeying through labour and delivery : perceptions of women who have given birth
1996
Journeying through labour and delivery: perceptions of women who have given birth
1994
Caring and uncaring encounters in professional education - : from the perspective of the nursing student
1993
What is the meaning of caring?
1991
Tengsl þjóðfélagslegrar umhyggju og persónulegrar umhyggju í hjúkrun
1991
Sérskipulagt B.S. nám fyrir hjúkrunarfræðinga
1991
Effective health education for patients as individuals
1991
Five basic modes of being with another.
1990
The essential structure of a caring and an uncaring encounter with a teacher: the perspective of the nursing student.
1990
Ljóð
1990
Sérskipulagt B.S. nám í hjúkrunarfræði fyrir hjúkrunarfræðinga við Háskóla Íslands
1990
Umhyggjuleysi í hjúkrun - frá sjónarhóli sjúklinga
1989
Umhyggja í hjúkrun - frá sjónarhóli sjúklinga
1989
Umhyggja í hjúkrun - frá sjónarhóli sjúklinga
1988
The Essential structure of caring and an uncaring encounter with a nurse : from the client's perspective
1982
Hjúkrunarfræði
1979
Rannsóknir í hjúkrun