Signe Smith Jervelund
Associate Professor
Section of Health Services Research
Postboks 2099, Øster Farimagsgade 5 opg. B, 1014 København K, 10 Øster Farimagsgade 5, Building: 10-0-17
Denmark
Primary fields of research
My scientific main interest lies within the field of health services research with a particular focus on access to, use and outcomes of healthcare services, including social and ethnic inequalities in health, continuity of care and quality of care in a national and international comparative perspective.
Former and current research projects include migrants’ access to and utilization of health care services in Europe and the U.S.; quality of care, video consultations, asylum-seeking children and refugee childen's mental health, integration within health, education, and labour marked in a Nordic comparative perspective as well as intervention studies regarding healthcare-seeking behavior, better pregnancy outcomes and mental health among young newcomers.
I have competencies within a range of research methods, including epidemiological studies using surveys, registries and medical record data, complex intervention studies, systematic reviews and qualitative methods.
I am the Danish editor of Scandinavian Journal of Public Health and Leader of the Scientific Committee of Danish Public Health Society.
Current research
Signe Smith Jervelund is involved in a number of research projects within the areas of health services research, intervention research as well as migration and health
- Patients and specialist doctors' experiences with videoconsultations (Screened?)
- Promoting access to early cancer diagnosis in Latin American Healthcare systems (EquityCancer-LA)
- The effects of psychosocial school-based interventions to promote mental health and wellbeing among newcomers (RefugeeWellSchool)
- Equity in access to and use of healthcare services
Please see the publication list for most recent publications
Teaching
Teaches/lectures primarily in organization of the health care system, health economics and prioritizing in health care, quality and evaluation, health politics and health care reforms as well as migration and health. I has teaching experiences from several educations at the Faculty of Health, the University of Copenhagen:
- Bachelor- and Master education in Public Health
- Medicine
- Master of Public Health (MPH)
- Master of International Health (MIH)
Signe Smith Jervelund teaches regularly on the following courses at the Faculty of Health, the University of Copenhagen: The structure and function of the healthcare system (Bachelor education in Public Health) and in the subject Refugee and Immigrant Health (Master education in Public Health) as well as in Medical Sociology: the organisation and function of the health care system (Medicine, 9th semester). Furthermore, Signe Smith Jervelund teaches at the Master of International Health and Master of Public Health educations regarding migrant health and access to the health care system, including especially on asylum-seeking children in Denmark.
Supervises students in Public Health, Medicine, Master of Public Health, Master of Global Health etc. in topics within health services research, including health and life conditions for migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers, organization of the health care system, and how health politics, organizational changes and interventions influence access to and use of the health care services.
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Expert opinion on “best practices” in the delivery of health care services to immigrants in Denmark
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Issues to Consider When Measuring and Applying Socioeconomic Position Quantitatively in Immigrant Health Research
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How a school setting can generate social capital for young refugees: Qualitative insights from a folk high school in Denmark
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