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Research interests
My main areas of interests include community based participatory research and to develop appropriate tools to evaluate complex interventions. Especially, I have focused on mental well-being, the prevention of self-harm and suicide, the harmful use of alcohol and the role the media plays in health research. Currently I am also embarking on the topic of maternal health and mental health care.
I am currently responsible for developing the qualitative evaluative component of two large interventions: a complex, step-wedged intervention seeking to moderate alcohol use in rural Sri Lanka (https://publichealth.ku.dk/about-the-department/global/research/mental-health/scaling-up-of-a-community-based-alcohol-education-program-in-rural-sri-lanka/) and a complex, step-wedged intervention using tailored clinical guidance and training for improved maternal and perinatal health in Tanzania (https://publichealth.ku.dk/about-the-department/global/research/sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-rights/partoma/). Further assignments include being course coordinator of a Field course in Sri Lanka on Cross-disciplinary Health Research, teaching responsibility (qualitative methods and theory, global mental health, pre-departure training), thesis and internship supervision.
Read more about my research here:
- PLOS blogs, Translational Health (in English): http://blogs.plos.org/globalhealth/2015/09/world-suicide-prevention-day-reach-out-and-save-lives/
- A film about our work (in English): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh-mDq4BRRc
- Scient – a student magazine for SCIENCE and SUND University of Copenhagen (in Danish), page 9: http://scient.ku.dk/arkiv/SCIENT-1102.pdf
- Copenhagen School of Global Health (in English): http://globalhealth.ku.dk/news/2014/preventing_self-harm_and_suicides_in_sri_lanka/
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Education
2013 - 2018
PhD Fellow at Department of Public Health, Global Health Section,
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
2008-2010
MA in International Development
Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy,
The New School, USA
2003-2006
BA in Psychology
Roskilde University, Denmark
Work experience
2018-
Post Doc at Department of Public Health, Global Health Section,
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
2013 - 2018
PhD Fellow at Department of Public Health, Global Health Section,
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
2011-2013
Research Assistant at Department of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
2011 - 2013
Board member at Global Doctors, Denmark
2010
Communications Officer at Division of Communication, UNICEF, USA
2009 - 2010
Consultant at United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development, USA
2009
Liaison Assistant at United Nations World Food Programme, USA
2008
Intern at UNDP, Millenium Villages Project, USA
2007
Intern at African Refuge, USA
2007
Volunteer at Voluntary Action Ghana, Tamale, Ghana
2006 - 2007
Social Worker, Jobcenter Sygedagpenge København, Denmark
2005 - 2007
Volunteer, Red Cross Youth (Ung på Linje/Ung Online), Denmark
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
- Global mental health
- Suicide
- Self-harm
- Alcohol
- Qualitative Methods
- low and middle income countries
- Media
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'We lost because of his drunkenness': The social processes linking alcohol use to self-harm in the context of daily life stress in marriages and intimate relationships in rural Sri Lanka.
Sørensen, J. B., Agambodi, T., Sørensen, B. R., Siribaddana, S., Konradsen, F. & Rheinländer, T., 2017, In: BMJ Global Health. 2, 9 p., e000462.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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An investigation into the role of alcohol in self-harm in rural Sri Lanka: a protocol for a multimethod, qualitative study
Sørensen, J. B., Rheinländer, T., Sørensen, B. R., Pearson, M., Agambodi, T., Siribaddana, S. & Konradsen, F., 2014, In: B M J Open. 4, 10, p. 1-8 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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A qualitative exploration of rural and semi-urban Sri Lankan men’s alcohol consumption
Sørensen, J. B., Konradsen, F., Agambodi, T., Sørensen, B. R., Pearson, M., Siribaddana, S. & Rheinländer, T., 3 May 2020, In: Global Public Health.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Ethical dilemmas in social media health research
Meyrowitsch, D. W., Thomassen, J. L., Konradsen, F., Kingod, N. & Sørensen, J. B., 2019, p. 20. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › Research
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Mass media representation of suicide in a high suicide state in India: an epidemiological comparison with suicide deaths in the population
Armstrong, G., Vijayakumar, L., Pirkis, J. E., Jayaseelan, M., Cherian, A., Sørensen, J. B., Arya, V. & Niederkrotenthaler, T., 1 Jul 2019, In: BMJ Open. 9, 7 p., e030836.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Self-harm and suicide coverage in Sri Lankan newspapers: An analysis of the compliance with recommended guidelines
Sørensen, J. B., Pearson, M., Andersen, M. W., Weerasinghe, M., Rathnaweera, M., Rathnapala, D. G. C., Eddleston, M. & Konradsen, F., 2019, In: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention. 40, p. 54-61 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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‘I want to die now. What will prevent me from taking action?’ – exploring social media communities for individuals living with suicidal thoughts. Preliminary findings of a qualitative study.
Sørensen, J. B., Meyrowitsch, D. W., Kingod, N., Konradsen, F. & Thomassen, J. L., 2019, p. 26. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › Research
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Can the Success of Primary Health Care in Sri Lanka be Maintained?
Sørensen, J. B., Konradsen, F. & Agampodi, S., 2018, In: Anuradhapura Medical Journal. 11, 1, 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication
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Timeliness and quality of peripartum care provision during a health system strengthening initiative in rural Guinea-Bissau: a qualitative situation analysis
Damerow, S. M. (Creator), Adrian, H. V. (Creator), Indjai, B. (Creator), Cá, E. J. C. (Creator), Maaløe, N. (Creator), Fisker, A. B. (Creator) & Sørensen, J. B. (Creator), figshare, 2024
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.7347874.v1, https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/Timeliness_and_quality_of_peripartum_care_provision_during_a_health_system_strengthening_initiative_in_rural_Guinea-Bissau_a_qualitative_situation_analysis/7347874/1
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Timeliness and quality of peripartum care provision during a health system strengthening initiative in rural Guinea-Bissau: a qualitative situation analysis
Damerow, S. M. (Creator), Adrian, H. V. (Creator), Indjai, B. (Creator), Cá, E. J. C. (Creator), Maaløe, N. (Creator), Fisker, A. B. (Creator) & Sørensen, J. B. (Creator), figshare, 2024
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.7347874, https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/Timeliness_and_quality_of_peripartum_care_provision_during_a_health_system_strengthening_initiative_in_rural_Guinea-Bissau_a_qualitative_situation_analysis/7347874
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