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Ewa-Lena Bratt
Assistant Dean
Sahlgrenska Academy at University of GothenburgProfessor/ Nurse
Care in Long-term ConditionsAbout Ewa-Lena Bratt
Ewa-Lena Bratt is a professor of nursing, specializing in transitions within healthcare, with a particular focus on young people with chronic conditions. She is a registered nurse with specialized training in pediatric healthcare and has over 30 years of experience working in pediatric care, primarily with children and adolescents with congenital heart diseases.
Research Focus
Ewa-Lena leads the research group “Care Transitions in Healthcare,” which focuses on improving care for patients during transitions between different levels of care and healthcare providers. She is also one of the leading researchers in the national research project Stepstones, which aims to develop and evaluate person-centered transition programs. As part of this project, process evaluations and health economic analyses have been conducted. The Stepstones program is now being implemented in several hospitals across Sweden and includes the following subprojects:
- Stepstones – Congenital Heart Disease
- Stepstones – Diabetes
- Stepstones – Implementation
- Stepstones – Long-term Follow-up
- Digi-Stepstones
In addition to Stepstones, Ewa-Lena also leads the collaborative project Adole7C (Adolescents Receiving Continuous Care for Childhood-onset Chronic Conditions). She also maintains active research collaborations with researchers from the University of Gothenburg, KU Leuven in Belgium, and Cape Town in South Africa.
Read more about the research group here: https://www.gu.se/forskning/vard-vid-overgangar-inom-halso-och-sjukvard
Internationalization
As Vice Dean for Internationalization and Collaboration at the Sahlgrenska Academy, Ewa-Lena actively works to strengthen international partnerships and exchanges. She is a member of several key committees related to research education and research, including FUS (Doctoral Education Committee) and FOS (Research Committee). Since May 2024, she has been an Honorary Professor at the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Teaching
Ewa-Lena teaches and supervises at the undergraduate, advanced, and doctoral levels. She plays a central role in developing teaching methods to integrate international nursing students into the course on complex care situations, which strengthens the global aspect of the nursing program at the Sahlgrenska academy, University of Gothenburg.
Clinical Practice
Since 1998, Ewa-Lena has worked clinically with children and adolescents with congenital heart defects. Her professorship is combined with a position as a specialist nurse (20%) at the Pediatric Heart Center, Queen Silvia's Children's Hospital, Sahlgrenska University Hospital. In December 2021, she was also appointed as Consultant University Hospital Nurse at Sahlgrenska University Hospital.
Presentation (in Swedish):
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Development of a support intervention model for epilepsy care in outpatient
clinics
Anna Hjorth, Klara Andersson, Ewa-Lena Bratt, Kristina Malmgren, Anna Edelvik Tranberg, Johan Zelano, Anneli Ozanne
EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR - 2025 -
Evaluation of person-centred care within the Stepstones transition program for adolescents with congenital heart disease - a document
analysis
Asa Burstrom, Markus Saarijarvi, Sandra Skogby, Anna Lena Brorsson, Ewa-Lena Bratt, Carina Sparud Lundin
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES ADVANCES - 2025 -
Hjärtsjukdomar
Ewa-Lena Bratt, Åsa Burström
Omvårdnad av barn och unga. - 2024 -
Övergången från barn- till vuxensjukvård för unga med långvariga
sjukdomstillstånd.
Ewa-Lena Bratt, Carina Sparud Lundin
Omvårdnad av barn och unga - 2024 -
Taking Charge of Your Health: Enabling Patient Empowerment in Cardiovascular
Care.
Mariela Acuña Mora, Ewa-Lena Bratt, Markus Saarijärvi
European journal of cardiovascular nursing - 2024 -
Skarven i vården - Övergången till
vuxensjukvård
Ewa-Lena Bratt
Barnveckan 9 April, 2024. Linköping. - 2024 -
Strategies for Successful Transition to Adulthood and Transfer to Adult Care for Adolescents with Chronic
Conditions.
Ewa-Lena Bratt
Novo Nordisk Foundation, Nursing Research Symposia 2024 on “Advancements in Transitional Care”17 April 2024, Copenhagen, Denmark. - 2024 -
Synergizing Research and Clinical Practice through Collaborative
Endeavours.
Ewa-Lena Bratt, Alexia Joachim
57th Annual Meeting of the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology and Cardiac surgery (AEPC) 9-11 May 2024, Porto, Portugal. - 2024 -
Building stones of a transition effort. Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult
(ACHD)
Ewa-Lena Bratt
Annual Conference. Skamania. 28 May-1 June 2024. Portland, US. - 2024 -
Prerequisites for implementing a person-centered transition program for adolescents with long-term conditions: a framework-driven stakeholder analysis of the STEPSTONES-Implement
project.
Markus Saarijärvi, Sandra Skogby, Carina Sparud Lundin, Åsa Burström, Ewa-Lena Bratt
Global Conference on Person-Centred Care. 13-16t Maj 2024. Göteborg. - 2024 -
Improving adolescents' knowledge about their CHD through a transition program: a mixed-methods evaluation of the STEPSTONES-CHD
trial
Markus Saarijärvi, Carina Sparud Lundin, Mariela Acuna Mora, Sandra Skogby, Åsa Burström, Philip Moons, Ewa-Lena Bratt
Cardiology in the Young Suppl - 2024 -
Adaption of complex interventions from high- to low-income settings: lessons learned from a transition program for adolescents with chronic
conditions.
Markus Saarijärvi, Ewa-Lena Bratt
6th Nordic Conference in Nursing Research - 2024 -
Which factors affect post-transfer gaps in follow-up care? A qualitative study of the insights of healthcare providers in Sweden and
Belgium
Sandra Skogby, Eva Goossens, Bengt Johansson, Philip Moons, Ewa-Lena Bratt
BMJ OPEN - 2024 -
Development and psychometric evaluation of TEXP-Q: a questionnaire measuring transition and transfer experiences in emerging adults with type 1
diabetes.
Mikaela Vallmark, Anna Lena Brorsson, Carina Sparud Lundin, Ewa-Lena Bratt, Philip Moons, Markus Saarijärvi, Mariela Acuña Mora
Journal of patient-reported outcomes - 2023 -
Effectiveness of the STEPSTONES Transition Program for Adolescents With Congenital Heart Disease-A Randomized Controlled
Trial.
Ewa-Lena Bratt, Mariela Acuña Mora, Carina Sparud Lundin, Markus Saarijärvi, Åsa Burström, Sandra Skogby, Eva Fernlund, Shalan Fadl, Annika Rydberg, Katarina Hanseus, Kalliopi Kazamia, Philip Moons
The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine - 2023 -
Feasibility of a digital group treatment for adolescents with chronic disease and their
parents
Elisabet Bergenmar Ivarsson, Sandra Weineland, Ewa-Lena Bratt, Linde Scholten, Sandra Buratti
European Paediatric Psychology Conference (EPPC) - 2023 -
Early Access to Blended Psychological Treatment for Paediatric Functional Abdominal
Pain
Emma Ramsay Milford , Sandra Buratti, Ewa-Lena Bratt, Natoshia Cunningham, Åsa Nilses, Sandra Weineland
European Paediatric Psychology Conference (EPPC), Stirling, Scotland - 2023 -
Early Access to Blended Psychological Treatment for Paediatric Functional Abdominal Pain: Preliminary qualitative results of a mixed methods
study
Emma Ramsay Milford , Sandra Buratti, Ewa-Lena Bratt, Natoshia Cunningham, Åsa Nilses, Sandra Weineland
SweSRII – The 12th Swedish Congress on Internet Interventions - 2023 -
The longitudinal association between patient empowerment and patient-reported outcomes: What is the direction of
effect?
Mariela Acuña Mora, Carina Sparud Lundin, Eva Fernlund, Shalan Fadl, Kazamia Kalliopi, Annika Rydberg, Åsa Burström, Katarina Hanseus, Philip Moons, Ewa-Lena Bratt
PloS one - 2022 -
Adolescents With Congenital Heart Disease: What Do They Know About Reproductive Health and
Risks?
Åsa Burström, Mariela Acuña Mora, Carina Sparud Lundin, Philip Moons, Ewa-Lena Bratt
Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - 2022 -
Implementation fidelity of a transition program for adolescents with congenital heart disease: the STEPSTONES
project
Markus Saarijärvi, Lars Wallin, Philip Moons, Hanna Gyllensten, Ewa-Lena Bratt
BMC Health Services Research - 2022 -
Definitions, instruments and correlates of patient empowerment: A descriptive
review.
Mariela Acuña Mora, Carina Sparud Lundin, Philip Moons, Ewa-Lena Bratt
Patient education and counseling - 2022 -
Health care experiences and aspects of diabetes management in
the transition to adulthood in emerging adults with type
1
diabetes.
Carina Sparud Lundin, Mikaela Hällström, Ewa-Lena Bratt, Mariela Acuña Mora, Markus Saarijärvi, Philip Moons, Anna Lena Brorsson
48 Annual Conference, International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) 13-16 October, 2022, Abu Dhabi, Förenade Arabemiraten. - 2022 -
A transition program is effective in improving adolescents’ knowledge about their congenital heart disease: The Stepstones-CHD
trial
Ewa-Lena Bratt, Mariela Acuña Mora, Carina Sparud Lundin, Sandra Skogby, Asa Buström, Markus Saarijärvi, Katarina Hanseus, Annika Rydberg, Shalan Fadl, Eva Fernlund, Kalliopi Kazamia, Philip Moons
Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologica 2022; 119 (4 Suppl.1): 43 - 2022 -
Adolescents with CHD – Is their illness perception impacting quality of
life?
Asa Buström, Carina Sparud Lundin, Philip Moons, Ewa-Lena Bratt, Mariela Acuña Mora
Cardiology in the Young 2022; 32 (suppl 2): S272-S273. - 2022 -
The STEPSTONES transition program for adolescents with congenital heart disease is effective in improving patient empowerment: a randomized controlled
trial
Ewa-Lena Bratt, Mariela Acuña Mora, Carina Sparud Lundin, Markus Saarijärvi, Åsa Burström, Sandra Skogby, Eva Fernlund, Shalan Fadl, Annika Rydberg, Katarina Hanseus, Kazamia Kalliopi, Philip Moons
ESC 2022 - 2022 -
Cost-effectiveness of a transition program for adolescents with congenital heart disease: The Stepstones
project
Markus Saarijärvi, Ewa-Lena Bratt, Philip Moons, Hanna Gyllensten
55th annual meeting for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology AEPC. Geneva. May 25-28th - 2022 -
Discontinuation of follow-up care for young people with complex chronic conditions: conceptual definitions and operational
components
Sandra Skogby, Ewa-Lena Bratt, Bengt Johansson, Philip Moons, Eva Goossens
BMC Health Services Research - 2021 -
When face-to-face interviews are not possible: Tips and tricks for video, telephone, online chat, and email interviews in qualitative
research
Markus Saarijärvi, Ewa-Lena Bratt
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - 2021 -
Mechanisms of Impact and Experiences of a Person-Centred Transition Programme for Adolescents With Chd: The Stepstones
Project
Markus Saarijärvi, Lars Wallin, Philip Moons, Hanna Gyllensten, Ewa-Lena Bratt
BMC Health Services Research - 2021 -
Transition to adulthood and transfer to adult care of adolescents with congenital heart disease: a global consensus statement of the ESC Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions (ACNAP), the ESC Working Group on Adult Congenital Heart Disease (WG ACHD), the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC), the Pan-African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR), the Asia-Pacific Pediatric Cardiac Society (APPCS), the Inter-American Society of Cardiology (IASC), the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ), the International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ISACHD), the World Heart Federation (WHF), the European Congenital Heart Disease Organisation (ECHDO), and the Global Alliance for Rheumatic and Congenital Hearts (Global
ARCH)
Philip Moons, Ewa-Lena Bratt, J De Backer, Eva Goossens, Tim Hornung, O Tutarel, Liesl Zühlke , A Jairo Araujo, Edward Callus, H Gabriel, S Nauman, S Karen, Amy Verstappen, Y Hsiao-Ling , C Thomet
European Heart Journal - 2021 -
Discontinuity of Cardiac Follow-Up in Young People With Congenital Heart Disease Transitioning to Adulthood: A Systematic Review and
Meta-Analysis.
Philip Moons, Sandra Skogby, Ewa-Lena Bratt, Liesl Zühlke, Ariane Marelli, Eva Goossens
Journal of the American Heart Association - 2021 -
Qualitative study of facilitators and barriers for continued follow-up care as perceived and experienced by young people with congenital heart disease in
Sweden
Sandra Skogby, Eva Goossens, Bengt Johansson, Philip Moons, Ewa-Lena Bratt
BMJ Open - 2021 -
Patient empowerment: a way to improve the communication between young persons and healthcare
providers
Mariela Acuña Mora, Carina Sparud Lundin, Philip Moons, Ewa-Lena Bratt
European Heart Journal; 42 (Suppl 1): 3120 - 2021 -
Så ska övergången till vuxenvården bli bättre för
unga
Markus Saarijärvi, Ewa-Lena Bratt
Hjärtebarnet - 2021 -
Övergångar i hälso- och sjukvård - ett livsloppsperspektiv och organisatoriska
aspekter
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Participants and non-participants – factors affecting representativeness and reach in randomized controlled trials evaluating the effectiveness of complex
interventions
Markus Saarijärvi, Lars Wallin, Philip Moons, Hanna Gyllensten, Ewa-Lena Bratt
Nordic Conference in Nursing Research, Copenhagen 4-6th October 2021 - 2021 -
Factors perceived by young adults with congenital heart disease to affect
continuing follow-up care after
transfer
Sandra Skogby, Eva Goossens, Bengt Johansson, Philip Moons, Ewa-Lena Bratt
Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology - AEPC 2021, Gothenburg - 2021 -
Vården av unga med långvariga tillstånd: Skarven i överföringen till
vuxensjukvård/livet.
Ewa-Lena Bratt, Carina Sparud Lundin
Barnläkaren - 2021 -
Factors affecting adolescents’ participation in randomized controlled trials evaluating the effectiveness of healthcare interventions: the case of the STEPSTONES
project
Markus Saarijärvi, Lars Wallin, Philip Moons, Hanna Gyllensten, Ewa-Lena Bratt
BMC Medical Research Methodology - 2020 -
Self-Perceived Health Status and Sense of Coherence in Children With Type 1 Diabetes in the West Bank,
Palestine.
Kawther Elissa, Ewa-Lena Bratt, Åsa B. Axelsson, Salam Khatib, Carina Sparud Lundin
Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society - 2020 -
Randomised controlled trial of a person-centred transition programme for adolescents with type 1 diabetes (STEPSTONES-DIAB): a study
protocol
Anna Lena Brorsson, Ewa-Lena Bratt, Philip Moons, A. Ek, E. Jelleryd, T. Torbjornsdotter, Carina Sparud Lundin
BMJ Open - 2020 -
Process evaluation of complex cardiovascular interventions: How to interpret the results of my
trial?
Markus Saarijärvi, Lars Wallin, Ewa-Lena Bratt
European journal of cardiovascular nursing : journal of the Working Group on Cardiovascular Nursing of the European Society of Cardiology - 2020 -
Unga med hjärtfel och övergången till
vuxenliv.
Ewa-Lena Bratt, Annika Rydberg
Barnläkaren - 2020 -
Personcentrering inom hälso- och
sjukvård
Ewa-Lena Bratt, Stefan Nilsson
Liber - 2020 -
Empowering young persons during the transition to
adulthood
Mariela Acuña Mora, Carina Sparud Lundin, Ewa-Lena Bratt, Philip Moons
Transition from Pediatric to Adult Healthcare Services for Young Adults with Long-Term Conditions: An International Perspective on Nurses Roles and Interventions - 2020 -
Outpatient volumes and medical staffing resources as predictors for continuity of follow-up care during transfer of adolescents with congenital heart
disease.
Sandra Skogby, Philip Moons, Bengt Johansson, Jan Sunnegårdh, Christina Christersson, Edit Nagy, Per Winberg, Katarina Hanséus, Aleksandra Trzebiatowska-Krzynska, Shalan Fadl, Eva Fernlund, Kalliopi Kazamia, Annika Rydberg, Liesl Zühlke, Eva Goossens, Ewa-Lena Bratt
International journal of cardiology - 2020 -
Empowering young persons with congenital heart disease: Using intervention mapping to develop a transition program - the STEPSTONES
project.
Mariela Acuña Mora, Markus Saarijärvi, Carina Sparud Lundin, Philip Moons, Ewa-Lena Bratt
Journal of pediatric nursing - 2020 -
Processutvärdering av ett personcentrerat övergångsprogram för ungdomar med medfödda hjärtfel i övergång till vuxenlivet –
STEPSTONES-projektet
Markus Saarijärvi, Lars Wallin, Hanna Gyllensten, Philip Moons, Ewa-Lena Bratt
Centrum för personcentrerad vård (GPCC) 10-årsjubileumskonferens 6-7 feb 2020, Konferenscentrum Wallenberg vid Sahlgrenska akademin i Göteborg - 2020 -
Ready for Transfer to Adult Care? A Triadic Evaluation of Transition Readiness in Adolescents With Congenital Heart Disease and Their
Parents
A. Burstrom, Mariela Acuña Mora, M. Ojmyr-Joelsson, Carina Sparud Lundin, A. Rydberg, K. Hanseus, B. Frenckner, M. Nisell, Philip Moons, Ewa-Lena Bratt
Journal of Family Nursing - 2019
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