Anna Kristiansson Sarkadi (born February 12, 1974) is a physician and professor of public health at Uppsala University in Sweden. Her expertise is in parenting and the health of children.
Education Sarkadi was born in February 1974 on the Buda side of Budapest, Hungary. She is the daughter of two physicians and professors, Zsófia Kálmán and Balázs Sarkadi, and sister of puppeteer Bence Sarkadi. She studied medicine first in Hungary and then in Sweden, where she moved in 1995. She obtained her Ph.D. in 2001 from Uppsala University, with a thesis on The borderland between care and self-care.Anna Sarkadi, The Borderland between Care and Self-Care, Acta Universitatis Upasliensis, 2001Anna Bill, Vågade välja ett nytt liv, Uppsala Nya Tidning, February 10, 2014.
Scientific research Sarkadi studies the effect of different forms of parenting on children's health, and how to improve parental support from day care centers, schools and government family services. One emphasis is on the prevention of psychological and mental health problems in children. She conducts both quantitative and qualitative research studies.Uppsala University, Anna Sarkadi
Media Sarkadi's research has been cited by the popular press in various countries, including the Irish Independent,Noeline Blackwell, Liam Herrick and Mark Kelly, Attack on UN rights body just doesn't bear scrutiny, The Irish Independent, July 29, 2008. SDP Noticias in Mexico,Lorena Ramos Hernández, La importancia de la figura paterna, SDPNoticias, October 22, 2012. State of Mind in Italy,Alice Mannarino, Affidamento condiviso: figli più sicuri ed equilibrat, State of Mind, May 17, 2012. Huffington Post Deutschland in Germany,Gina Louisa Metzler, In einem wichtigen Punkt haben Väter mehr Einfluss auf die Entwicklung des Kindes als Mütter, Huffington Post Deutschland, February 11, 2016. and Psychology Today in the United States.Paul Raeburn, The Attentive Father: An involved father means better outcomes for kids., Psychology Today, June 20, 2008.
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