Jenny Jacobsson

Associate Professor in Public Health Sciences/Health in Sport

Lund University Medical Faculty

Sweden

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Jenny Jacobsson is an Associate Professor in Public Health Sciences at Linkopings universitet Medicinska Fakulteten in Sweden. Her research focuses on health in sport, particularly in relation to injury prevention and mental health among athletes. Recent articles investigate coping behaviors, the role of health literacy, and psychosocial support in elite and youth athletics. She aims to improve health outcomes through preventive measures and support systems in the sports community.

Articles (10)

Elite para athletes with active coping behaviour are less likely to report a sports injury

Year:

2025

Youth athletes at Swedish sports high schools with an athletics specialism emphasise environmental support for injury risk management: a focus group study

Year:

2023

Elite lean athletes at sports high schools face multiple risks for mental health concerns and are in need of psychosocial support

Year:

2023

Injury acknowledgement by reduction of sports load in world-leading athletics (track and field) athletes varies with their musculoskeletal health literacy and the socioeconomic environment

Year:

2023

Universal prevention through a digital health platform reduces injury incidence in youth athletics (track and field): a cluster randomised controlled trial

Year:

2023

Suicidal thoughts (ideation) among elite athletics (track and field) athletes: associations with sports participation, psychological resourcefulness and having been a victim of sexual and/or physical abuse

Year:

2021

Training in spikes and number of training hours correlate to injury incidence in youth athletics (track and field): A prospective 52-week study.

Year:

2021

‘The Little Engine That Could’: A Qualitative Study of Medical Service Access and Effectiveness among Adolescent Athletics Athletes Competing at the Highest International Level

Year:

2021

Assessing parents, youth athletes and coaches subjective health literacy: A cross-sectional study

Year:

2021

Lifetime Prevalence of Verbal, Physical, and Sexual Abuses in Young Elite Athletics Athletes.

Year:

2021

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Carolina Lundqvist

Associate professor

Linköping University

SWEDEN

Toomas Timpka

Professor, Director

Linköping University

SWEDEN

Örjan Dahlström

Linköpings universitet Tekniska högskolan

SWEDEN

Jan Lexell

Lund University

SWEDEN

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