Mats Jong
Universitetslektor|Senior Lecturer
- Professional title: Senior Lecturer
- Academic title: Associate Professor
- Telephone: +46 (0)10-1428966
- Email: mats.jong@miun.se
- Visitor address: Campus Sundsvall
- Room number: D238
- Location: Sundsvall
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- Employed at the subject:
- Public Health Science
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- Department:
- Department of Health Sciences (HOV)
General
Mats Jong works at Mid Sweden University at the Department of Health Sciences in Sweden within the subject of Public Health. He worked clinically as a registered Nurse within acute and orthopedic care between 1990 and 2001, and earned his PhD at Umeå University, Sweden in 2005. The present primary research focus is on health promotion in vulnerable populations, especially young adult suffering from cancer by applying modalities from mindfulness and wilderness therapy with aim of supporting health and wellbeing.
The project with the acronym WAYA is an international project including members från Sweden, Norway and USA. See project link below.
Examples of other areas are; acute and chronic pain, safety in skydiving, health promotion in leisure and elite sport.
Teaching and tutoring
Health Sciences, scientific methodology, qualitative methods, quantitative methodology, public health