Helle Samuelsen

Helle Samuelsen

Associate Professor


  1. Published

    Fragile Relationships: Elusive Encounters with Public Services in rural Burkina Faso

    Samuelsen, Helle, May 2022, Everyday State and Democracy in Africa: Ethnographic Encounters. Adebanwi, W. (ed.). Ohio University Press, p. 384-402

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Book review. Alexis Bekyane Tengan (2019). Of life and health: thelanguage of art and religion in an Africanmedical system. New York, Oxford, Berghan.

    Samuelsen, Helle, 2021, In: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 27, 3, p. 744-745

    Research output: Contribution to journalLiterature reviewResearch

  3. Published

    Some Spirits Heal, Others Only Dance: A Journey into Human Selfhood in an African Village

    Samuelsen, Helle, Willis, R., Chisanga, K. B. S., Sikazwe, H. M. K., Sikazwe, K. B. & Nanyangwe, S., 2001, In: Medical Anthropology Quarterly. Vol. 15, p. 130-134

    Research output: Contribution to journalLiterature reviewResearch

  4. Published

    Tilild og troskab: Risikohåndtering blandt unge i Burkina Faso

    Samuelsen, Helle, 2007, Unge liv i Syd: Beretninger om børn og unge i udviklingslande. Valentin, K. & Christiansen, C. (eds.). København: Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitetsforlag, p. 77-94 17 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  5. Published

    Prevention of mosquito nuisance among urban populations in Burkina Faso

    Samuelsen, Helle, Toe, L., Baldet, T. & Skovmand, O., 2004, In: Social Science & Medicine. 59, p. 2361-2371

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    The Topology of Illness Transmission. Localizing processes among Bissa in Burkina Faso

    Samuelsen, Helle, 1999, Institut for Antropologi: Museum Tusculanum. 226 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportPh.D. thesisResearch

  7. Published

    Anm. af : Vincanne Adams: Doctors for Democracy

    Samuelsen, Helle, 1999, In: Tidsskriftet Antropologi. 39, 39, p. 421-243

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearch

  8. Published

    Everyday Spirits and Medical Interventions: Ethnographic and Historical Notes on Therapeutic Conventions in Zanzibar Town

    Samuelsen, Helle & Nisula, T., 2001, In: Medical Anthropology Quarterly. Vol. 15, p. 130-134

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearch

  9. Published

    Sundhedssystemforskning fra et brugerniveau: Et eksempel fra Burkina Faso

    Samuelsen, Helle, 1999, In: Bibliotek for læger. 191, p. 164-183

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Åndebørn

    Samuelsen, Helle, 1998, In: Tidsskriftet Antropologi. 38, p. 95-105

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Do health systems delay the treatment of poor children? A qualitative study of child deaths in rural Tanzania.

    Samuelsen, Helle, Tersbøl, Britt Pinkowski & Mbuyita, S. S., 2013, In: B M C Health Services Research. 13, 67, p. 1-10 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Corona krisen øger mistilliden til regeringen i Burkina Faso

    Samuelsen, Helle & Paré Toé, L., Dec 2020, In: Samfundsøkonomen. 2020, 4, p. 77-85

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Anm. af : Historier om dansk udviklingsbistand. Den Jyske Historiker, Nr. 120.

    Samuelsen, Helle, 2009, In: Tidsskriftet Antropologi. 59/60, p. 227-229 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLiterature reviewResearch

  14. Published

    Accelerated Fragility: Exploring The Supply-Demand Nexus at Health Facilites in Rural Burkina Faso.

    Samuelsen, Helle, 2020, In: Africa. 90, 5, p. 934-51

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Infusions of health: the popularity of vaccinations among Bissa in Burkina Faso.

    Samuelsen, Helle, 2001, In: Anthropology & Medicine. Vol.8, Nos 2/3., p. 163-175

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Social and Cutural Aspects of HIV and AIDS in West Africa: A narrative review of qualitative research

    Samuelsen, Helle, Østergaard, Lise Rosendal & Norgaard, O., 2012, In: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS. 9, 2, p. 64-73 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published
  18. Published

    Forebyggelse og sundhedsfremme blandt etniske minoriteter: - inspiration til kommunen

    Samuelsen, Helle & Olesen, B. R., 2008, København: Sundhedsstyrelsen. 72 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportReportCommunication

  19. Published

    The Straight Path of the Spirit: Ancestral Wisdom and Healing Traditions in Fiji

    Samuelsen, Helle & Katz, R., 2001, In: Medical Anthropology Quarterly. Vol. 15, p. 130-134

    Research output: Contribution to journalLiterature reviewResearch

  20. Published

    Illness Transmission and Proximity: Local Theories of Causation among the Bissa in Burkina Faso

    Samuelsen, Helle, 2004, In: Medical Anthropology. 23, p. 89-112

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Fragile Futures: Ambiguities of Care in Burkina Faso

    Samuelsen, Helle, 2024, New York: Berghahn Books. 250 p. (Epistemologies of Healing).

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Epidemics in unstable places: Anthropological perspectives on health security in West Africa.

    Samuelsen, Helle & Paré Toé, L., Mar 2024, The Routledge Handbook on Anthropology and Global Health. Masvawure, T. B. & Foley, E. E. (eds.). New York: Routledge, p. 394-406 12 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    HEALTH AND DISEASE Vinh-Kim Nguyen. The Republic of Therapy: Triage and Sovereignty in West Africa's Time of AIDS. Durham, N.C. Duke University Press, 2010.

    Samuelsen, Helle, Sep 2013, In: African Studies Review. 56, 2, p. 216-218 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLiterature reviewResearch

  24. Published

    Local Perceptions of Health and Illness

    Samuelsen, Helle, 1998, Environment, Health and Sustainable Development: The case of the Onco-freed zones of West Africa. Reenberg, A. & Møller Pedersen., E. (eds.). Copenhagen: Hans Reitzels Forlag, Vol. 9. p. 113-120 (Occasional Papers - Sevein).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  25. Published

    Healing Makes Our Hearts Happy: Spirituality and Cultural Transformations among the Ju!'hoansi

    Samuelsen, Helle, Katz, R., Biesele, M. & Denis, V. S., 2001, In: Medical Anthropology Quarterly. Vol. 15, p. 130-134

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearch

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