Helle Samuelsen

Helle Samuelsen

Associate Professor


  1. 2024
  2. Accepted/In press

    Fragile Futures. Ambiguities of Care in Burkina Faso.

    Samuelsen, Helle, 2024, (Accepted/In press) Berghahn Books. (Epistemologies of Healing).

    Research output: Book/ReportBookpeer-review

  3. Published

    Gender relations and decision-making on climate change adaptation in rural East African households: A qualitative systematic review

    Niemann, J., El-Mahdi, M., Samuelsen, Helle & Tersbøl, Britt Pinkowski, 2024, In: PLOS Climate. 3, 1, 22 p., e0000279.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewpeer-review

  4. 2023
  5. Published

    Stakeholder's perception of the health information system performance in Burkina Faso

    Diallo, C. O., Schiøler, Karin Linda, Drabo, M. K. & Samuelsen, Helle, 2023, In: Pan African Medical Journal. 44, 155.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  6. 2022
  7. 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

  8. Published

    Information System as part of epidemic management in Burkina Faso: from plan to reality (Field Findings)

    Diallo, C. O., Schiøler, Karin Linda, Samuelsen, Helle & Drabo, K. M., 2022, In: BMC Public Health. 22, 1, 13 p., 1726.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  9. 2021
  10. Published

    Covid-19 Temporalities: Ruptures of everyday life in urban Burkina Faso

    Samuelsen, Helle & Paré Toé, L., 23 Apr 2021, In: MAT Medicine Anthropology Theory. 8, 1, p. 1-21

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Balancing professional autonomy and authority at the margins of a fragile state: Front-line health workers' experiences in Burkina Faso

    Pare Toe, L. & Samuelsen, Helle, 2021, In: Global Public Health. 16, 7, p. 1099-1110

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  12. 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 review

  13. 2020
  14. 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 articlepeer-review

  15. 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 articlepeer-review

  16. 2018
  17. Published

    Health Care Systems

    Samuelsen, Helle, 2018, International Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Callan, H. (ed.). Wiley

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

  18. 2017
  19. Published

    Comprendre l’influence des facteurs contextuels sur la participation communautaire à la santé: une étude de cas dans le district sanitaire de Tenkodogo, au Burkina Faso

    Sombie, I., Ilboudo, D. O. S., Soubeiga, A. K. & Samuelsen, Helle, Sep 2017, In: Global Health Promotion. 24, 3, p. 87-95

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    The Regulation of Street Foods: Experiences of Front-Line Regulators in Ghana

    Forkour, J. B., Samuelsen, Helle, Yeboah, E. H., Vildekilde, Thilde & Akuoko, K. O., 3 May 2017, In: Urban Forum. 28, 3, p. 251–269 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Comprendre l'influence des facteurs contextuels sur la participation communiautaire à la santé: une étude de cas dans la district sanitaire de Tenkodogo, au Burkina Faso

    Sombie, I., Ilboudo, S. D. O., Soubeiga, A. K. & Samuelsen, Helle, 2017, In: Global Health Promotion. 24, 3, p. 87-95 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  22. 2016
  23. Published

    Food vending among men in Kumasi: Socio-cultural advantages, constraints, and coping strategies

    Forkuor, J. B., Akuoko, K. O., Yeboah, E. H., Vildekilde, Thilde & Samuelsen, Helle, 27 Jan 2016, In: International Journal of Social Science Studies. 4, 2, p. 94-102 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published
  25. 2015
  26. Published
  27. 2013
  28. 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 review

  29. Published
  30. Published

    Smell: An overlooked factor in sanitation promotion

    Vildekilde, Thilde, Keraita, B., Konradsen, Flemming, Samuelsen, Helle & Dalsgaard, Anders, Apr 2013, In: Waterlines. 32, 2, p. 106-112 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  31. 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 articlepeer-review

  32. 2012
  33. 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 articlepeer-review

  34. Published

    Tavshedens dilemma: Om sex, fortielse og aids i Burkina Faso

    Samuelsen, Helle & Østergaard, Lise Rosendal, 2012, In: Tidsskriftet Antropologi. 65, p. 27-43 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  35. 2011
  36. Published

    Cost of Integrated Vector Control With Improved Sanitation and Road Infrastructure Couples With the Use of Slow-Release Bacillus sphaericus Grnules in a Tropical Urban Setting

    Skovmand, O., Ouedraogo, T. D. A., Sanogo, E., Samuelsen, Helle, Toé, L. P., Bosselmann, R., Czajkowski, T. & Baldet, T., 2011, In: Journal of Medical Entomology. 48, 4, p. 813-822 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  37. Published

    Perspectives on child diarrhoea management and health service use among ethnic minority caregivers in Vietnam

    Vildekilde, Thilde, Samuelsen, Helle, Dalsgaard, Anders & Konradsen, Flemming, 2011, In: B M C Public Health. 11, 690, 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  38. 2010
  39. Published

    Hygiene and sanitation among ethnic minorities in Northern Vietnam: does government promotion match community priorities?

    Vildekilde, Thilde, Samuelsen, Helle, Dalsgaard, Anders & Konradsen, Flemming, 2010, In: Social Science & Medicine. 71, 5, p. 994-1001 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  40. 2009
  41. 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 review

  42. Published

    Impact of slow-release Bacillus sphaericus granules on mosquito populations followed in a tropical urban environment

    Skovmand, O., Ouedraogo, T., Sanogo, E., Samuelsen, Helle, Toé, L. & Baldet, T., 2009, In: Journal of Medical Entomology. 46, 1, p. 67-76 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  43. 2008
  44. Published

    The fear of awful smell: risk perceptions among farmers in Vietnam using wastewater and human excreta in agriculture

    Knudsen, L. G., Phuc, P. D., Hiep, N. T., Samuelsen, Helle, Jensen, Peter Kjær, Dalsgaard, Anders, Raschid-Sally, L. & Konradsen, Flemming, Mar 2008, In: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 39, 2, p. 341-52 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  45. Published

    Forebyggelse og sundhedsfremme blandt etniske minoriteter: - inspiration til kommunen

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

    Research output: Book/ReportReport

  46. Published

    Keeping up appearances: Perceptions of street food safety in urban Kumasi, Ghana

    Vildekilde, Thilde, Olsen, Mette Frahm, Bakang, J. A., Takyi, H., Konradsen, Flemming & Samuelsen, Helle, 2008, In: Journal of Urban Health. 85, 6, p. 952-964 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  47. Published

    The fear of awful smell: Risk perceptions among farmers in Vietnam using wastewater and human excreta in agruculture

    Knudsen, L. G., Phuc, P. D., Hiep, N. T., Samuelsen, Helle, Jensen, Peter Kjær, Dalsgaard, Anders, Raschid-Sally, L. & Konradsen, Flemming, 2008, In: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 39, 2, p. 341-352 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  48. 2007
  49. Published

    Assessment of child mortality in selected districts of Tanzania

    Meyrowitsch, Dan Wolf, Rasch, V., Samuelsen, Helle, Sodemann, M. & Tersbøl, Britt Pinkowski, 2007, Health Sector Program Support within Danida.

    Research output: Book/ReportReport

  50. 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

  51. 2006
  52. Published

    Erratum: Love, lifestyles and the risk of AIDS: The moral worlds of young people in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso (Culture Health and Sexuality (2006) vol. 8 (3) (211-224))

    Samuelsen, Helle, 1 Jul 2006, In: Culture, Health and Sexuality. 8, 4, 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debatepeer-review

  53. Published

    Early home-based recognition of anaemia via general danger signs, in young children, in a malaria endemic community in north-east Tanzania

    Ringsted, F. M., Bygbjerg, Ib Christian & Samuelsen, Helle, 2006, In: Malaria Journal. 5, p. 111

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  54. Published

    Love, lifestyle and the risk of AIDS: Local moral worlds among young people in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

    Samuelsen, Helle, 2006, In: Culture, Health and Sexuality. Vol. 8, p. 211-224

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  55. 2005
  56. Published

    Muted voices: HIV/AIDS and the young people of Burkina Faso and Senegal

    Østergaard, Lise Rosendal & Samuelsen, Helle, 2005, In: African Journal of AIDS Research. 3, p. 103-112

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  57. Published

    Viden og forandring - Flygtninge og indvandreres viden, holdninger og erfaringer med prævention og reproduktiv sundhed samt brug af sundhedstilbud

    Henriksson, G., Kildsgaard, L., Kronborg, T., Rasch, V. & Samuelsen, Helle, 2005, Sundhedsstyrelsen. 121 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBook

  58. 2004
  59. Published

    Therapeutic itineraries: The medical field in rural Burkina Faso

    Samuelsen, Helle, Apr 2004, In: Anthropology & Medicine.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  60. 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 articlepeer-review

  61. 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 articlepeer-review

  62. Published

    The Relevance of Foucault and Bourdien for Medical Anthropology: Exploriing new Sites

    Steffen, V. & Samuelsen, Helle, 2004, In: Anthropology & Medicine. 11, 1, p. 3-10

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  63. Published

    The medical field in rural Burkina Faso

    Samuelsen, Helle, 2004, In: Anthropology & Medicine. Vol. 11, p. 27-41

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  64. Published

    The relevance of Foucault and Bourdieu for medical anthropology: Exploring new sites

    Samuelsen, Helle, 2004, In: Anthropology & Medicine. Vol. 11, p. 3-10

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  65. 2001
  66. Published

    A study of risk factors for intestinal helminth infections using epidemiological and anthropological approaches.

    Olsen, A., Samuelsen, Helle & Onyango-ouma, W., 2001, In: Journal of Biosocial Science. 33, p. 569-584

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  67. Published

    Curing and Healing: Medical Anthropology in Global Perspective

    Samuelsen, Helle, Strathern, A. & Stewart, P. J., 2001, In: Medical Anthropology Quarterly. Vol. 15, p. 130-133

    Research output: Contribution to journalReview

  68. 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 journalReview

  69. 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 journalReview

  70. 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 articlepeer-review

  71. 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 review

  72. 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 review

  73. 1999
  74. Published

    Anm. af : Vincanne Adams: Doctors for Democracy

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalReview

  75. 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 articlepeer-review

  76. 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. thesis

  77. 1998
  78. 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

  79. Published

    Åndebørn

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  80. 1992
  81. Published

    Fra sygdom til sundhed: Anvendt medicinsk antropologi i Danmark

    Steffen, V. & Samuelsen, Helle, 1992, In: Socialmedicinsk Tidsskrift. 6, p. 23

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

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