Birgitta Essén

Best Publications

• Are some perinatal deaths in immigrant groups linked to suboptimal perinatal care services

  Birgitta Essén;Birgit Bödker;Nils-Otto Sjöberg;Jens Langhoff-Roos

  269
  Citations

• Increased perinatal mortality among sub-Saharan immigrants in a city-population in Sweden

  Birgitta Essén;Bertil S. Hanson;Per-Olof Östergren;Pelle G. Lindquist

  265
  Citations

• Qualitative study of pregnancy and childbirth experiences in Somalian women resident in Sweden

  Birgitta Essén;Sara Johnsdotter;Birgitta Hovelius;Saemundur Gudmundsson

  242
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• Healing the health system after civil unrest

  Anneli Ivarsson;John Kinsman;Karin Johansson;Khalif Bile Mohamud

  205
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• Being a bridge: Swedish antenatal care midwives’ encounters with Somali-born women and questions of violence; a qualitative study

  Ulrika Byrskog;Ulrika Byrskog;Pia Olsson;Birgitta Essén;Marie-Klingberg Allvin

  177
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• Shared Language Is Essential: Communication in a Multiethnic Obstetric Care Setting

  Pauline Binder;Yan Borné;Sara Johnsdotter;Birgitta Essén

  170
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• Increasing caesarean section rates among low-risk groups: a panel study classifying deliveries according to Robson at a university hospital in Tanzania

  Helena Litorp;Hussein L Kidanto;Lennarth Nystrom;Elisabeth Darj

  170
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• Genitals and ethnicity: the politics of genital modifications.

  Sara Johnsdotter;Birgitta Essén

  157
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• Suicides during pregnancy and 1 year postpartum in Sweden, 1980-2007.

  Annika Esscher;Birgitta Essén;Eva Innala;Fotios C. Papadopoulos

  154
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• Female genital mutilation in the West: traditional circumcision versus genital cosmetic surgery.

  Birgitta Essén;Sara Johnsdotter

  146
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• Suboptimal care and maternal mortality among foreign-born women in Sweden: maternal death audit with application of the ‘migration three delays’ model

  Annika Esscher;Pauline Binder-Finnema;Birgit Bødker;Ulf Högberg

  143
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• Glycogen depletion of different fibre types in human skeletal muscle during intermittent and continuous exercise.

  Birgitta Essén

  142
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• Communication and Cultural Issues in Providing Reproductive Health Care to Immigrant Women: Health Care Providers’ Experiences in Meeting Somali Women Living in Finland

  Filio Degni;Sakari Suominen;Birgitta Essén;Walid El Ansari

  133
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• “Never My Daughters”: A Qualitative Study Regarding Attitude Change Toward Female Genital Cutting Among Ethiopian and Eritrean Families in Sweden

  Sara Johnsdotter;Kontie Moussa;Aje Carlbom;Rishan Aregai

  121
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• Cultural change after migration: Circumcision of girls in Western migrant communities

  Sara Johnsdotter;Birgitta Essén

  121
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• Seven things to know about female genital surgeries in Africa

  Jasmine Abdulcadir;Fuambai Sia Ahmadu;Lucrezia Catania;Birgitta Essén

  119
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• Evaluating Helping Babies Breathe: training for healthcare workers at hospitals in Rwanda.

  Aimable Musafili;Birgitta Essén;Cyprien Baribwira;Alphonse Rukundo

  106
  Citations

• Stillbirth among foreign-born women in Sweden

  Cecilia Ekéus;Sven Cnattingius;Birgitta Essén;Anders Hjern;Anders Hjern

  95
  Citations

• Swedish health care providers' experience and knowledge of female genital cutting

  Leila Tamaddon;Sara Johnsdotter;Jerker Liljestrand;Birgitta Essén

  95
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• Maternal near-miss and death and their association with caesarean section complications: a cross-sectional study at a university hospital and a regional hospital in Tanzania.

  Helena Litorp;Hussein L Kidanto;Mattias Rööst;Muzdalifat Abeid

  95
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• Negotiating Collective and Individual Agency: A Qualitative Study of Young Women’s Reproductive Health in Rural India

  Mandira Paul;Birgitta Essén;Salla Sariola;Sharad Iyengar

  20
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