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Saffron Karlsen is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research work spans several interconnected fields within social sciences and psychology, with a focus on issues related to racial and ethnic identity, health disparities, and gender studies.

The primary fields of study associated with their work are:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology

In terms of subfields, their research covers:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Clinical Psychology
  • General Health Professions
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Gender Studies

The main research topics addressed by Karlsen include:

  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues
  • Genital Health and Disease
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access

Recent publications by Karlsen demonstrate engagement with critical social and health issues. Some of the notable papers include:

  • 'Putting salt on the wound': a qualitative study of the impact of FGM-safeguarding in healthcare settings on people with a British Somali heritage living in Bristol, UK, 2020, BMJ Open
  • Available evidence suggests that prevalence and risk of female genital cutting/mutilation in the UK is much lower than widely presumed - policies based on exaggerated estimates are harmful to girls and women from affected communities, 2022, International Journal of Impotence Research
  • Understanding ethnic inequalities in mental healthcare in the UK: A meta-ethnography, 2022, PLoS Medicine

Karlsen has frequently co-authored research with several collaborators, including:

  • Natasha Carver
  • Christina Pantazis
  • Yvonne Kelly
  • Magda Mogilnicka
  • Naomi Priest

Frequent venues for their published research include:

  • BMJ Open
  • BMC Public Health
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Medicine
  • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Best Publications

  • Relation between racial discrimination, social class, and health among ethnic minority groups.

    Saffron Karlsen;James Y. Nazroo

  • A systematic review of studies examining the relationship between reported racism and health and wellbeing for children and young people

    Naomi Priest;Yin Paradies;Brigid Trenerry;Mandy Truong

  • Effects of self-reported racial discrimination and deprivation on Māori health and inequalities in New Zealand: cross-sectional study

    Ricci Harris;Martin Tobias;Mona Jeffreys;Kiri Waldegrave

  • Racism and health: the relationship between experience of racial discrimination and health in New Zealand.

    Ricci Harris;Martin Tobias;Mona Jeffreys;Kiri Waldegrave

  • The Social Functioning Questionnaire: A Rapid and Robust Measure of Perceived Functioning:

    Peter Tyrer;Ula Nur;Mike Crawford;Saffron Karlsen

  • Racism psychosis and common mental disorder among ethnic minority groups in England

    Saffron Karlsen;James Y. Nazroo;Kwame McKenzie;Kamaldeep Bhui

  • Agency and structure: the impact of ethnic identity and racism on the health of ethnic minority people

    Saffron Karlsen;James Y. Nazroo

  • Racial/ethnic discrimination and common mental disorders among workers: Findings from the EMPIRIC study of ethnic minority groups in the United Kingdom

    Kamaldeep Bhui;Stephen Stansfeld;Kwame McKenzie;Saffron Karlsen

  • The relationship between maternal education and mortality among women giving birth in health care institutions: Analysis of the cross sectional WHO Global Survey on Maternal and Perinatal Health

    Saffron Karlsen;Lale Say;João-Paulo Souza;Carol J. R. Hogue

  • Common mental disorders and ethnicity in England: the EMPIRIC study

    Scott Weich;James Y. Nazroo;Kerry Sproston;Sally McManus

  • How do cancer patients who die at home differ from those who die elsewhere

    Saffron Karlsen;Julia Addington-Hall

  • ‘All the services were excellent. It is when the human element comes in that things go wrong’: dissatisfaction with hospital care in the last year of life

    Angie Rogers;Saffron Karlsen;Julia Addington‐Hall

  • The Black diaspora and health inequalities in the US and England: does where you go and how you get there make a difference?

    James Nazroo;James Jackson;Saffron I Karlsen;Myriam Torres

  • Ethnic differences in influences on quality of life at older ages: a quantitative analysis

    Madhavi Bajekal;David Blane;Ini Grewal;Saffron Karlsen

  • Ethnicity, environment and health: putting ethnic inequalities in health in their place.

    Saffron Karlsen;James Y. Nazroo;Rob Stephenson

  • Fear of racism and health

    Saffron Karlsen;James Yzet Nazroo

  • Patterns of identity among ethnic minority people: Diversity and commonality

    James Y. Nazroo;Saffron Karlsen

  • Principles for research on ethnicity and health: the Leeds consensus statement

    Ghazala Mir;Sarah Salway;Joe Kai;Saffron I Karlsen

  • Community Severance and Health: What Do We Actually Know?

    Jennifer S. Mindell;Saffron Karlsen

  • Medically Unnecessary Genital Cutting and the Rights of the Child: Moving Toward Consensus

    Jasmine Abdulcadir;Peter W. Adler;Priscilla Alderson;Sophie Alexander

Frequent Co-Authors

James Nazroo
James Nazroo University of Manchester
Mike J. Crawford
Mike J. Crawford Imperial College London
Yvonne Kelly
Yvonne Kelly University College London
Peter Tyrer
Peter Tyrer Imperial College London
Sally McManus
Sally McManus City, University of London
Yin Paradies
Yin Paradies Deakin University
Kwame McKenzie
Kwame McKenzie Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Kamaldeep Bhui
Kamaldeep Bhui University of Oxford
Naomi Priest
Naomi Priest Australian National University
Paul Ramchandani
Paul Ramchandani University of Cambridge

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