Preconception care policy, guidelines, recommendations and services across six European countries: Belgium (Flanders), Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden …

J Shawe, I Delbaere, M Ekstrand… - … European Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives Preconception care is important for the screening, prevention and management
of risk factors that affect pregnancy outcomes. We aimed to investigate pre-pregnancy care …

A descriptive study of the use of the Internet by women seeking pregnancy-related information

M Larsson - Midwifery, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: to investigate whether pregnant Swedish women used the Internet to retrieve
pregnancy-related information, how they perceived the reliability of the information, and …

Internet use by Chinese women seeking pregnancy-related information

L Gao, M Larsson, S Luo - Midwifery, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: to investigate whether and how Chinese pregnant women used the Internet to
retrieve pregnancy-related information. DESIGN AND SETTING: a descriptive, cross …

Reasons for pregnancy termination, contraceptive habits and contraceptive failure among Swedish women requesting an early pregnancy termination

M Larsson, G Aneblom, V Odlind… - Acta obstetricia et …, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2002; 81: 64-71.© Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2002
Background. More than 30 000 legal abortions are performed every year in Sweden despite …

Professional role and identity in a changing society: three paradoxes in Swedish midwives' experiences

M Larsson, U Aldegarmann, C Aarts - Midwifery, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: to explore how experienced midwives understand and experience their
professional role and identity after the continuing changes that have taken place within their …

Introducing reproductive life plan-based information in contraceptive counselling: an RCT

J Stern, M Larsson, P Kristiansson… - Human …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
STUDY QUESTION Can reproductive life plan (RLP)-based information in contraceptive
counselling before pregnancy increase women's knowledge of reproduction, and of the …

Swedish teenager perceptions of teenage pregnancy, abortion, sexual behavior, and contraceptive habits-a focus group study among 17-year-old female high-school …

M Ekstrand, M Larsson, LV Essen… - Acta obstetricia et …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Background. Sweden has the highest abortion numbers among the Nordic countries. Since
1995, the abortion rate among teenagers has increased by nearly 50%. We therefore …

School-based intervention for the prevention of HPV among adolescents: a cluster randomised controlled study

M Grandahl, A Rosenblad, C Stenhammar, T Tydén… - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To improve primary prevention of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection by
promoting vaccination and increased condom use among upper secondary school students …

An illusion of power: Qualitative perspectives on abortion decision‐making among teenage women in Sweden

M Ekstrand, T Tydén, E Darj… - Perspectives on sexual …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
CONTEXT: Swedish law permits abortion at the request of a pregnant woman until the 18th
week of gestation. However, the extent to which the decision is truly the woman's own is …

Pregnancy and birth outcomes of women with intellectual disability in Sweden: a national register study

B HöGLUND, P Lindgren… - Acta obstetricia et …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. To investigate the antenatal health and demographic factors as well as pregnancy
and delivery outcomes in women with intellectual disability (ID) in Sweden. Design. A …