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Elisabeth Faxelid
Researcher at Karolinska Institutet
Publications - 81
Citations - 2855
Elisabeth Faxelid is an academic researcher from Karolinska Institutet. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Health care. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 81 publications receiving 2486 citations. Previous affiliations of Elisabeth Faxelid include Stockholm University & College of Health Sciences, Bahrain.
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Persistent high fertility in Uganda: young people recount obstacles and enabling factors to use of contraceptives.
TL;DR: The authors' findings suggest changing perceptions and behavior shift towards contraceptive use and a small family size although obstacles still exist, and alternative models of contraceptive service delivery to young people are proposed.
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Nurse-Midwives' Attitudes towards Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs in Kenya and Zambia
Linnea U. Warenius,Elisabeth Faxelid,Petronella Chishimba,J. O Musandu,Antony A. Ong'any,Eva Nissen +5 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that critical thinking around the cultural and moral dimensions of adolescent sexuality should be emphasised in undergraduate training and continuing education, to help nurse-midwives to deal more empathetically with the reality of adolescent sexual activity.
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Women's thoughts about sexual life after childbirth: focus group discussions with women after childbirth.
TL;DR: New mothers are concerned with their body image and the ability to adapt to parenting and need sensitive, professional counselling and reassurance about their body, as well as about sexual life after childbirth, according to this study.
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Experiences of pregnant adolescents--voices from Wakiso district, Uganda.
TL;DR: Pregnant adolescents lack basic needs like shelter, food and security and face relational problems with families, partners and the community, and there is a need to sensitize the community and school personnel about adolescent reproductive health issues.
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Health care providers' perceptions of and attitudes towards induced abortions in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia: a systematic literature review of qualitative and quantitative data
Ulrika Rehnström Loi,Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson,Elisabeth Faxelid,Marie Klingberg-Allvin,Marie Klingberg-Allvin +4 more
TL;DR: Health care providers in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia have moral-, social- and gender-based reservations about induced abortion and these reservations influence attitudes towards induced abortions and subsequently affect the relationship between the health care provider and the pregnant woman who wishes to have an abortion.