Elizabeth Cantor-Graae

Biographic Data

ID1738153
NAMEElizabeth Cantor-Graae
GIVEN NAMESElizabeth
FAMILY NAMECantor-Graae
SIGNATURECANTOR-GRAAE E
AFFILIATIONSSocial Medicine and Global Health, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS86
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1993
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX2

  • Attempted suicide and violent criminality among Danish second-generation immigrants according to parental place of origin

    Open AccessRoger T Webb, Sussie Antonsen et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Social…2016

    BACKGROUND: Immigrant populations in Western European countries have grown in their size and diversity, but little is known about risks of self-directed and externalised violence among second-generation immigrants. AIMS: To compare risks for attempted suicides and violent offending among second-generation immigrants to Denmark according to parental region of origin versus the native Danish population. METHODS: Data from interlinked national Danis…

  • Increased Risk of Mortality Due to Interpersonal Violence in Foreign-Born Women of Reproductive Age

    Open AccessCecilia Fernbrant, Birgitta Essén et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2016Cited by: 1References: 3

    Violence against women is an increasing public health concern, with assault leading to death as the most extreme outcome. Previous findings indicate that foreign-born women living in Sweden are more exposed to interpersonal violence than Swedish-born women. The current study investigates mortality due to interpersonal violence in comparison with other external causes of death among women of reproductive age in Sweden, with focus on country of bir…

  • Sexual Risk Behavior, Sexual Violence, and HIV in Persons With Severe Mental Illness in Uganda

    Patric Lundberg, Noeline Nakasujja et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2015References: 41

    Objectives. We investigated prevalence of past-year sexual risk behavior and sexual violence exposure in persons with severe mental illness (SMI) in Uganda, and compared results to general population estimates. We also investigated whether persons with SMI reporting sexual risk behavior and sexual violence exposure were more likely to be HIV-infected. Methods. We included 602 persons consecutively discharged from Butabika Hospital, Kampala, Ugand…

  • Intimate partner violence and poor mental health among Thai women residing in Sweden

    Open AccessCecilia Fernbrant, Maria Emmelin et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2014

    OBJECTIVES: The current aim is to examine the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) among Thai women residing in Sweden and its association with mental health. We also investigate the potential influence of social isolation and social capital regarding the association between IPV and mental health outcome. DESIGN: A public health questionnaire in Thai was distributed by post to the entire population of Thai women, aged 18-64, residing in …

  • Long-term psychiatric consequences of exposure to trauma in Cambodia

    Open AccessElizabeth Cantor-Graae, Elizabeth Cantor‐graae et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2014Cited by: 1References: 25

  • Navigating Between Control and Autonomy

    Cecilia Fernbrant, Birgitta Essén et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant & Refugee…2013Cited by: 2References: 23

    Iraqi refugees face considerable challenges when migrating to countries where individual freedom has greater priority than the group-oriented honor culture. In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with Iraqi male and female refugees residing in Sweden regarding honor, current well-being, and experiences of intimate partner violence. Feelings of psychological distress and worry about the future were frequently expressed. Men feared loss of …

  • Poor mental health and sexual risk behaviours in Uganda

    Open AccessPatric Lundberg, Godfrey Zari Rukundo et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011

    Poor mental health is associated with sexual risk behaviours in a low-income sub-Saharan African setting. HIV preventive interventions should consider including mental health and alcohol use reduction components into their intervention packages, in settings where depression, psychological distress and alcohol use are common

  • Perceived Threat of Violence and Exposure to Physical Violence Against Foreign-Born Women

    Open AccessCecilia Fernbrant, Birgitta Essén et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2011

  • Peer-group support intervention improves the psychosocial well-being of Aids orphans

    Open AccessEdward Kumakech, Elizabeth Cantor-Graae et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2009Cited by: 14References: 24

  • Schizophrenia and Migration

    Elizabeth Cantor-Graae, Jean-Paul SeltenARTICLEAmerican Journal of Psychiatry2005

  • Psychological distress among Aids orphans in rural Uganda

    Open AccessBenjamin Atwine, Elizabeth Cantor-Graae et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2005Cited by: 68References: 14

  • Minor congenital malformations and mental characteristics during childhood

    Thomas F McNeil, Gösta Blennow et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry1993

    Among children with normal psychiatric risk, those born with (even minor) congenital malformations (CMs) evidenced significantly poorer attention persistence in early childhood, as well as greater anxiety-proneness, poorer interpersonal relational competency, and more mental disturbance at six years of age. No significant relationship between CMs and mental characteristics was found in children at heightened psychiatric risk