Anette Agardh

Datos Biográficos

ID5222037
NOMBREAnette Agardh
NOMBRESAnette
APELLIDOAgardh
FIRMAAGARDH A
AFILIACIONESLund University
ORCID0000-0002-1879-7244
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS51
TOTAL DE CITAS8
TOTAL COMO AUTOR51
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2010
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H1

  • Workplace sexual harassment is associated with poor mental well-being among employees at a large Swedish university

    Open AccessFrida Pilgaard, Per-Olof Östergren et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2025

    BACKGROUND: Sexual harassment (SH) is a persistent problem at workplaces around the world, including academia. OBJECTIVE: This study examines the association between SH and mental well-being among employees at Lund University (LU) in Sweden. METHODS: Data was obtained from a cross-sectional survey targeting all LU employees in 2019. SH exposure was measured using a ten-item scale capturing SH experiences and enabling the differentiation between s…

  • Community perceptions about factors influencing access to care after sexual violence in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Open AccessHanna Reinholdz, Jack Palmieri et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2025

    Lack of correct knowledge, harmful attitudes from community and healthcare staff, and poorly adapted healthcare services constitute barriers to accessing care. Improved awareness raising around sexual violence is needed to address both lack of knowledge and misconceptions. Efforts should be made to build upon the community support models and actively work to improve community attitudes towards survivors of sexual violence. In addition, there is a…

  • Included and excluded

    Open AccessTanya Andersson Nystedt, Tobias Herder et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2025

    Although migrants and youth are included separately in policies addressing sexual violence, the migration regime largely works to exclude different groups of young migrants from access to rights and services and thereby increases their vulnerability to sexual violence

  • Workplace relational injustice and authoritarian treatment as risk factors for sexual harassment at a large Swedish university

    Open AccessFrida Pilgaard, Anette Agardh et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Our findings suggest that superiors' unjust or authoritarian treatment of employees might be contextual factors contributing to workplace sexual harassment, disproportionally affecting women, employees with a foreign background or high academic positions. To ensure evidence-based interventions, researchers should incorporate organisational risk factors in the design and evaluation of workplace interventions aimed at reducing sexual harassing beha…

  • No evidence, no problem? A critical interpretive synthesis of the vulnerabilities to and experiences of sexual violence among young migrants in Europe

    Open AccessTanya Andersson Nystedt, Tobias Herder et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2024

    BACKGROUND: Growing evidence indicates that young migrants are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence, however most research has focused on instances of sexual violence occurring in conflict zones and during transit. Much less attention has been given to the vulnerabilities to and experiences of sexual violence among young migrants in Europe. OBJECTIVES: To understand the scientific evidence regarding the experiences of and vulnerabilities to…

  • Care-seeking patterns and timely access to care among survivors of sexual violence in North Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Open AccessHanna Reinholdz, Anette Agardh et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2024

    BACKGROUND: Sexual violence is widespread in war-torn North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Timely access to care is crucial for the healing and wellbeing of survivors of sexual violence, but is problematic due to a variety of barriers. Through a better understanding of care-seeking behaviours and factors influencing timely access to care, programmes can be adapted to overcome some of the barriers faced by survivors o…

  • Risky sexual behavior and associated factors among university students in Ethiopia

    Open AccessWudinesh Belete Belihu, Minilik Demissie Amogne et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    RSB continues to be a problem among university students in Ethiopia. Those students who started sex at an early age and those who experienced emotional violence were more likely to engage in RSB. Therefore, universities in Ethiopia should implement strategies such as RSB targeted health education programs that consider early sexual debut, experiences of emotional violence, and safe sexual practices

  • Coming across a hidden problem in an excluded population in Sweden

    Open AccessTanya Andersson Nystedt, Pia Svensson et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2024

    Growing evidence suggests that young migrants are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence. As young migrants often lack family and social networks, professionals are often the recipients of disclosures of sexual violence. This study aimed to explore how professionals experience young migrants' disclosures of sexual violence. A qualitative design was used, based on 14 semi-structured interviews with a range of professionals from the public sect…

  • Cultivating resilience and hope

    Open AccessMarkus Larsson, Arielle N’Diaye et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    In Uganda, due to the criminalization of same-sex sexual practices, men who have sex with men (MSM) experience barriers to accessing HIV care. To retain patients within the HIV Care Continuum, some health interventions have used patient navigators as an ancillary support service. To understand the potential care benefits of using patient navigators for marginalized populations experiencing challenges to HIV care and treatment access in a Ugandan …

  • Psychosocial study environment characteristics associated with exposure to sexual harassment at a large public university in southern Sweden

    Open AccessJack Palmieri, Per-Olof Östergren et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2023

    BACKGROUND: Universities can be understood as work-like environments for students, with similar risks and expectations regarding psychosocial environment. Limited research has examined this study environment from a Demand-Control-Support perspective with regard to sexual harassment. Understanding this environment is key to designing protective measures. This study aimed to examine the association between individual and psychosocial study environm…

  • Assessing the effectiveness of a sexual and reproductive health and rights training programme in changing healthcare practitioners’ attitudes and practices in low-income countries

    Open AccessGilbert Tumwine, Per-Olof Östergren et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2023

    INTRODUCTION: In low-income countries the utilisation of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services is influenced by healthcare practitioners' knowledge, attitudes and practices. Despite awareness of the potential problems due to ingrained biases and prejudices, few approaches have been effective in changing practitioners' knowledge, attitudes and practices concerning SRHR in low-income countries. OBJECTIVES: . METHODS: A pre- and …

  • Validating a modified instrument for measuring Demand-Control-Support among students at a large university in southern Sweden

    Open AccessJack Palmieri, Anette Agardh et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2023

    BACKGROUND: University students experience a distinct working environment in the context of completing their studies. In line with existing research into the connection between workplace environment and stress, it is rational to believe that such study environments can affect the level of stress that students experience. However, few instruments have been developed for measuring this. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to validate a modified in…

  • Risky sexual behavior and self-rated mental health among young adults in Skåne, Sweden – a cross-sectional study

    Open AccessAnna Karle, Anette Agardh et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    The associations found between poor mental health factors and multiple sex partners among females warrant consideration in future public health interventions. Further research to increase the understanding of the causal mechanisms that link mental health factors and risky sexual behavior, especially multiple sex partners, among young adult females is needed to support evidence-based interventions

  • Survival patterns of neonates born to adolescent mothers and the effect of pregnancy intentions and marital status on newborn survival in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, 2014–2016

    Open AccessMalachi Ochieng Arunda, Anette Agardh et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2022

    BACKGROUND: Adolescent pregnancy and associated neonatal mortality are major global health challenges. In low-income settings where 90% of the 21 million global adolescent pregnancies occur, half are unintended and a fifth experience unsafe abortion. In Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, the survival patterns of neonates born to adolescents are unclear. OBJECTIVES: To assess survival patterns among neonates born to adolescents and the effect of pregnan…

  • Enablers of sexual and reproductive health and rights interventions in low- and middle-income countries. Insights from capacity development projects implemented in 13 countries in Africa and Asia

    Open AccessGilbert Tumwine, Per-Olof Östergren et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2022

    Background The global community has committed to achieving universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services, but how to do it remains a challenge in many low-income countries. Capacity development is listed as a means of implementation for Agenda 2030. Although it has been a major element in international development cooperation, including SRHR, its effectiveness and circumstances under which it succeeds or fails have…

  • HIV self-testing for men who have sex with men in Sweden. A cross-sectional study concerning interest to use HIV self-tests

    Open AccessElin Kinnman, Tobias Herder et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2022

    BACKGROUND: HIV self-testing (HIVST) has been found to have high acceptability among men who have sex with men (MSM) internationally and might contribute to increase testing frequencies, but many countries, including Sweden, lack policies for using HIVST. OBJECTIVE: To examine interest to use and willingness to pay for HIVST, and associated factors, among MSM attending HIV testing venues in Sweden. METHOD: This cross-sectional study analyzed data…

  • Validation of Lund University Sexual Harassment Inventory (Lushi)—A Proposed Instrument for Assessing Sexual Harassment among University Employees and Students

    Open AccessPer-Olof Östergren, Catarina Canivet et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    The objective was to investigate the validity and reliability of a new instrument assessing sexual harassment at a public university in Sweden. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions resulted in a 10-item instrument, the 'Lund University Sexual Harassment Inventory' (LUSHI). A survey was sent to all staff, including PhD students, and students, with a response rate of 33% ( n = 2736) and 32% ( n = 9667), respectively. Exploratory factor a…

  • Association between Experiences of Different Types of Harassment or Derogatory Treatment and Sexual Harassment among Employees at a Large Swedish University

    Open AccessFrida Pilgaard, Anette Agardh et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Sexual harassment (SH) and other forms of mistreatment continue to be a significant problem at workplaces, leading to negative health and work-related outcomes. Previous studies have mainly examined SH and other types of workplace harassment separately. In this study we investigated whether harassment related to any of the seven Swedish legal grounds for discrimination (sex, transgender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion or other belief,…

  • Sexual harassment among employees and students at a large Swedish university

    Open AccessAnette Agardh, Gisela Priebe et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    The results indicate that sexual harassment is common in the university context, and interventions and case management routines of events should consider power relations between victim and perpetrator, as well as the various contexts within which sexual harassment takes place

  • Investigating pathways for predisposing, enabling and need factors in predicting the use of STI/HIV-testing services among Syrian and Iraqi migrants in Scania, Sweden – a cross-sectional study with di…

    Open AccessPia Svensson, Anette Agardh et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Utilization of STI/HIV-testing services among Syrian and Iraqi migrants seemed to be motivated by sexual risk exposure and risk awareness. Interventions should focus on language-adapted information about available screening services and where to go for advice on sexual wellbeing and sexual rights. Such activities should be implemented within an integration promoting framework, addressing structures that increase STI/HIV risk exposure, specificall…

  • Condom failure and pre-exposure prophylaxis use experience among female sex workers in Ethiopia

    Open AccessMinilik Demissie Amogne, Eduard J Sanders et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    The demands and behavior of the clients and FSWs' own actions and poor awareness were factors that increased the exposure of FSWs to condom failure. In addition, the challenges associated with PrEP uptake suggest the need for user-friendly strategies to counteract these barriers and facilitate PrEP uptake

  • Facilitating an encounter with a new sexuality discourse

    Open AccessDan M Kahan, Pia Svensson et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2022

    Language and different sexual health discourses constitute barriers to the uptake of information on sexual and reproductive health and rights among migrants. Challenges remain with regards to the design and implementation of culturally appropriate programmes and interventions. This study explored the role of civic communicators in increasing access to sexual health information among migrants resettling in Sweden. Twenty in-depth interviews were c…

  • Male unaccompanied refugee minors’ perceptions of relationships and information about sexual health in Sweden - ‘it feels like you’ve been in prison and then set free’

    Madelene Nordström, Anette AgardhARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2021

    Unaccompanied refugee minors represent a potentially vulnerable group regarding sexual and reproductive health and rights, particularly due to the circumstances surrounding their migration. Research is scarce about the sexual and reproductive health and rights needs of unaccompanied minors, many of whom come from countries with limited access to information about sexual and reproductive health and rights. This study aimed to gain a deeper underst…

  • ‘Fighting an uphill battle’

    Open AccessJoakim Öhman, Markus Larsson et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2020

    BACKGROUND: Previous research suggests that Tanzanian MSM might prefer consulting pharmacies and drugstores, rather than public healthcare services, when in need of STI medicines and treatment. Yet, few studies have explored the experiences of providing services to MSM clients among those working at pharmacies and drugstores and examined what challenges they encounter in providing these services. OBJECTIVE: To gain increased knowledge and underst…

  • Cesarean delivery and associated socioeconomic factors and neonatal survival outcome in Kenya and Tanzania

    Open AccessMalachi Ochieng Arunda, Anette Agardh et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2020

    Disproportionate access to cesarean delivery has widened in Kenya and Tanzania. Higher risks of cesarean-related neonatal deaths exist. Medically indicated or not, the safety and/or choice of cesarean delivery is best addressed on individual basis at the health-facility level. However, policy initiatives to eliminate incentives, improve equitable access and accountability to reduce unnecessary cesarean deliveries through well-informed decisions a…