Ingela Krantz
Biographic Data
| ID | 1735954 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ingela Krantz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ingela |
| FAMILY NAME | Krantz |
| SIGNATURE | KRANTZ I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Umeå University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Global Health Action at 15 – revisiting its rationale
Global Health Action was launched almost 15 years ago in a world of increasing global interdependence. The Journal’s name and motivation resonates with Robert Beaglehole’s esteemed definition: ‘glo
From a weighing scale to a pole
BACKGROUND: Clinical schistosomiasis in endemic countries is treated with a single dose of praziquantel per 40 mg/kg body weight. Treating according to weight, in resource-poor settings when thousands of doses are to be administered in mass treatment campaigns, is considered problematic. A calibrated dose-pole based on height was developed and is now used in mass treatment campaigns for determining the doses for schoolchildren. The dose-pole will…
Fear of Deportation May Limit Legal Immigrants’ Access to HIV/Aids-Related Care
The increasing rates of HIV infection that are currently being reported in high-income countries can be partly explained by migration from countries with generalized epidemics. Yet, early diagnosis of HIV/AIDS in immigrants remains a challenge. This study investigated factors that might be limiting immigrants' access to HIV/AIDS care. Data from 268 legal immigrant students of two Swedish language schools in Northern Sweden were analyzed using log…
Screening migrants for tuberculosis - a missed opportunity for improving knowledge and attitudes in high-risk groups
Though the majority had contact with Swedish health professionals through the screening process, knowledge about tuberculosis among these immigrants was low with several misconceptions and negative attitudes. Information may currently be inaccessible to most of these immigrants due to the language barrier and unfamiliarity with the Swedish healthcare system. If TB education was included as a component of screening programmes, ensuring that it was…
A reply to Johnsdotter and Essén
It’s Only a Tradition’
This paper questions why female circumcision (FC) persists despite eradication interventions and the migration of people to non-practising countries and discusses the reasoning of Somali immigrants on female circumcision. It is based on interviews with diverse groups and individuals in the Somali community, mostly refugees in Sweden. Paradoxes implying denial and avoidance emerged. Female circumcision was described, as just ‘a tradition’ that has…
Better infection than hunger’. A study of illness perceptions with special focus on urinary schistosomiasis in Northern Tanzania
This paper is about how a community in Northern Tanzania experiences and reasons around urinary schistosomiasis and more specifically female genital schistosomiasis or schistosomiasis of the reproductive tract. As a disease, female genital schistosomiasis presents itself with a variety of symptoms which neither the affected woman nor the medical professionals usually recognise as schistosomiasis. The study therefore focused on symptom recognition…
Gendered construction of sexual risks
This study compared perceptions of sexual risk and sexual practices among youth in Kenya and Sweden. Self-generated questions on the body, perceptions of sexual risk and sexual practices were collected in Kenya while focus group discussions and individual interviews on these same issues were used in Sweden. The most striking differences between the two countries were in the level of knowledge on matters of sexuality and the ability to talk with e…
Interdisciplinary health research—A symposium
Gendered construction of sexual risks
This study compared perceptions of sexual risk and sexual practices among youth in Kenya and Sweden. Self-generated questions on the body, perceptions of sexual risk and sexual practices were collected in Kenya while focus group discussions and individual interviews on these same issues were used in Sweden. The most striking differences between the two countries were in the level of knowledge on matters of sexuality and the ability to talk with e…
A reply to Johnsdotter and Essén
It’s Only a Tradition’
This paper questions why female circumcision (FC) persists despite eradication interventions and the migration of people to non-practising countries and discusses the reasoning of Somali immigrants on female circumcision. It is based on interviews with diverse groups and individuals in the Somali community, mostly refugees in Sweden. Paradoxes implying denial and avoidance emerged. Female circumcision was described, as just ‘a tradition’ that has…
Interdisciplinary health research—A symposium
Interdisciplinary health research—A symposium
Gendered construction of sexual risks
This study compared perceptions of sexual risk and sexual practices among youth in Kenya and Sweden. Self-generated questions on the body, perceptions of sexual risk and sexual practices were collected in Kenya while focus group discussions and individual interviews on these same issues were used in Sweden. The most striking differences between the two countries were in the level of knowledge on matters of sexuality and the ability to talk with e…
Better infection than hunger’. A study of illness perceptions with special focus on urinary schistosomiasis in Northern Tanzania
This paper is about how a community in Northern Tanzania experiences and reasons around urinary schistosomiasis and more specifically female genital schistosomiasis or schistosomiasis of the reproductive tract. As a disease, female genital schistosomiasis presents itself with a variety of symptoms which neither the affected woman nor the medical professionals usually recognise as schistosomiasis. The study therefore focused on symptom recognition…
It’s Only a Tradition’
This paper questions why female circumcision (FC) persists despite eradication interventions and the migration of people to non-practising countries and discusses the reasoning of Somali immigrants on female circumcision. It is based on interviews with diverse groups and individuals in the Somali community, mostly refugees in Sweden. Paradoxes implying denial and avoidance emerged. Female circumcision was described, as just ‘a tradition’ that has…
A reply to Johnsdotter and Essén
Screening migrants for tuberculosis - a missed opportunity for improving knowledge and attitudes in high-risk groups
Though the majority had contact with Swedish health professionals through the screening process, knowledge about tuberculosis among these immigrants was low with several misconceptions and negative attitudes. Information may currently be inaccessible to most of these immigrants due to the language barrier and unfamiliarity with the Swedish healthcare system. If TB education was included as a component of screening programmes, ensuring that it was…
Fear of Deportation May Limit Legal Immigrants’ Access to HIV/Aids-Related Care
The increasing rates of HIV infection that are currently being reported in high-income countries can be partly explained by migration from countries with generalized epidemics. Yet, early diagnosis of HIV/AIDS in immigrants remains a challenge. This study investigated factors that might be limiting immigrants' access to HIV/AIDS care. Data from 268 legal immigrant students of two Swedish language schools in Northern Sweden were analyzed using log…
From a weighing scale to a pole
BACKGROUND: Clinical schistosomiasis in endemic countries is treated with a single dose of praziquantel per 40 mg/kg body weight. Treating according to weight, in resource-poor settings when thousands of doses are to be administered in mass treatment campaigns, is considered problematic. A calibrated dose-pole based on height was developed and is now used in mass treatment campaigns for determining the doses for schoolchildren. The dose-pole will…
Global Health Action at 15 – revisiting its rationale
Global Health Action was launched almost 15 years ago in a world of increasing global interdependence. The Journal’s name and motivation resonates with Robert Beaglehole’s esteemed definition: ‘glo
Medicine (7 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Immigration (3 works) · Law (3 works)