Gunilla Krantz
RESEARCHER
School of Public Health and CommunityAbout Gunilla Krantz
Medical doctor, specialised in General Practice and Social Medicine, Professor in Public Health Science. My research and teaching is mainly within Global Health. Areas of research: Violence in intimate relationships with studies performed in Sweden, Vietnam, Pakistan and Rwanda; Adolescent Health; Young women's health and sickness absence; Health care services use in a gender perspective. At present Project leader in two collaborations with University of Rwanda, Sida financed Projects, on Traumatic experience, mental illness and barriers to care and Quality and utilization of antenatal care and delivery services, pregnancy complications¿ and their impact on health and family situation with cost-effectiveness analyses. Teaching: Global Health at master level, Gender issues post-graduate level.
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Intimate partner violence, associations with perceived need for help and health care utilization: a population-based sample of women in
Sweden
Solveig Lövestad, M. Vaez, Jesper Löve, Gunnel Hensing, Gunilla Krantz
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health - 2020-01-01 -
A qualitative study of healthcare professionals' perceptions of men and women's mental healthcare seeking in
Rwanda
Lawrence Rugema, M. Persson, I. Mogren, J. Ntaganira, Gunilla Krantz
Journal of Community Psychology - 2020-01-01 -
Suicidal ideation and attempts in population-based samples of women: temporal changes between 1989 and
2015.
Solveig Lövestad, Jesper Löve, Marjan Vaez, Margda Waern, Gunnel Hensing, Gunilla Krantz
BMC public health - 2019-01-01 -
Incremental cost and health gains of the 2016 WHO antenatal care recommendations for Rwanda: results from expert
elicitation
R. Hitimana, L. Lindholm, I. Mogren, Gunilla Krantz, M. Nzayirambaho, J. P. S. Sengoma, A. M. Pulkki-Brannstrom
Health Research Policy and Systems - 2019-01-01 -
"Not taken seriously"-A qualitative interview study of postpartum Rwandan women who have experienced pregnancy-related
complications
J. P. S. Semasaka, Gunilla Krantz, M. Nzayirambaho, C. Munyanshongore, K. Edvardsson, I. Mogren
PLoS ONE - 2019-01-01 -
Health-related quality of life determinants among Rwandan women after delivery: does antenatal care utilization matter? A cross-sectional
study
R. Hitimana, L. Lindholm, Gunilla Krantz, M. Nzayirambaho, J. Condo, J. P. S. Sengoma, A. M. Pulkki-Brannstrom
Journal of Health Population and Nutrition - 2018-01-01 -
Quality of antenatal care services in Rwanda: Assessing practices of health care providers 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1117 Public Health and Health
Services
Akashi Andrew Rurangirwa, I. Mogren, J. Ntaganira, K. Govender, Gunilla Krantz
Bmc Health Services Research - 2018-01-01 -
Patients' perceptions and factors affecting dialysis modality
decisions
Ingrid Osika Friberg, Lena Mårtensson, Börje Haraldsson, Gunilla Krantz, S. Maatta, K. Jarbrink
Peritoneal Dialysis International - 2018-01-01 -
Cost of antenatal care for the health sector and for households in
Rwanda
R. Hitimana, L. Lindholm, Gunilla Krantz, M. Nzayirambaho, A. M. Pulkki-Brännström
BMC Health Services Research - 2018-01-01 -
Collaboration or renunciation? The role of traditional medicine in mental health care in Rwanda and Eastern Cape Province, South
Africa
Isabell Schierenbeck, Peter Johansson, Lena Andersson, Gunilla Krantz, Joseph Ntaganira
Global Public Health - 2018-01-01 -
Prevalence of pregnancy-related complications and course of labour of surviving women who gave birth in selected health facilities in Rwanda: a health facility-based, cross-sectional
study
J. P. S. Sengoma, Gunilla Krantz, M. Nzayirambaho, C. Munyanshongore, K. Edvardsson, I. Mogren
Bmj Open - 2017-01-01 -
Determinants of poor utilization of antenatal care services among recently delivered women in Rwanda; a population based
study
Akashi Andrew Rurangirwa, I. Mogren, L. Nyirazinyoye, J. Ntaganira, Gunilla Krantz
Bmc Pregnancy and Childbirth - 2017-01-01 -
Prevalence of intimate partner violence and its association with symptoms of depression; A cross-sectional study based on a female population sample in
Sweden
Solveig Lövestad, Jesper Löve, Marjan Vaez, Gunilla Krantz
BMC Public Health - 2017-01-01 -
Intimate partner violence among pregnant women in Rwanda, its associated risk factors and relationship to ANC services attendance: a population-based
study
Akashi Andrew Rurangirwa, I. Mogren, J. Ntaganira, Gunilla Krantz
Bmj Open - 2017-01-01 -
Self-reported pregnancy-related health problems and self-rated health status in Rwandan women postpartum: A population-based cross-sectional
study
J. P. S. Semasaka, Gunilla Krantz, M. Nzayirambaho, C. Munyanshongore, K. Edvardsson, I. Mogren
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth - 2016-01-01 -
Gender Inequality Prevents Abused Women from Seeking Care Despite Protection Given in Gender-Based Violence Legislation: A Qualitative Study from
Rwanda
Aline Umubyeyi, M. Persson, I. Mogren, Gunilla Krantz
Plos One - 2016-01-01 -
Sex differences in health care consumption in Sweden: A register-based cross-sectional
study
Ingrid Osika Friberg, Gunilla Krantz, S. Maatta, Krister Järbrink
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health - 2016-01-01 -
Help-seeking behaviours, barriers to care and self-efficacy for seeking mental health care: a population-based study in
Rwanda
Aline Umubyeyi, I. Mogren, J. Ntaganira, Gunilla Krantz
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology - 2016-01-01 -
Theoretical Considerations on Men's Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence: An Interview-Based
Study
Lotta Nybergh, Viveka Enander, Gunilla Krantz
Journal of Family Violence - 2016-01-01 -
Intimate partner homicide in West Sweden
2000-2014
Viveka Enander, Karin Örmon, Gunilla Krantz
Fighting Femicide Conference: Queen Mary University of London - 2015-01-01 -
"A constant struggle to receive mental health care": health care professionals' acquired experience of barriers to mental health care services in
Rwanda
Lawrence Rugema, Gunilla Krantz, I. Mogren, J. Ntaganira, M. Persson
Bmc Psychiatry - 2015-01-01 -
Traumatic episodes and mental health effects in young men and women in Rwanda, 17 years after the
genocide
Lawrence Rugema, I. Mogren, J. Ntaganira, Gunilla Krantz
Bmj Open - 2015-01-01 -
Global health education in Swedish medical
schools
S. Ehn, A. Agardh, H. Holmer, Gunilla Krantz, L. Hagander
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health - 2015-01-01 -
Intimate partner violence and its contribution to mental disorders in men and women in the post genocide Rwanda: findings from a population based
study
Aline Umubyeyi, Ingrid Mogren, Joseph Ntaganira, Gunilla Krantz
BMC Psychiatry - 2014-01-01 -
Women are considerably more exposed to intimate partner violence than men in Rwanda: results from a population-based, cross-sectional
study
Aline Umubyeyi, I. Mogren, J. Ntaganira, Gunilla Krantz
Bmc Womens Health - 2014-01-01 -
General Self-efficacy and Its Relationship to Self-reported Mental Illness and Barriers to Care: A General Population
Study
Lena Andersson, Chrystal Dea Moore, Gunnel Hensing, Gunilla Krantz, Carin Staland Nyman
Community mental health journal - 2014-01-01 -
Possibilities and Hindrances for Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence: Perceptions Among Professionals and Decision Makers in a Swedish Medium-Sized
Town.
Annika Jakobsson, Chris von Borgstede, Gunilla Krantz, Fredrik Spak, Gunnel Hensing
International journal of behavioral medicine - 2013-01-01 -
Psychometric properties of the WHO Violence Against Women instrument in a female population-based sample in Sweden: a cross-sectional
survey
Lotta Nybergh, Charles Taft, Gunilla Krantz
Bmj Open - 2013-01-01 -
Traumatic episodes experienced during the genocide period in Rwanda influence life circumstances in young men and women 17 years
later
Lawrence Rugema, Ingrid Mogren, Joseph Ntaganira, Gunilla Krantz
Bmc Public Health - 2013-01-01 -
Self-reported exposure to intimate partner violence among women and men in Sweden: results from a population-based
survey
Lotta Nybergh, Charles Taft, Viveka Enander, Gunilla Krantz
BMC Public Health - 2013-01-01 -
Help-seeking behaviour, barriers to care and experiences of care among persons with depression in Eastern Cape, South
Africa
Lena Andersson, Isabell Schierenbeck, Johanita Strumpher, Gunilla Krantz, Kegan Topper, Gunilla Backman, Esmeralda Ricks, Dalena van Rooyen
Journal of Affective Disorders - 2013-01-01 -
Pregnant women's perception on signs and symptoms during pregnancy and maternal health care in a rural low-resource
setting
S. Graner, M. Klingberg-Allvin, L. Q. Duong, Gunilla Krantz, I. Mogren
Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica - 2013-01-01 -
Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Health Effects: A Population-Based Study among Married Women in Karachi,
Pakistan
T. S. Ali, I. Mogren, Gunilla Krantz
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine - 2013-01-01 -
Violence: Health in Sweden: The National Public Health Report 2012. Chapter
12
K. Leander, M. Berlin, A. Eriksson, K. G. Gadin, Gunnel Hensing, Gunilla Krantz, K. Swahnberg, M. Danielsson
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health - 2012-01-01 -
Violence permeating daily life: a qualitative study investigating perspectives on violence among women in Karachi,
Pakistan
T. S. Ali, Gunilla Krantz, I. Mogren
International journal of women's health - 2012-01-01 -
Young adults' perceptions on life prospects and gender roles as important factors to influence health behaviour: a qualitative study from Karachi,
Pakistan.
Syed Farid-ul Hasnain, Eva Johansson, Ingrid Mogren, Gunilla Krantz
Global journal of health science - 2012-01-01 -
Psychometric properties of the WHO Violence Against Women instrument in a male population-based sample in
Sweden.
Lotta Nybergh, Charles Taft, Gunilla Krantz
BMJ open - 2012-01-01 -
Men's and women's exposure and perpetration of partner violence: an epidemiological study from
Sweden.
Solveig Lövestad, Gunilla Krantz
BMC public health - 2012-01-01 -
Assessing Reasons for School/College Dropout Among Young Adults and Implications for Awareness about STDs and HIV/AIDS: Findings from a Population-Based Study in Karachi,
Pakistan
S. Farid-ul-Hasnain, Gunilla Krantz
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine - 2011-01-01 -
Gender roles and their influence on life prospects for women in urban Karachi, Pakistan: a qualitative
study
TS Ali, Gunilla Krantz, R Gul, N Asad, E Johansson, I Mogren
GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION - 2011-01-01 -
Intimate partner violence in urban Pakistan: prevalence, frequency and risk
factors
Ali Tazeen S, Nargis Asad, Inger Mogren, Gunilla Krantz
International Journal of Women's Health - 2011-01-01 -
Associations between general self efficacy, barriers to care and self reported mental illness-a population-based
study
L. Andersson, Carin Staland Nyman, Gunnel Hensing, Gunilla Krantz
European Journal of Public Health - 2010-01-01 -
Associations between general self efficacy, barriers to care and self-reported mental illness-a population-based
study
L. Andersson, Carin Staland Nyman, Gunilla Krantz
European Journal of Public Health - 2010-01-01 -
Maternal health care professionals´ perspectives on the provision and use of antenatal and delivery care: a qualitative descriptive study in rural
Vietnam
Sophie Graner, Inger Mogren, Le Q Duong, Gunilla Krantz, Marie Klingberg-Allvin
BMC Public Health - 2010-01-01 -
Adverse perinatal and neonatal outcomes and their determinants in rural Vietnam
1999-2005
Sophie Graner, Marie Klingberg-Allvin, Ho Dang Phuc, Dao Lan Huong, Gunilla Krantz, Ingrid Mogren
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - 2010-01-01 -
Intimate partner violence against women, health effects and health care seeking in rural
Vietnam.
Nguyen Dang Vung, Per-Olof Ostergren, Gunilla Krantz
European journal of public health - 2009-01-01 -
The panorama and outcomes of pregnancies within a well-defined population in rural Vietnam
1999-2004.
Sophie Graner, Marie Klingberg-Allvin, Ho Dang Phuc, Gunilla Krantz, Ingrid Mogren
International journal of behavioral medicine - 2009-01-01 -
What do young adults know about the HIV/AIDS epidemic? Findings from a population based study in Karachi,
Pakistan.
Syed Farid-ul-Hasnain, Eva Johansson, Gunilla Krantz
BMC infectious diseases - 2009-01-01 -
Childhood experiences of interparental violence as a risk factor for intimate partner violence: a population-based study from northern
Vietnam.
N D Vung, Gunilla Krantz
Journal of epidemiology and community health - 2009-01-01 -
The role of controlling behaviour in intimate partner violence and its health effects: a population based study from rural
Vietnam.
Gunilla Krantz, Dang Vung Nguyen
BMC public health - 2009-01-01 -
Intimate partner violence against women in rural Vietnam - different socio-demographic factors are associated with different forms of violence: Need for new intervention
guidelines?
Nguyen Dang Vung, Per-Olof Ostergren, Gunilla Krantz
BMC Public Health - 2008-01-01 -
The role of men's controlling behaviour in intimate partner violence and its health
consequence
Gunilla Krantz, N. D. Vung, P. O. Ostergren
European Journal of Public Health - 2007-01-01 -
Violence against women in intimate relationships: Explanations and suggestions for interventions as perceived by healthcare workers, local leaders, and trusted community members in a northern district of
Vietnam
Robert Jonzon, Nguyen Dang Vung, Karin C. Ringsberg, Gunilla Krantz
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH - 2007-01-01 -
Coping with patients with medically unexplained symptoms: work-related strategies of physicians in primary health
care.
Karin C. Ringsberg, Gunilla Krantz
Journal of health psychology - 2006-01-01 -
Changing gender differences in musculoskeletal pain and psychological
distress
Örjan Hemström, Gunilla Krantz, Eva Roos
Fritzell J, Lundberg O (eds). Health inequalities and welfare resources. London: Policy Press, 2006. - 2006-01-01 -
Gender differences in work-home interplay and symptom perception among Swedish white-collar
employees.
Leeni Berntsson, U Lundberg, Gunilla Krantz
Journal of epidemiology and community health - 2006-01-01 -
Workload, work stress, and sickness absence in Swedish male and female white-collar
employees.
Gunilla Krantz, Ulf Lundberg
Scandinavian journal of public health - 2006-01-01 -
Symptom reporting and self-rated health among women in mid-life: the role of work characteristics and family
responsibilities.
Christin Mellner, Gunilla Krantz, Ulf Lundberg
International journal of behavioral medicine - 2006-01-01 -
Intimate partner violence: forms, consequences and preparedness to act as perceived by healthcare staff and district and community leaders in a rural district in northern
Vietnam.
Gunilla Krantz, T Van Phuong, V Larsson, N Thi Bich Thuan, Karin C. Ringsberg
Public health - 2005-01-01 -
Total workload, work stress and perceived symptoms in Swedish male and female white-collar
employees
Gunilla Krantz, L. Berntsson, U. Lundberg
European Journal of Public Health - 2005-01-01 -
Medically unexplained symptoms in women as related to physiological stress
responses.
Christin Mellner, Gunilla Krantz, Ulf Lundberg
Stress and Health - 2005-01-01 -
Violence against
women.
Gunilla Krantz, Claudia Garcia-Moreno
Journal of epidemiology and community health - 2005-01-01 -
Total workload, stress and perceived symptoms in Swedish male and female white-collar
employees.
Gunilla Krantz, Leeni Berntsson, Ulf Lundberg
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH - 2005-01-01 -
Medically unexplained symptoms: perceptions of physicians in primary health
care.
Tora Woivalin, Gunilla Krantz, Taina Mäntyranta, Karin C. Ringsberg
Family practice - 2004-01-01 -
Våldets
ohälsa
Gunilla Krantz
Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2004. - 2004-01-01 -
Does it make sense in a coherent way? Determinants of sense of coherence in Swedish women 40 to 50 years of
age.
Gunilla Krantz, Per-Olof Ostergren
International journal of behavioral medicine - 2004-01-01 -
Consistency in physiological stress responses and electromyographic activity during induced stress exposure in women and
men.
Gunilla Krantz, Mikael Forsman, Ulf Lundberg
Integrative physiological and behavioral science : the official journal of the Pavlovian Society - 2004-01-01 -
Violence against women: a global public health
issue!
Gunilla Krantz
Journal of epidemiology and community health - 2002-01-01 -
Do common symptoms in women predict long spells of sickness absence? A prospective community-based study on Swedish women 40 to 50 years of
age.
Gunilla Krantz, Per-Olof Ostergren
Scandinavian journal of public health - 2002-01-01 -
Double exposure. The combined impact of domestic responsibilities and job strain on common symptoms in employed Swedish
women.
Gunilla Krantz, P O Ostergren
European journal of public health - 2001-01-01 -
Common symptoms in middle aged women: their relation to employment status, psychosocial work conditions and social support in a Swedish
setting.
Gunilla Krantz, P O Ostergren
Journal of epidemiology and community health - 2000-01-01 -
The association between violence victimisation and common symptoms in Swedish
women.
Gunilla Krantz, P O Ostergren
Journal of epidemiology and community health - 2000-01-01 -
Women's health: do common symptoms in women mirror general distress or specific disease
entities?
Gunilla Krantz, P O Ostergren
Scandinavian journal of public health - 1999-01-01 -
[Health developments for Scandinavian
women]
Gunilla Krantz
Nordisk medicin - 1994-01-01