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Bjarne Jansson

Professor in Social Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
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Work load and work hours in relation to disturbed sleep and fatigue in a large representative sample

T Åkerstedt, P Fredlund, M Gillberg… - Journal of psychosomatic …, 2002 - Elsevier
Objective: To study the relation between work and background factors on the one hand and
disturbed sleep and fatigue on the other. Method: A representative national sample of …

A prospective study of fatal occupational accidents–relationship to sleeping difficulties and occupational factors

T Åkerstedt, P Fredlund, M Gillberg… - Journal of sleep …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Very little is known about the association between sleep and (fatal) occupational accidents.
This study investigated this relationship using register data of self‐rated sleep difficulties …

Association between use of sedatives or hypnotics, alcohol consumption, or other risk factors and a single injurious fall or multiple injurious falls: a longitudinal general …

M Stenbacka, B Jansson, A Leifman, A Romelsjö - Alcohol, 2002 - Elsevier
In this study, we investigated the association between risk factors, including use of sedatives
or hypnotics or alcohol consumption, and injurious falls leading to hospitalization or death …

Exposure to intimate partner violence amongst women of reproductive age in Lagos, Nigeria: Prevalence and predictors

LE Okenwa, S Lawoko, B Jansson - Journal of family violence, 2009 - Springer
Research on predictors of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in Sub-Saharan Africa is
contradictory, necessitating further investigation. This study sought the prevalence and …

Social inequalities in intimate partner violence: A study of women in Kenya

S Lawoko, K Dalal, L Jiayou… - Violence and …, 2007 - connect.springerpub.com
This study examines social inequalities in intimate partner violence (IPV) among women of
reproductive age in Kenya. A sample comprising 3,696 women was retrieved from the …

Wife abuse in rural Bangladesh

K Dalal, F Rahman, B Jansson - Journal of biosocial science, 2009 - cambridge.org
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global public health and gender problem, especially in
low-income countries. The study focused on verbal abuse, physical abuse and abuse by …

[HTML][HTML] Women's attitudes towards discontinuation of female genital mutilation in Egypt

K Dalal, S Lawoko, B Jansson - Journal of injury and violence …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: To examine women's attitude towards discontinuation of female genital
mutilation (FGM) in association with their access to information, knowledge of health effects …

Attitudes toward physical intimate partner violence against women in Nigeria

L Okenwa-Emegwa, S Lawoko, B Jansson - Sage Open, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Attitudes toward intimate partner violence (IPV) are known predictors of IPV victimization and
perpetration with more women generally believed to justify IPV than men. An understanding …

Contraception, reproductive health and pregnancy outcomes among women exposed to intimate partner violence in Nigeria

L Okenwa, S Lawoko, B Jansson - The European Journal of …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives To examine the association between reproductive health practices/outcomes and
exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) among women in Nigeria. More specifically, the …

[HTML][HTML] Factors associated with disclosure of intimate partner violence among women in Lagos, Nigeria

L Okenwa, S Lawoko, B Jansson - Journal of injury and violence …, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Though the prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) remains high in less
developed countries, data suggest that these figures may represent an underestimation …