Research by Dr. Signe Svallfors

My research focuses on the intersection of violence, social inequality, and health dynamics, with an emphasis on reproductive rights and gender-based violence in Latin America.

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Peer-reviewed publications

“Obstetric violence in the context of community violence: The case of Mexico”

Torrisi, O., S. Svallfors, and M. Gargiulo (2024) Social Science & Medicine

“Giving birth while facing death: Cesarean sections and community violence in Latin America.”

Svallfors, S. (2024) Population Research and Policy Review

“Milestone moments: Community violence and women’s life-course transitions in Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala”

Svallfors, S. (2024) Population & Development Review

“Reproductive justice in the Colombian armed conflict.”

Svallfors, S. (2024) Disasters

“Armed conflict, insecurity, and attitudes toward women’s and girls’ reproductive autonomy in Nigeria”

Svallfors, S., K. Båge, A.M. Ekström, K. Elimian, et al. (2024) Social Science & Medicine

“Climate change and sexual and reproductive health and rights research in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review”

Arunda, M.O., R. Sorcher, A.P.F. Canabarro, S. Svallfors, et al. (2024) BMJ Public Health

“Support for sexual and reproductive health and rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: A new index based on World Values Survey data”

Svallfors, S., K. Båge, A.M. Ekström, … A. Kågesten, et al. (2024) Reproductive Health

“Gender dynamics during the Colombian armed conflict.”

Svallfors, S. (2024) Social Politics

“Hidden casualties: The links between intimate partner violence and armed conflict in Colombia.”

Svallfors, S. (2023) Politics & Gender

“COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among first-generation immigrants living in Sweden.”

Svallfors, S., EC. Larsson, B. Puranen, and AM. Ekström (2023) European Journal of Public Health

“The remarkable stability of fertility preferences during the Colombian armed conflict 2000–2016.”

Svallfors, S. (2022) Population, Space and Place

“Contraceptive choice as risk reduction? The relevance of local violence for women’s uptake of sterilization in Colombia.”

Svallfors, S. (2022) Population Studies

“Conflict and contraception in Colombia.”

Svallfors, S. and S. Billingsley (2019) Studies in Family Planning

Research reports & other publications

Book review: “A tyranny against itself: Intimate partner violence on the margins of Bogotá By John I. B. Bhadra-Heintz. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022. 258 pp.”

Svallfors, S. (2024) American Ethnologist

“Politicizing women’s health: Consequences of armed conflict for sexual and reproductive health and rights in Colombia.”

Svallfors, S. (2022) Development Dissertation Brief, Expert Group for Aid Studies

“Childbearing across partnerships in Europe and the United States.”

Thomson, E., J. Dahlgren and S. Svallfors (2021) Stockholm Research Report in Demography

Manuscripts under review

“Reconsidering gender equality metrics: A critique of the total fertility rate and review of better alternatives.”

Svallfors, S.

“Armed conflict and unwanted births in Colombia.”

Svallfors, S.

“Armed conflict and birth weight in Colombia: Micro-level evidence on violence and anti-coca fumigation.”

Svallfors, S., S. Billingsley, G. Østby, and S. Aradhya

“The consequences of community violence for contraceptive use and provision in Mexico.”

Svallfors, S., M. Caudillo and O. Torrisi

“Supportive attitudes toward sexual and reproductive health and rights associated with high reproductive agency: A population-based cross-sectional study in Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Ethiopia.”

Båge, K., A. Kågesten, O. Uthman, M. Salazar, B. Puranen, S. Svallfors, AM. Ekström, and H. Litorp

Manuscripts in preparation

“Determinants and consequences of traumatic birth experiences.”

Torrisi, O., S. Svallfors, and M. Caudillo.

Torrisi, O., S. Svallfors, and M. Caudillo

“The impact of local violent crime on maternal mortality and morbidity in Mexico.”

Svallfors, S., O. Torrisi, and M. Caudillo.

Svallfors, S., O. Torrisi, and M. Caudillo

“Yearning for a bigger population: The relevance of ethnic minority status for fertility in Ethiopia.”

Svallfors, S., S. Lee, Y.S. Park, and L. Acorta.

Svallfors, S., S. Lee, Y.S. Park, and L. Acorta

“Trends in cesarean births in the United States, 1989–2021.”

Svallfors, S. and F. Torche.

Svallfors, S. and F. Torche

“Population health in armed conflict: How to conceptualize and measure a prominent threat to global health.”

Luetke, M., E. Heger Boyle, S. Svallfors, and M. Gunther.

Luetke, M., E. Heger Boyle, S. Svallfors, and M. Gunther

“Global variations in abortion attitudes and rates of abortion and unintended pregnancy, by abortion legislation.”

Båge, K., J. Bearak, S. Svallfors, EC. Larsson, et al.

Båge, K., J. Bearak, S. Svallfors, EC. Larsson, … A. Kågesten et al.

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