Kerstin Petersson - Gynecology

Author Information

Kerstin Petersson is affiliated with the Department of Clinical Sciences, Obstetrics, and Gynecology at Umeå University in Umeå, Sweden. Her research primarily focuses on various aspects of maternal and child health, including pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum care, particularly in immigrant populations.

Research Contributions

Kerstin Petersson has made significant contributions to the field of obstetrics and gynecology. Her work includes studies on developing contraceptive services for immigrant women postpartum, the impact of alcohol and drug use during pregnancy, the effects of potentially traumatic events and fear of childbirth, and the comparison of body mass index and gestational weight gain between migrant and Swedish-born women. She has also contributed to the understanding of changes in diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes and has worked on the Swedish Pregnancy Register to improve quality of care and research. Her research is widely recognized and has been cited extensively.

Aliases

Kerstin Petersson is also known by the aliases K Petersson and K. Petersson.

Publication and Citation Metrics

Metric	Value
Citation Count	1645
h-index	23
Paper Count	61

Publications:

Developing contraceptive services for immigrant women postpartum – a case study of a quality improvement collaborative in Sweden

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07965-9

Year: 2022

Alcohol and illicit and non-medical prescription drug use before and during pregnancy in Stockholm, Sweden: A cross-sectional study.

DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2021.100622

Year: 2021

Potentially traumatic events, fear of childbirth and posttraumatic stress disorder during pregnancy in Stockholm, Sweden: A cross-sectional study.

DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2020.100516

Year: 2020

Nurses' experiences of providing non-pharmacological pain management in palliative care: A qualitative study.

DOI: 10.1111/jocn.15232

Year: 2020

Being Different but Striving to Seem Normal: The Lived Experiences of People Aged 50+ with ADHD

DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2019.1695029

Year: 2020

Body mass index and gestational weight gain in migrant women by birth regions compared with Swedish-born women: A registry linkage study of 0.5 million pregnancies

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241319

Year: 2020

Self-Rated Health in Migrant and Non-Migrant Women before, during and after Pregnancy: A Population-Based Study of 0.5 Million Pregnancies from the Swedish Pregnancy Register

DOI: 10.3390/jcm9061764

Year: 2020

Changing diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes in Sweden - a stepped wedge national cluster randomised controlled trial - the CDC4G study protocol

DOI: 10.1186/s12884-019-2547-5

Year: 2019

Maternal height and risk of caesarean section in singleton births in Sweden D-A

DOI:

Year: 2018

The Swedish Pregnancy Register – for quality of care improvement and research

DOI: 10.1111/aogs.13266

Year: 2018

When is Implied Consent Applicable in Gynecology?

How Can Gynecologists Support Patient Autonomy?

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What is Medical Expulsive Therapy (MET)?

What Are the Long-term Benefits of Strong Bonding?

What Are the Limitations of LAM?

What Causes Maternal Obesity?

Why Are Mortality Rates Important?

How is HPV DNA Testing Performed?

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