Hafrún Finnbogadóttir
Senior Lecturer

	” My research is about the incomprehensible violence, the violence we don’t dare to talk about. As a midwife I have missed as well as discovered violence against pregnant women”

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• Publications

• Selected publications from Malmö University Electronic Publishing.
  
  Doctoral thesis
  Finnbogadóttir, Hafrún (2014) Exposure to domestic violence during pregnancy : impact on outcome, midwives’ awareness, women´s experience and prevalence in the south of Sweden. Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, 141, ISBN 978-91-7104-541-6, 978-91-7104-542-3, ISSN 1653-5383, . (application/pdf)
  
  Lic. thesis
  Finnbogadóttir, Hafrún (2011) Domestic violence and pregnancy : impact on outcome and midwives` awareness of the topic. Malmö Högskola, Health and Society, 70, ISBN 978-91-7104-245-3, ISSN 1650-2337, . (application/pdf) (application/pdf)
  
  Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
  Finnbogadóttir, Hafrún, Mellgren, Caroline (2017) "The degree of suffering among pregnant women with a history of violence, help-seeking, and police reporting" Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare;, 23-28, Elsevier, ISSN 1877-5756, DOI [länk], (application/pdf)
  
  Finnbogadóttir, Hafrún, Thies-Lagergren, Li (2017) "Breastfeeding in the context of domestic violence : a cross sectional study" Journal of Advanced Nursing;12, 3209–3219, Wiley, ISSN 1365-2648, DOI [länk], (application/pdf)
  
  Finnbogadóttir, Hafrún, Moghaddassi, Mahnaz N, Stenzelius, Karin (2016) "Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercise after Delivery with or without the Biofeedback Method : An Intervention Study" Journal of Womens Health Care;2, 2-5, OMICS, ISSN 2167-0420, DOI [länk], (application/pdf)
  
  Finnbogadóttir, Hafrún, Dykes, Anna-Karin (2016) "Increasing prevalence and incidence of domestic violence during the pregnancy and one and a half year postpartum, as well as risk factors : a longitudinal cohort study in Southern Sweden" BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth;1, 327, Springer, ISSN 1471-2393, DOI [länk], (application/pdf) (application/pdf)
  
  Finnbogadóttir, Hafrún, Dykes, Anna-Karin, Wann-Hansson, Christine (2016) "Prevalence and incidence of domestic violence during pregnancy and associated risk factors : a longitudinal cohort study in the south of Sweden" BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth;, 228, BioMed Central, ISSN 1471-2393, DOI [länk], (application/pdf)
  
  Finnbogadóttir, Hafrún (2014) "Struggling to survive for the sake of the unborn baby : a grounded theory model of exposure to intimate partner violence during pregnancy" BMC Pregnancy Childbirth;14, 293, Springer, ISSN 1471-2393, DOI [länk], (application/pdf)
  
  Finnbogadóttir, Hafrún, Dykes, Anna-Karin, Wann-Hansson, Christine (2014) "Prevalence of domestic violence during pregnancy and related risk factors : a cross-sectional study in southern Sweden" BMC Women`s health;63, 1-13, BioMed Central, ISSN 1472-6874, DOI [länk], (application/pdf)
  
  Finnbogadóttir, Hafrún, Dykes, Anna-Karin, Wann-Hansson, Christine (2014) "Struggling to survive for the sake of the unborn baby : a grounded theory model of exposure to intimate partner violence during pregnancy" BMC Pregnancy and childbirth;1, 1-9, BioMed Central, ISSN 1471-2393, DOI [länk], (application/pdf)
  
  Finnbogadóttir, Hafrún, Dykes, Anna-Karin (2012) "Midwives` awareness and experiences regarding domestic violence among pregnant women in southern Sweden" Midwifery;2, 181–189, Elsevier, ISSN 0266-6138, DOI [länk],
  
  Finnbogadóttir, Hafrún, Dejin-Karlsson, Elisabeth, Dykes, Anna-Karin (2011) "A multi-centre cohort study shows no association between experienced violence and labour dystocia in nulliparous women at term" BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth;14, 9, BioMed Central, ISSN 1471-2393, DOI [länk], (application/pdf)
  
  Previous publications

• Other tasks and merits

• Grants received in competition from the The Swedish Crime Victim Compensation and support authority for the years 2015-2016 total 1.029.000 Skr
  
  Conference contribution: At the 22nd Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International (NNVAWI)Conference, 26-28 september, Niagara-at-the-Lake, 2018. Suffering among women with a history of violence-help seeking and police reporting.
  
  Conference contribution: Nordic Marcé Conference- for perinatal mental health 12-13 October 2017, Stockholm, Sweden. Breastfeeding and depression in the context of domestic violence (in Swedish). Symptoms of untreated depression during pregnancy and up to 1.5 years postpartum - a longitudinal cohort study (In Swedish). Does domestic violence during pregnancy increase postpartum?(Poster) Struggling to survive for the sake of the unborn baby.(Poster)
  
  Conference contribution: International Conference: Violence against pregnant women, 28TH of Augusti 2017, Oslo. Does the violence continue after the baby is born?
  
  Conference contribution: The 31st ICM Triennial Congress of The International Confederation of Midwives, Toronto, Canada, June 18 – 22, 2017. Struggling to survive for the sake of the unborn baby.(Oral presentation). Does domestic violence during pregnancy increase postpartum?(Poster)
  
  Conference contribution: The 21st Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International Conference, 26-28th of October 2016, Melbourne, Australien. Struggling to survive for the sake of the unborn baby.(poster) Increasing prevalence and incidence of domestic violence during pregnancy up to one and a half year postpartum in south of Sweden.