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Monica Christianson

I am working as senior lecturer and is teaching at advanced level, foremost at the Midwifery Program, active researcher and work as a midwife at the youth clinic in Umeå. 

Research qualifications: Docent

Contact

E-mail
monica.christianson@umu.se
Phone
+46 90 786 93 92

Works as

Affiliation
Associate professor at Department of Nursing
Location
Biologihuset, Hus C, plan 3, 4 och 5. Hus D2, plan 3. Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå
Virginity control and hymen (re)construction: gender analysis from the perspective of young women
Archives of Sexual Behavior
Christianson, Monica; Eriksson, Carola
Engagement in learning: Innovative teaching for midwifery students in a workshop on sexual violence
Teaching and Learning in Nursing, Elsevier 2025, Vol. 20, (4) : e1281-e1285
Christianson, Monica; Lindqvist, Maria
Invisible but palpable: gender norms in childbirth
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, BioMed Central (BMC) 2025, Vol. 25, (1)
Westergren, Agneta; Edin, Kerstin; Nilsson, Bo; et al.
Widening the scope of mental health with a 'youth centred' approach: a qualitative study involving health care professionals in Sweden’s youth clinics
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, Taylor & Francis 2024, Vol. 19, (1)
Goicolea, Isabel; Richter Sundberg, Linda; Wiklund, Maria; et al.
Exploring cross-boundary collaborationfor youth mental health in Sweden: a qualitative study using the integrativeframework for collaborative governance
BMC Health Services Research, BioMed Central (BMC) 2024, Vol. 24
Richter Sundberg, Linda; Gotfredsen, Anne; Christianson, Monica; et al.
The advancement of a gender ethics protocol to uncover gender ethical dilemmas in midwifery: a preliminary theory model
Reproductive Health, BioMed Central (BMC) 2022, Vol. 19, (1)
Christianson, Monica; Lehn, Sine; Velandia, Marianne
A safe place – adolescents' and young adults' perceptions of youth clinics in northern Sweden
Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare, Elsevier 2022, Vol. 33
Thomson, Anna; Christensen, Ellen; Wiklund, Maria; et al.
A woman’s honor tumbles down on all of us in the family, but a man’s honor is only his”: young women’s experiences of patriarchal chastity norms
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, Taylor & Francis 2021, Vol. 16
Christianson, Monica; Teiler, Åsa; Eriksson, Carola
Collective imaginaries of caring landscapes for rural youth: a concept mapping study in northern Sweden
BMC Public Health, BioMed Central 2021, Vol. 21
Jonsson, Frida; Christianson, Monica; Wiklund, Maria; et al.
How can we strengthen mental health services in Swedish youth clinics? A health policy and systems study protocol
BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2021, Vol. 11, (10) : e048922-e048922
Richter Sundberg, Linda; Christianson, Monica; Wiklund, Maria; et al.
Reproducing normative femininity: Women's evaluations of their birth experiences analysed by means of word frequency and thematic analysis
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, BioMed Central 2021, Vol. 21, (1)
Westergren, Agneta; Edin, Kerstin; Christianson, Monica
Exploring the medicalisation of childbirth through women's preferences for and use of pain relief
Women and Birth, Elsevier 2021 : e118-e127
Westergren, Agneta; Edin, Kerstin; Lindkvist, Marie; et al.
Landscapes of care and despair for rural youth: a qualitative study in the northern Swedish 'periphery'
International Journal for Equity in Health, BioMed Central 2020, Vol. 19, (1)
Jonsson, Frida; Goicolea, Isabel; Christianson, Monica; et al.
Assessing the youth-friendliness of youth clinics in northern Sweden: a survey analyzing the perspective of the youth
BMC Health Services Research, BioMed Central 2020, Vol. 20, (1)
Waenerlund, Anna-Karin; San Sebastian, Miguel; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; et al.
Autonomous and dependent–The dichotomy of birth: a feminist analysis of birth plans in Sweden
Midwifery, Elsevier 2019, Vol. 68 : 56-64
Westergren, Agneta; Edin, Kerstin; Walsh, Denis; et al.
Health care access for rural youth on equal terms?: A mixed methods study protocol in northern Sweden
International Journal for Equity in Health, BioMed Central 2018, Vol. 17
Goicolea, Isabel; Carson, Dean; San Sebastian, Miguel; et al.
Accessibility and factors associated with utilization of mental health services in youth health centers: a qualitative comparative analysis in northern Sweden
International Journal of Mental Health Systems, BioMed Central (BMC) 2018, Vol. 12
Goicolea, Isabel; Hultstrand Ahlin, Cecilia; Waenerlund, Anna-Karin; et al.
Prevalence and correlates of gender inequitable norms among young, church-going women and men in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
BMC Public Health, Vol. 18
Lusey, Hendrew; San Sebastian, Miguel; Christianson, Monica; et al.
Factors associated with gender equality among church-going young men in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: a cross-sectional study
International Journal for Equity in Health, BIOMED CENTRAL LTD 2017, Vol. 16
Lusey, Hendrew; Sebastian, Miguel San; Christianson, Monica; et al.
Men don’t think that far” – Interviewing men in Sweden aboutchlamydia and HIV testing during pregnancy from a discursivemasculinities construction perspective.
Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare, Vol. 12 : 107-115
Monica, Christianson; Boman, Jens; Essén, Birgitta
Searching for best practices of youth friendly services - a study protocol using qualitative comparative analysis in Sweden
BMC Health Services Research, Vol. 16
Goicolea, Isabel; Christianson, Monica; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; et al.
Church representatives' perspectives on masculinities in the context of HIV: the case of the Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiative in Africa
African Journal of AIDS Research, NISC - National Inquiry Services Centre 2016, Vol. 15, (3) : 273-281
Lusey, Hendrew G.; Christianson, Monica; San Sebastian, Miguel; et al.
Challenges and strategies for sustaining youth-friendly health services: a qualitative study from the perspective of professionals at youth clinics in northern Sweden
Reproductive Health, Vol. 13
Thomée, Suzanne; Malm, Desiré; Christianson, Monica; et al.
"Not Used But Almost…"-A Gender and Agency Analysis of the Grey Zone Between Consensual and Nonconsensual Sexual Intercourse
Health Care for Women International, Vol. 36, (7) : 768-783
Christianson, Monica
Promoting women's human rights: A qualitative analysis of midwives' perceptions about virginity control and hymen 'reconstruction'
European journal of contraception & reproductive health care, Vol. 20, (3) : 181-192
Christianson, Monica; Eriksson, Carola
Why midwives should be feminists
Midwifery Digest, Vol. 25, (2) : 154-160
Walsh, Denis; Christianson, Monica; Stewart, Mary
Acts of violence: virginity control and hymen (re)construction
British journal of midwifery, Mark Allen Group 2014, Vol. 22, (5) : 344-352
Christianson, Monica; Eriksson, Carola
Central gender theoretical concepts in health research: the state of the art
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2014, Vol. 68, (2) : 185-190
Hammarström, Anne; Johansson, Klara; Annandale, Ellen; et al.
Gendered discourses of youth sexualities - an exploration of PubMed articles on prevention of sexually transmissible infections
Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare, Vol. 5, (3) : 81-89
Johansson, Eva; Aléx, Lena; Christianson, Monica
Conflicting discourses of church youths on masculinity and sexuality in the context of HIV in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS, Vol. 11, (1) : 84-93
Lusey, Hendrew; San Sebastian, Miguel; Christianson, Monica; et al.
'Let men into the pregnancy': men's perceptions about being tested for Chlamydia and HIV during pregnancy
Midwifery, Vol. 29, (4) : 351-358
Christianson, Monica; Boman, Jens; Essén, Birgitta
Myths and misconceptions: Midwives´ perception of the vaginal opening or hymen and virginity
British journal of midwifery, EBSCO Industries; Mark Allen Publishing Ltd 2013, Vol. 21, (2) : 108-115
Christianson, Monica; Eriksson, Carola
Beyond a Dichotomous View of the Concepts of 'Sex' and 'Gender' Focus Group Discussions among Gender Researchers at a Medical Faculty
PLOS ONE, Public library of science 2012, Vol. 7, (11) : e50275-
Alex, Lena; Fjellman-Wiklund, Anncristine; Lundman, Berit; et al.
Sex and gender traps and springboards: a focus group study among gender researchers in medicine and health sciences
Health Care for Women International, Taylor & Francis Group 2012, Vol. 33, (8) : 739-755
Christianson, Monica; Aléx, Lena; Fjellman-Wiklund, Anncristine; et al.
A Girl Thing: Perceptions Concerning the Word "Hymen" Among Young Swedish Women and Men
Journal of midwifery & women's health, Vol. 56, (2) : 167-172
Christianson, Monica; Eriksson, Carola
"It should be an ordinary thing": a qualitative study about young people´s experiences of taking the HIV-test and getting the test result
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, Vol. 24, (4) : 678-683
Christianson, Monica; Berglin, Björn; Johansson, Eva E
The law of communicable diseases act and disclosure to sexual partners among HIV-positive youth.
Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, Vol. 3, (3) : 234-242
Christianson, Monica; Lalos, Anne; Johansson, Eva
Concepts of risk among young Swedes tested negative for HIV in primary care.
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, Vol. 25, (1) : 38-43
Christianson, Monica; Lalos, Ann; Johansson, Eva
"Eyes wide shut" - sexuality and risk in HIV-positive youth in Sweden: a qualitative study
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 35, (1) : 55-61
Christianson, Monica; Lalos, Ann; Westman, Göran; et al.
What's behind sexual risk taking?: exploring the experiences of chlamydia-positive, HIV-positive, and HIV-tested young women and men in Sweden
Umeå University medical dissertations, 1076
Christianson, Monica
"One-night stands" - risky trips between lust and trust: qualitative interviews with Chlamydia trachomatis infected youth in north Sweden
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 31, (1) : 44-50
Christianson, Monica; Johansson, Eva; Emmelin, Maria; et al.
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Research groups

Group member
U-CHEC

Research projects

1 January 2019 until 31 December 2021
How can mental health care services be integrated in youth clinics?
1 January 2017 until 31 December 2019
Health care access for rural youth on equal terms?
1 January 2015 until 31 December 2016
How, why and under what circumstances are Swedish Youth Clinics youth friendly?