Kristin Svensson

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Article: MATERNAL AND CHILD NUTRITION. 2020;16(4):e13042
The nine stages of skin-to-skin: practical guidelines and insights from four countries
Brimdyr K; Cadwell K; Svensson K; Takahashi Y; Nissen E; Widstrom A-M
Article: MEDICAL HYPOTHESES. 2020;134:109432
A plausible pathway of imprinted behaviors: Skin-to-skin actions of the newborn immediately after birth follow the order of fetal development and intrauterine training of movements
Widstrom A-M; Brimdyr K; Svensson K; Cadwell K; Nissen E
Article: EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. 2019;132:30-36
The effect of labor medications on normal newborn behavior in the first hour after birth: A prospective cohort study
Brimdyr K; Cadwell K; Widstrom A-M; Svensson K; Phillips R
Article: MIDWIFERY. 2018;67:95-102
Experience of perceived barriers and enablers of safe uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact during the first hour after birth in Uganda
Mbalinda S; Hjelmstedt A; Nissen E; Odongkara BM; Waiswa P; Svensson K
Article: BIRTH-ISSUES IN PERINATAL CARE. 2015;42(4):319-328
The Association Between Common Labor Drugs and Suckling When Skin-to-Skin During the First Hour After Birth
Brimdyr K; Cadwell K; Widstrom A-M; Svensson K; Neumann M; Hart EA; Harrington S; Phillips R
Article: INTERNATIONAL BREASTFEEDING JOURNAL. 2013;8(1):1
Effects of mother-infant skin-to-skin contact on severe latch-on problems in older infants: a randomized trial
Svensson KE; Velandia MI; Matthiesen A-ST; Welles-Nystrom BL; Widstrom A-ME
Article: BREASTFEEDING MEDICINE. 2012;7(2):69-78
Use of a Video-Ethnographic Intervention (PRECESS Immersion Method) to Improve Skin-to-Skin Care and Breastfeeding Rates
Crenshaw JT; Cadwell K; Brimdyr K; Widstrom A-M; Svensson K; Champion JD; Gilder RE; Winslow EH
Article: JOURNAL OF PERINATAL EDUCATION. 2012;21(3):149-157
A Realistic Evaluation of Two Training Programs on Implementing Skin-to-Skin as a Standard of Care
Brimdyr K; Widstrom A-M; Cadwell K; Svensson K; Turner-Maffei C
Article: INTERNATIONAL BREASTFEEDING JOURNAL. 2006;1:20
Hands-on approach during breastfeeding support in a neonatal intensive care unit: a qualitative study of Swedish mothers' experiences
Weimers L; Svensson K; Dumas L; Naver L; Wahlberg V
Article: BIRTH-ISSUES IN PERINATAL CARE. 2005;32(2):99-106
Night rooming-in: Who decides? An example of staff influence on mother's attitude
Svensson K; Matthiesen AS; Widström AM
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2004;93(9):1228-1231
Induction of anti-secretory factor in human milk may prevent mastitis
Svensson K; Lange S; Lönnroth I; Widström AM; Hanson L
Article: EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. 1996;45(1-2):103-118
Different patterns of oxytocin, prolactin but not cortisol release during breastfeeding in women delivered by Caesarean section or by the vaginal route
Nissen E; UvnasMoberg K; Svensson K; Stock AM; Widstrom AM; Winberg J

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Review: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2019;108(7):1192-1204
Skin-to-skin contact the first hour after birth, underlying implications and clinical practice
Widstrom A-M; Bradyr K; Svensson K; Cadwell K; Nissen E
Doctoral thesis: 2011
Practices that facilitate or hinder breastfeeding
Svensson K

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Affiliated to Research, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2026

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Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2011

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