Sofia Larsson

About me

I am a licentiate student within Professor Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz's Mental Health and Social Integration (MENTE) research group at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Insurance Medicine.
My research project consists of two interconnected studies that examine how social, financial, and school-related hardships during early resettlement in Sweden affect the health-related quality of life and future healthcare needs of adolescents with refugee backgrounds. It also explores the role of resilience resources in buffering these effects. The studies use survey data from 2, 559 refugee adolescents as well as national health registers.
The project aims to identify both risk and protective factors to inform health-promoting interventions for refugee youth.

Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;19(8):4518
Social Participation and Mental Health in the Establishment Programme for Newly Arrived Refugees in Sweden-A Document Analysis.
Larsson S; Gunnarsson D; Vikdahl L
Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2015;25(suppl_3):ckv171.002
The Discourses on Induced Abortion in Ugandan Daily Newspapers
Larsson S; Eliasson M; Allvin MK; Faxelid E; Atuyambe L; Fritzell S

Journal article: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION. 2024;25(1):191-207
‘This is what it is like to be church’: the Church of Sweden’s conditions for work with newly arrived refugees
Vikdahl L; Gunnarsson D; Larsson S
Journal article: CHALLENGES. 2023;14(3):32
Legal Conditions for Refugees’ Mental Health: Implications of Legislative Changes in Programs for Newly Arrived Refugees in Sweden
Gunnarsson D; Larsson S; Vikdahl L
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;16(20):E4027-4027
A Scoping Review and Conceptual Model of Social Participation and Mental Health among Refugees and Asylum Seekers.
Niemi M; Manhica H; Gunnarsson D; Ståhle G; Larsson S; Saboonchi F
Article: REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. 2015;12:58
The discourses on induced abortion in Ugandan daily newspapers: a discourse analysis
Larsson S; Eliasson M; Allvin MK; Faxelid E; Atuyambe L; Fritzell S

Review: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH. 2018;17(1):180
How do macro-level structural determinants affect inequalities in mental health? - a systematic review of the literature
McAllister A; Fritzell S; Almroth M; Harber-Aschan L; Larsson S; Burstrom B

Phd Student, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2027