Sarah Fredsted Villadsen

Sarah Fredsted Villadsen

Associate Professor


  1. 2024
  2. Published
  3. 2023
  4. Published
  5. Published

    Effectiveness of a community-based support programme to reduce social inequality in exclusive breastfeeding: study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial

    Rossau, Henriette Knold, Nilsson, I. M. S., Busck-Rasmussen, M., Ekstrøm, Claus Thorn, Gadeberg, Anne Kristine, Hirani, J. C., Strandberg-Larsen, Katrine & Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, 2023, In: BMC Public Health. 23, 1, 14 p., 450.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published
  7. Published

    Infants born to first-time mothers with a refugee background faced an increased risk of regulatory problems

    Marti Castaner, Maria, Hvidtfeldt, C., Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Pagh Pedersen, T., Elsenburg, Leonie K. & Nørredam, Marie Louise, 2023, In: Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics. 112, 12, p. 2541-2550 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published
  9. Accepted/In press

    Qualitative Systematic Literature Review: Participatory Visual Methods in Community Health Interventions With Migrants

    Blohm, F. S., Jacobsen, M. H., Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted & Sandholdt, Catharina Thiel, 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Qualitative Health Research. 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Recommendations for ethnic equity in health: A Delphi study from Denmark

    Jervelund, Signe Smith, Vinther-Jensen, K., Ryom, K., Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted & Hempler, N. F., 2023, In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 51, 3, 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Transnational prenatal care among migrant women from low-and-middle-income countries who gave birth in Montreal, Canada

    Merry, L., Kim, Y. N., Urquia, M. L., Goulet, J., Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted & Gagnon, A., 2023, In: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 23, 1, 18 p., 292.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  12. 2022
  13. Published

    Breastfeeding trajectories of young and short-term educated mothers and their partners: experiences of a journey facing tailwind and headwind

    Nilsson, I., Busck-Rasmussen, M., Rossau, Henriette Knold & Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, 2022, In: Midwifery. 113, 9 p., 103436.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Disparities in postpartum depression screening participation between immigrant and Danish-born women

    Marti Castaner, Maria, Hvidtfeldt, C., Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Laursen, B., Pedersen, T. P. & Nørredam, Marie Louise, 2022, In: European Journal of Public Health. 32, 1, p. 41–48 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Evidence in public health: An integrated, multidisciplinary concept

    Jervelund, Signe Smith & Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, 2022, In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 50, 7, p. 1012-1017 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Health literacy responsiveness: a cross-sectional study among pregnant women in Denmark

    Brorsen, E., Rasmussen, Trine Damsted, Ekstrøm, Claus Thorn, Osborne, Richard Harry & Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, 2022, In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 50, 4, p. 507-515 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Knowledge About How to Manage Warning Signs of Pregnancy Complications Among Immigrants and Their Descendants Compared to Women of Danish Origin

    Petersen, C. C. M., Bilbo, R. E. Q., Rasmussen, Trine Damsted, Ekstrøm, Claus Thorn & Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, 2022, In: Maternal and Child Health Journal. 26, p. 1367–1374 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  18. 2021
  19. Published

    A scoping review on the measurement of transnationalism in migrant health research in high-income countries

    Kim, Y. N., Urquia, M., Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted & Merry, L., 2021, In: Globalization and Health. 17, 1, 25 p., 126.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Closing gaps and reducing inequities Maternal health care to migrant women in Scandinavia

    Sorbye, I. K., Lindskog, B., Sundby, J., Essen, B., Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted & Bains, S., 2021, In: Tropical Medicine & International Health. 26, Supplement 1, p. 269-270 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalpeer-review

  21. Published

    First perinatal psychiatric episode among refugee and family-reunified immigrant women compared to Danish-born women: a register-based study

    Marti Castaner, Maria, Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Petersen, Jørgen Holm & Nørredam, Marie Louise, 2021, In: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 56, p. 2239–2250 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    How to promote maternal mental well-being in refugee mothers through home visiting: the Danish experience

    Marti Castaner, Maria, Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Poulsen, Vivian Rueskov & Nørredam, Marie Louise, 2021, In: European Journal of Public Health. 31, Supplement 3, 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Implementation, Mechanisms and Context of the MAMAACT Intervention to Reduce Ethnic and Social Disparity in Stillbirth and Infant Health

    Rasmussen, Trine Damsted, Johnsen, H., Jervelund, Signe Smith, Christensen, Ulla, Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie & Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, 2021, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18, 16, 16 p., 8583.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Implementing the MAMAACT intervention in Danish antenatal care: a qualitative study of non -Western immigrant women's and midwives' attitudes and experiences

    Johnsen, H., Christensen, Ulla, Juhl, M. & Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, 2021, In: Midwifery. 95, 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Social and ethnic disparities in stillbirth and infant death in Denmark, 2005-2016

    Rasmussen, Trine Damsted, Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Andersen, Per Kragh, Jervelund, Signe Smith & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 9 p., 8001.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Understanding the mechanisms generating outcomes in a Danish peer support intervention for socially vulnerable people with type 2-diabetes: a realist evaluation

    Garn, S. D., Glumer, C., Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Malling, G. M. H. & Christensen, U., 2021, In: Archives of Public Health. 79, 1, 12 p., 160.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  27. 2020
  28. Published

    Addressing ethnic disparity in antenatal care: a qualitative evaluation of midwives' experiences with the MAMAACT intervention

    Johnsen, H., Ghavami Kivi, N., Morrison, C. H., Juhl, M., Christensen, Ulla & Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, 2020, In: B M C Pregnancy and Childbirth. 20, 10 p., 118.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Contextual Factors Influencing the MAMAACT Intervention: A Qualitative Study of Non-Western Immigrant Women's Response to Potential Pregnancy Complications in Everyday Life

    Johnsen, H., Christensen, Ulla, Juhl, M. & Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, 2020, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17, 3, 16 p., 1040.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published
  31. Published

    Organisational barriers to implementing the MAMAACT intervention to improve maternity care for non-Western immigrant women: A qualitative evaluation

    Johnsen, H., Christensen, Ulla, Juhl, M. & Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, 2020, In: International Journal of Nursing Studies. 111, 103742.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  32. Published

    Transnationalism and care of migrant families during pregnancy, postpartum and early-childhood: An integrative review

    Merry, L., Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Sicard, V. & Lewis-Hibbert, N., 2020, In: BMC Health Services Research. 20, 1, 24 p., 778.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewpeer-review

  33. Published

    What methods and challenges for taking account of context when transferring complex interventions?

    Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted & Dias, S., 2020, In: European Journal of Public Health. 30, Supplement 5, 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalpeer-review

  34. Published

    What possibilities and barriers for community engagement does graphical facilitation establish?

    Sandholdt, Catharina Thiel, Malling, G. M. H., Jeppesen, M., Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted & Lund, Rikke, 2020, In: European Journal of Public Health. 30, Supplement 5, 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalpeer-review

  35. 2019
  36. Published

    Cerebral palsy among children of immigrants in Denmark and the role of socioeconomic status

    Petersen, T. G., Forthun, I., Lange, Theis, Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, Uldall, P. & Strandberg-Larsen, Katrine, 2019, In: European Journal of Paediatric Neurology. 23, 3, p. 507-516 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  37. Published

    Differences in stillbirth and infant mortality by maternal country of birth and descent in Denmark

    Rasmussen, Trine Damsted, Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Jervelund, Signe Smith & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, 2019, In: European Journal of Public Health. 29, p. 181 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalpeer-review

  38. Published
  39. Published

    Ethnic disparity in health literacy related to interaction with the health care provider

    Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, 2019, In: European Journal of Public Health. 29, Supplement 4, p. 182 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalpeer-review

  40. Published

    Universal or Targeted Antenatal Care for Immigrant Women? Mapping and Qualitative Analysis of Practices in Denmark

    Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Ims, H. J. & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, 2019, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16, 18, 11 p., 3396.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  41. Published

    What can we learn from the national implementation of The MAMAACT intervention?

    Johnsen, H., Christensen, Ulla, Juhl, M. & Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, 2019, In: European Journal of Public Health. 29, Supplement 4, p. 185 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalpeer-review

  42. 2017
  43. Published

    Morbidity, self-perceived health and mortality among non-Western Immigrants and their descendants in Denmark in a life phase perspective.

    Jervelund, Signe Smith, Malik, S., Ahlmark, N., Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Nielsen, A. & Vitus, K., Apr 2017, In: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 19, 2, p. 448–476 29 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  44. Published

    Recruitment of ethnic minorities for public health research: an interpretive synthesis of experiences from six interlinked Danish studies

    Nielsen, A. L., Jervelund, Signe Smith, Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Vitus, K., Ditlevsen, Kia, Tørslev, M. K. & Kristiansen, Maria, 2017, In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 45, 2, p. 140–152 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  45. 2016
  46. Published

    Care during pregnancy and childbirth for migrant women: How do we advance? Development of intervention studies - The case of the MAMAACT intervention in Denmark

    Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Mortensen, Laust Hvas & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, Apr 2016, In: Best Practice & Research: Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 32, p. 100-112 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Stillbirth and congenital anomalies in migrants in Europe

    Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, Gundlund, A. & Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Apr 2016, In: Best Practice & Research: Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 32, p. 50-59 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  48. Published

    Higher rate of serious perinatal events in non-Western women in Denmark

    Christensen, M. B., Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Weber, T., Wilken-Jensen, C. & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, Mar 2016, In: Danish Medical Journal. 63, 3, p. 1-5 5 p., A5197.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  49. Published

    Antenatal care strengthening for improved health behaviours in Jimma, Ethiopia, 2009-2011: An effectiveness study

    Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Negussie, D., GebreMariam, A., Tilahun, A., Girma, T., Friis, Henrik & Rasch, V., 2016, In: Midwifery. 40, p. 87-94 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  50. 2015
  51. Published

    A Register-Based Study of Diseases With an Autosomal Recessive Origin in Small Children in Denmark According to Maternal Country of Origin

    Gundlund, A., Hansen, A. V., Pedersen, G. S., Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Brøndum-Nielsen, K. & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, Jul 2015, In: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology (Print). 29, 4, p. 351–359 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  52. Published

    Antenatal care strengthening for improved quality of care in Jimma, Ethiopia: an effectiveness study

    Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Negussie, D., GebreMariam, A., Tilahun, A., Friis, Henrik & Rasch, V., 2015, In: B M C Public Health. 15, 1, 360.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  53. 2014
  54. Published

    Breastfeeding Practices in Relation to Country of Origin Among Women Living in Denmark: A Population-Based Study

    Busck-Rasmussen, M., Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Norsker, F. N., Mortensen, Laust Hvas & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, Dec 2014, In: Maternal and Child Health Journal. 18, 10, p. 2479-2488 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  55. Published

    Antenatal care strengthening in Jimma, Ethiopia: A mixed-method needs assessment

    Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Tersbøl, Britt Pinkowski, Negussie, D., GebreMariam, A., Tilahun, A., Friis, Henrik & Rasch, V., 2014, In: Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2014, 10 p., 945164.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  56. 2012
  57. Published

    Strategic perspectives on antenatal care: development of a participatory antenatal care strengthening intervention in Jimma, Ethiopia

    Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, 2012, Department of Human Nutrition, University of Copenhagen. 173 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportPh.D. thesis

  58. 2010
  59. Published

    Cross-country variation in stillbirth and neonatal mortality in offspring of Turkish migrants in northern Europe

    Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Sievers, E., Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, Arntzen, A., Audard-Mariller, M., Martens, G., Ascher, H. & Hjern, A., Oct 2010, In: European Journal of Public Health. 20, 5, p. 530-5 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  60. Published

    Etnisk ulighed i dødfødsel og spædbarnsdød i Danmark - sekundærpublikation

    Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Mortensen, Laust Hvas & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, Jan 2010, In: Ugeskrift for Laeger. 172, 1

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  61. Published

    Etniske forskelle i dødfødsel i Danmark og spædbarnsdød i Danmark: sekundærpublikation

    Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Mortensen, Laust Hvas & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, 2010, In: Ugeskrift for Laeger. 172, 1, p. 30-33 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  62. 2009
  63. Published

    Ethnic disparity in stillbirth and infant mortality in Denmark 1981-2003

    Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Andersen, A. M. N. & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, 2009, In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 63, 2, p. 106-12 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

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