Tanja Tydén
Professor at Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa; Obstetrisk och reproduktiv hälsoforskning
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 877 77 68
- E-mail:
- tanja.tyden@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1 tr
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 UPPSALA - Available:
- MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds Väg 14B, våning 2
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Short presentation
Senior professor in reproductive health at the Department of Women´s and Childlren´s Health combined with clinical work as midwife at the University Hospital.
My research is centered on reproductive health, for example health and lifestyle prior to pregnancy planning, during and after pregnancy, sexual behaviour among adolescents and young adults, prevention of sexually transmitted infestions with focus on Human Papillomavirus.
Preconception health and care is of interest.
Publications
Selection of publications
- Can Reproductive Life Plan-based counselling increase men's fertility awareness? (2018)
- Parents' knowledge, beliefs, and acceptance of the HPV vaccination in relation to their socio-demographics and religious beliefs (2018)
- Adverse childhood experiences and depressive symptomatology among pregnant women (2018)
- Exploring men's pregnancy-planning behaviour and fertility knowledge (2017)
- Catch-up HPV vaccination status of adolescents in relation to socioeconomic factors, individual beliefs and sexual behaviour (2017)
- School nurses' attitudes towards and experiences of the Swedish school-based HPV vaccination programme - A repeated cross sectional study (2017)
- To Consent or Decline HPV Vaccination (2017)
- Do pregnant women want to know the sex of the expected child at routine ultrasound and are they interested in sex selection? (2017)
- Anxiety and depression symptoms among sub-fertile women, women pregnant after infertility treatment, and naturally pregnant women (2017)
- Contraceptive counseling is a golden opportunity to talk about fertility and reproductive health (2017)
- Self-reported sexually transmitted infections among female university students. (2016)
- Swedish parents’ interest in preconception genetic carrier screening (2016)
- School-based intervention for the prevention of HPV among adolescents (2016)
- Women's experiences of having an early medical abortion at home (2016)
- Pornography consumption among adolescent girls in Sweden (2016)
- Ukrainian medical students’ attitudes to parenthood and knowledge of fertility (2016)
- Fertility awareness and attitudes towards parenthood among Danish university college students (2016)
- Do subfertile women adjust their habits when trying to conceive? (2016)
- Is pregnancy planning associated with background characteristics and pregnancy planning behavior? (2016)
- Why is preconception health and care important? (2016)
- Using the Reproductive Life Plan in contraceptive counselling (2016)
- Coherence of pregnancy planning within couples expecting a child (2015)
- Fertility awareness in the Flemish population (2015)
- Adverse childhood experiences influence development of pain during pregnancy. (2015)
- Informed Consent for HPV Vaccination (2015)
- Immigrant women’s experiences and views on the prevention of cervical cancer (2015)
- Preconception lifestyles and lifestyle modification among women seeking for infertility (2015)
- Preconception care policy, guidelines, recommendations and services across six European countries (2015)
- Sexual and contraceptive behavior among female university students in Sweden (2015)
- Midwives' adoption of the reproductive life plan in contraceptive counselling (2015)
- Pregnancy planning and among women attending antenatal care in Sweden and Denmark (2015)
- “Paddling upstream” (2015)
- Pregnancy planning and lifestyle prior to conception and during early pregnancy among Danish women (2014)
- Not the right time (2014)
- School nurses’ attitudes and experiences regarding the human papillomavirus vaccination programme in Sweden (2014)
- Sexual experiences in relation to HPV vaccination status in female high school students in Sweden (2014)
- Professionals’ perceptions of the effect of pornography on Swedish adolescents (2014)
- Pornography and sexual experiences among high school students in Sweden (2014)
- Parental stress and dyadic consensus in early parenthood among mothers and fathers in Sweden (2014)
- Reflections on fertility and postponed parenthood-interviews with highly educated women and men without children in Sweden (2013)
- Trust versus concerns (2013)
- Sverige har Nordens höögsta aborttal (2013)
- Autonomy and dependence (2013)
- Pornography consumption, sexual experiences, lifestyles, and self-rated health among male adolescents in Sweden (2013)
- Oral human papillomavirus prevalence in high school students of one municipality in Sweden (2013)
- Introducing reproductive life plan-based information in contraceptive counselling (2013)
- The Reproductive Life Plan (RLP) (2013)
- Introducing the Reproductive Life Plan in midwifery counselling (2013)
- Sexual and reproductive health Health in Sweden (2012)
- Reflections on having children in the future-interviews with highly educated women and men without children (2012)
- Existential experiences and needs related to induced abortion in a group of Swedish women (2012)
- Women and men's satisfaction with care related to induced abortion (2012)
- Risk factors among men who have repeated experience of being the partner of a woman who requests an induced abortion (2012)
- Hercules and Barbie? (2012)
- Young women's decision-making process for HPV vaccination (2012)
- Implementation and evaluation of the reproductive life plan (2012)
- A repeated survey of sexual behavior among female university students in Sweden (2012)
- Sexual behaviour and contraceptive use among Swedish high school students in two cities (2011)
- Existential Experiences and Strategies in Relation to Induced Abortion (2011)
- Women’s existential experiences within Swedish abortion care (2011)
- Repeat induced abortion - a matter of individual behaviour or societal factors? (2011)
- Midwives at youth clinics attitude to HPV vaccination and their role in cervical cancer prevention (2011)
- Pregnancy planning in Sweden (2011)
- Knowledge of human papillomavirus among high school students can be increased by an educational intervention (2010)
- Existential experiences in a clinical context (2010)
- Fler orsaker till bemanningsproblem (2010)
- An illusion of power (2009)
- High HPV vaccine acceptance despite low awareness among Swedish upper secondary school students (2009)
- Experiences of and attitudes towards pornography among a group of Swedish high school students (2009)
- Knowledge of human papillomavirus and attitudes to vaccination among Swedish high school students (2009)
- Necessary and impossible (2009)
- Existential challenge in a secularized culture (2009)
- Male students' behaviour, knowledge, attitudes, and needs in sexual and reproductive health matters (2009)
- Advance provision of emergency contraceptive pills reduces treatment delay (2008)
- Choosing induced abortion (2008)
- Anal sphincter lacerations and upright delivery postures - a risk analysis from a randomized controlled trial (2007)
- Preventing pregnancy (2007)
- Contraceptive use and associated factors among Swedish high school students (2007)
- Preventivt arbete behövs för att främja ungdomars sexuella hälsa (2007)
- 'It's everywhere!' Young Swedish people's thoughts and reflections about pornography (2006)
- "It's everywhere!" Thoughts and reflections about pornography among young people in Sweden (2006)
- Fertility awareness, intentions concerning childbearing, and attitudes towards parenthood among female and male academics. (2006)
- Limited impact of an intervention regarding emergency contraceptive pills in Sweden (2006)
- The adoption of emergency contraceptive pills in Sweden (2006)
- Evaluation of a Sexual Education Intervention among Swedish High School Students (2006)
- Increased sexual risk taking behavior among Swedish female university students (2006)
- Comparison of the maternal experience and duration of labour in two upright delivery positions--a randomised controlled trial. (2006)
- Attitudes toward parenthood and awareness of fertility among postgraduate students in Sweden (2006)
- Female university students' attitudes to future motherhood and their understanding about fertility (2006)
- Swedish teenager perceptions of teenage pregnancy, abortion, sexual behavior, and contraceptive habits (2005)
- Associations between pornography consumption and sexual practices among adolescents in Sweden. (2005)
- Associations between pornography consumption and sexual practices among adolescents in Sweden (2005)
- Associations between pornography consumption and sexual practices among adolescents in Sweden (2005)
- Emergency contraceptive pills over-the-counter (2004)
- Emergency Contraceptive Pills in Sweden (2004)
- Emergency contraceptive pills over-the-counter (2004)
- Emergency contraceptive pills over-the-counter (2004)
- Sexual behaviour among young men in Sweden and the impact of pornography (2004)
- Sexual behaviour among young men in Sweden (2004)
- Tonårsgraviditeterna ökar - mångkulturell inriktning behövs i förebyggande arbetet (2003)
- A survey of maternity care in Sweden (2003)
- Knowledge, use and attitueds towards emergency contraceptive pills among Swedish women presenting for induced abortion (2002)
- Women's voices about emergency contraceptive pills "over-the-counter" (2002)
- Sex Behavior Among High School Students in Sweden (2002)
- Reasons for pregnancy termination, contraceptive habits and contraceptive failure among Swedish women requesting an early pregnancy termination (2002)
- Trots lättillgängliga akut-p-piller sjunker inte antalet aborter (2002)
- Swedish Teenagers' Attitudes Toward the Emergency Contraceptive Pill (2001)
- Improved Use of Contraceptives, Attitudes Toward Pornography, and Sexual Harassment Among Female University Students (2001)
- A survey of patients with Chlamydia trachomatis infection (2000)
- Från "dagen efter piller" till akut p-piller (2000)
- Ge barnmorskorna rätt att förskriva akut p-piller (2000)
- Focus group interviews of Swedish teenage girls about the emergency contraceptive pill (1999)
- Utvärdering av smittskyddslagens påverkan på personer med diagnostiserad klamydia.1: Smittskydd, samhälle och individ, del B. (1999)
- Det omedelbara omhändertagandet när ett barn föds dött påverkar moderns psykiska välbefinnande på sikt.Kommentar (1999)
- Ökad kunskap om STD-sjukdomar hos universitetsstudenter i Uppsala efter riktad kampanj. (1999)
- Sexual risk taking for self and partner as perceived by young men in Sweden
Recent publications
- Pregnancy planning and neonatal outcome (2024)
- Unplanned pregnancy and the association with maternal health and pregnancy outcomes (2023)
- Women's decision-making related to induced abortion (2023)
- Contraceptive use among women seeking an early induced abortion in Sweden (2023)
- Multiple induced abortions (2023)
All publications
Articles
- Pregnancy planning and neonatal outcome (2024)
- Unplanned pregnancy and the association with maternal health and pregnancy outcomes (2023)
- Women's decision-making related to induced abortion (2023)
- Contraceptive use among women seeking an early induced abortion in Sweden (2023)
- Multiple induced abortions (2023)
- The association of smoking, use of snuff, and preconception alcohol consumption with spontaneous abortion (2023)
- ‘Doing it in the right order’ (2022)
- Induced abortion and access to contraception in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
- Changes in sexual behavior among high-school students over a 40-year period (2021)
- Fertility awareness and parenthood intentions among medical students in three European countries (2021)
- The perpetuating cycle of unplanned pregnancy (2021)
- Contraception use and attitudes (2021)
- Knowledge about the impact of age on fertility (2020)
- Taking fertility for granted – a qualitative exploration of fertility awareness among young, childless men in Denmark and Sweden (2020)
- Implementation of reproductive life planning (RLP) in primary health care supported by an evidence-based website (2020)
- Evaluating the implementation of the Reproductive Life Plan in disadvantaged communities (2020)
- Foreign-born women’s lifestyle and health before and during early pregnancy in Sweden (2020)
- Results of a Dutch national and subsequent international expert meeting on interconception care (2020)
- ‘I also want to be vaccinated!’ – adolescent boys’ awareness and thoughts, perceived benefits, information sources, and intention to be vaccinated against Human papillomavirus (HPV) (2019)
- Contraception use and unplanned pregnancies in a peri-urban area of eSwatini (Swaziland) (2019)
- Investigating the effect of lifestyle risk factors upon the number of aspirated and mature oocytes in in vitro fertilization cycles (2019)
- An intervention in contraceptive counseling increased the knowledge about fertility and awareness of preconception health-a randomized controlled trial (2019)
- Can Reproductive Life Plan-based counselling increase men's fertility awareness? (2018)
- Development of an evidence-based website on Preconception health (2018)
- Correction (2018)
- Parents' knowledge, beliefs, and acceptance of the HPV vaccination in relation to their socio-demographics and religious beliefs (2018)
- Pornography consumption and psychosomatic and depressive symptoms among Swedish adolescents (2018)
- Contraceptive use and reproductive intentions among women requesting contraceptive counseling (2018)
- Adverse childhood experiences and depressive symptomatology among pregnant women (2018)
- Exploring men's pregnancy-planning behaviour and fertility knowledge (2017)
- Catch-up HPV vaccination status of adolescents in relation to socioeconomic factors, individual beliefs and sexual behaviour (2017)
- School nurses' attitudes towards and experiences of the Swedish school-based HPV vaccination programme - A repeated cross sectional study (2017)
- To Consent or Decline HPV Vaccination (2017)
- Do pregnant women want to know the sex of the expected child at routine ultrasound and are they interested in sex selection? (2017)
- Anxiety and depression symptoms among sub-fertile women, women pregnant after infertility treatment, and naturally pregnant women (2017)
- Contraceptive counseling is a golden opportunity to talk about fertility and reproductive health (2017)
- Self-reported sexually transmitted infections among female university students. (2016)
- Swedish parents’ interest in preconception genetic carrier screening (2016)
- School-based intervention for the prevention of HPV among adolescents (2016)
- Women's experiences of having an early medical abortion at home (2016)
- Pornography consumption among adolescent girls in Sweden (2016)
- Ukrainian medical students’ attitudes to parenthood and knowledge of fertility (2016)
- Fertility awareness and attitudes towards parenthood among Danish university college students (2016)
- Do subfertile women adjust their habits when trying to conceive? (2016)
- Is pregnancy planning associated with background characteristics and pregnancy planning behavior? (2016)
- Why is preconception health and care important? (2016)
- Using the Reproductive Life Plan in contraceptive counselling (2016)
- Coherence of pregnancy planning within couples expecting a child (2015)
- Fertility awareness in the Flemish population (2015)
- Adverse childhood experiences influence development of pain during pregnancy. (2015)
- Informed Consent for HPV Vaccination (2015)
- Immigrant women’s experiences and views on the prevention of cervical cancer (2015)
- Preconception lifestyles and lifestyle modification among women seeking for infertility (2015)
- Preconception care policy, guidelines, recommendations and services across six European countries (2015)
- Sexual and contraceptive behavior among female university students in Sweden (2015)
- Midwives' adoption of the reproductive life plan in contraceptive counselling (2015)
- Pregnancy planning and among women attending antenatal care in Sweden and Denmark (2015)
- “Paddling upstream” (2015)
- Pregnancy planning and lifestyle prior to conception and during early pregnancy among Danish women (2014)
- Not the right time (2014)
- School nurses’ attitudes and experiences regarding the human papillomavirus vaccination programme in Sweden (2014)
- Sexual experiences in relation to HPV vaccination status in female high school students in Sweden (2014)
- Professionals’ perceptions of the effect of pornography on Swedish adolescents (2014)
- Pornography and sexual experiences among high school students in Sweden (2014)
- Parental stress and dyadic consensus in early parenthood among mothers and fathers in Sweden (2014)
- Reflections on fertility and postponed parenthood-interviews with highly educated women and men without children in Sweden (2013)
- Trust versus concerns (2013)
- Sverige har Nordens höögsta aborttal (2013)
- Autonomy and dependence (2013)
- Pornography consumption, sexual experiences, lifestyles, and self-rated health among male adolescents in Sweden (2013)
- Oral human papillomavirus prevalence in high school students of one municipality in Sweden (2013)
- Introducing reproductive life plan-based information in contraceptive counselling (2013)
- Sexual and reproductive health Health in Sweden (2012)
- Reflections on having children in the future-interviews with highly educated women and men without children (2012)
- Existential experiences and needs related to induced abortion in a group of Swedish women (2012)
- Women and men's satisfaction with care related to induced abortion (2012)
- Risk factors among men who have repeated experience of being the partner of a woman who requests an induced abortion (2012)
- Hercules and Barbie? (2012)
- Young women's decision-making process for HPV vaccination (2012)
- A repeated survey of sexual behavior among female university students in Sweden (2012)
- Sex education in Swedish schools as described by young women (2011)
- Exposing oneself and one's partner to sexual risk-taking as perceived by young Swedish men who requested a Chlamydia test (2011)
- Comprehensive counseling about combined hormonal contraceptives changes the choice of contraceptive methods (2011)
- Challenges and opportunities of a new HPV immunization program (2011)
- Sexual behaviour and contraceptive use among Swedish high school students in two cities (2011)
- Existential Experiences and Strategies in Relation to Induced Abortion (2011)
- Women’s existential experiences within Swedish abortion care (2011)
- Repeat induced abortion - a matter of individual behaviour or societal factors? (2011)
- Midwives at youth clinics attitude to HPV vaccination and their role in cervical cancer prevention (2011)
- Pregnancy planning in Sweden (2011)
- Knowledge of human papillomavirus among high school students can be increased by an educational intervention (2010)
- Fler orsaker till bemanningsproblem (2010)
- An illusion of power (2009)
- High HPV vaccine acceptance despite low awareness among Swedish upper secondary school students (2009)
- Experiences of and attitudes towards pornography among a group of Swedish high school students (2009)
- Knowledge of human papillomavirus and attitudes to vaccination among Swedish high school students (2009)
- Male students' behaviour, knowledge, attitudes, and needs in sexual and reproductive health matters (2009)
- Advance provision of emergency contraceptive pills reduces treatment delay (2008)
- Anal sphincter lacerations and upright delivery postures - a risk analysis from a randomized controlled trial (2007)
- Preventing pregnancy (2007)
- Contraceptive use and associated factors among Swedish high school students (2007)
- Preventivt arbete behövs för att främja ungdomars sexuella hälsa (2007)
- 'It's everywhere!' Young Swedish people's thoughts and reflections about pornography (2006)
- "It's everywhere!" Thoughts and reflections about pornography among young people in Sweden (2006)
- Fertility awareness, intentions concerning childbearing, and attitudes towards parenthood among female and male academics. (2006)
- Limited impact of an intervention regarding emergency contraceptive pills in Sweden (2006)
- The adoption of emergency contraceptive pills in Sweden (2006)
- Evaluation of a Sexual Education Intervention among Swedish High School Students (2006)
- Increased sexual risk taking behavior among Swedish female university students (2006)
- Comparison of the maternal experience and duration of labour in two upright delivery positions--a randomised controlled trial. (2006)
- Attitudes toward parenthood and awareness of fertility among postgraduate students in Sweden (2006)
- Female university students' attitudes to future motherhood and their understanding about fertility (2006)
- Swedish teenager perceptions of teenage pregnancy, abortion, sexual behavior, and contraceptive habits (2005)
- Associations between pornography consumption and sexual practices among adolescents in Sweden. (2005)
- Associations between pornography consumption and sexual practices among adolescents in Sweden (2005)
- Associations between pornography consumption and sexual practices among adolescents in Sweden (2005)
- Emergency contraceptive pills over-the-counter (2004)
- Emergency Contraceptive Pills in Sweden (2004)
- Emergency contraceptive pills over-the-counter (2004)
- Emergency contraceptive pills over-the-counter (2004)
- Sexual behaviour among young men in Sweden and the impact of pornography (2004)
- Sexual behaviour among young men in Sweden (2004)
- Bringing emergency contraception over the counter (2003)
- Tonårsgraviditeterna ökar - mångkulturell inriktning behövs i förebyggande arbetet (2003)
- A survey of maternity care in Sweden (2003)
- Knowledge, use and attitueds towards emergency contraceptive pills among Swedish women presenting for induced abortion (2002)
- Women's voices about emergency contraceptive pills "over-the-counter" (2002)
- Sex Behavior Among High School Students in Sweden (2002)
- Reasons for pregnancy termination, contraceptive habits and contraceptive failure among Swedish women requesting an early pregnancy termination (2002)
- Trots lättillgängliga akut-p-piller sjunker inte antalet aborter (2002)
- Swedish Teenagers' Attitudes Toward the Emergency Contraceptive Pill (2001)
- Improved Use of Contraceptives, Attitudes Toward Pornography, and Sexual Harassment Among Female University Students (2001)
- A survey of patients with Chlamydia trachomatis infection (2000)
- Från "dagen efter piller" till akut p-piller (2000)
- Ge barnmorskorna rätt att förskriva akut p-piller (2000)
- Focus group interviews of Swedish teenage girls about the emergency contraceptive pill (1999)
- Oral contraceptives and compliance (1999)
- Evaluation of an STD-prevention program for Swedish university students. (1998)
- No relation between maternal weight gain and stillbirth. (1994)
- Effects of specially tailored information on Swedish university students' sexual behavior. (1994)
- Maternal health care program and markers for late fetal death. (1994)
- Sexual behavior among adolescents in Uppsala, Sweden. (1993)
- [Nursing students teach (1993)
- Sexual behavior and sexually transmitted diseases among Swedish university students. (1991)
- [More campaigns are needed to influence students towards safer sex behavior]. (1991)
- Swedish adolescents' knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases and their attitudes to the condom. (1991)
- [Travel report from the USA]. (1990)
- [An inquiry on sexual habits among students causes concern for wider transmission of HIV]. (1990)
- [More information is needed to prevent sexually transmitted diseases among young people]. (1988)
- [Adolescents' knowledge about sexually transmissible diseases and their attitude to condoms]. (1988)
- [Norplant as a contraceptive seen from the midwife's viewpoint]. (1987)
- [Dear staff, I want to be part of it!]. (1983)
- Evaluating Reproductive Life Plan-Based Counseling with Men During a Sexual Health Visit: a Randomized Controlled Trial
- Sexual risk taking for self and partner as perceived by young men in Sweden
Chapters
Conferences
- The Reproductive Life Plan (RLP) (2013)
- Introducing the Reproductive Life Plan in midwifery counselling (2013)
- Implementation and evaluation of the reproductive life plan (2012)
- Women’s experiences of a midwife initiated Reproductive Life Plan discussion and its effect on knowledge (2012)
- Existential struggles within a (post)-secular rationale (2011)
- Existential aspects of abortion and abortion care (2011)
- Existential experiences among Swedish women after induced abortion (2010)
- Existential experiences in a clinical context (2010)
- Pregnancy planning in Sweden (2010)
- Necessary and impossible (2009)
- Existential challenge in a secularized culture (2009)
- Choosing induced abortion (2008)
Other
- Utvärdering av smittskyddslagens påverkan på personer med diagnostiserad klamydia.1: Smittskydd, samhälle och individ, del B. (1999)
- Det omedelbara omhändertagandet när ett barn föds dött påverkar moderns psykiska välbefinnande på sikt.Kommentar (1999)
- Ökad kunskap om STD-sjukdomar hos universitetsstudenter i Uppsala efter riktad kampanj. (1999)
