Stephanie Burrows

Summary

Affiliation: Karolinska Institutet
Country: Sweden

Publications

  1. ncbi Living circumstances of suicide mortality in a South African city: an ecological study of differences across race groups and sexes
    Stephanie Burrows
    Karolinska Institutet, Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Social Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden
    Suicide Life Threat Behav 35:592-603. 2005
  2. ncbi Suicide mortality in South Africa: a city-level comparison across socio-demographic groups
    Stephanie Burrows
    Karolinska Institutet, Dept of Public Health Sciences, Division of Social Medicine, 171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 41:108-14. 2006
  3. ncbi Pattern analysis of suicide mortality surveillance data in urban South Africa
    Stephanie Burrows
    Karolinska Institutet, Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of International Health, Stockholm, Sweden
    Suicide Life Threat Behav 38:209-20. 2008
  4. ncbi Assessment of accuracy of suicide mortality surveillance data in South Africa: investigation in an urban setting
    Stephanie Burrows
    Karolinska Institutet, Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of International Health, Stockholm, Sweden
    Crisis 28:74-81. 2007
  5. ncbi Sex-specific suicide mortality in the South African urban context: the role of age, race, and geographical location
    Stephanie Burrows
    Division of Social Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Scand J Public Health 35:133-9. 2007

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Publications5

  1. ncbi Living circumstances of suicide mortality in a South African city: an ecological study of differences across race groups and sexes
    Stephanie Burrows
    Karolinska Institutet, Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Social Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden
    Suicide Life Threat Behav 35:592-603. 2005
    ..e., socioeconomic circumstances, economic need, and matrimony) influence age-adjusted suicide rates for both sexes but minimally so for race groups. Less favorable clusters of circumstances have a protective effect...
  2. ncbi Suicide mortality in South Africa: a city-level comparison across socio-demographic groups
    Stephanie Burrows
    Karolinska Institutet, Dept of Public Health Sciences, Division of Social Medicine, 171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 41:108-14. 2006
    ..Regional differences may reflect varying contextual and individual underlying mechanisms. Those need to be understood for appropriately targeted prevention efforts...
  3. ncbi Pattern analysis of suicide mortality surveillance data in urban South Africa
    Stephanie Burrows
    Karolinska Institutet, Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of International Health, Stockholm, Sweden
    Suicide Life Threat Behav 38:209-20. 2008
    ..Preventive strategies should target local communities and specific population subgroups, and be appropriate and responsive to their sociocultural needs...
  4. ncbi Assessment of accuracy of suicide mortality surveillance data in South Africa: investigation in an urban setting
    Stephanie Burrows
    Karolinska Institutet, Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of International Health, Stockholm, Sweden
    Crisis 28:74-81. 2007
    ..However, suicides may still be underestimated in this process given the challenge of tracing disguised suicides and without the careful examination of potential misclassifications of true suicides as unintentional deaths...
  5. ncbi Sex-specific suicide mortality in the South African urban context: the role of age, race, and geographical location
    Stephanie Burrows
    Division of Social Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Scand J Public Health 35:133-9. 2007
    ..Suicide epidemiology is under-researched in low- and middle-income countries, and such knowledge is important not only for local and national policy, but also for a global understanding of the phenomenon...