Christina Pallitto

8.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Christina Pallitto is a scholar working on Health, Surgery and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Christina Pallitto has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Health, 12 papers in Surgery and 12 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Christina Pallitto's work include Intimate Partner and Family Violence (17 papers), Genital Health and Disease (12 papers) and Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues (12 papers). Christina Pallitto is often cited by papers focused on Intimate Partner and Family Violence (17 papers), Genital Health and Disease (12 papers) and Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues (12 papers). Christina Pallitto collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and United Kingdom. Christina Pallitto's co-authors include Karen Devries, Naeemah Abrahams, Claudia García‐Moreno, Heidi Stöckl, Caroline G. Watts, Claudı́a Garcia‐Moreno, Patricia O’Campo, Charlotte Watts, Rebecca E Engell and Moritz Bruno Petzold and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Lancet and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Christina Pallitto

29 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Global and regional estimates of violence against women: prevalence and health effects of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence.

2013 2.4k citations Claudia García‐Moreno, Christina Pallitto et al. profile →
The Global Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women

2013 1.0k citations Karen Devries, Claudı́a Garcia‐Moreno et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christina Pallitto Switzerland	19	4.1k	2.2k	2.2k	1.6k	1.5k	29	5.5k
Claudı́a Garcia‐Moreno Switzerland	28	3.8k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	67	5.2k
Loraine Bacchus United Kingdom	27	3.9k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	2.2k 1.4×	955 0.6×	76	5.1k
Heidi Stöckl United Kingdom	32	5.0k 1.2×	2.8k 1.3×	3.4k 1.5×	2.0k 1.3×	1.7k 1.1×	130	7.3k
Henrica A. F. M. Jansen United Kingdom	19	6.5k 1.6×	3.5k 1.6×	3.4k 1.5×	2.7k 1.7×	1.9k 1.3×	26	7.9k
Naeemah Abrahams South Africa	36	5.6k 1.4×	3.4k 1.5×	3.7k 1.7×	2.7k 1.7×	2.3k 1.5×	130	9.1k
Heather L. McCauley United States	37	2.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	1.9k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	100	4.2k
Jacquelyn Campbell United States	29	3.2k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	966 0.6×	60	4.1k
Lília Blima Schraiber Brazil	37	2.2k 0.5×	2.2k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	956 0.6×	861 0.6×	162	4.4k
TK Logan United States	43	2.9k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	3.2k 1.5×	2.2k 1.4×	1.3k 0.9×	214	5.9k
Lígia Kiss United Kingdom	24	2.2k 0.5×	1.8k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	729 0.5×	73	3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Christina Pallitto

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christina Pallitto

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christina Pallitto

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pallitto, Christina, et al.. (2025). Exploring the health complications of female genital mutilation through a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health. 25(1). 1387–1387. 1 indexed citations

Ouédraogo, Leopold, et al.. (2023). Lessons learnt in scaling up evidence-based comprehensive health sector responses addressing female genital mutilation in highly prevalent settings. BMJ Global Health. 8(6). e012270–e012270. 3 indexed citations

Warren, Nicole, et al.. (2023). Advancing the measurement of knowledge, attitudes and practices of health workers who care for women and girls who have undergone female genital mutilation/ cutting (FGM/C): A qualitative exploration of expert opinion. PLoS ONE. 18(4). e0284900–e0284900. 6 indexed citations

Tordrup, David, Nathan Green, Max Petzold, et al.. (2022). Economic burden of female genital mutilation in 27 high-prevalence countries. BMJ Global Health. 7(2). e004512–e004512. 16 indexed citations

Baldé, Mamadou Diouldé, et al.. (2022). Involving the health sector in the prevention and care of female genital mutilation: results from formative research in Guinea. Reproductive Health. 19(1). 156–156. 4 indexed citations

Baldé, Mamadou Diouldé, Mamadou Diouldé Baldé, Sarah O’Neill, et al.. (2021). Attitudes of health care providers regarding female genital mutilation and its medicalization in Guinea. PLoS ONE. 16(5). e0249998–e0249998. 6 indexed citations

Pallitto, Christina, et al.. (2017). Understanding the motivations of health-care providers in performing female genital mutilation: an integrative review of the literature. Reproductive Health. 14(1). 46–46. 38 indexed citations

Abdulcadir, Jasmine, Lale Say, & Christina Pallitto. (2017). What do we know about assessing healthcare students and professionals’ knowledge, attitude and practice regarding female genital mutilation? A systematic review. Reproductive Health. 14(1). 64–64. 41 indexed citations

Hatcher, Abigail M., et al.. (2016). Willing but Not Able: Patient and Provider Receptiveness to Addressing Intimate Partner Violence in Johannesburg Antenatal Clinics. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 34(7). 1331–1356. 20 indexed citations

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Pallitto, Christina, Claudı́a Garcia‐Moreno, Heidi Stöeckl, et al.. (2016). Testing a counselling intervention in antenatal care for women experiencing partner violence: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial in Johannesburg, South Africa. BMC Health Services Research. 16(1). 630–630. 32 indexed citations

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Hatcher, Abigail M., Heidi Stöckl, Nicola Christofides, et al.. (2016). Mechanisms linking intimate partner violence and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: A qualitative study in South Africa. Social Science & Medicine. 168. 130–139. 43 indexed citations

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Hill, Amber, Christina Pallitto, Jennifer McCleary‐Sills, & Claudı́a Garcia‐Moreno. (2016). A systematic review and meta‐analysis of intimate partner violence during pregnancy and selected birth outcomes. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 133(3). 269–276. 216 indexed citations

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Hatcher, Abigail M., Nataly Woollett, Christina Pallitto, et al.. (2014). Bidirectional links between HIV and intimate partner violence in pregnancy: implications for prevention of mother‐to‐child transmission. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 17(1). 19233–19233. 77 indexed citations

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Stöckl, Heidi, Laura March, Christina Pallitto, & Claudia García‐Moreno. (2014). Intimate partner violence among adolescents and young women: prevalence and associated factors in nine countries: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 14(1). 751–751. 229 indexed citations

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Abrahams, Naeemah, Karen Devries, Charlotte Watts, et al.. (2014). Worldwide prevalence of non-partner sexual violence: a systematic review. The Lancet. 383(9929). 1648–1654. 272 indexed citations

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Pallitto, Christina, Claudı́a Garcia‐Moreno, Henrica A. F. M. Jansen, et al.. (2012). Intimate partner violence, abortion, and unintended pregnancy: Results from the WHO Multi‐country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 120(1). 3–9. 308 indexed citations

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Pallitto, Christina, et al.. (2008). Childhood Abuse as a Risk Factor for Adolescent Pregnancy in El Salvador. Journal of Adolescent Health. 42(6). 580–586. 27 indexed citations

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Pallitto, Christina, Jacquelyn C. Campbell, & Patricia O’Campo. (2005). Is Intimate Partner Violence Associated with Unintended Pregnancy? A Review of the Literature. Trauma Violence & Abuse. 6(3). 217–235. 171 indexed citations

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Pallitto, Christina & Patricia O’Campo. (2004). Community level effects of gender inequality on intimate partner violence and unintended pregnancy in Colombia: testing the feminist perspective. Social Science & Medicine. 60(10). 2205–2216. 134 indexed citations

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Pallitto, Christina & Patricia O’Campo. (2004). The Relationship Between Intimate Partner Violence and Unintended Pregnancy: Analysis of a National Sample From Colombia. International Family Planning Perspectives. 30(4). 165–173. 146 indexed citations

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