Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund"
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Health Workers’ Knowledge and Attitude Towards Intimate Partner Violence: A Descriptive Study in Sidama Region, Southern Ethiopia
Belay, Sewhareg; Astatkie, Ayalew; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: It is important that health workers understand intimate partner violence (IPV) and its link with ill health. Increasing their awareness will help them play a stronger role in identifying survivors and providing ... -
High attrition among HIV-infected patients with advanced disease treated in an intermediary referral center in Maputo, Mozambique
Molfino, Lucas; Kumar, Ajay M.V.; Isaakidis, Petros; Van den Bergh, Rafael; Khogali, Mohamed; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund; Magaia, Alice; Lobo, Sheila; Edwards, Celeste Gracia; Walter, Jan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-08)Background: In Mozambique, antiretroviral therapy (ART) scale-up has been successfully implemented. However, attrition in care remains a major programmatic challenge. In 2009, an intermediary-level HIV referral center was ... -
High maternal mortality estimated by the sisterhood method in a rural area of Mali
Aa, Ingvill; Grove, Mari A.; Haugsjå, Anita H.; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-08-03)Background: Maternal mortality is high in Mali. Nevertheless, there are few studies on this topic from rural areas, and current estimates are mostly based on studies from urban settings. Our objective was to estimate the ... -
How do private practitioners in Pakistan manage children suspected having tuberculosis? A cross sectional study
Yaqoob, Aashifa; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund; Fatima, Razia; Najmi, Hina; ul-Haq, Anwar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background In Pakistan, private providers provide a large portion of health care, including for tuberculosis (TB). All TB patients are supposed to be reported to the National Tuberculosis Program (NTP), which provides ... -
How many of persistent coughers have pulmonary tuberculosis? Populationbased cohort study in Ethiopia
Banti, Abiot Bezabeh; Datiko, Daniel Gemechu; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund; Heldal, Einar; Dangisso, Mesay Hailu; Mitiku, Gebeyehu Assefa; White, Richard Aubrey; Askeland Winje, Brita (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objective Many individuals with persistent cough and smear microscopy-negative sputum test for tuberculosis (TB) remain at risk of developing the disease. This study estimates the incidence of pulmonary TB (PTB) among ... -
Intensive-phase treatment outcomes among hospitalized multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients: Results from a nationwide cohort in Nigeria
Oladimeji, Olanrewaju; Isaakidis, Petros; Obasanya, Olusegun J.; Eltayeb, Osman; Khogali, Mohammed; Van den Bergh, Rafael; Kumar, Ajay M.V.; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund; Abdurrahman, Saddiq; Lawson, Lovett; Cuevas, Luis E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-10)Background: Nigeria is faced with a high burden of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Treatment outcomes among MDR-TB patients registered across the globe have been ... -
Intimate partner violence and maternal depression during pregnancy: A community-based cross-sectional study in Ethiopia
Belay, Sewhareg; Astatkie, Ayalew; Emmelin, Maria; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Introduction: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is regarded an important public health and human rights issue, characterized by physical, sexual or emotional abuse. Globally more than one in three women report physical or ... -
Is One Sputum Specimen as Good as Two during Follow-Up Cultures for Monitoring Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in India?
Nagaraja, Sharath Burugina; Kumar, Ajay M. V.; Sachdeva, Kuldeep Singh; Ramachandran, Ranjani; Satyanarayana, Srinath; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-09-27)Background: In India, the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) has adopted the strategy of examining two specimens during follow-up culture examinations to monitor the treatment response of multi-drug ... -
Is resistance to anti-tuberculosis drugs associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus? A register review in Beijing, China
Mi, Fengling; Jiang, Guanglu; Du, Jian; Li, Liang; Yue, Wentao; Harries, Anthony D.; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund; Lin, Yan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-05-19)Background: China has a high burden of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM). Objective: The objectives of this study were to determine the following in patients with culture-confirmed TB: 1) demographic ... -
Knowledge and Perceptions about Tuberculosis in Agropastoral Communities in Northern Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study
Kilale, Andrew Martin; Ngadaya, Esther; Kagaruki, Gibson Benard; Lema, Yakobo Leonard; Muhumuza, Julius; Ngowi, Bernard James; Mfinanga, Sayoki Godfrey; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-08-04)Aim: To determine knowledge and perceptions about tuberculosis in agropastoral communities in Northern Tanzania. Study Design: This was a cross sectional study on habits and attitudes to tuberculosis. Methods: The study ... -
Making stillbirths count, making numbers talk - Issues in data collection for stillbirths
Frøen, J. Frederik; Gordijn, Sanne J.; Abdel-Aleem, Hany; Bergsjø, Per; Betran, Ana; Duke, Charles W.; Fauveau, Vincent; Flenady, Vicki; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund; Hofmeyr, G. J.; Jokhio, Abdul Hakeem; Lawn, Joy; Lumbiganon, Pisake; Meriald, Mario; Pattinson, Robert; Shankar, Anuraj (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-12-17)Background: Stillbirths need to count. They constitute the majority of the world's perinatal deaths and yet, they are largely invisible. Simply counting stillbirths is only the first step in analysis and prevention. From ... -
Measuring and addressing the childhood tuberculosis reporting gaps in Pakistan: The first ever national inventory study among children
Fatima, Razia; Yaqoob, Aashifa; Qadeer, Ejaz; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund; Ikram, Aamer; Sismanidis, Charalambos (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12-30)Introduction Tuberculosis in children may be difficult to diagnose and is often not reported to routine surveillance systems. Understanding and addressing the tuberculosis (TB) case detection and reporting gaps strengthens ... -
Mothers at risk of postpartum depression in Sri Lanka: A population-based study using a validated screening tool
Solås, Therese Røysted; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund; Ubesekara, Lasantha; De Silva, Vijitha (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Postpartum depression is an important public health concern. The prevalence of postpartum depression is estimated to be 18% worldwide. The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of mothers at risk ... -
Perinatal mortality and anaemia in pregnancy in rural northern Tanzania
Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund (Doctoral thesis, 2004-01-23)The aim was to estimate the perinatal mortality rate, to study potential determinants and causes of perinatal and neonatal deaths, and their avoidability in a rural area of Tanzania. Further, we studied the prevalence of ... -
Prevalence and incidence of symptomatic pulmonary tuberculosis based on repeated population screening in a district in Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study
Banti, Abiot Bezabeh; Askeland Winje, Brita; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund; Heldal, Einar; Abebe, Markos; Dangisso, Mesay Hailu; Datiko, Daniel Gemechu (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Objective In Ethiopia, one-third of the estimated tuberculosis cases are not detected or reported. Incidence estimates are inaccurate and rarely measured directly. Assessing the ‘real’ incidence under programme conditions ... -
Prevention of bronchial fistulas after pneumonectomies for selected cavitary drug resistant lung tuberculosis
Bazhenov, Alexander V.; Mariandyshev, Andrei O.; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund; Heldal, Einar; Motus, Igor Ya.; Vasilyeva, Irina A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background: The World Health Organization guidelines for management drug resistant tuberculosis include surgery as an additional method in selected cases. Pneumonectomies have higher risk of morbidity such as bronchial ... -
Promising outcomes of a national programme for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in Addis Ababa: a retrospective study
Mirkuzie, Alemnesh Hailemariam; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund; Mørkve, Odd (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-09-09)Background Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission (PMTCT) is still the most effective intervention in combating new HIV infections. In 2008, revised national PMTCT guidelines that incorporated new policies on HIV ... -
Providing emergency care and assessing a patient triage system in a referral hospital in Somaliland: a cross-sectional study
Sunyoto, Temmy; Van den Bergh, Rafael; Valles, Pola; Gutierrez, Reinaldo; Ayada, Latifa; Zachariah, Rony; Yassin, Abdi; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund; Harries, Anthony D. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-11-06)Background: In resource-poor settings, where health systems are frequently stretched to their capacity, access to emergency care is often limited. Triage systems have been proposed as a tool to ensure efficiency and optimal ... -
Raising the Age of Purchase and Use of Tobacco Product in Bangladesh: Benefits and Challenges in Protecting Youth from the Tobacco Epidemic
Lal, Pranay; Mitra, Arpita; Yadav, Amit; Sarkar, Raju; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund; Mukherjee, Nirmalya (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: Tobacco use among young and adolescents is the biggest threat to public health globally. In Bangladesh, every one in 14 youth (13-15 years) uses tobacco in some form. While this problem is growing in the country, ... -
Reduction in maternal mortality ratio varies by district in Sidama National Regional State, southern Ethiopia: Estimates by crosssectional studies using the sisterhood method and a household survey of pregnancy and birth outcomes
Kea, Aschenaki Zerihun; Lindtjorn, Bernt; Tekle, Achamyelesh Gebretsadik; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Few studies assess the magnitude, variations, and reduction of maternal mortality at a lower administrative level. This study was conducted to estimate the life time risk (LTR) of maternal death and the ...