Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "De Paoli, Marina M."
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Breastfeeding and HIV: experiences from a decade of prevention of postnatal HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa
Moland, Karen Marie; De Paoli, Marina M.; Sellen, Daniel W.; Esterik, Penny van; Leshabari, Sebalda Charles; Blystad, Astrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-10-26)Infant feeding by HIV-infected mothers has been a major global public health dilemma and a highly controversial matter. The controversy is reflected in the different sets of WHO infant feeding guidelines that have been ... -
HIV and infant feeding counselling: challenges faced by nurse-counsellors in northern Tanzania
Leshabari, Sebalda Charles; Blystad, Astrid; De Paoli, Marina M.; Moland, Karen Marie (Journal article, 2007-07-24)Background: Infant feeding is a subject of worry in prevention of mother to child transmission (pMTCT) programmes in settings where breastfeeding is normative. Nurse-counsellors, expected to counsel HIV-positive women on ... -
"It is her responsibility": partner involvement in prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV programmes, northern Tanzania
Falnes, Eli Fjeld; Moland, Karen Marie; Tylleskär, Thorkild; De Paoli, Marina M.; Msuya, Sia E.; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-04-26)Background: Partner involvement has been deemed fundamental in prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) programmes, but is difficult to achieve. This study aimed to explore acceptability of the PMTCT programme ... -
Mothers’ knowledge and utilization of prevention of mother to child transmission services in northern Tanzania
Falnes, Eli Fjeld; Tylleskär, Thorkild; De Paoli, Marina M.; Manongi, Rachel; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010)Background: More than 90% of children living with HIV have been infected through mother to child transmission. The aims of our present study were to: (1) assess the utilization of the prevention of mother to child transmission ... -
The potential role of mother-in-law in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: a mixed methods study from the Kilimanjaro region, northern Tanzania
Falnes, Eli Fjeld; Moland, Karen Marie; Tylleskär, Thorkild; De Paoli, Marina M.; Leshabari, Sebalda Charles; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-07-12)Background: In the Kilimanjaro region the mother-in-law has traditionally had an important role in matters related to reproduction and childcare. The aim of this study was to explore the role of the mothers-in-law in ... -
Reflections on global policy documents and the WHO's infant feeding guidelines: lessons learnt
Blystad, Astrid; Esterik, Penny van; De Paoli, Marina M.; Sellen, Daniel W.; Leshabari, Sebalda Charles; Moland, Karen Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-10-26)As the papers in this thematic series have illustrated, the postnatal prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) strategy has struggled with lack of local relevance. In an attempt to increase our understanding ... -
Translating global recommendations on HIV and infant feeding to the local context : the development of culturally sensitive counselling tools in the Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania
Leshabari, Sebalda Charles; Koniz-Booher, Peggy; Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug; De Paoli, Marina M.; Moland, Karen Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2006-10-03)Background: This paper describes the process used to develop an integrated set of culturally sensitive, evidence-based counselling tools (job aids) by using qualitative participatory research. The aim of the intervention ... -
Ways ahead: protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in the context of HIV
Moland, Karen Marie; Esterik, Penny van; Sellen, Daniel W.; De Paoli, Marina M.; Leshabari, Sebalda Charles; Blystad, Astrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-10-26)The HIV epidemic coupled with the assumed benefits of infant formula for the children of all HIV-infected mothers have in complex ways changed public ideas about infant feeding and represents a threat to well establish ...