Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Moland, Karen Marie Ingeborg"
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‘As soon as they can hold a glass, they begin taking alcohol’: a qualitative study on early childhood substance use in Mbale District, Uganda
Skylstad, Vilde; Nalugya, J S; Skar, Ane-Marthe Solheim; Opesen, C; Ndeezi, G; Okello, E S; Moland, Karen Marie Ingeborg; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv; Tumwine, JK (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: Globally, substance use is a leading contributor to the burden of disease among young people, with far reaching social, economic and health effects. Following a finding of harmful alcohol use among 5-8-year-old ... -
“The cord is the child”: meanings and practices related to umbilical cord care in Central Uganda
Mukunya, David; Haaland, Marte Emilie Sandvik; Tumwine, James K; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Nankabirwa, Victoria; Moland, Karen Marie Ingeborg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-04)Background: Infections account for a quarter of all newborn deaths and the umbilical cord has been identified as a major route of newborn infections. Objective: To explore the meanings and practices related to the umbilical ... -
“I felt so small”: A qualitative study of migrant nursing assistants' experiences in Norway
Khor, Heng Wei; el Hajj, Magalie; SAM, DAVID; Moland, Karen Marie Ingeborg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background In the wake of an increasingly ageing population, Norway has a growing need for healthcare workers, especially in nursing homes. This study explored the employment experiences of migrant nursing assistants ... -
‘I wanted to go, but they said wait’: Mothers’ bargaining power and strategies in careseeking for ill newborns in Ethiopia
Onarheim, Kristine Husøy; Moland, Karen Marie Ingeborg; Molla, Mitike; Miljeteig, Ingrid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Introduction To prevent the 2.6 million newborn deaths occurring worldwide every year, health system improvements and changes in care-taker behaviour are necessary. Mothers are commonly assumed to be of particular importance ... -
Juridification of maternal deaths in Ethiopia: A study of the Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) system
Melberg, Andrea; Teklemariam, Lidiya; Moland, Karen Marie Ingeborg; Aasen, Henriette Sinding; Sisay, Mitike Molla (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Juridification of maternal health care is on the rise globally, but little is known about its manifestations in resource constrained settings in sub-Saharan Africa. The Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response ... -
Norms and sexual relations among adolescents in the context of an intervention trial in rural Zambia
Svanemyr, Joar; Moland, Karen Marie Ingeborg; Blystad, Astrid; Zulu, Joseph M.; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)High levels of adolescent pregnancy and child marriage rates in low- and middle-income countries is an issue of concern to many stakeholders, including in Zambia where almost one-third of women give birth before age 18. ... -
‘There is nowhere to take the child’: a qualitative study of community members’ views on managing early childhood substance use in Mbale, Uganda
Skylstad, Vilde; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv; Nalugya, S.J.; Opesen, C.; Ndeezi, Grace; Okello, E.S.; Moland, Karen Marie Ingeborg; Tumwine, James K; Skar, A.M.S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: Harmful alcohol use by 5–8-year-old children has been identified in Mbale District, Uganda. To further examine this finding, the present study explores the experiences and perceptions of community members ... -
Vanilla bisquits and lobola bridewealth: parallel discourses on early pregnancy and schooling in rural Zambia
Blystad, Astrid; Moland, Karen Marie Ingeborg; Munsaka, Ecloss; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Zulu, Joseph Mumba (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Adolescent pregnancy is a complex socio-economic phenomenon ranking high on the global health policy agenda. Early childbearing is associated with early marriage and school drop-out, and is defined as a problem ... -
When abortion becomes public - Everyday politics of reproduction in rural Zambia
Haaland, Marte Emilie Sandvik; Zulu, Joseph Mumba; Moland, Karen Marie Ingeborg; Haukanes, Haldis; Blystad, Astrid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This article takes the public reaction to the discovery of an aborted foetus in a rural Zambian community as the empirical starting point for exploring the everyday politics of reproduction. It builds on eleven months of ...