Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Ruano, Ana Lorena"
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Axes of alienation: applying an intersectional lens on the social contract during the pandemic response to protect sexual and reproductive rights and health
Dasgupta, Jashodhara; Schaaf, Marta; Contractor, Sana Qais; Ruano, Ana Lorena (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)While economic inequalities have been a key focus of attention through the COVID 19 pandemic, gendered relations of power at every level have undermined health rights of women, girls and gender diverse individuals. Sexual ... -
"Born before arrival": user and provider perspectives on health facility childbirths in Kapiri Mposhi district, Zambia
Phiri, Selia Ng’anjo; Fylkesnes, Knut; Ruano, Ana Lorena; Moland, Karen Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-09-16)Background: Maternal mortality remains high in sub-Saharan Africa. Health facility intra-partum strategies with skilled birth attendance have been shown to be most effective to address maternal mortality. In Zambia, the ... -
‘Born before arrival’: user and provider perspectives on health facility childbirths in Kapiri Mposhi district, Zambia
Nganjo Phiri, Selia; Fylkesnes, Knut; Ruano, Ana Lorena; Moland, Karen Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-09-16)Background: Maternal mortality remains high in sub-Saharan Africa. Health facility intra-partum strategies with skilled birth attendance have been shown to be most effective to address maternal mortality. In Zambia, the ... -
Cesarean delivery rates, hospital readiness and quality of clinical management in Ethiopia: national results from two crosssectional emergency obstetric and newborn care assessments
Beyene, Misrak Getnet; Zemedu, Theodros Getachew; Gebregiorgis, Azmach Hadush; Ruano, Ana Lorena; Bailey, Patricia E. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Cesarean delivery (CD) rates have reached epidemic levels in many high and middle income countries while increasingly, low income countries are challenged both by high urban CD rates and high unmet need in rural ... -
Community health workers and accountability: Reflections from an international "think-in"
Schaaf, Marta; Fox, Jonathan; Topp, Stephanie M.; Warthin, Caitlin; Freedman, Lynn P; Robinson, Rachel Sullivan; Thiagarajan, Sundararaman; Scott, Kerry; Maboe, Thoko; Zanchetta, Margareth; Ruano, Ana Lorena; Kok, Maryse; Closser, Svea (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-05-25)Community health workers (CHWs) are frequently put forward as a remedy for lack of health system capacity, including challenges associated with health service coverage and with low community engagement in the health system, ... -
Community participation in formulating the post-2015 health and development goal agenda: Reflections of a multi-country research collaboration
Brolan, Claire; Hussain, Sameera; Friedman, Eric A.; Ruano, Ana Lorena; Mulumba, Moses; Rusike, Itai; Beiersmann, Claudia; Hill, Peter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-10-10)Global discussion on the post-2015 development goals, to replace the Millennium Development Goals when they expire on 31 December 2015, is well underway. While the Millennium Development Goals focused on redressing extreme ... -
Decolonizing health governance: A Uganda case study on the influence of political history on community participation
Mulumba, Moses; Ruano, Ana Lorena; Perehudoff, Katrina; Ooms, Gorik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This paper presents a case study of how colonial legacies in Uganda have affected the shape and breadth of community participation in health system governance. Using Habermas’s theory of deliberative democracy and the right ... -
Development and validation of a Screening Questionnaire of Family Mistreatment against Older Adults for use in primary care settings in Mexico
Ruelas-González, Maria Guadalupe; Pelcastre-Villafuerte, Blanca Estela; Monterrubio-Flores, Eric; Alcalde-Rabanal, Jacqueline Elizabeth; Ortega-Altamirano, Doris Veronica; Ruano, Ana Lorena; Saturno Hernandez, Pedro J (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)The abuse of older adults is a serious public health issue that can be difficult to identify at the first level of care. Medical and nursing personnel are sometimes unable to identify older adults who suffer family ... -
Does Information and Communication Technology Add Value to Citizen-Led Accountability Initiatives in Health? Experiences from India and Guatemala
Schaaf, Marta; Chhabra, Shruti; Flores, Walter; Feruglio, Francesa; Dasgupta, Jashodhara; Ruano, Ana Lorena (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Information and Communication Technology (ICT) may facilitate the collection and dissemination of citizen-generated data to enhance governmental accountability for the fulfillment of the right to health. The aim of this ... -
Engaging with complexity to improve the health of indigenous people: a call for the use of systems thinking to tackle health inequity
Hernández, Alison; Ruano, Ana Lorena; Marchal, Bruno; San Sebastián, Miguel; Flores, Walter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)The 400 million indigenous people worldwide represent a wealth of linguistic and cultural diversity, as well as traditional knowledge and sustainable practices that are invaluable resources for human development. However, ... -
From knowing our needs to enacting change: findings from community consultations with indigenous communities in Bangladesh
Hussain, Sameera; Ruano, Ana Lorena; Raman, Atiya; Faiz Rashid, Sabina; Hill, Peter S (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-11-09)Introduction: Indigenous peoples are among the most marginalized peoples in the world due to issues relating to well-being, political representation, and economic production. The research consortium Goals and Governance ... -
Global Health in the Age of COVID-19 Responsive Health Systems Through a Right to Health Fund
Friedman, Eric A; Gostin, Lawrence O; Maleche, Allan; Ruano, Ana Lorena; Rusike, Itai; Alwan, Ala; Flores, Walter; Mulumba, Moses; Pūras, Dainius (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)We propose that a Right to Health Capacity Fund (R2HCF) be created as a central institution of a reimagined global health architecture developed in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Such a fund would help ensure the ... -
Health, equity and the post-2015 agenda: raising the voices of marginalized communities
Ruano, Ana Lorena; Friedman, Eric A.; Hill, Peter S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-10-10)In September 2012 the United Nations (UN) initiated a process that would extend and enhance the unfinished agenda of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), integrating a new vision for sustainable development beyond the ... -
How can we best help this patient? Exploring mental health therapists’ reflections on medication-free care for patients with psychosis in Norway
Ødegaard, Christine Henriksen; Ruano, Ana Lorena; Blindheim, Anne Alnes; Veseth, Marius; Stige, Brynjulf; Davidson, Larry; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Since 2015, Norwegian Regional Health Authorities have followed new government policy and gradually implemented medication-free services for patients with psychosis. The aim of this qualitative study was to ... -
Looking forward to the next 15 years: innovation and new pathways for research in health equity
Ruano, Ana Lorena; Shadmi, Efrat; Furler, John; Rao, Krishna; San Sebastián, Miguel; Villar Uribe, Manuela; Shi, Leiyu (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Since our launch in 2002, the International Journal for Equity in Health (IJEqH) has furthered our collective understanding of equity in health and health services by providing a platform on which academics and practitioners ... -
Making the post-MDG global health goals relevant for highly inequitable societies: findings from a consultation with marginalized populations in Guatemala
Ruano, Ana Lorena; Sánchez, Silvia; Jerez, Fernando José; Flores, Walter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-10-10)Introduction: The United Nations presented a set of Millennium Development Goals that aimed to improve social and economic development and eradicate poverty by 2015. Most low and middle-income countries will not meet these ... -
Oral medicine acceptance in infants and toddlers: measurement properties of the caregiver-administered Children's acceptance tool (CareCAT)
Blume, Joern; Ruano, Ana Lorena; Wang, Siri; Jackson, Debra J.; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Strand, Liv Inger (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-03-22)Background: Developing age-appropriate medications remains a challenge in particular for the population of infants and toddlers, as they are not able to reliably self-report if they would accept and consequently take an ... -
Pathways to accountability in rural Guatemala: A qualitative comparative analysis of citizen-led initiatives for the right to health of indigenous populations
Hernández, Alison; Ruano, Ana Lorena; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; Goicolea, Isabel; San Sebastián, Miguel; Flores, Walter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Strengthening citizen-led accountability initiatives is a critical rights-based strategy for improving health services for indigenous and other marginalized populations. As these initiatives have gained prominence in health ... -
Perceptions and experiences of access to public healthcare by people with disabilities and older people in Uganda
Mulumba, Moses; Nantaba, Juliana; Brolan, Claire E.; Ruano, Ana Lorena; Brooker, Katie; Hammonds, Rachel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-10-08)Introduction: In the year 2000, a set of eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were presented as a way to channel global efforts into the reduction of poverty and the promotion of social development. A global discussion ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with violence and abuse of older adults in Mexico’s 2012 National Health and Nutrition Survey
Ruelas-González, Maria Guadalupe; Duarte-Gómez, María Beatriz; Flores-Hernández, Sergio; Ortega-Altamirano, Doris Veronica; Cortés-Gil, Jesus David; Taboada, Arianna; Ruano, Ana Lorena (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Background: Factors associated with violence and the abuse of older adults are understudied and its prevalence in Mexico has not been reported. The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence and factors associated ...