Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Zulu, Joseph Mumba"
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Acceptability of youth clubs focusing on comprehensive sexual and reproductive health education in rural Zambian schools: a case of Central Province
Chirwa-Kambole, Eunice; Svanemyr, Joar; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Hangoma, Peter; Zulu, Joseph Mumba (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background The youths in Zambia have limited access to information concerning Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) and this puts them at risk of unwanted pregnancies. Talking about other methods of preventing pregnancy or ... -
Application of community dialogue approach to prevent adolescent pregnancy, early marriage and school dropout in Zambia: a case study
Zulu, Ireen Zamanga; Zulu, Joseph Mumba; Svanemyr, Joar; Michelo, Charles Cheembo; Mutale, Wilbroad; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Adolescent pregnancy carries both health and economic risks for the pregnant girl and resulting baby, and it is common in Zambia. Providing alternative methods of preventing early pregnancy than abstinence is ... -
Can sexual health interventions make community-based health systems more responsive to adolescents? A realist informed study in rural Zambia
Mulubwa, Chama; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; Zulu, Joseph Mumba; Michelo, Charles Cheembo; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Goicolea, Isabel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Introduction Community-based sexual reproductive interventions are key in attaining universal health coverage for all by 2030, yet adolescents in many countries still lack health services that are responsive to their ... -
Community perspectives on randomisation and fairness in a cluster randomised controlled trial in Zambia
Kombe, Maureen Mupeta; Zulu, Joseph Mumba; Michelo, Charles; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12-21)Background: One important ethical issue in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) is randomisation. Relatively little is known about how participating individuals and communities understand and perceive central aspects of ... -
Economic support, education and sexual decision making among female adolescents in Zambia: a qualitative study
Milimo, Joyce; Zulu, Joseph Mumba; Munsaka, Ecloss; Mweemba, Oliver; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Svanemyr, Joar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background The importance of educating female adolescents has been recognized as critical to the development of any country. However, in low income countries like Zambia they often drop out of school due to poverty, early ... -
Experiences of teachers and community health workers implementing sexuality and life skills education in youth clubs in Zambia
Chavula, Malizgani Paul; Svanemyr, Joar; Zulu, Joseph Mumba; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Zambia, like other low- and middle-income countries, faces numerous adolescent sexual and reproductive health challenges such as teenage pregnancies. This study aimed at understanding teachers' and community health workers' ... -
A systems perspective on the importance of global health strategy developments for accomplishing today's Sustainable Development Goals
Byskov, Jens; Maluka, Stephen; Marchal, Bruno; Shayo, Elizabeth Henry; Blystad, Astrid; Bukachi, Salome A.; Zulu, Joseph Mumba; Michelo, Charles; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; Bloch, Paul (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-07-30)Priority setting within health systems has not led to accountable, fair and sustainable solutions to improving population health. Providers, users and other stakeholders each have their own health and service priorities ... -
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 ...