Blar i Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care på tidsskrift "BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth"
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Antenatal care utilization and compliance with national and WHO guidelines in rural Ethiopia: a cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Antenatal health care utilization has the potential to influence maternal and new-born health. In this study, we assessed compliance of antenatal care utilization with national and World Health Organization ... -
Antiemetic treatment of hyperemesis gravidarum in 1,064 Norwegian women and the impact of European warning on metoclopramide: a retrospective cohort study 2002–2019
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-02)Background: Women suffering from severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, hyperemesis gravidarum, have poor quality of life and increased risk of potentially fatal maternal and fetal complications. There is increasing ... -
The association between pre pregnancy body mass index and risk of preeclampsia: a registry based study from Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-02-21)Background: Preeclampsia is among the leading causes of maternal mortality and morbidity worldwide, occurs in 2-8% of all pregnancies, and is estimated to account for at least 9 % of maternal deaths in Africa. Studies from ... -
"Born before arrival": user and provider perspectives on health facility childbirths in Kapiri Mposhi district, Zambia
(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 ... -
The burden of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy: severe impacts on quality of life, daily life functioning and willingness to become pregnant again – results from a cross-sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-02-28)Background: Though nausea and vomiting is very common during pregnancy, no studies have investigated the impact of this condition on the women’s daily lives in a Scandinavian population. The aim of this study was to describe ... -
Causes of perinatal death at a tertiary care hospital in Northern Tanzania 2000--2010: a registry based study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-12)Background: Perinatal mortality reflects maternal health as well as antenatal, intrapartum and newborn care, and is an important health indicator. This study aimed at classifying causes of perinatal death in order to ... -
Cesarean delivery in Norwegian nulliparous women with singleton cephalic term births, 1967–2020: a population-based study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: Nulliparous women contribute to increasing cesarean delivery in the Nordic countries and advanced maternal age has been suggested as responsible for rise in cesarean delivery rates in many developed countries. ... -
Cesarean delivery rates, hospital readiness and quality of clinical management in Ethiopia: national results from two crosssectional emergency obstetric and newborn care assessments
(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 ... -
Current evidence on basic emergency obstetric and newborn care services in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; a cross sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-10-10)Background: Emergency obstetric and neonatal care (EmONC) is a high impact priority intervention highly recommended for improving maternal and neonatal health outcomes. In 2008, Ethiopia conducted a national EmONC survey ... -
Evaluation of incomplete maternal smoking data using machine learning algorithms: a study from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background The Medical Birth Registry of Norway (MBRN) provides national coverage of all births. While retrieval of most of the information in the birth records is mandatory, mothers may refrain to provide information on ... -
Factors associated with health facility childbirth in districts of Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia: a population based survey
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-07-04)Background: Maternal mortality continues to be a heavy burden in low and middle income countries where half of all deliveries take place in homes without skilled attendance. The study aimed to investigate the underlying ... -
Factors influencing the use of reproductive health care services among married adolescent girls in Dang District, Nepal: a qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05-03)Background Child marriage is associated with adverse reproductive health outcomes, and the practice is still alarmingly common. Together with efforts to end child marriage, it is essential to provide adequate health care ... -
Fetal age assessment based on 2nd trimester ultrasound in Africa and the effect of ethnicity
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-10-30)Background: The African population is composed of a variety of ethnic groups, which differ considerably from each other. Some studies suggest that ethnic variation may influence dating. The aim of the present study was to ... -
Folic acid supplementation, dietary folate intake during pregnancy and risk for spontaneous preterm delivery: a prospective observational cohort study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-11-02)Background: Health authorities in numerous countries recommend periconceptional folic acid supplementation to prevent neural tube defects. The objective of this study was to examine the association of dietary folate intake ... -
High maternal mortality in a rural south-west Ethiopia: estimate by using the sisterhood method
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-11-23)Background: Estimation of maternal mortality is difficult in developing countries without complete vital registration. The indirect sisterhood method represents an alternative in places where there is high fertility and ... -
Incidence of home delivery among women living with HIV in Lira, Northern Uganda: a prospective cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Home delivery has been associated with mother-to-child transmission of HIV and remains high among HIV-infected women. Predictors for home delivery in the context of HIV have not been fully studied and understood ... -
Making stillbirths count, making numbers talk - Issues in data collection for stillbirths
(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 ... -
Maternal near miss and mortality in a rural referral hospital in northern Tanzania: a cross-sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-07-04)Background: Maternal morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa remains high despite global efforts to reduce it. In order to lower maternal morbidity and mortality in the immediate term, reduction of delay in the ... -
Maternal reasons for requesting planned cesarean section in Norway: A qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: Pregnant women who request a cesarean section in the absence of obstetric indication have become a highly debated issue in academic as well as popular literature. In order to find adequate, targeted treatment ... -
“The midwife helped me ... otherwise I could have died”: women’s experience of professional midwifery services in rural Afghanistan - a qualitative study in the provinces Kunar and Laghman
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Afghanistan has one of the world’s highest maternal mortality ratios, with more than 60% of women having no access to a skilled birth attendant in some areas. The main challenges for childbearing Afghan women ...