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  1. 6. Mothers’ Agency in Managing Breastfeeding and Other Work in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and New Delhi, India

    Författare :Amal Omer-Salim; Pia Olsson; Lars-Åke Persson; Lars Dahlgren; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Breastfeeding; Women; Mothers; Work; Employment; Agency; Tanzania; India; Pediatrik; Pediatrics;

    Sammanfattning : Combining breastfeeding and other forms of work is desirable from both public health and labour productivity perspectives. This is often challenging, especially in low- or middle-income fast-growing urban settings. LÄS MER

  3. 7. "If really we are committed things can change starting from us providers" Improving postpartum care : A facilitation intervention at government-owned health institutions in a low-resource suburb in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Författare :Eunice Pallangyo; Pia Olsson; Carina Källestål; Columba Mbekenga; Christine Rubertsson; Marie Berg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Globally, postpartum care is a neglected area in the continuum of maternal and newborn services. Facilitation interventions focusing on addressing local problems report positive results in improving the health of mothers and newborns in low-resource settings. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Quality Assessment and Monitoring of Maternal Referrals in Rural Tanzania

    Författare :Andrea Barnabas Pembe; Elisabeth Darj; Pia Olsson; Lennarth Nyström; Anders Carlstedt; Albrecht Jahn; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Quality; maternal referral; counselling; monitoring; rural; Tanzania; Reproductive health; Reproduktiv hälsa; International Health; Internationell hälsa;

    Sammanfattning : An efficient referral system is essential in providing access to emergency obstetric care at higher levels of care by supporting antenatal and delivery services in the primary level of care facilities (PLCF). The aim of this thesis was to assess community and health service factors affecting the quality of maternal referrals in rural Tanzania. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Integrated community-based management of severe acute child malnutrition : Studies from rural Southern Ethiopia

    Författare :Elazar Tadesse; Eva-Charlotte Ekström; Anders Hjern; Pia Olsson; Yemane Berehane; Tahmeed Ahmed; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Severe acute malnutrition; integrated outpatient therapeutic programme; programme outcome; recovery; Ethiopia;

    Sammanfattning : Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the community-based Outpatient Therapeutic Program (OTP) as a standard treatment protocol for the management of uncomplicated Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) at the community level. OTP has been scaled up and integrated into the existing grassroots level government health systems in several developing countries. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Women Survivors, Lost Children and Traumatized Masculinities : The Phenomena of Rape and War in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

    Författare :Jill Trenholm; Beth Maina-Ahlberg; Pia Olsson; Martha Blomqvist; Gillian Lewanda Hundt; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Democratic Republic of Congo; war-rape; sexual violence; ethnography; child soldiers; gender; resilience; marginalisation; structural violence; intersectionality; new wars; militarised masculinity; Africa; globalisation; Hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning; Health Care Research; Vårdvetenskap med samhällsvetenskaplig inriktning; Caring Sciences in Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to investigate the phenomenon of war rape in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in order to understand the dynamics, contextual realities and consequences of its perpetration. Practical and theoretical knowledge is generated which is relevant for health care interventions, humanitarian assistance and peace initiatives, that are cognizant of the actual needs of the affected populations. LÄS MER