A5085025411- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Global Health Care Issues
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Maternal and fetal healthcare
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- International Human Rights and Reproductive Law
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Human Rights and Development
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Global Health and Surgery
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Health Services Management and Policy
- Healthcare Systems and Challenges
- Feminist Theory and Gender Studies
Columbia University
2014-2024
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2014
Lynn University
2011
Although qualitative studies have raised attention to humiliating treatment of women during labour and delivery, there are no reliable estimates the prevalence disrespectful abusive in health facilities. We measured frequency reported experiences facility childbirth eight facilities Tanzania examined associated factors. The study was conducted rural northeastern Tanzania. Using a structured questionnaire, we interviewed who had delivered upon discharge re-interviewed randomly selected subset...
PerspectivesIn the field of maternal and newborn health, there have been calls to prioritize intra-partum period promote facility delivery meet mortality reduction goals. This aim is based on a decade epide-miological work identifying causes death, systematically reviewing effective interventions, modelling impact intervention coverage mortality.
Growing evidence from a number of countries in Asia and Africa documents large shift towards facility deliveries the past decade. These increases have not led to improvements health outcomes that were predicted by policy researchers past. In light this unexpected evidence, we assessed data multiple sources, including nationally representative 43 Africa, understand size range changing delivery location Africa. We reviewed policies, programs financing experiences drivers practices,...
Abusive treatment of women during childbirth has been documented in low-resource countries and is a deterrent to facility utilization for delivery. Evidence interventions address women's poor experience scant. We assessed participatory community health system intervention reduce the prevalence disrespect abuse Tanzania.We used comparative before-and-after evaluation design test combined abuse. Two hospitals Tanga Region, Tanzania were included study, 1 randomly assigned receive intervention....
This paper is a critical interpretive synthesis of community health workers (CHWs) and accountability in low-income middle-income countries. The guiding questions were: What factors promote or undermine CHWs as agents? (and) Can these be intentionally fostered suppressed to impel system accountability? We conducted an iterative search that included articles addressing the core issue accountability, ancillary issues emerged initial search, such ‘CHWs equity.’ are intended comprise ‘bridge’...
A central challenge in developing reproductive health strategies is giving real meaning to the right of couples and individuals determine, freely responsibly, number spacing their children. This article places choice legal historical contexts, highlights salient issues that arise trying formulate international standards for its enforcement, examines two particularly thorny issues: tension between demographic priorities local custom/religion. The calls on professionals participate actively...
Background The Millennium Development Goals call for a 75% reduction in maternal mortality between 1990 and 2015. Skilled birth attendance emergency obstetric care, including Caesarean section, are two of the most important interventions to reduce mortality. Although international pressure is rising increase donor assistance essential health services developing countries, we know less about whether government or private sector more effective at financing these countries.
In order to develop patient-centered care we need know what patients want and how changing socio-demographic factors shape their preferences.We fielded a structured questionnaire that included discrete choice experiment investigate women's preferences for place of delivery in four rural districts Pwani Region, Tanzania. The consisted six attributes: kind treatment by the health worker, worker medical knowledge, modern equipment medicines, facility privacy, cleanliness, cost visit. Each woman...
Human rights has been a vital tool in the global movement to reduce maternal mortality and expose disrespect abuse that women experience during childbirth facilities around world. Yet truly transform relationship between providers, human rights-based approaches (HRBAs) will need go beyond articulation, dissemination even legal enforcement of formal norms respectful maternity care. HRBAs must also develop deeper, more nuanced understanding how power operates health systems under particular...