Carine Ronsmans
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 370423 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Carine Ronsmans |
| PRENOMES | Carine |
| SOBRENOME | Ronsmans |
| ASSINATURA | RONSMANS C |
| AFILIAÇÕES | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 28 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 78 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1995 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Pathways of change for essential newborn care practices and health care seeking
In rural Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon, access to quality care is difficult, home births are frequent, and neonatal mortality remains high. Peru has a large cadre of Community health workers (CHW), yet their potential is not harnessed. A recent outcome evaluation of a community-based intervention showed improvements in essential newborn care (ENC) for home births and small increases in facility births. To explain these findings, e…
Tracking progress towards universal health coverage for essential health services in China, 2008–2018
INTRODUCTION: We comprehensively evaluate whether the Chinese Government's goal of ensuring Universal Health Coverage for essential health services has been achieved. METHODS: We used data from the 2008, 2013 and 2018 National Health Services Survey to report on the coverage of a range of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicator 3.8.1. We created per capita household income deciles for urban and rural samples separately. We report time trend…
A Lancet Commission on 70 years of women's reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health in China
Abortion metrics
Consensus is lacking on the most appropriate indicators to document progress in safe abortion at programmatic and country level. We conducted a scoping review to provide an extensive summary of abortion indicators used over 10 years (2008–2018) to inform the debate on how progress in the provision and access to abortion care can be best captured. Documents were identified in PubMed and Popline and supplemented by materials identified on major non…
Protecting hard-won gains for mothers and newborns in low-income and middle-income countries in the face of Covid-19
The adverse impact of COVID-19 on maternal and newborn services in low-income and middle-income countries risks undermining improvements in health outcomes and care achieved over the last three decades. Alarming declines in the use of services and in the quality of care in health facilities are being reported from sources on the ground, captured rapidly and in real time using e-communication tools. Local solutions to the direct and indirect chall…
What the percentage of births in facilities does not measure
Introduction: Increases in facility deliveries in sub-Saharan Africa have not yielded expected declines in maternal mortality, raising concerns about the quality of care provided in facilities. The readiness of facilities at different health system levels to provide both emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmONC) as well as referral is unknown. We describe this combined readiness by facility level and region in Senegal. Methods: For this cross-…
Barriers to accessing maternal healthcare among ethnic minority women in Western China
Quantitative evidence suggests that ethnic disparities in maternal healthcare use are substantial in Western China, but the reasons for these remain under-researched. We undertook a systematic review of English and Chinese databases between January 1, 1990 and February 23, 2018 to synthesize qualitative evidence on barriers faced by ethnic minority women in accessing maternal healthcare in Western China. Four English and 6 Chinese language studie…
Global epidemiology of use of and disparities in caesarean sections
Countdown to 2030
The scale, scope, coverage, and capability of childbirth care
The costs of 'free
Maternal and Infant Deaths
How changes in coverage affect equity in maternal and child health interventions in 35 Countdown to 2015 countries
Equity in maternal, newborn, and child health interventions in Countdown to 2015
Did professional attendance at home births improve early neonatal survival in Indonesia
BACKGROUND Early neonatal mortality has been persistently high in developing countries. Indonesia, with its national policy of home-based, midwife-assisted birth, is an apt context for assessing the effect of home-based professional birth attendance on early neonatal survival. METHODS We pooled four Indonesian Demographic and Health Surveys and used multivariate logistic regression to analyse trends in first-day and early neonatal mortality. We m…
Pierre Bourdieu and transformative agency
This paper explores the social and institutional processes that constrain and enable obstetric patients in Benin to critically evaluate quality of healthcare and to stimulate positive changes in the health system. Based on qualitative data collected as part of a hospital auditing system, the paper analyses semi-structured patient feedback interviews and their function as a primary mechanism through which critical patient evaluation can develop co…
Huge poor–rich inequalities in maternity care
OBJECTIVE: Progress towards the Millennium Development Goals for maternal health has been slow, and accelerated progress in scaling up professional delivery care is needed. This paper describes poor-rich inequalities in the use of maternity care and seeks to understand these inequalities through comparisons with other types of health care. METHODS: Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from 45 developing countries were used to describe poor-ri…
A decade of inequality in maternity care
Despite commendable progress in improving uptake of antenatal care, and in equipping health facilities to provide emergency obstetric care, the very low utilization of these facilities, especially by poor women, is a major impediment to meeting MDG-5 in Bangladesh
Midwifery provision in two districts in Indonesia
Attention has focused recently on the importance of adequate and equitable provision of health personnel to raise levels of skilled attendance at delivery and thereby reduce maternal mortality. Indonesia has a village-based midwife programme that was intended to increase the rate of professional delivery care and redress the urban/rural imbalance in service provision by posting a trained midwife in every village in the country. We present finding…
Maternal mortality
Maternal health in poor countries
Attending Home vs. Clinic-Based Deliveries
In an effort to make skilled attendance at birth more accessible, some countries in Asia have begun major initiatives to promote the option of home delivery with a midwife. Yet there is little empirical evidence from the region to suggest that home-based care is as safe or effective as care in medical facilities. Qualitative research involving key informant and in-depth interviews and group discussions was carried out in 2003 and 2004 in Matlab, …
Long‐term Effects of Reproductive History on All‐cause Mortality Among Adults in Rural Bangladesh
A woman's risk of dying is altered during pregnancy and immediately postpartum. Moreover, physiological and social changes associated with pregnancy may have long‐term effects on mortality. Comparing these long‐term associations among women and their husbands may provide insights into the nature of such a relationship. In this cohort study, we examine the association between reproductive history and all‐cause mortality among ever‐married women an…
Women's Reports of Severe (Near‐miss) Obstetric Complications in Benin
This study examines the validity of a survey instrument on near‐miss obstetric complications. Three groups of women–with severe complications, with mild complications, and with a normal delivery–were identified retrospectively in three hospitals in South Benin and interviewed at home. The concept of “near‐miss” was used to identify women with severe episodes of morbidity. The questionnaire was able to detect, with some accuracy, eclamptic fits, a…
Short Birth Intervals Don't Kill Women
No previously published study has provided evidence to support the frequently made assertion that closely spaced births increase the risk of maternal death. This study reviews the literature for evidence supporting an association between short birth intervals and maternal mortality and presents empirical evidence to address the question of whether short birth-to-conception intervals alter the risk of maternal death. In this nested case-controls s…
Pierre Bourdieu and transformative agency
This paper explores the social and institutional processes that constrain and enable obstetric patients in Benin to critically evaluate quality of healthcare and to stimulate positive changes in the health system. Based on qualitative data collected as part of a hospital auditing system, the paper analyses semi-structured patient feedback interviews and their function as a primary mechanism through which critical patient evaluation can develop co…
Women's Reports of Severe (Near‐miss) Obstetric Complications in Benin
This study examines the validity of a survey instrument on near‐miss obstetric complications. Three groups of women–with severe complications, with mild complications, and with a normal delivery–were identified retrospectively in three hospitals in South Benin and interviewed at home. The concept of “near‐miss” was used to identify women with severe episodes of morbidity. The questionnaire was able to detect, with some accuracy, eclamptic fits, a…
Patterns of Clustering of Child Mortality in a Rural Area of Senegal
This study assesses the empirical evidence for the presence and the pattern of heterogeneity in child mortality between families in a rural area of Senegal that is apparently homogeneous with regard to the known determinants of mortality. The presence of heterogeneity is assessed by comparing the distribution of child deaths for women with a chance distribution. To weigh the relative contribution of causes of within-and between-family heterogenei…
Long‐term Effects of Reproductive History on All‐cause Mortality Among Adults in Rural Bangladesh
A woman's risk of dying is altered during pregnancy and immediately postpartum. Moreover, physiological and social changes associated with pregnancy may have long‐term effects on mortality. Comparing these long‐term associations among women and their husbands may provide insights into the nature of such a relationship. In this cohort study, we examine the association between reproductive history and all‐cause mortality among ever‐married women an…
Demonstrating programme impact on maternal mortality
Reducing maternal mortality if one of the primary goals of safe mother hood programmes in developing countries. Maternal mortality is not, however, a feasible outcome indicator with which to judge the success of these programmes. This is due to an unfortunate combination of obstacles to measurement--some general to assessing the mortality impact of health programmes and some peculiar to estimating maternal mortality. There is a need to promote al…
Women's Recall of Obstetric Complications in South Kalimantan, Indonesia
The search for indicators for monitoring progress toward safe motherhood has prompted research into population-based measures of obstetric morbidity. One possible such measure is based on women's reports of their past childbirth experiences. In this prospective study in three hospitals in South Kalimantan, Indonesia, the accuracy of women's reporting of severe birth-related complications was examined. The findings of this study suggest that poor …
The costs of 'free
Short Birth Intervals Don't Kill Women
No previously published study has provided evidence to support the frequently made assertion that closely spaced births increase the risk of maternal death. This study reviews the literature for evidence supporting an association between short birth intervals and maternal mortality and presents empirical evidence to address the question of whether short birth-to-conception intervals alter the risk of maternal death. In this nested case-controls s…
Midwifery provision in two districts in Indonesia
Attention has focused recently on the importance of adequate and equitable provision of health personnel to raise levels of skilled attendance at delivery and thereby reduce maternal mortality. Indonesia has a village-based midwife programme that was intended to increase the rate of professional delivery care and redress the urban/rural imbalance in service provision by posting a trained midwife in every village in the country. We present finding…
Did professional attendance at home births improve early neonatal survival in Indonesia
BACKGROUND Early neonatal mortality has been persistently high in developing countries. Indonesia, with its national policy of home-based, midwife-assisted birth, is an apt context for assessing the effect of home-based professional birth attendance on early neonatal survival. METHODS We pooled four Indonesian Demographic and Health Surveys and used multivariate logistic regression to analyse trends in first-day and early neonatal mortality. We m…
Patterns of Clustering of Child Mortality in a Rural Area of Senegal
This study assesses the empirical evidence for the presence and the pattern of heterogeneity in child mortality between families in a rural area of Senegal that is apparently homogeneous with regard to the known determinants of mortality. The presence of heterogeneity is assessed by comparing the distribution of child deaths for women with a chance distribution. To weigh the relative contribution of causes of within-and between-family heterogenei…
Demonstrating programme impact on maternal mortality
Reducing maternal mortality if one of the primary goals of safe mother hood programmes in developing countries. Maternal mortality is not, however, a feasible outcome indicator with which to judge the success of these programmes. This is due to an unfortunate combination of obstacles to measurement--some general to assessing the mortality impact of health programmes and some peculiar to estimating maternal mortality. There is a need to promote al…
Women's Recall of Obstetric Complications in South Kalimantan, Indonesia
The search for indicators for monitoring progress toward safe motherhood has prompted research into population-based measures of obstetric morbidity. One possible such measure is based on women's reports of their past childbirth experiences. In this prospective study in three hospitals in South Kalimantan, Indonesia, the accuracy of women's reporting of severe birth-related complications was examined. The findings of this study suggest that poor …
Short Birth Intervals Don't Kill Women
No previously published study has provided evidence to support the frequently made assertion that closely spaced births increase the risk of maternal death. This study reviews the literature for evidence supporting an association between short birth intervals and maternal mortality and presents empirical evidence to address the question of whether short birth-to-conception intervals alter the risk of maternal death. In this nested case-controls s…
Women's Reports of Severe (Near‐miss) Obstetric Complications in Benin
This study examines the validity of a survey instrument on near‐miss obstetric complications. Three groups of women–with severe complications, with mild complications, and with a normal delivery–were identified retrospectively in three hospitals in South Benin and interviewed at home. The concept of “near‐miss” was used to identify women with severe episodes of morbidity. The questionnaire was able to detect, with some accuracy, eclamptic fits, a…
Long‐term Effects of Reproductive History on All‐cause Mortality Among Adults in Rural Bangladesh
A woman's risk of dying is altered during pregnancy and immediately postpartum. Moreover, physiological and social changes associated with pregnancy may have long‐term effects on mortality. Comparing these long‐term associations among women and their husbands may provide insights into the nature of such a relationship. In this cohort study, we examine the association between reproductive history and all‐cause mortality among ever‐married women an…
Maternal mortality
Maternal health in poor countries
Attending Home vs. Clinic-Based Deliveries
In an effort to make skilled attendance at birth more accessible, some countries in Asia have begun major initiatives to promote the option of home delivery with a midwife. Yet there is little empirical evidence from the region to suggest that home-based care is as safe or effective as care in medical facilities. Qualitative research involving key informant and in-depth interviews and group discussions was carried out in 2003 and 2004 in Matlab, …
Huge poor–rich inequalities in maternity care
OBJECTIVE: Progress towards the Millennium Development Goals for maternal health has been slow, and accelerated progress in scaling up professional delivery care is needed. This paper describes poor-rich inequalities in the use of maternity care and seeks to understand these inequalities through comparisons with other types of health care. METHODS: Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from 45 developing countries were used to describe poor-ri…
A decade of inequality in maternity care
Despite commendable progress in improving uptake of antenatal care, and in equipping health facilities to provide emergency obstetric care, the very low utilization of these facilities, especially by poor women, is a major impediment to meeting MDG-5 in Bangladesh
Midwifery provision in two districts in Indonesia
Attention has focused recently on the importance of adequate and equitable provision of health personnel to raise levels of skilled attendance at delivery and thereby reduce maternal mortality. Indonesia has a village-based midwife programme that was intended to increase the rate of professional delivery care and redress the urban/rural imbalance in service provision by posting a trained midwife in every village in the country. We present finding…
Pierre Bourdieu and transformative agency
This paper explores the social and institutional processes that constrain and enable obstetric patients in Benin to critically evaluate quality of healthcare and to stimulate positive changes in the health system. Based on qualitative data collected as part of a hospital auditing system, the paper analyses semi-structured patient feedback interviews and their function as a primary mechanism through which critical patient evaluation can develop co…
Did professional attendance at home births improve early neonatal survival in Indonesia
BACKGROUND Early neonatal mortality has been persistently high in developing countries. Indonesia, with its national policy of home-based, midwife-assisted birth, is an apt context for assessing the effect of home-based professional birth attendance on early neonatal survival. METHODS We pooled four Indonesian Demographic and Health Surveys and used multivariate logistic regression to analyse trends in first-day and early neonatal mortality. We m…
How changes in coverage affect equity in maternal and child health interventions in 35 Countdown to 2015 countries
Equity in maternal, newborn, and child health interventions in Countdown to 2015
Maternal and Infant Deaths
The scale, scope, coverage, and capability of childbirth care
The costs of 'free
Global epidemiology of use of and disparities in caesarean sections
Countdown to 2030
Barriers to accessing maternal healthcare among ethnic minority women in Western China
Quantitative evidence suggests that ethnic disparities in maternal healthcare use are substantial in Western China, but the reasons for these remain under-researched. We undertook a systematic review of English and Chinese databases between January 1, 1990 and February 23, 2018 to synthesize qualitative evidence on barriers faced by ethnic minority women in accessing maternal healthcare in Western China. Four English and 6 Chinese language studie…
Protecting hard-won gains for mothers and newborns in low-income and middle-income countries in the face of Covid-19
The adverse impact of COVID-19 on maternal and newborn services in low-income and middle-income countries risks undermining improvements in health outcomes and care achieved over the last three decades. Alarming declines in the use of services and in the quality of care in health facilities are being reported from sources on the ground, captured rapidly and in real time using e-communication tools. Local solutions to the direct and indirect chall…
What the percentage of births in facilities does not measure
Introduction: Increases in facility deliveries in sub-Saharan Africa have not yielded expected declines in maternal mortality, raising concerns about the quality of care provided in facilities. The readiness of facilities at different health system levels to provide both emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmONC) as well as referral is unknown. We describe this combined readiness by facility level and region in Senegal. Methods: For this cross-…
A Lancet Commission on 70 years of women's reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health in China
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