Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy

Datos Biográficos

ID1125417
NOMBREIngvild Fossgard Sandøy
NOMBRESIngvild Fossgard
APELLIDOSandøy
FIRMASANDØY I F
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Bergen
ORCID0000-0001-5567-4588
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS25
TOTAL DE CITAS11
TOTAL COMO AUTOR25
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2006
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H2

  • Determinants and Experiences of Care‐Seeking for Childhood Pneumonia in a Rural Indian Setting

    Open AccessBarsha Gadapani Pathak, Sarmila Mazumder et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2025

    INTRODUCTION: Pneumonia is a leading cause of under-five mortality, with 30 million annual cases in India. Despite national guidelines, significant barriers to timely and appropriate care-seeking persist. Caregivers often face financial constraints, lack of awareness, mistrust in government facilities and a preference for non-registered medical practitioners (non-RMPs), delaying effective treatment. This study explores care-seeking behaviours, as…

  • Combining photo-elicitation and discourse analysis to examine adolescents’ sexuality in rural Zambia

    Open AccessChama Mulubwa, Anna-Karin Hurtig et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2022

    These repertories offer an important context that shape how adolescents negotiate, adopt and resist SRHR interventions. Future interventions that target adolescents' SRHR must aim to address the sexual scripts that serve to erect barriers against positive sexual behaviours, including access to SRHR services that promote safer sex

  • Effects of economic support, comprehensive sexuality education and community dialogue on sexual behaviour

    Open AccessHanne Keyser Hegdahl, Patrick Musonda et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2022Citada por: 1Referencias: 45

    Adolescent girls in Sub-Saharan Africa are at high risk of poor sexual and reproductive health outcomes. We present findings from a cluster-randomised trial in rural Zambia on the effects of economic support, comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) and community dialogue on sexual activity, contraceptive use and beliefs among adolescent girls. We recruited 157 schools in 2016, and all girls in grade 7 were invited to participate. Schools were ran…

  • Experiences of teachers and community health workers implementing sexuality and life skills education in youth clubs in Zambia

    Open AccessMalizgani Paul Chavula, Joar Svanemyr et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2021

    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' (CHWs) implementation of comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) as part of a comprehensive support package for adolescent girls to prevent early childbearing. Data collected using in-depth interviews [ n = 28] with teachers […

  • Norms and sexual relations among adolescents in the context of an intervention trial in rural Zambia

    Open AccessJoar Svanemyr, Karen Marie Moland et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2021

    High levels of adolescent pregnancy and child marriage rates in low- and middle-income countries is an issue of concern to many stakeholders, including in Zambia where almost one-third of women give birth before age 18. The aim of this paper is to explore and analyse social norms concerning adolescents' sexual behaviour within the context of an intervention trial in rural communities in southern Zambia. It is based on a qualitative study applying…

  • Economic support, education and sexual decision making among female adolescents in Zambia

    Open AccessJohn T Milimo, J Milimo et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    ISRCTN Registry: ISRCTN12727868 , (4 March 2016)

  • Vanilla bisquits and lobola bridewealth

    Open AccessAstrid Blystad, Karen Marie Moland et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    Grasping the complexity of local discourse is vital in planning health interventions. The present study revealed that although delayed child bearing and schooling among girls enjoyed high status and legitimacy in the study area, the social and economic context worked to reward early marriage. Interventions to reduce early pregnancies in rural Zambian communities need to fundamentally address the material constraints that condition and reinforce a…

  • Parent-child communication about sexual issues in Zambia

    Open AccessKatja Isaksen, Patrick Musonda et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    ISRCTN registry: ISRCTN12727868 , (4 March 2016)

  • Acceptability of an economic support component to reduce early pregnancy and school dropout in Zambia

    Open AccessEmmanuel Banda, Joar Svanemyr et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2019

    Background: Cash Transfer (CT) schemes have become popular poverty reducing measures in many low and middle-income countries. Research indicates that when provided to girls in resource poor settings, cash transfers can increase education and postpone marriage and pregnancy. However, a few studies indicate that they can also have negative effects which can affect their acceptability, such as generating intra-community tensions.Objective: Conceptua…

  • Lifetime risk of pregnancy-related death among Zambian women

    Open AccessRichard Banda, Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy et al.ARTICLEJournal of Population Research2016Citada por: 1Referencias: 4

    The aim of this study was to examine district differentials in the lifetime risk of pregnancy-related death among females aged 15–49 in Zambia. We used data on household deaths collected in the 2010 census to estimate the lifetime risk of pregnancy-related death among females in Zambia. Using all-cause age-specific death rates, we generated female life tables for 74 districts and estimated person-years of exposure to all-cause mortality at each a…

  • A comparison of sexual risk behaviours and HIV seroprevalence among circumcised and uncircumcised men before and after implementation of the safe male circumcision programme in Uganda

    Open AccessSimon Peter Sebina Kibira, Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    There was higher prevalence of SRBs among circumcised men in both surveys, but the only significant change from 2004 to 2011 was a lower prevalence of condom use among the circumcised. Nevertheless, HIV prevalence was lower among circumcised men. Targeted messages for circumcised men and their sexual partners to continue using condoms even after circumcision should be enhanced to avoid risk compensation

  • Trends in and socio-demographic factors associated with caesarean section at a Tanzanian referral hospital, 2000 to 2013

    Open AccessCecilie Nilsen, Truls Østbye et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2014

    The CS percentage remained high but stable over time. Large variations in CS levels between different socio-demographic groups were observed. The educational level of the parents of babies born at KCMC increased over time, possibly reflecting persistent inequitable access to the services offered at the hospital

  • Correlates of Peer Violence Among 13- to 15-Year-Olds in Gampaha District Schools in Sri Lanka

    Open AccessMonika Priyadarshani Wijeratne, Rohini Seneviratne et al.ARTICLESAGE Open2014Referencias: 25

    Violence among adolescents in schools is a relatively new research area in South Asian countries. Limited knowledge about factors associated with peer violence hinders the design of prevention programs. This study was carried out to assess correlates of peer violence among 13- to 15-year-old adolescents in Gampaha district schools in Sri Lanka. A cross-sectional study was carried out to identify "violent" and "non-violent" adolescents. Study and …

  • Strong effects of home-based voluntary HIV counselling and testing on acceptance and equity

    Open AccessKnut Fylkesnes, Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2013Citada por: 2Referencias: 52

  • The seven Cs of the high acceptability of home-based VCT

    Open AccessManfred Jurgensen, Marte Jürgensen et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2013Referencias: 45

    HIV testing and counselling is a critical gateway to prevention and treatment. Yet, coverage remains insufficient, few couples are tested together and gender differences in access exist. We used an embedded mixed methods approach to investigate possible explanations for the high acceptance of home-based voluntary HIV counselling and testing (HB-VCT) in a pair-matched cluster-randomized trial in Zambia. A baseline survey included 1694 individuals …

  • Effects of home-based Voluntary Counselling and Testing on HIV-related stigma

    Open AccessManfred Jurgensen, Marte Jürgensen et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2013Citada por: 7Referencias: 42

  • Targeting condom distribution at high risk places increases condom utilization-evidence from an intervention study in Livingstone, Zambia

    Open AccessIngvild Fossgard Sandøy, Cosmas Zyaambo et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2012

    ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01423357

  • Condom availability in high risk places and condom use

    Open AccessIngvild Fossgard Sandøy, Astrid Blystad et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2012

    As late as thirty years into the HIV epidemic there are still important gaps in the availability of condoms in places where people meet new sexual partners in these three African districts. Considering that previous studies have found that improved condom availability and accessibility in high risk places have a potential to increase condom use among people with multiple partners, the present study findings indicate that substantial further effor…

  • Factors affecting voluntary HIV counselling and testing among men in Ethiopia

    Open AccessTesfaye Hordofa Leta, Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2012

    VCT utilization among men in Ethiopia was low and affected by HIV/AIDS-related stigma and residence. In order to increase VCT acceptability, HIV/AIDS prevention and control programs in the country should focus on reducing HIV/AIDS-related stigma. Targeting rural men with low SEP should be given first priority when designing, expanding, and implementing VCT services in the country

  • Risk factors, healthcare-seeking and sexual behaviour among patients with genital ulcers in Zambia

    Open AccessMpundu Makasa, Knut Fylkesnes et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2012

    Low awareness of HIV status despite high probability of being infected and low condom use after onset of genital ulcer symptoms leads to a high potential for transmission to sexual partners. This, combined with the fact that many patients with GUs delayed seeking care, shows a need for awareness campaigns about GUs and the importance of abstinence or use of condoms when experiencing such symptoms

  • Effects of neighbourhood-level educational attainment on HIV prevalence among young women in Zambia

    Open AccessNkomba Kayeyi, Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2009

    The findings suggested structural effects on HIV prevalence. Future research should include more detailed mapping of neighbourhood factors of relevance to HIV transmission as part of the effort to better understand the causal mechanisms involved

  • Lost opportunities in HIV prevention

    Open AccessIngvild Fossgard Sandøy, Seter Siziya et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2008

    In the places studied we found a high prevalence of behaviours with a high potential for HIV transmission but few signs of HIV preventive interventions. Covering the gaps in prevention in these high exposure places should be given the highest priority

  • Prevalence and Correlates of Concurrent Sexual Partnerships in Zambia

    Open AccessIngvild Fossgard Sandøy, Kumbutso Dzekedzeke et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2008

  • Associations between sexual behaviour change in young people and decline in HIV prevalence in Zambia

    Open AccessIngvild Fossgard Sandøy, Charles Michelo et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2007

    High risk behaviours clearly decreased, especially in higher-educated and urban groups, and there is a probable association here with the decline in HIV prevalence in the study population. Fewer sexual partners and condom use were among the core factors involved for both sexes; and for women a further factor was delayed child-bearing

  • Steep HIV prevalence declines among young people in selected Zambian communities

    Open AccessCharles Michelo, Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2006

    Steep HIV prevalence declines in young people, suggesting continuing declining incidence, were masked by modest overall declines. The concentration of declines in higher educated groups suggests a plausible association with behavioural change