Andrea Solnes Miltenburg
Biographic Data
| ID | 1446473 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrea Solnes Miltenburg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrea Solnes |
| FAMILY NAME | Miltenburg |
| SIGNATURE | MILTENBURG A S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4681-7043 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Understanding women’s decision-making process for birth location in Tanzania based on individual women’s reproductive pathways: A life-course perspective
BACKGROUND: Determinants for women's care seeking for birth in low-income setting are multifactorial and remain poorly understood. A life course approach can assist to structure the interplay of the different factors that lead to women seeking care or not. OBJECTIVE: In this study we aimed to explore individual women's reproductive pathways, and increase understanding of how important life events including previous pregnancy and birth experiences…
Mobilizing community action to improve maternal health in a rural district in Tanzania: Lessons learned from two years of community group activities
Background: Community participation can provide increased understanding and more effective implementation of strategies that seek to improve outcomes for women and newborns. There is limited knowledge on how participatory processes take place and how this affects the results of an intervention.Objective: This paper presents the results of two years of implementing (2013–2015) community groups for maternal health care in Magu District, Tanzania.Me…
Disrespect and abuse in maternity care: Individual Consequences of Structural Violence
Disrespect and abuse of patients, especially birthing women, does occur in the health sector. This is a violation of women's fundamental human rights and can be viewed as a consequence of women's lives not being valued by larger social, economic and political structures. Here we demonstrate how such disrespect and abuse is enacted at an interpersonal level across the continuum of care in Tanzania. We describe how and why women's exposure to disre…
Maternity care and Human Rights: What do women think
BACKGROUND: A human rights approach to maternal health is considered as a useful framework in international efforts to reduce maternal mortality. Although fundamental human rights principles are incorporated into legal and medical frameworks, human rights have to be translated into measurable actions and outcomes. So far, their substantive applications remain unclear. The aim of this study is to explore women's perspectives and experiences of mat…
Disrespect and abuse in maternity care: Individual Consequences of Structural Violence
Disrespect and abuse of patients, especially birthing women, does occur in the health sector. This is a violation of women's fundamental human rights and can be viewed as a consequence of women's lives not being valued by larger social, economic and political structures. Here we demonstrate how such disrespect and abuse is enacted at an interpersonal level across the continuum of care in Tanzania. We describe how and why women's exposure to disre…
Maternity care and Human Rights: What do women think
BACKGROUND: A human rights approach to maternal health is considered as a useful framework in international efforts to reduce maternal mortality. Although fundamental human rights principles are incorporated into legal and medical frameworks, human rights have to be translated into measurable actions and outcomes. So far, their substantive applications remain unclear. The aim of this study is to explore women's perspectives and experiences of mat…
Disrespect and abuse in maternity care: Individual Consequences of Structural Violence
Disrespect and abuse of patients, especially birthing women, does occur in the health sector. This is a violation of women's fundamental human rights and can be viewed as a consequence of women's lives not being valued by larger social, economic and political structures. Here we demonstrate how such disrespect and abuse is enacted at an interpersonal level across the continuum of care in Tanzania. We describe how and why women's exposure to disre…
Mobilizing community action to improve maternal health in a rural district in Tanzania: Lessons learned from two years of community group activities
Background: Community participation can provide increased understanding and more effective implementation of strategies that seek to improve outcomes for women and newborns. There is limited knowledge on how participatory processes take place and how this affects the results of an intervention.Objective: This paper presents the results of two years of implementing (2013–2015) community groups for maternal health care in Magu District, Tanzania.Me…
Understanding women’s decision-making process for birth location in Tanzania based on individual women’s reproductive pathways: A life-course perspective
BACKGROUND: Determinants for women's care seeking for birth in low-income setting are multifactorial and remain poorly understood. A life course approach can assist to structure the interplay of the different factors that lead to women seeking care or not. OBJECTIVE: In this study we aimed to explore individual women's reproductive pathways, and increase understanding of how important life events including previous pregnancy and birth experiences…
Global Maternal and Child Health (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Focus group (2 works)