Vibeke Rasch
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 204525 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Vibeke Rasch |
| NOMBRES | Vibeke |
| APELLIDO | Rasch |
| FIRMA | RASCH V |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Copenhagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6557-0985 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 94 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2000 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
The PROMISE study
Somaliland faces persistently high burdens of maternal and perinatal mortality, with limited population-based data on pregnancy complications, sociocultural influence on maternal and perinatal health, and women's reproductive health needs across the continuum of pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum. Also, available health materials, such as for assessing maternal near misses (MNM) or strengthening healthcare literacy, often appear unfit in the c…
Prevalence and risk factors of gestational diabetes mellitus among pregnant women in northern Vietnam
BACKGROUND: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) increases adverse neonatal and maternal outcomes. Understanding the prevalence and risk factors of GDM is necessary to plan health care interventions and policy. OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and risk factors of GDM in Thai Binh, Vietnam. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in two health facilities in Thai Binh, Vietnam, with the participation of 1,106 pregnant women. Women were …
Barriers and facilitators for implementation of HPV-based cervical cancer screening in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Tanzania and the most common form of cancer among Tanzanian women. Screening attendance remains among the lowest globally, necessitating improved attendance and screening methods. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to assess the feasibility of implementing the World Health Organization's 2021 hPV-based screening guideline in Tanzania by identifying potential barriers and facilit…
Intimate partner violence during pregnancy in Vietnam
Background: Violence against women is a global public health problem. A better understanding of risk factors for intimate partner violence (IPV) exposure during pregnancy is important to develop interventions for supporting women being exposed to IPV.Objective: The purpose of this study was to measure the prevalence of IPV during pregnancy and analyse how social support and various risk factors are associated with IPV.Methods: A cross-sectional s…
Social support and intimate partner violence during pregnancy among women attending antenatal care in Moshi Municipality, Northern Tanzania
Nearly one third of women experienced IPV during pregnancy. Social support to women is associated with decreased odds of experiencing IPV during pregnancy. The family of origin plays an important role in providing social support to women who experience abuse during pregnancy; however, their true involvement in mitigating the impact of violence in the African setting needs further research
Antenatal care strengthening for improved quality of care in Jimma, Ethiopia
The quality of care can be improved in some important aspects with limited resources. Moreover, the study provides strategic perspectives on how to facilitate improved quality of ANC
Risk Factors for via Positivity and Determinants of Screening Attendances in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Women who are widowed/separated, of high parity, of low education and married at a young age are more likely to be VIA positive and thus at risk of developing cervical cancer. The study further documents that a referral linkage between the HIV care and treatment program and the cervical cancer screening program is in place in the setting studied, where HIV positive were more likely to participate in the cervical cancer screening program than HIV …
Determinants of acceptance of cervical cancer screening in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
There are identifiable subgroups where cervical cancer screening can be increased in Dar es Salaam. Special attention should be paid to women of low education and women of high parity. In addition, knowledge and awareness raising campaigns that goes hand in hand with culturally acceptable screening services will likely lead to an increased uptake of cervical cancer screening
Vietnamese Women's Struggle to Access Antiretroviral Drugs in a Context of Free Treatment
This qualitative study aims to explore how HIV positive women living in a northern province of Vietnam experience seeking antiretroviral (ARV) treatment in the public health system, and how they address obstacles encountered along the way. Despite the fact that antiretroviral drugs were freely provided, they were not always accessible for women in need. A variety of factors at the population and health system level interacted in ways that often m…
Antiretroviral therapy
In Vietnam, ARV access has been scaled up since 2005 in high HIV prevalence areas in order to meet increasing demands for HIV treatment. This paper aims to estimate ARV unmet need and its associated socio-demographic characteristics among HIV-positive women in Haiphong, Vietnam. A cross-sectional study using structured questionnaires and CD4 cell count was conducted with 353 HIV-positive women recruited from groups of people living with HIV/AIDS …
Number and timing of antenatal HIV testing
Not having an HIV test during pregnancy was associated with poor socio-economic characteristics among the women and with not receiving information about PMTCT at the first ANC visit. Multiple testing during pregnancy prevailed; the second tests were often provided at a late stage of gestation
Uterine contraction induced by Tanzanian plants used to induce abortion
Pregnancy decision-making among HIV positive women in Northern Vietnam
The global HIV epidemic confronts pregnant women with hard reproductive choices. This paper offers a theoretically innovative and ethnographically sensitive exploration of the social processes through which 20 HIV positive women living in Northern Vietnam decide whether to continue or terminate their pregnancies. Arguing that human agency must be seen as an outcome of intersubjective engagements in shared social worlds, this paper explores how th…
Induced abortion among HIV-positive women in Northern Vietnam
Across the world, childbearing among HIV-positive women is a socially controversial issue. This paper derives from a larger research project that investigated reproductive decisions among HIV-positive women in Quang Ninh, a northern province of Vietnam. The paper focuses on 13 women who had an abortion after being diagnosed as HIV-positive, exploring their reflections, concerns and dilemmas. The results show that the HIV-positive pregnant women s…
Strategies for the prevention and treatment of reproductive tract infections among women in Vietnam
This paper presents selected findings from a larger study on reproductive tract infections (RTIs) among women seeking abortion in Northern Vietnam. In particular it focuses on women's experience of RTIs within the context of their perceptions of female physiology and what women do to prevent and treat RTIs. The approach used was a combination of the quantitative and the qualitative: 748 structured interviews were undertaken before, and 701 after,…
Situation Analysis of Quality of Abortion Care in the Main Maternity Hospital in Ha ̨i Phòng, Viet Nam
Six months after a Comprehensive Abortion Care project was implemented in Phu-San Hospital, the main maternity hospital in Hai Phòng, northern Viet Nam, a study of quality of abortion services was carried out. The study explored the interaction between providers and women seeking abortion and how cultural values influenced quality of care. A quantitative and qualitative approach was employed: a three-part structured survey with 748 women before a…
Unsafe Abortion in Tanzania and the Need for Involving Men in Postabortion Contraceptive Counseling
Targeting male partners involved in unsafe abortions for contraceptive counseling could be an important strategy for decreasing the incidence of unwanted pregnancies, yet few postabortion-care programs have attempted to involve these men. To assess the need for and determine the content of postabortion contraceptive counseling for men, this study examined the contraceptive knowledge, attitudes, and practices of male partners of women who have had…
Adolescent girls, illegal abortions and "sugar-daddies" in Dar es Salaam
Adolescent girls with illegally induced abortion Dar es Salaam
This article reports on a study of induced abortion among adolescent girls in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, who were admitted to a district hospital in Dar es Salaam because of an illegally induced abortion in 1997. In the quantitative part of the study, 197 teenage girls (aged 14-19) were asked for socio-economic details, contraceptive knowledge/use, age at first intercourse and number of sexual partners. In the qualitative part, 51 teenage girls wer…
Adolescent girls, illegal abortions and "sugar-daddies" in Dar es Salaam
Adolescent girls with illegally induced abortion Dar es Salaam
This article reports on a study of induced abortion among adolescent girls in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, who were admitted to a district hospital in Dar es Salaam because of an illegally induced abortion in 1997. In the quantitative part of the study, 197 teenage girls (aged 14-19) were asked for socio-economic details, contraceptive knowledge/use, age at first intercourse and number of sexual partners. In the qualitative part, 51 teenage girls wer…
Situation Analysis of Quality of Abortion Care in the Main Maternity Hospital in Ha ̨i Phòng, Viet Nam
Six months after a Comprehensive Abortion Care project was implemented in Phu-San Hospital, the main maternity hospital in Hai Phòng, northern Viet Nam, a study of quality of abortion services was carried out. The study explored the interaction between providers and women seeking abortion and how cultural values influenced quality of care. A quantitative and qualitative approach was employed: a three-part structured survey with 748 women before a…
Pregnancy decision-making among HIV positive women in Northern Vietnam
The global HIV epidemic confronts pregnant women with hard reproductive choices. This paper offers a theoretically innovative and ethnographically sensitive exploration of the social processes through which 20 HIV positive women living in Northern Vietnam decide whether to continue or terminate their pregnancies. Arguing that human agency must be seen as an outcome of intersubjective engagements in shared social worlds, this paper explores how th…
Unsafe Abortion in Tanzania and the Need for Involving Men in Postabortion Contraceptive Counseling
Targeting male partners involved in unsafe abortions for contraceptive counseling could be an important strategy for decreasing the incidence of unwanted pregnancies, yet few postabortion-care programs have attempted to involve these men. To assess the need for and determine the content of postabortion contraceptive counseling for men, this study examined the contraceptive knowledge, attitudes, and practices of male partners of women who have had…
Adolescent girls with illegally induced abortion Dar es Salaam
This article reports on a study of induced abortion among adolescent girls in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, who were admitted to a district hospital in Dar es Salaam because of an illegally induced abortion in 1997. In the quantitative part of the study, 197 teenage girls (aged 14-19) were asked for socio-economic details, contraceptive knowledge/use, age at first intercourse and number of sexual partners. In the qualitative part, 51 teenage girls wer…
Adolescent girls, illegal abortions and "sugar-daddies" in Dar es Salaam
Unsafe Abortion in Tanzania and the Need for Involving Men in Postabortion Contraceptive Counseling
Targeting male partners involved in unsafe abortions for contraceptive counseling could be an important strategy for decreasing the incidence of unwanted pregnancies, yet few postabortion-care programs have attempted to involve these men. To assess the need for and determine the content of postabortion contraceptive counseling for men, this study examined the contraceptive knowledge, attitudes, and practices of male partners of women who have had…
Situation Analysis of Quality of Abortion Care in the Main Maternity Hospital in Ha ̨i Phòng, Viet Nam
Six months after a Comprehensive Abortion Care project was implemented in Phu-San Hospital, the main maternity hospital in Hai Phòng, northern Viet Nam, a study of quality of abortion services was carried out. The study explored the interaction between providers and women seeking abortion and how cultural values influenced quality of care. A quantitative and qualitative approach was employed: a three-part structured survey with 748 women before a…
Strategies for the prevention and treatment of reproductive tract infections among women in Vietnam
This paper presents selected findings from a larger study on reproductive tract infections (RTIs) among women seeking abortion in Northern Vietnam. In particular it focuses on women's experience of RTIs within the context of their perceptions of female physiology and what women do to prevent and treat RTIs. The approach used was a combination of the quantitative and the qualitative: 748 structured interviews were undertaken before, and 701 after,…
Induced abortion among HIV-positive women in Northern Vietnam
Across the world, childbearing among HIV-positive women is a socially controversial issue. This paper derives from a larger research project that investigated reproductive decisions among HIV-positive women in Quang Ninh, a northern province of Vietnam. The paper focuses on 13 women who had an abortion after being diagnosed as HIV-positive, exploring their reflections, concerns and dilemmas. The results show that the HIV-positive pregnant women s…
Antiretroviral therapy
In Vietnam, ARV access has been scaled up since 2005 in high HIV prevalence areas in order to meet increasing demands for HIV treatment. This paper aims to estimate ARV unmet need and its associated socio-demographic characteristics among HIV-positive women in Haiphong, Vietnam. A cross-sectional study using structured questionnaires and CD4 cell count was conducted with 353 HIV-positive women recruited from groups of people living with HIV/AIDS …
Number and timing of antenatal HIV testing
Not having an HIV test during pregnancy was associated with poor socio-economic characteristics among the women and with not receiving information about PMTCT at the first ANC visit. Multiple testing during pregnancy prevailed; the second tests were often provided at a late stage of gestation
Uterine contraction induced by Tanzanian plants used to induce abortion
Pregnancy decision-making among HIV positive women in Northern Vietnam
The global HIV epidemic confronts pregnant women with hard reproductive choices. This paper offers a theoretically innovative and ethnographically sensitive exploration of the social processes through which 20 HIV positive women living in Northern Vietnam decide whether to continue or terminate their pregnancies. Arguing that human agency must be seen as an outcome of intersubjective engagements in shared social worlds, this paper explores how th…
Risk Factors for via Positivity and Determinants of Screening Attendances in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Women who are widowed/separated, of high parity, of low education and married at a young age are more likely to be VIA positive and thus at risk of developing cervical cancer. The study further documents that a referral linkage between the HIV care and treatment program and the cervical cancer screening program is in place in the setting studied, where HIV positive were more likely to participate in the cervical cancer screening program than HIV …
Determinants of acceptance of cervical cancer screening in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
There are identifiable subgroups where cervical cancer screening can be increased in Dar es Salaam. Special attention should be paid to women of low education and women of high parity. In addition, knowledge and awareness raising campaigns that goes hand in hand with culturally acceptable screening services will likely lead to an increased uptake of cervical cancer screening
Vietnamese Women's Struggle to Access Antiretroviral Drugs in a Context of Free Treatment
This qualitative study aims to explore how HIV positive women living in a northern province of Vietnam experience seeking antiretroviral (ARV) treatment in the public health system, and how they address obstacles encountered along the way. Despite the fact that antiretroviral drugs were freely provided, they were not always accessible for women in need. A variety of factors at the population and health system level interacted in ways that often m…
Antenatal care strengthening for improved quality of care in Jimma, Ethiopia
The quality of care can be improved in some important aspects with limited resources. Moreover, the study provides strategic perspectives on how to facilitate improved quality of ANC
Social support and intimate partner violence during pregnancy among women attending antenatal care in Moshi Municipality, Northern Tanzania
Nearly one third of women experienced IPV during pregnancy. Social support to women is associated with decreased odds of experiencing IPV during pregnancy. The family of origin plays an important role in providing social support to women who experience abuse during pregnancy; however, their true involvement in mitigating the impact of violence in the African setting needs further research
Intimate partner violence during pregnancy in Vietnam
Background: Violence against women is a global public health problem. A better understanding of risk factors for intimate partner violence (IPV) exposure during pregnancy is important to develop interventions for supporting women being exposed to IPV.Objective: The purpose of this study was to measure the prevalence of IPV during pregnancy and analyse how social support and various risk factors are associated with IPV.Methods: A cross-sectional s…
Prevalence and risk factors of gestational diabetes mellitus among pregnant women in northern Vietnam
BACKGROUND: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) increases adverse neonatal and maternal outcomes. Understanding the prevalence and risk factors of GDM is necessary to plan health care interventions and policy. OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and risk factors of GDM in Thai Binh, Vietnam. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in two health facilities in Thai Binh, Vietnam, with the participation of 1,106 pregnant women. Women were …
Barriers and facilitators for implementation of HPV-based cervical cancer screening in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Tanzania and the most common form of cancer among Tanzanian women. Screening attendance remains among the lowest globally, necessitating improved attendance and screening methods. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to assess the feasibility of implementing the World Health Organization's 2021 hPV-based screening guideline in Tanzania by identifying potential barriers and facilit…
The PROMISE study
Somaliland faces persistently high burdens of maternal and perinatal mortality, with limited population-based data on pregnancy complications, sociocultural influence on maternal and perinatal health, and women's reproductive health needs across the continuum of pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum. Also, available health materials, such as for assessing maternal near misses (MNM) or strengthening healthcare literacy, often appear unfit in the c…
Medicine (18 obras) · Environmental health (14 obras) · Pregnancy (13 obras) · Family medicine (12 obras) · Global Maternal and Child Health (10 obras) · Sociology (9 obras) · Population (8 obras) · Abortion (7 obras) · Nursing (7 obras) · Psychology (7 obras)