Birgitta Rubenson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3674457 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Birgitta Rubenson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Birgitta |
| FAMILY NAME | Rubenson |
| SIGNATURE | RUBENSON B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Karolinska Institutet |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7275-3517 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Girl soldiers with Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda fighting for survival
For this study the narratives of 16 young women who had served as child soldiers with the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda were collected. They had spent between 2 months and 16 years in captivity before managing to escape. All of them spent time at the Gulu Support the Children Organization Rehabilitation centre, from which 12 had moved back into their communities. The narratives start with their capture, the time with the LRA, th…
As a man I felt small’
The effects of obstetric fistula surpass the individual woman and affect husbands, relatives, peers and the community at large. Few studies have documented the experiences of men who live with wives suffering from fistula. In this study, our objective was to understand how fistula affects these men's lives. We conducted 16 in-depth interviews with men in central and western Uganda. We used thematic narrative analysis and discuss our findings base…
In Earlier Days Everyone Could Discipline Children, Now They Have Rights’
Caregiving practices in Tanzania are potentially affected by socio‐demographic change such as urbanization and globalization. The aim of this study is to explore adult caregivers' discourses regarding the responsibility of caregiving, related to guidance and control of children in Tanzania. Data was collected in focus group discussions with parents and grandparents in an urban area of Tanzania. The analysis found two interpretative repertoires: g…
Being and becoming a responsible caregiver
This study explores how siblings in Tanzania actively engage in their own socialization through the negotiation and local design of caregiving practices and control between younger siblings (age 1-3), older siblings (age 3-13) and adults. Analyses of moment-to-moment embodied, multimodal sequences of interaction illustrate how caregiving responsibility is negotiated. The analysis is multidisciplinary drawing on concepts developed in the tradition…
Marriage decision making, spousal communication, and reproductive health among married youth in Pakistan
BACKGROUND: Married young women's reproductive needs are a challenge in traditional Pakistani society. The decisions regarding family planning and pregnancy are controlled by the family, often involving complex negotiations. The current study was undertaken to explore how young married women's involvement in the arrangements surrounding their marriage is associated with their ability to negotiate sexual and reproductive health decisions in marria…
Marriage decision making, spousal communication, and reproductive health among married youth in Pakistan
Background: Married young women's reproductive needs are a challenge in traditional Pakistani society. The decisions regarding family planning and pregnancy are controlled by the family, often involving complex negotiations. The current study was undertaken to explore how young married women's involvement in the arrangements surrounding their marriage is associated with their ability to negotiate sexual and reproductive health decisions in marria…
Keeping healthy in the backseat’
Although there is a large body of literature related to the experiences of motherhood and aspects of the change that it brings about, how the experience of motherhood affects the healthcare of women with chronic illness is less documented. This study explores how motherhood in newly delivered HIV-infected mothers in Kenya interrupted their antiretroviral treatment (ART). Qualitative interviews were performed with 26 mothers on ART in a rural or u…
Is 'Opt-Out HIV Testing' a real option among pregnant women in rural districts in Kenya
High coverage of HIV testing appears to be achieved at the cost of pregnant women not understanding that testing is optional. Good quality HIV pre-test information is central to ensure that pregnant women understand and accept the reasons for testing and will thus come back to collect their test results, an important prerequisite for completing PMTCT for those who test HIV-positive
Reasoning and deciding PMTCT-adherence during pregnancy among women living with HIV in Kenya
This study explores type identities among rural and urban slum women on antiretroviral therapies who become pregnant. Narrative structuring was chosen to develop type narratives that illustrate how rural and urban women handle their HIV-infection and how they reason and decide about PMTCT-adherence during pregnancy and childbirth. Women in rural areas described their lives as 'secure and family controlled'. This gave the women security and predic…
Good parents’ strive to raise ‘innocent daughters’
This paper analyses the views of parents in a slum setting in Pakistan regarding the marriage preparedness of their daughters. Twenty-five parents participated in four gender-specific focus group discussions. Latent content analysis was used to explore parents' views and experiences with regard to their daughters' marriage and how they prepared them for it. The main theme identified was that 'good parents' strive to raise 'innocent daughters'. Th…
Sibling negotiations and the construction of literacy events in an urban area of Tanzania
Security lies in obedience - Voices of young women of a slum in Pakistan
The study demonstrates how, in a culture of silence around sexuality, young women's socialization into submissiveness lays the foundation for the lack of control over the future reproductive health that they experience
The care of corporal punishment
This study investigates conceptions of early childhood discipline strategies discussed in focus groups with parents and grandparents in a poor urban area in Tanzania. A grounded theory analysis suggested a model that included four discipline strategies related to corporal punishment: to beat with care, to treat like an egg, as if beating a snake and the non-care of non-beating. In order to develop strategies to prevent corporal punishment in the …
The perspectives of in-school youths in Kampala, Uganda, on the role of parents in HIV prevention
This qualitative study explores how young Ugandans perceive and experience the role of parents in preventing the spread of HIV among youths. Data were gathered from semi-structured face-to-face interviews with 16 in-school youths, ages 18-20, residing in Kampala. A key finding is that the youths perceived parenting styles as influencing HIV prevention among youths. The participants identified several harmful consequences from a lack of parental g…
"Who am I? Where am I?" Experiences of married young women in a slum in Islamabad, Pakistan
Knowledge about sexuality could prepare them better for the future life and give them more control of their fertility. Adolescent development and life skills education need to be addressed at a national level. There is need for innovative interventions to reach out and provide support to young women in disadvantaged homes
Health and social situation of adolescents in Hanoi, Vietnam
Primary education in Vietnam is free and compulsory for five years. The majority of school-aged children continue into lower secondary school, but significant numbers drop out. This study investigated the health and social situation of adolescents aged 11–16 years (between primary education and legal employment age) to compare the situation of adolescents in school with those working, including possible gender differences. The data were collected…
Young Sex-Workers in Ho Chi Minh City Telling Their Life Stories
In this study the life stories of 22 sex-workers (age 15-18 years) in Vietnam are organized into three thematic narratives depicting how the girls presented their lives. Poverty, lack of job alternatives and the responsibility to share in the support of their families led the girls into prostitution. Strong family ties gave many girls connectedness; earning a well-needed income provided them with purpose and meaning; and the need for self-suffici…
To Be a Shoeshine Boy in Hanoi
Birgitta Rubenson, Dinh Phuong Hoa, Nguyen Van Chinh, Bengt Höjer, Eva Johansson, To Be a Shoeshine Boy in Hanoi: A Different Childhood Narrative, Health and Human Rights, Vol. 8, No. 1 (2004), pp. 138-158
Child domestic servants in Hanoi. Who are they and how do they fare
Child labour has been receiving much attention and the opinions of what is “ thebest interest of the child” and what is possible to achieve go wide apart.Children themselves and organizations working with them have very differentviews on the causes for and consequences of child work and what should bedone about it (Woodhead, 1999).The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) prohibits economicexploitation of children and their involvement in w…
The care of corporal punishment
This study investigates conceptions of early childhood discipline strategies discussed in focus groups with parents and grandparents in a poor urban area in Tanzania. A grounded theory analysis suggested a model that included four discipline strategies related to corporal punishment: to beat with care, to treat like an egg, as if beating a snake and the non-care of non-beating. In order to develop strategies to prevent corporal punishment in the …
Young Sex-Workers in Ho Chi Minh City Telling Their Life Stories
In this study the life stories of 22 sex-workers (age 15-18 years) in Vietnam are organized into three thematic narratives depicting how the girls presented their lives. Poverty, lack of job alternatives and the responsibility to share in the support of their families led the girls into prostitution. Strong family ties gave many girls connectedness; earning a well-needed income provided them with purpose and meaning; and the need for self-suffici…
Child domestic servants in Hanoi. Who are they and how do they fare
Child labour has been receiving much attention and the opinions of what is “ thebest interest of the child” and what is possible to achieve go wide apart.Children themselves and organizations working with them have very differentviews on the causes for and consequences of child work and what should bedone about it (Woodhead, 1999).The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) prohibits economicexploitation of children and their involvement in w…
To Be a Shoeshine Boy in Hanoi
Birgitta Rubenson, Dinh Phuong Hoa, Nguyen Van Chinh, Bengt Höjer, Eva Johansson, To Be a Shoeshine Boy in Hanoi: A Different Childhood Narrative, Health and Human Rights, Vol. 8, No. 1 (2004), pp. 138-158
Girl soldiers with Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda fighting for survival
For this study the narratives of 16 young women who had served as child soldiers with the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda were collected. They had spent between 2 months and 16 years in captivity before managing to escape. All of them spent time at the Gulu Support the Children Organization Rehabilitation centre, from which 12 had moved back into their communities. The narratives start with their capture, the time with the LRA, th…
In Earlier Days Everyone Could Discipline Children, Now They Have Rights’
Caregiving practices in Tanzania are potentially affected by socio‐demographic change such as urbanization and globalization. The aim of this study is to explore adult caregivers' discourses regarding the responsibility of caregiving, related to guidance and control of children in Tanzania. Data was collected in focus group discussions with parents and grandparents in an urban area of Tanzania. The analysis found two interpretative repertoires: g…
Sibling negotiations and the construction of literacy events in an urban area of Tanzania
To Be a Shoeshine Boy in Hanoi
Birgitta Rubenson, Dinh Phuong Hoa, Nguyen Van Chinh, Bengt Höjer, Eva Johansson, To Be a Shoeshine Boy in Hanoi: A Different Childhood Narrative, Health and Human Rights, Vol. 8, No. 1 (2004), pp. 138-158
Child domestic servants in Hanoi. Who are they and how do they fare
Child labour has been receiving much attention and the opinions of what is “ thebest interest of the child” and what is possible to achieve go wide apart.Children themselves and organizations working with them have very differentviews on the causes for and consequences of child work and what should bedone about it (Woodhead, 1999).The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) prohibits economicexploitation of children and their involvement in w…
Young Sex-Workers in Ho Chi Minh City Telling Their Life Stories
In this study the life stories of 22 sex-workers (age 15-18 years) in Vietnam are organized into three thematic narratives depicting how the girls presented their lives. Poverty, lack of job alternatives and the responsibility to share in the support of their families led the girls into prostitution. Strong family ties gave many girls connectedness; earning a well-needed income provided them with purpose and meaning; and the need for self-suffici…
Health and social situation of adolescents in Hanoi, Vietnam
Primary education in Vietnam is free and compulsory for five years. The majority of school-aged children continue into lower secondary school, but significant numbers drop out. This study investigated the health and social situation of adolescents aged 11–16 years (between primary education and legal employment age) to compare the situation of adolescents in school with those working, including possible gender differences. The data were collected…
The perspectives of in-school youths in Kampala, Uganda, on the role of parents in HIV prevention
This qualitative study explores how young Ugandans perceive and experience the role of parents in preventing the spread of HIV among youths. Data were gathered from semi-structured face-to-face interviews with 16 in-school youths, ages 18-20, residing in Kampala. A key finding is that the youths perceived parenting styles as influencing HIV prevention among youths. The participants identified several harmful consequences from a lack of parental g…
"Who am I? Where am I?" Experiences of married young women in a slum in Islamabad, Pakistan
Knowledge about sexuality could prepare them better for the future life and give them more control of their fertility. Adolescent development and life skills education need to be addressed at a national level. There is need for innovative interventions to reach out and provide support to young women in disadvantaged homes
Security lies in obedience - Voices of young women of a slum in Pakistan
The study demonstrates how, in a culture of silence around sexuality, young women's socialization into submissiveness lays the foundation for the lack of control over the future reproductive health that they experience
The care of corporal punishment
This study investigates conceptions of early childhood discipline strategies discussed in focus groups with parents and grandparents in a poor urban area in Tanzania. A grounded theory analysis suggested a model that included four discipline strategies related to corporal punishment: to beat with care, to treat like an egg, as if beating a snake and the non-care of non-beating. In order to develop strategies to prevent corporal punishment in the …
Marriage decision making, spousal communication, and reproductive health among married youth in Pakistan
BACKGROUND: Married young women's reproductive needs are a challenge in traditional Pakistani society. The decisions regarding family planning and pregnancy are controlled by the family, often involving complex negotiations. The current study was undertaken to explore how young married women's involvement in the arrangements surrounding their marriage is associated with their ability to negotiate sexual and reproductive health decisions in marria…
Marriage decision making, spousal communication, and reproductive health among married youth in Pakistan
Background: Married young women's reproductive needs are a challenge in traditional Pakistani society. The decisions regarding family planning and pregnancy are controlled by the family, often involving complex negotiations. The current study was undertaken to explore how young married women's involvement in the arrangements surrounding their marriage is associated with their ability to negotiate sexual and reproductive health decisions in marria…
Keeping healthy in the backseat’
Although there is a large body of literature related to the experiences of motherhood and aspects of the change that it brings about, how the experience of motherhood affects the healthcare of women with chronic illness is less documented. This study explores how motherhood in newly delivered HIV-infected mothers in Kenya interrupted their antiretroviral treatment (ART). Qualitative interviews were performed with 26 mothers on ART in a rural or u…
Is 'Opt-Out HIV Testing' a real option among pregnant women in rural districts in Kenya
High coverage of HIV testing appears to be achieved at the cost of pregnant women not understanding that testing is optional. Good quality HIV pre-test information is central to ensure that pregnant women understand and accept the reasons for testing and will thus come back to collect their test results, an important prerequisite for completing PMTCT for those who test HIV-positive
Reasoning and deciding PMTCT-adherence during pregnancy among women living with HIV in Kenya
This study explores type identities among rural and urban slum women on antiretroviral therapies who become pregnant. Narrative structuring was chosen to develop type narratives that illustrate how rural and urban women handle their HIV-infection and how they reason and decide about PMTCT-adherence during pregnancy and childbirth. Women in rural areas described their lives as 'secure and family controlled'. This gave the women security and predic…
Good parents’ strive to raise ‘innocent daughters’
This paper analyses the views of parents in a slum setting in Pakistan regarding the marriage preparedness of their daughters. Twenty-five parents participated in four gender-specific focus group discussions. Latent content analysis was used to explore parents' views and experiences with regard to their daughters' marriage and how they prepared them for it. The main theme identified was that 'good parents' strive to raise 'innocent daughters'. Th…
Sibling negotiations and the construction of literacy events in an urban area of Tanzania
In Earlier Days Everyone Could Discipline Children, Now They Have Rights’
Caregiving practices in Tanzania are potentially affected by socio‐demographic change such as urbanization and globalization. The aim of this study is to explore adult caregivers' discourses regarding the responsibility of caregiving, related to guidance and control of children in Tanzania. Data was collected in focus group discussions with parents and grandparents in an urban area of Tanzania. The analysis found two interpretative repertoires: g…
Being and becoming a responsible caregiver
This study explores how siblings in Tanzania actively engage in their own socialization through the negotiation and local design of caregiving practices and control between younger siblings (age 1-3), older siblings (age 3-13) and adults. Analyses of moment-to-moment embodied, multimodal sequences of interaction illustrate how caregiving responsibility is negotiated. The analysis is multidisciplinary drawing on concepts developed in the tradition…
As a man I felt small’
The effects of obstetric fistula surpass the individual woman and affect husbands, relatives, peers and the community at large. Few studies have documented the experiences of men who live with wives suffering from fistula. In this study, our objective was to understand how fistula affects these men's lives. We conducted 16 in-depth interviews with men in central and western Uganda. We used thematic narrative analysis and discuss our findings base…
Girl soldiers with Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda fighting for survival
For this study the narratives of 16 young women who had served as child soldiers with the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda were collected. They had spent between 2 months and 16 years in captivity before managing to escape. All of them spent time at the Gulu Support the Children Organization Rehabilitation centre, from which 12 had moved back into their communities. The narratives start with their capture, the time with the LRA, th…
Psychology (15 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (9 works) · Gender Studies (9 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (9 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Environmental health (6 works)