Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Pembe, Andrea"
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Birth preparedness and complication readiness - a qualitative study among community members in rural Tanzania
August, Furaha; Pembe, Andrea; Kayombo, Edmund; Mbekenga, Columba; Axemo, Pia; Darj, Elisabeth (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: Birth preparedness and complication readiness (BP/CR) strategies are aimed at reducing delays in seeking, reaching, and receiving care. Counselling on birth preparedness is provided during antenatal care visits. ... -
Community health workers can improve male involvement in maternal health: evidence from rural Tanzania
August, Furaha; Pembe, Andrea; Mpembeni, Rose; Axemo, Pia; Darj, Elisabeth (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Male involvement in maternal health is recommended as one of the interventions to improve maternal and newborn health. There have been challenges in realising this action, partly due to the position of men in society and ... -
Effectivness of Home Based Life Saving Skills training by community health workers on knowledge of danger signs, birth preparedness, complication readiness and facility delivery, among women in Rural Tanzania
August, Furaha; Pembe, Andrea; Mpembeni, Rose; Axemo, Pia; Darj, Elisabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Background In spite of government efforts, maternal mortality in Tanzania is currently at more than 400 per 100,000 live births. Community-based interventions that encourage safe motherhood and improved health-seeking ... -
Lactate in Amniotic Fluid: Predictor of Labor Outcome in Oxytocin-Augmented Primiparas' Deliveries
Wiberg-Itzel, Eva; Pembe, Andrea; Järnbert Petterson, Hans; Norman, Margareta; Wihlbäck, Anna-Carin; Hoesli, Irene; Todesco Bernasconi, M; Azria, E; Åkerud, H; Darj, Elisabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Background One of the major complications related to delivery is labor dystocia, or an arrested labor progress. Many dystocic deliveries end vaginally after administration of oxytocin, but a large numbers of women with ... -
Men's Knowledge of Obstetric Danger Signs, Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness in Rural Tanzania
August, Furaha; Pembe, Andrea; Mpembeni, Rose; Axemo, Pia; Darj, Elisabeth (Journal article, 2015)Background: Men’s involvement in reproductive health is recommended. Their involvement in antenatal care service is identified as important in maternal health. Awareness of obstetric danger signs facilitates men in ... -
Why do women not adhere to advice on maternal referral in rural Tanzania? Narratives of women and their family members
Pembe, Andrea; Mbekenga, Columba; Olsson, Pia; Darj, Elisabeth (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: In most low-income countries, many women with high-risk pregnancies and complications do not reach the referral hospitals despite the provision of referral advice. Objective: To explore how antenatal maternal ...