Blar i HVL Open på tidsskrift "BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth"
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Community-based bilingual doulas for migrant women in labour and birth – findings from a Swedish register-based cohort study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background Community-based bilingual doula (CBD) services have been established to respond to migrant women’s needs and reduce barriers to high quality maternity care. The aim of this study was to compare birth outcomes ... -
Group antenatal care (gANC) for Somali-speaking women in Sweden – a process evaluation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background Language supported group antenatal care (gANC) for Somali-born women was implemented in a Swedish public ANC clinic. The women were offered seven 60-min sessions, facilitated by midwives and starting with a ... -
“The midwife helped me ... otherwise I could have died”: women’s experience of professional midwifery services in rural Afghanistan - a qualitative study in the provinces Kunar and Laghman
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background Afghanistan has one of the world’s highest maternal mortality ratios, with more than 60% of women having no access to a skilled birth attendant in some areas. The main challenges for childbearing Afghan women ... -
Paternal characteristics associated with maternal periconceptional use of folic acid supplementation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Maternal predictors of folic acid (FA) supplementation use to reduce offspring risk of neural tube defects are well known, while paternal determinants for maternal FA use are less known. Such knowledge is ... -
Preconception leisure-time physical activity and family history of stroke and myocardial infarction associate with preterm delivery: findings from a Norwegian cohort
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background Preterm birth poses short and long-term health consequences for mothers and offspring including cardiovascular disease sequelae. However, studies evaluating preexisting family history of cardiovascular disease ... -
Preeclampsia by maternal reasons for immigration: A population-based study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background To investigate whether the occurrence of preeclampsia varied by maternal reasons for immigration. Methods We included 1,287,270 singleton pregnancies (163,508 to immigrant women) in Norway during 1990–2013. ... -
Stillbirth in relation to maternal country of birth and other migration related factors: a population-based study in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background: Migrant women’s overall increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes is well known. The aim of this study was to investigate possible associations between stillbirth and maternal country of birth and other ...