Browsing HVL Open by Author "Blystad, Astrid"
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Apartheid i forskning
Rekdal, Ole Bjørn; Blystad, Astrid (Bergens Tidende, Chronicle, 2007-09-25) -
Datoga, let's beware of aids
Rekdal, Ole Bjørn; Blystad, Astrid; Malleyeck, Herman; Gasheha, Peter (Report, 2006) -
Eshageada UKIMWI Datoga; a culture specific film project from Mbulu/Hanang, Tanzania
Rekdal, Ole Bjørn; Blystad, Astrid; Malleyeck, Herman; Gasheka, Peter (Others, 2006) -
Experiences of orphan care in Amach, Uganda: assessing policy implications
Oleke, Christopher; Blystad, Astrid; Rekdal, Ole Bjørn; Moland, Karen Marie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007)Uganda is estimated to have around two million orphans constituting approximately 19% of all the children in the country.This paper presents findings from a study on the experiences of orphan care among Langi people of ... -
HIV and infant feeding counselling: challenges faced by nurse-counsellors in northern Tanzania
Leshabari, Sebalda C; Blystad, Astrid; de Paoli, Marina; Moland, Karen M (Human Resources for Health, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007-07)Background: Infant feeding is a subject of worry in prevention of mother to child transmission (pMTCT) programmes in settings where breastfeeding is normative. Nurse-counsellors, expected to counsel HIV-positive women on ... -
Perceived unfairness in working conditions: The case of public health services in Tanzania
Songstad, Nils Gunnar; Rekdal, Ole Bjørn; Massay, Deodatus; Blystad, Astrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-02-12)BACKGROUND: The focus on the determinants of the quality of health services in low-income countries is increasing. Health workers’ motivation has emerged as a topic of substantial interest in this context. The main objective ... -
Poisonous milk and sinful mothers: the changing meaning of breastfeeding in the wake of the HIV epidemic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Koricho, Absera T; Moland, Karen Marie; Blystad, Astrid (International Breastfeeding Journal, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-09-26)Background: Breastfeeding remains normative and vital for child survival in the developing world. However, knowledge of the risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) transmission through breastfeeding has brought to ... -
Researcher-researched relationship in qualitative research: Shifts in positions and researcher vulnerability
Råheim, Målfrid; Magnussen, Liv Heide; Sekse, Ragnhild Johanne Tveit; Lunde, Åshild; Jacobsen, Torild; Blystad, Astrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016) -
Seclusion, protection and avoidance : exploring the metida complex among Datoga of Northern Tanzania
Blystad, Astrid; Rekdal, Ole Bjørn; Malleyeck, Herman (Africa, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2007-08)This article deals with metida avoidance practices as they emerge in daily and ritual practice among the agro-pastoral Datoga-speaking peoples of Tanzania. The elaboration of the avoidance practices varies starkly between ... -
Technologies of hope? Motherhood, HIV and infant feeding in eastern Africa
Blystad, Astrid; Moland, Karen Marie (Anthropology & Medicine, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-08)A vast number of HIV positive mothers live with a known HIV positive status without an experienced ability to prevent the virus from spreading to their offspring. This article focuses on the dramatic effects on identity ...