Search Results - "Birgitta Rubenson"

'Testing Together Challenges the Relationship': Consequences of HIV Testing as a Couple in a High HIV Prevalence Setting in Rural South Africa by Tabana, Hanani, Doherty, Tanya, Rubenson, Birgitta, Jackson, Debra, Ekström, Anna Mia, Thorson, Anna

“…We conducted qualitative individual and combined interviews with couples to explore their experiences since the time of taking an HIV test and receiving the…”
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Security lies in obedience--voices of young women of a slum in Pakistan by Hamid, Saima, Johansson, Eva, Rubenson, Birgitta

“…Existing literature shows that young people, especially women, have poor knowledge about sexuality and reproductive health. Many of the difficulties young…”
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Is 'Opt-Out HIV Testing' a real option among pregnant women in rural districts in Kenya? by Ujiji, Opondo Awiti, Rubenson, Birgitta, Ilako, Festus, Marrone, Gaetano, Wamalwa, David, Wangalwa, Gilbert, Ekström, Anna Mia

“…An 'opt-out' policy of routine HIV counseling and testing (HCT) is being implemented across sub-Saharan Africa to expand prevention of mother-to-child…”
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"Who am I? Where am I?" Experiences of married young women in a slum in Islamabad, Pakistan by Hamid, Saima, Johansson, Eva, Rubenson, Birgitta

“…In Pakistan, 16% of the women aged 15-19 years are married. Many get married shortly after they attain menarche. This study explores the preparedness for and…”
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"I will not let my HIV status stand in the way." Decisions on motherhood among women on ART in a slum in Kenya- a qualitative study by Awiti Ujiji, Opondo, Ekström, Anna Mia, Ilako, Festus, Indalo, Dorcas, Rubenson, Birgitta

“…The African Medical Research Foundation antiretroviral therapy program at the community health centre in Kibera counsels women to wait with pregnancy until…”
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Marriage decision making, spousal communication, and reproductive health among married youth in Pakistan by Hamid, Saima, Stephenson, Rob, Rubenson, Birgitta

“…Background: Married young women's reproductive needs are a challenge in traditional Pakistani society. The decisions regarding family planning and pregnancy…”
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To Be a Shoeshine Boy in Hanoi: A Different Childhood Narrative by Birgitta Rubenson, Dinh Phuong Hoa, Nguyen Van Chinh, Bengt Höjer, Johansson, Eva

“…This article is based on interviews with 12 shoeshine boys in Hanoi, Vietnam, aged 11 to 16. All but one had finished primary school, and all were working to…”
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In Earlier Days Everyone Could Discipline Children, Now They Have Rights: Notions of Responsibility in Focus Group Discussions about Care Giving in urban Tanzania by Johnson Frankenberg, Sofia, Holmqvist, Rolf, Rubenson, Birgitta

“…The title of this paper ‘In earlier days we could discipline our children, now they have rights’ is a citation from a focus group discussion undertaken with a…”
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Implementation of a school-wide prevention programme-teachers’ and headmasters’ perceptions of organizational capacity by Ingemarson, Maria, Rubenson, Birgitta, Bodin, Maria, Guldbrandsson, Karin

“…•School staffs’ perceptions of organizational capacity to implement a school wide prevention programme were explored.•Lack of consensus, collaboration barriers…”
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The Implementation of a Behavioural Support Programme: Teachers' Perceptions of the Programme and Themselves as Providers by Ingemarson, Maria, Bodin, Maria, Rubenson, Birgitta, Guldbrandsson, Karin

“…Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate how teachers received and perceived the school programme Prevention in School (PS), a positive behavioural…”
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The implementation of a behavioural support programme by Ingemarson, Maria, Bodin, Maria, Rubenson, Birgitta, Guldbrandsson, Karin

“…Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how teachers received and perceived the school programme Prevention in School (PS), a positive behavioural…”
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'As a man I felt small': a qualitative study of Ugandan men's experiences of living with a wife suffering from obstetric fistula by Barageine, Justus Kafunjo, Faxelid, Elisabeth, Byamugisha, Josaphat K, Rubenson, Birgitta

“…The effects of obstetric fistula surpass the individual woman and affect husbands, relatives, peers and the community at large. Few studies have documented the…”
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SHORT REPORT: 'Good parents' strive to raise 'innocent daughters' by Hamid, Saima, Johansson, Eva, Rubenson, Birgitta

“…This paper analyses the views of parents in a slum setting in Pakistan regarding the marriage preparedness of their daughters. Twenty-five parents participated…”
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Being and Becoming a Responsible Caregiver: Negotiating Guidance and Control in Family Relationships in Tanzania by Johnson Frankenberg, Sofia, Holmqvist, Rolf, Rubenson, Birgitta, Rindstedt, Camilla

“…This study explores how siblings in Tanzania actively engage in their own socialization through the negotiation and local design of caregiving practices and…”
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Marriage decision making, spousal communication, and reproductive health among married youth in Pakistan by Hamid, Saima, Stephenson, Rob, Rubenson, Birgitta

“…Background: Married young women's reproductive needs are a challenge in traditional Pakistani society. The decisions regarding family planning and pregnancy…”
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Preparatory Studies to a Population-Based Survey of Suicide-Bereaved Parents in Sweden by Omerov, Pernilla, Steineck, Gunnar, Runeson, Bo, Christensson, Anna, Kreicbergs, Ulrika, Pettersén, Rossana, Rubenson, Birgitta, Skoogh, Johanna, Rådestad, Ingela, Nyberg, Ullakarin

“…Background: There is a need for evidence-based guidelines on how professionals should act following a suicide. In an effort to provide empiric knowledge, we…”
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'In Earlier Days Everyone Could Discipline Children, Now They Have Rights': Caregiving Dilemmas of Guidance and Control in Urban Tanzania by Frankenberg, Sofia Johnson, Holmqvist, Rolf, Rubenson, Birgitta

“…ABSTRACT Caregiving practices in Tanzania are potentially affected by socio‐demographic change such as urbanization and globalization. The aim of this study is…”
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The ILO conventions on minimum age: the case of Ethiopia by Dahlén, Marianne, Rubenson, Birgitta

“…Inneholder sammendrag…”
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The care of corporal punishment: Conceptions of early childhood discipline strategies among parents and grandparents in a poor and urban area in Tanzania by Frankenberg, Sofia Johnson, Holmqvist, Rolf, Rubenson, Birgitta

“…This study investigates conceptions of early childhood discipline strategies discussed in focus groups with parents and grandparents in a poor urban area in…”
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Reasoning and deciding PMTCT-adherence during pregnancy among women living with HIV in Kenya by Awiti Ujiji, Opondo, Ekström, Anna Mia, Ilako, Festus, Indalo, Dorcas, Wamalwa, David, Rubenson, Birgitta

“…This study explores type identities among rural and urban slum women on antiretroviral therapies who become pregnant. Narrative structuring was chosen to…”
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