Browsing ODA Open Digital Archive by Author "Schei, Berit"
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Addressing Domestic Violence in Antenatal Care Environments in Nepal (ADVANCE) – study protocol for a randomized controlled trial evaluating a video intervention on domestic violence among pregnant women
Chalise, Pratibha; Manandhar, Pratibha; Infanti, Jennifer Jean; Campbell, Jacquelyn C; Henriksen, Lena; Joshi, Sunil Kumar; Koju, Rajendra; Pun, Kunta Devi; Rishal, Poonam; Simpson, Melanie Rae; Skovlund, Eva; Swahnberg, Katarina; Schei, Berit; Lukasse, Mirjam (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background Domestic violence (DV) prior to, and during pregnancy is associated with increased risks for morbid- ity and mortality. As pregnant women routinely attend antenatal care this environment can be used to offer ... -
Adult physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and postpartum depression, a population based, prospective study of 53,065 women in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study
Sørbø, Marie Flem; Grimstad, Hilde; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Lukasse, Mirjam; Schei, Berit (BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth;14(316), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: Postpartum depression (PPD) has detrimental consequences to the women, their infants and families. The aim of the present study was to assess the association between adult abuse and PPD. Methods: This study ... -
Developing and validating the Nepalese Abuse Assessment Screen (N-AAS) for identifying domestic violence among pregnant women in Nepal
Manandhar, Pratibha; Chalise, Pratibha; Rishal, Poonam; Campbell, Jacquelyn C; Henriksen, Lena; Infanti, Jennifer Jean; Joshi, Sunil Kumar; Lukasse, Mirjam; Pun, Kunta Devi; Schei, Berit; Swahnberg, Katarina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)This study culturally adapted and validated a Nepalese version of the Abuse Assessment Screen (AAS) tool for identifying domestic violence among pregnant women in Nepal, creat- ing the Nepalese Abuse Assessment Screen ... -
Domestic violence and perinatal outcomes – a prospective cohort study from Nepal
Pun, Kunta Devi; Rishal, Poonam; Darj, Elisabeth; Infanti, Jennifer; Shrestha, Shrinkhala; Lukasse, Mirjam; Schei, Berit (BMC Public Health;19, Article number: 671 (2019), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-13)Background Domestic violence is one of the most common forms of violence against women. Domestic violence during pregnancy is associated with adverse perinatal and maternal outcomes. We aimed to assess whether domestic ... -
Domestic violence and perinatal outcomes – a prospective cohort study from Nepal
Devi Pun, Kunta; Rishal, Poonam; Darj, Elisabeth; Infanti, Jennifer; Shrestha, Shrinkhala; Lukasse, Mirjam; Schei, Berit (BMC Public Health;19, Article number: 671 (2019), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-31)Background: Domestic violence is one of the most common forms of violence against women. Domestic violence during pregnancy is associated with adverse perinatal and maternal outcomes. We aimed to assess whether domestic ... -
Emotional, physical, and sexual abuse and the association with symptoms of depression and posttraumatic stress in a multi-ethnic pregnant population in southern Sweden
Wangel, Anne-Marie; Ryding, Elsa Lena; Schei, Berit; Östman, Margareta; Lukasse, Mirjam (Journal article; Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-05-11)Objectives This study aims to describe the prevalence of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse and analyze associations with symptoms of depression and posttraumatic stress (PTS) in pregnancy, by ethnic background. Study ... -
Experiences of childbirth care among immigrant and non-immigrant women: a cross-sectional questionnaire study from a hospital in Norway
Reppen, Kristin; Henriksen, Lena; Schei, Berit; Magnussen, Elisabeth Balstad; Infanti, Jennifer Jean (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background Immigrant women have higher risks for poor pregnancy outcomes and unsatisfactory birth experi- ences than the general population. The mechanisms behind these associations remain largely unknown, but they may ... -
Factors related to a negative birth experience - A mixed methods study
Henriksen, Lena; Grimsrud, Elisabeth; Schei, Berit; Lukasse, Mirjam (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-05-08)Objective this study aimed to explore factors associated with a negative childbirth experience including descriptions from women themselves. Design we performed a mixed methods study based on data from the Norwegian ... -
Fear of Childbirth and Risk of Cesarean Delivery: A Cohort Study in Six European Countries
Ryding, Elsa Lena; Lukasse, Mirjam; Van Parys, An-Sofie; Karro, Helle; Kristjansdottir, Hildur; Schroll, Anne-Mette; Schei, Berit; Temmerman, Marleen; Steingrimsdottir, Thora; Tabor, Ann; Laanpere, Made (Journal article, 2015-02-13)Background : Few studies have examined mode of birth among women with fear of childbirth , and the results are conflicting . The objective o f this study was to assess the association between fear of ... -
A History of Abuse and Operative Delivery Results from a European Multi-Country Cohort Study
Schei, Berit; Lukasse, Mirjam; Ryding, Else Lena; Campbell, Jacquelyn; Karro, Helle; Kristjansdottir, Hildur; Laanpere, Made; Schroll, Anne-Mette; Tabor, Ann; Temmerman, Marleen; Van Parys, An-Sofie; Wangel, Anne-Marie; Steinsgrimsdottir, Thora (PLOS ONE;9(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-01-31)Objective The main aim of this study was to assess whether a history of abuse, reported during pregnancy, was associated with an operative delivery. Secondly, we assessed if the association varied according to the type ... -
Improving Safety Among Pregnant Women Reporting Domestic Violence in Nepal—A Pilot Study
Rishal, Poonam; Pun, Kunta Devi; Schei, Berit; Bhandari, Buna; Joshi, Sunil Kumar; Swahnberg, Katarina; Infanti, Jennifer; Lukasse, Mirjam (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health;Volume 17, Issue 7, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-24)Introduction: Domestic violence (DV) during pregnancy is associated with poor health outcomes for both the mother and newborn, and sometimes death. In a low-income country like Nepal, women have few options to leave abusive ... -
Lifetime sexual violence and childbirth expectations - A Norwegian population based cohort study
Henriksen, Lena; Schei, Berit; Lukasse, Mirjam (Midwifery; (36), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-05)Objective this study aimed to explore the association between lifetime sexual violence and expectations about childbirth. Design Norwegian population-based cohort study. Setting women presenting for routine ... -
Opioid prescriptions among Sami and non-Sami with chronic pain: The SAMINOR 2 Questionnaire Survey and the Norwegian Prescription Database
Eriksen, Astrid M.A.; Melhus, Marita; Schei, Berit; Skurtveit, Svetlana Ondrasova; Broderstad, Ann Ragnhild (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This study is the first to investigate the prevalence of filled opioid prescriptions among indigen- ous Sami people with self-reported chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMSP) and compare it with that of non-Sami living in ... -
Pregnancy intendedness and the association with physical, sexual and emotional abuse – a European multi-country cross-sectional study
Lukasse, Mirjam; Laanpere, Made; Karro, Helle; Kristjansdottir, Hildur; Schroll, Anne-Mette; Van Parys, An-Sofie; Wangel, Anne-Marie; Schei, Berit (BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth;15(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-05-26)Background Unintended pregnancies are common and when not resulting in a termination of pregnancy may lead to unintended childbirth. Unintended pregnancies are associated with increased health risks, also for women for ... -
Pregnant women's preference for cesarean section and subsequent mode of birth - a six-country cohort study
Ryding, Elsa Lena; Lukasse, Mirjam; Kristjansdottir, Hildur; Steingrimsdottir, Thora; Schei, Berit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Introduction: The rate of cesarean section (CS) for non-medical reasons has risen and it is a concern for health care. Women’s preferences may vary across countries for psychosocial or obstetric reasons. Methods: A ... -
Prevalence and associate factors of fear of childbirth in 6 European countries
Lukasse, Mirjam; Schei, Berit; Ryding, Elsa Lena (Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare;5(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-10)Objectives: This study set out to compare the prevalence, content and associated factors of fear of child- birth in six European countries. Method: A cross-sectional study of 6870 pregnant women attending routine ... -
Prevalence and associated factors of domestic violence among pregnant women attending routine antenatal care in Nepal
Rishal, Poonam; Pun, Kunta Devi; Darj, Elisabeth; Joshi, Sunil Kumar; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Swahnberg, Katarina; Schei, Berit; Lukasse, Mirjam (Scandinavian Journal of Public Health;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)Aims: The primary aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of domestic violence (DV) and its associated factors among pregnant women in Nepal. The secondary aims were to investigate disclosure of DV by women to ... -
Prevalence of sexual, physical and emotional abuse in the Norwegian mother and child cohort study
Sørbø, Marie Flem; Grimstad, Hilde; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Schei, Berit; Lukasse, Mirjam (BMC Public Health;13:186, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-03-02)Background Abuse of women occurs in every society of the world. Increased information about the prevalence in industrialized countries, like Norway, is required to make strategies to prevent abuse. Our aim was to ... -
The Safe Pregnancy study - promoting safety behaviours in antenatal care among Norwegian, Pakistani and Somali pregnant women: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Henriksen, Lena; Flaathen, Eva Marie; Angelshaug, Jeanette; Garnweidner-Holme, Lisa; Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova; Noll, Josef; Taft, Angela; Schei, Berit; Lukasse, Mirjam (BMC Public Health;19, Article number: 724 (2019), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-30)Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) around the time of pregnancy is a recognized global health problem with damaging consequences. However, little is known about the effect of violence assessment and intervention ... -
Sexual violence and mode of delivery: a population-based cohort study
Henriksen, Lena; Schei, Berit; Vangen, Siri; Lukasse, Mirjam (BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-06-18)Objective This study aimed to explore the association between sexual violence and mode of delivery. Design National cohort study. Setting Women presenting for routine ultrasound examinations were recruited to ...