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1

Assessing performance enhancing tools: experiences with the open performance review and appraisal system (OPRAS) and expectations towards payment for performance (P4P) in the public health sector in Tanzania

Nils Gunnar Songstad, Ida Lindkvist, Karen Marie Moland, Victor Chimhutu, Astrid Blystad

Journal:

Globalization and Health

Year:

2012

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 250 KB

english, 2012

2

The access paradox: abortion law, policy and practice in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia

Blystad, Astrid, Haukanes, Haldis, Tadele, Getnet, Haaland, Marte E. S., Sambaiga, Richard, Zulu, Joseph Mumba, Moland, Karen Marie

Journal:

International Journal for Equity in Health

Year:

2019

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 701 KB

english, 2019

3

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

Journal:

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being

Year:

2016

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 661 KB

english, 2016

4

The accountability for reasonableness approach to guide priority setting in health systems within limited resources – findings from action research at district level in Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia

Byskov, Jens, Marchal, Bruno, Maluka, Stephen, Zulu, Joseph M, Bukachi, Salome A, Hurtig, Anna-Karin, Blystad, Astrid, Kamuzora, Peter, Michelo, Charles, Nyandieka, Lillian N, Ndawi, Benedict, Bloch,

Journal:

Health Research Policy and Systems

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.12 MB

english, 2014

5

‘An uneasy compromise’: strategies and dilemmas in realizing a permissive abortion law in Ethiopia

Tadele, Getnet, Haukanes, Haldis, Blystad, Astrid, Moland, Karen Marie

Journal:

International Journal for Equity in Health

Year:

2019

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 414 KB

english, 2019

6

A systems perspective on the importance of global health strategy developments for accomplishing today’s Sustainable Development Goals

Byskov, Jens, Maluka, Stephen, Marchal, Bruno, Shayo, Elizabeth H, Blystad, Astrid, Bukachi, Salome, Zulu, Joseph M, Michelo, Charles, Hurtig, Anna-Karin, Bloch, Paul

Journal:

Health Policy and Planning

Year:

2019

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 776 KB

english, 2019

7

Difficult choices: Infant feeding experiences of HIV-positive mothers in northern Tanzania

Leshabari, Sebalda Charles, Blystad, Astrid, Moland, Karen Marie

Journal:

SAHARA-J Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 171 KB

english, 2007

8

Stakeholders’ participation in planning and priority setting in the context of a decentralised health care system: the case of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV programme in Tanzania

Elizabeth H Shayo, Leonard EG Mboera, Astrid Blystad

Journal:

BMC Health Services Research

Year:

2013

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 251 KB

english, 2013

9

Strengthening validity in studies of pelvic floor disorders through qualitative research: an example from Ethiopia

Blystad, Astrid, Rortveit, Guri, Gjerde, Janne Lillelid, Muleta, Mulu, Moland, Karen Marie

Journal:

International Urogynecology Journal

Year:

2017

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 359 KB

english, 2017

10

On HIV, Sex and Respect: Local-Global Discourse Encounters among the Datoga of Tanzania

Blystad, Astrid

Journal:

African Sociological Review / Revue Africaine de Sociologie

Year:

2004

File:

PDF, 1.27 MB

2004

11

Challenges to fair decision-making processes in the context of health care services: a qualitative assessment from Tanzania

Elizabeth H Shayo, Ole F Norheim, Leonard E G Mboera, Jens Byskov, Stephen Maluka, Peter Kamuzora, Astrid Blystad

Journal:

International Journal for Equity in Health

Year:

2012

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 226 KB

english, 2012

12

Accountable priority setting for trust in health systems - the need for research into a new approach for strengthening sustainable health action in developing countries

Jens Byskov, Paul Bloch, Astrid Blystad, Anna-Karin Hurtig, Knut Fylkesnes, Peter Kamuzora, Yeri Kombe, Gunnar Kvåle, Bruno Marchal, Douglas K Martin, Charles Michelo, Benedict Ndawi, Thabale J Ngulub

Journal:

Health Research Policy and Systems

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 4.33 MB

english, 2009

13

Seclusion, Protection and Avoidance: Exploring the metida Complex among the Datoga of Northern Tanzania

Astrid Blystad, Ole Bjørn Rekdal and Herman Malleyeck

Journal:

Africa / Journal of the International African Institute

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.77 MB

english, 2007

14

Why do health workers in rural Tanzania prefer public sector employment?

Nils Gunnar Songstad, Karen Marie Moland, Deodatus Amadeus Massay, Astrid Blystad

Journal:

BMC Health Services Research

Year:

2012

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 194 KB

english, 2012

15

Shaping the abortion policy – competing discourses on the Zambian termination of pregnancy act

Haaland, Marte E. S., Haukanes, Haldis, Zulu, Joseph Mumba, Moland, Karen Marie, Michelo, Charles, Munakampe, Margarate Nzala, Blystad, Astrid

Journal:

International Journal for Equity in Health

Year:

2019

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 614 KB

english, 2019

16

A systems perspective on the importance of global health strategy developments for accomplishing today’s Sustainable Development Goals

Byskov, Jens, Maluka, Stephen, Marchal, Bruno, Shayo, Elizabeth H, Blystad, Astrid, Bukachi, Salome, Zulu, Joseph M, Michelo, Charles, Hurtig, Anna-Karin, Bloch, Paul

Journal:

Health Policy and Planning

Year:

2019

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 68 KB

english, 2019

17

‘The waiting mode’: First-time mothers’ experiences of waiting for labour onset

Tine S. Eri, Astrid Blystad, Eva Gjengedal, Gunnhild Blaaka

Journal:

Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare

Year:

2010

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 164 KB

english, 2010

18

HIV and infant feeding counselling: challenges faced by nurse-counsellors in northern Tanzania

Sebalda C Leshabari, Astrid Blystad, Marina de Paoli, Karen M Moland

Journal:

Human Resources for Health

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 252 KB

english, 2007

19

Rethinking nursing care: An ethnographic approach to nurse–patient interaction in the context of a HIV prevention programme in rural Tanzania

Våga, Bodil Bø, Moland, Karen Marie, Evjen-Olsen, Bjørg, Leshabari, Sebalda Charles, Blystad, Astrid

Journal:

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Year:

2013

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 290 KB

english, 2013

20

Practicing provider-initiated HIV testing in high prevalence settings: consent concerns and missed preventive opportunities

Mercy K Njeru, Astrid Blystad, Elizabeth H Shayo, Isaac K Nyamongo, Knut Fylkesnes

Journal:

BMC Health Services Research

Year:

2011

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.62 MB

english, 2011

21

Reproductive health and the politics of abortion

Blystad, Astrid, Haukanes, Haldis, Tadele, Getnet, Moland, Karen Marie

Journal:

International Journal for Equity in Health

Year:

2020

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 467 KB

english, 2020

22

‘Stay home for as long as possible’: Midwives' priorities and strategies in communicating with first-time mothers in early labour

Tine S. Eri, Astrid Blystad, Eva Gjengedal, Gunnhild Blaaka

Journal:

Year:

2011

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 120 KB

english, 2011

23

Effectiveness of a girls’ empowerment programme on early childbearing, marriage and school dropout among adolescent girls in rural Zambia: study protocol for a cluster randomized trial

Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard, Mudenda, Mweetwa, Zulu, Joseph, Munsaka, Ecloss, Blystad, Astrid, Makasa, Mpundu C., Mæstad, Ottar, Tungodden, Bertil, Jacobs, Choolwe, Kampata, Linda, Fylkesnes, Knut, Svane

Journal:

Year:

2016

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.02 MB

english, 2016

24

Perceived unfairness in working conditions: The case of public health services in Tanzania

Nils Gunnar Songstad, Ole Bjørn Rekdal, Amadeus Deodatus Massay, Astrid Blystad

Journal:

BMC Health Services Research

Year:

2011

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 278 KB

english, 2011

25

Vanilla bisquits and lobola bridewealth: parallel discourses on early pregnancy and schooling in rural Zambia

Blystad, Astrid, Moland, Karen Marie, Munsaka, Ecloss, SandÃ¸y, Ingvild, Zulu, Joseph

Journal:

BMC Public Health

Year:

2020

File:

PDF, 566 KB

2020

26

The decentralisation-centralisation dilemma: recruitment and distribution of health workers in remote districts of Tanzania

Michael A Munga, Nils Gunnar Songstad, Astrid Blystad, Ottar Mæstad

Journal:

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 655 KB

english, 2009

27

Breastfeeding and HIV: experiences from a decade of prevention of postnatal HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa

Karen Marie I Moland, Marina M de Paoli, Daniel W Sellen, Penny van Esterik, Sebalda C Leshabari, Astrid Blystad

Journal:

International Breastfeeding Journal

Year:

2010

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 250 KB

english, 2010

28

Negotiating credibility: first-time mothers’ experiences of contact with the labour ward before hospitalisation

Tine S. Eri, Astrid Blystad, Eva Gjengedal, Gunnhild Blaaka

Journal:

Year:

2010

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 139 KB

english, 2010

29

Reflections on informed choice in resource-poor settings: The case of infant feeding counselling in PMTCT programmes in Tanzania

Våga, Bodil Bø, Moland, Karen Marie, Evjen-Olsen, Bjørg, Blystad, Astrid

Journal:

Social Science & Medicine

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 261 KB

english, 2014

30

Silent politics and unknown numbers: Rural health bureaucrats and Zambian abortion policy

Haaland, Marte E.S., Haukanes, Haldis, Zulu, Joseph Mumba, Moland, Karen Marie, Blystad, Astrid

Journal:

Social Science & Medicine

Year:

2020

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 341 KB

english, 2020

31

Community based interventions for strengthening adolescent sexual reproductive health and rights: how can they be integrated and sustained? A realist evaluation protocol from Zambia

Zulu, Joseph M., Goicolea, Isabel, Kinsman, John, Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard, Blystad, Astrid, Mulubwa, Chama, Makasa, Mpundu C., Michelo, Charles, Musonda, Patrick, Hurtig, Anna-Karin

Journal:

Reproductive Health

Year:

2018

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 580 KB

english, 2018

32

Poisonous milk and sinful mothers: the changing meaning of breastfeeding in the wake of the HIV epidemic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Absera T Koricho, Karen Marie Moland, Astrid Blystad

Journal:

International Breastfeeding Journal

Year:

2010

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 272 KB

english, 2010

33

Condom availability in high risk places and condom use: a study at district level in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia

Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy, Astrid Blystad, Elizabeth H Shayo, Emmanuel Makundi, Charles Michelo, Joseph Zulu, Jens Byskov

Journal:

BMC Public Health

Year:

2012

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 208 KB

english, 2012

34

Challenges of disseminating clinical practice guidelines in a weak health system: the case of HIV and infant feeding recommendations in Tanzania

Shayo, Elizabeth H, Våga, Bodil, Moland, Karen, Kamuzora, Peter, Blystad, Astrid

Journal:

International Breastfeeding Journal

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 490 KB

english, 2014

35

Strong State Policies on Gender and Aid: Threats and Opportunities for Norwegian Faith-Based Organisations

Østebø, Marit Tolo, Haukanes, Haldis, Blystad, Astrid

Journal:

Forum for Development Studies

Year:

2013

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 264 KB

english, 2013

36

Mediating Development? Exchanges on Gender Policies and Development Practices in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Blystad, Astrid, Haukanes, Haldis, Zenebe, Mulumebet

Journal:

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 128 KB

english, 2014

37

The burden of knowing: balancing benefits and barriers in HIV testing decisions. a qualitative study from Zambia

Marte Jürgensen, Mary Tuba, Knut Fylkesnes, Astrid Blystad

Journal:

BMC Health Services Research

Year:

2012

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 187 KB

english, 2012

38

'The divorce program': gendered experiences of HIV positive mothers enrolled in PMTCT programs - the case of rural Malawi

John Njunga, Astrid Blystad

Journal:

International Breastfeeding Journal

Year:

2010

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 249 KB

english, 2010

39

The seven Cs of the high acceptability of home-based VCT: Results from a mixed methods approach in Zambia

Jürgensen, Marte, Sandøy, Ingvild F., Michelo, Charles, Fylkesnes, Knut, Mwangala, Sheila, Blystad, Astrid

Journal:

Social Science & Medicine

Year:

2013

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 688 KB

english, 2013

40

Ubiquitination and Proteasomal Activity Is Required for Transport of the EGF Receptor to Inner Membranes of Multivesicular Bodies

Karianne E. Longva, Frøydis D. Blystad, Espen Stang, Astrid M. Larsen, Lene E. Johannessen and Inger H. Madshus

Journal:

The Journal of Cell Biology

Year:

2002

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 2.10 MB

english, 2002

41

The challenge of community engagement and informed consent in rural Zambia: an example from a pilot study

Zulu, Joseph Mumba, Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard, Moland, Karen Marie, Musonda, Patrick, Munsaka, Ecloss, Blystad, Astrid

Journal:

BMC Medical Ethics

Year:

2019

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 393 KB

english, 2019

42

Technologies of hope? Motherhood, HIV and infant feeding in eastern Africa

Blystad, Astrid, Moland, Karen Marie

Journal:

Anthropology & Medicine

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 140 KB

english, 2009

43

Experiences of orphan care in Amach, Uganda: assessing policy implications

Oleke, Christopher, Blystad, Astrid, Rekdal, Ole Bjørn, Moland, Karen Marie

Journal:

SAHARA-J Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 158 KB

english, 2007

44

Living with pelvic organ prolapse: voices of women from Amhara region, Ethiopia

Gjerde, Janne Lillelid, Rortveit, Guri, Muleta, Mulu, Adefris, Mulat, Blystad, Astrid

Journal:

International Urogynecology Journal

Year:

2017

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 311 KB

english, 2017

45

Why teach sexuality education in school? Teacher discretion in implementing comprehensive sexuality education in rural Zambia

Zulu, Joseph Mumba, Blystad, Astrid, Haaland, Marte E. S., Michelo, Charles, Haukanes, Haldis, Moland, Karen Marie

Journal:

International Journal for Equity in Health

Year:

2019

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 424 KB

english, 2019

46

“When the obvious brother is not there”: Political and cultural contexts of the orphan challenge in northern Uganda

Christopher Oleke, Astrid Blystad, Ole Bjørn Rekdal

Journal:

Social Science & Medicine

Year:

2005

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 203 KB

english, 2005

47

Seclusion, Protection and Avoidance: Exploring the Metida Complex among the Datoga of Northern Tanzania

Blystad, Astrid, Rekdal, Ole Bjørn, Malleyeck, Herman

Journal:

Africa / Journal of the International African Institute

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 351 KB

english, 2007

48

Field performance evaluation and genetic integrity assessment inArgyranthemum‘Yellow Empire’ plants recovered from cryopreserved shoot tips

Zhang, Zhibo, Skjeseth, Gry, Elameen, Abdelhameed, Haugslien, Sissel, Sivertsen, Astrid, Clarke, Jihong Liu, Wang, Qiao-Chun, Blystad, Dag-Ragnar

Journal:

In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant

Year:

2015

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.69 MB

english, 2015

49

Health, life and rights: a discourse analysis of a hybrid abortion regime in Tanzania

Sambaiga, Richard, Haukanes, Haldis, Moland, Karen Marie, Blystad, Astrid

Journal:

International Journal for Equity in Health

Year:

2019

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 615 KB

english, 2019

50

Reflections on global policy documents and the WHO's infant feeding guidelines: lessons learnt

Astrid Blystad, Penny van Esterik, Marina M de Paoli, Daniel W Sellen, Sebalda C Leshabari, Karen Marie I Moland

Journal:

International Breastfeeding Journal

Year:

2010

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 183 KB

english, 2010

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