Blar i SINTEF Open på forfatter "Braathen, Stine Hellum"
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Access to health care for persons with disabilities in rural South Africa
Vergunst, Richard; Swartz, Leslie; Hem, Karl-Gerhard; Eide, Arne Henning; Mannan, Hasheem; MacLachlan, Mac; Mji, Gubela; Braathen, Stine Hellum; Schneider, Margie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background Global research suggests that persons with disabilities face barriers when accessing health care services. Yet, information regarding the nature of these barriers, especially in low-income and middle-income ... -
Combining survey data, GIS and qualitative interviews in the analysis of health service access for persons with disabilities
Eide, Arne H.; Dyrstad, Karin; Munthali, Alister; Van Rooy, Gert; Braathen, Stine Hellum; Halvorsen, Thomas; Persendt, Frans; Mvula, Peter; Rød, Jan Ketil (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Equitable access to health services is a key ingredient in reaching health for persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups. So far, research on access to health services in low- and middle-income ... -
Creative collaboration on a disability and sexuality participatory action research project: A reflective diary account
Rohleder, Poul; Braathen, Stine Hellum; Carew, Mark; Chiwaula, Mussa; Hunt, Xanthe; Swartz, Leslie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This article presents a team’s engagement with a creative collaborative project challenging the myths about the sexuality of people with physical disabilities in South Africa. The article is presented as a reflective diary ... -
Dating persons with physical disabilities: the perceptions of South Africans without disabilities
Hunt, Xanthe; Swartz, Leslie; Carew, Mark; Braathen, Stine Hellum; Chiwaula, Mussa; Rohleder, Poul (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)There is good reason to believe that the attitudes of persons without disability towards dating a person with a physical disability might be unfavourable. However, in general, and in the Global South in particular, there ... -
Disability and education: Qualitative case studies from Malawi
Braathen, Stine Hellum; Munthali, Alister (SINTEF Rapport;A27470, Research report, 2016)The right to education is a human right, and it is also covered in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and in the Sustainable Development Goals. Despite this, ... -
Disability and equity in global health
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Evaluering av ordningen "Fast kontaktperson for foreldre med barn med mangfoldige behov – pilot i Sør-Trøndelag", og "Pleiepengetelefonen". Delrapport november 2015.
Lippestad, Jan Wilhelm; Braathen, Stine Hellum (SINTEF rapport;A27266, Research report, 2015) -
Exploring structural violence in the context of disability and poverty in Zimbabwe
Muderedzi, Jennifer; Eide, Arne Henning; Braathen, Stine Hellum; Stray-Pedersen, Babill (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: While it is widely assumed that disability, poverty and health are closely linked, research falls short of fully understanding the link. One approach to analysing the links between disability and poverty is ... -
Exploring the interaction of activity limitations with context, systems, community and personal factors in accessing public health care services: A presentation of South African case studies
Mji, Gubela; Braathen, Stine Hellum; Vergunst, Richard; Scheffler, Elsje; Kritzinger, Janis; Mannan, Hasheem; Schneider, Marguerite; Swartz, Leslie; Visagie, Surona (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: There are many factors that influence access to public health services, such as the context people live in, the existing health services, and personal, cultural and community factors. People with disabilities ... -
Exploring the Relationship Between Food Insecurity, Gender Roles and HIV/AIDS Among Tonga Carers of Disabled Children of Binga in Zimbabwe
Muderedzi, Jennifer; Eide, Arne Henning; Braathen, Stine Hellum; Stray-Pedersen, Babill (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Many people are reluctant to access voluntary counselling and testing services for fear of stigma and the implications of death often associated with a positive HIV diagnosis. This study however noted how Tonga females ... -
Intimacy, intercourse and adjustments: Experiences of sexual life of a group of people with physical disabilities in South Africa
Hunt, Xanthe; Braathen, Stine Hellum; Swartz, Leslie; Carew, Mark; Rohleder, Poul (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)There is a growing recognition of the sexual and reproductive rights of people with disabilities, and since the World Health Organisation’s World Report on Disability, increased international attention has been given to ... -
Intimacy, intercourse and adjustments: Experiences of sexual life of a group of people with physical disabilities in South Africa
Hunt, Xanthe; Braathen, Stine Hellum; Swartz, Leslie; Carew, Mark; Rohleder, Poul (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)There is a growing recognition of the sexual and reproductive rights of people with disabilities, and since the World Health Organisation’s World Report on Disability, increased international attention has been given to ... -
Perceptions and treatment of children with cerebral palsy among the Tonga of Binga in Zimbabwe
Muderedzi, Jennifer; Eide, Arne Henning; Braathen, Stine Hellum; Stray-Pedersen, Babill (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: While disability is universal, there is a marked variation in caregivers’ experiences of caring for children with disabilities. Therefore the diversity of disability experiences across the world needs to be ... -
The role of stigma in accessing education for people with disabilities in low and middle-income countries: a review of the evidence
Azalde, Gloria; Braathen, Stine Hellum (SINTEF AS (ISBN starter med 978-82-14-);, Research report, 2018)People with disabilities are often subjected to stigma, which can keep them from realising their full potential and their human rights, including the right to education. The UN agenda for Sustainable Development Goals, ... -
Self- and collateral spouse-reported alcohol use in Malawi; exploring social drinking norms' potential for alcohol prevention
Natvig, Henrik; Eide, Arne Henning; Døving, Matilda Hultberg; Hessen, Annika Linge; Hoel, Erik; Ndawala, Jameson; Azalde, Gloria; Braathen, Stine Hellum; Munthali, Alister (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Adult (18+ years old) Malawian men and women’s alcohol use and social drinking norms were examined. From 31,676 screened households, heads and spouses in 1,795 households with at least one alcohol user were interviewed. ... -
Sexuality erased, questioned, and explored: The experiences of South Africans with physical disabilities
Rohleder, Poul; Braathen, Stine Hellum; Hunt, Xanthe; Carew, Mark; Swartz, Leslie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The sexuality of people with disabilities has historically been a site of oppression and discrimination. The sexuality of people with disabilities remains relatively under-researched and poorly understood. As a result, ... -
Symbolic violence and the invisibility of disability
Swartz, Leslie; Hunt, Xanthe; Watermeyer, Brian; Carew, Mark; Braathen, Stine Hellum; Rohleder, Poul (Journal article, 2018) -
The context and consequences of liquor sachets use among young people in Malawi
Hoel, Erik; Azalde, Gloria; Munthali, Alister; Eide, Arne Henning; Natvig, Henrik; Braathen, Stine Hellum (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)This article presents a relatively new phenomenon regarding alcohol related problems in Malawi; the context and consequences of the consumption of liquor sachets among young people. The results presented are part of a ... -
The sexual and reproductive rights and benefit derived from sexual and reproductive health services of people with physical disabilities in South Africa: beliefs of non-disabled people
Hunt, Xanthe; Carew, Mark; Braathen, Stine Hellum; Swartz, Leslie; Chiwaula, Mussa; Rohleder, Poul (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)There is a body of theoretical work, and some empirical research, which suggests that non-disabled people assume people with physical disabilities are not suitable romantic partners, do not have sexual drives or desires, ... -
The sexual lives of people with disabilities within low- and middle-income countries: A scoping study of studies published in English
Carew, Mark; Braathen, Stine Hellum; Swartz, Leslie; Hunt, Xanthe; Rohleder, Poul (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: Although approximately 80% of the global population of people with disabilities reside in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), very little is known about their sexual lives due to a lack of empirical data. ...