Pia Axemo
Forskare vid Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa; Internationell kvinno- och mödrahälsovård och migration
- Mobiltelefon:
- 073-366 18 00
- E-post:
- pia.axemo@uu.se
- Besöksadress:
- MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1 tr
752 37 Uppsala - Postadress:
- Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 UPPSALA
- Akademiska meriter:
- DMSc
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Kort presentation
Jag är docent i internationell hälsa vid IMCH samt specialistläkare inom gynekologi /obstetrik. För närvarande arbetar jag som forskare inom IMCH med forskningsprojekt i Sri Lanka samt i Mozambique inom områdena gender based violence och legalisering av abort .
Biografi
Jag har en utbildning som gynekolog/obstetriker och har doktorerat inom området internationell hälsa inom vilket jag har en docentur.Innan medicinstudierna läste jag sociologi och psykiatri.Som kliniker har jag längst tid arbetet på Akademiska sjukhuset i Uppsala
Många av mina kliniska yrkesverksamma år har jag tillbringat i Mozambique som klinisk läkare, med undervisning samt på hälsåvårdministeriet åren 1979-81,1983-84,1994-1996.Arbetat 2,5 år på Hälsovårdsministeriet i Addis Abeba, Etiopien som expert inom Maternal and Child health. Anställd på Världsbanken,Washington DC som Senior Reproductive Health Advisor 2,5 år.Pedagogisk erfarenhet samt utveckling av undervisningsmaterial har utförts både i Mozambique och i Etiopien samt Sri Lanka.Har varit assisterande kurshandledare för f Sida-finansierade kurser i Sexuell och Reproduktiv hälsa och Rättigheter under åren 1997-2003.Dessa kurser hade deltagare från länder i Asien, Afrika och Latinamerika och innebar förutom undervisning handledning av mindre projektarbeten i hemlandet med uppföljningar.Har undervisat som lektor i kurser inom reproduktiv hälsa på Masterprogrammet i internationell hälsa på IMCH.
Avslutade handledningar arv doktorander:Elisabeth Eriksson,Uppsala.Vathsala Jayasuria Sri Lanka.Projestine Muganyiza ,Tanzania, Muzdalifat Abeid Tanzania, Furaha August Tanzania.
Pågående handledning;Ayanthi Wikramasinghe Sri Lanka och Gilda Sitefane Mozambique
Publikationer
Senaste publikationer
- Prevalence of depression among students at a Sri Lankan University (2023)
- ‘I don’t know how we can stop ragging’ (2023)
- Ragging as an expression of power in a deeply divided society (2022)
- Ragging, a Form of University Violence in Sri Lanka-Prevalence, Self-Perceived Health Consequences, Help-Seeking Behavior and Associated Factors (2022)
- Training university teachers and students in Sri Lanka on Gender Based Violence: testing of a participatory training program (2018)
Alla publikationer
Artiklar
- Prevalence of depression among students at a Sri Lankan University (2023)
- ‘I don’t know how we can stop ragging’ (2023)
- Ragging as an expression of power in a deeply divided society (2022)
- Ragging, a Form of University Violence in Sri Lanka-Prevalence, Self-Perceived Health Consequences, Help-Seeking Behavior and Associated Factors (2022)
- Training university teachers and students in Sri Lanka on Gender Based Violence: testing of a participatory training program (2018)
- 'Even though a man takes the major role, he has no right to abuse' (2017)
- Evaluation of a training program for health care workers to improve the quality of care for rape survivors (2016)
- Midwives' experiences of working conditions, perceptions of professional role and attitudes towards mothers in Mozambique (2016)
- Effectiveness of the Home Based Life Saving Skills training by community health workers on knowledge of danger signs, birth preparedness, complication readiness and facility delivery, among women in Rural Tanzania (2016)
- Community Health workers can improve male involvement in maternal health (2016)
- Knowledge and attitude towards rape and child sexual abuse - a community-based cross-sectional study in Rural Tanzania (2015)
- A community-based intervention for improving health-seeking behavior among sexual violence survivors: A controlled before and after design study in rural Tanzania (2015)
- Birth preparedness and complication readiness - a qualitative study among community members in rural Tanzania (2015)
- Men's Knowledge of Obstetric Danger Signs, Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness in Rural Tanzania (2015)
- Community perceptions of rape and child sexual abuse (2014)
- Young people, sexuality, and HIV prevention within Christian faith communities in South Africa (2014)
- Faith, Premarital Sex and Relationships: Are Church Messages in Accordance with the Perceived Realities of the Youth? (2013)
- Involvement of religious leaders in HIV prevention, South Africa (2011)
- Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the Capital Province of Sri Lanka (2011)
- Managing in the Contemporary World (2011)
- Reporting Rape (2011)
- Ambivalence, silence and gender differences in church leaders' HIV-prevention messages to young people in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (2010)
- Antimicrobial resistance in colonizing group B Streptococci before the implementation of a Swedish intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis program (2010)
- Effect of Supporter Characteristics on Expression of Negative Social Reactions Toward Rape Survivors in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (2010)
- Social reactions to rape (2009)
- Group B streptococcal carriage in Sweden (2008)
- Manual acupuncture reduces hyperemesis gravidarum. A placebo-controlled randomized, single-blind, crossover study (2000)
