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Social reintegration of fistula survivors in North Central Nigeria: A case for rehabilitation (2023)
Journal Article
Degge, H. M., Olorunsaiye, C. Z., Laurenson, M., Hayter, M., Behera, D., & Behera, M. R. (2023). Social reintegration of fistula survivors in North Central Nigeria: A case for rehabilitation. Health Care for Women International, https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2023.2283424

Obstetric fistula remains one of the neglected forms of chronic maternal morbidity that occurs mainly in low- and middle-income countries. We explored the rehabilitation and reintegration experiences of 15 fistula survivors in North Central Nigeria.... Read More about Social reintegration of fistula survivors in North Central Nigeria: A case for rehabilitation.

Knowledge and practice of complementary feeding among mothers in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania: Community-based cross-sectional study (2023)
Journal Article
Sichalwe, M. M., Ranjan Behera, M., Behera, D., Kumar Dehury, R., & Degge, H. (2023). Knowledge and practice of complementary feeding among mothers in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania: Community-based cross-sectional study. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 24, Article 101430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2023.101430

Introduction This study examines mothers' complementary feeding (CF) knowledge and practices for children aged 6–24 months, highlighting links to adverse health outcomes and childhood malnutrition from both delayed and early CF initiation (before si... Read More about Knowledge and practice of complementary feeding among mothers in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania: Community-based cross-sectional study.

Journey for a cure: Illness narratives of obstetric fistula survivors in North Central Nigeria (2023)
Journal Article
Degge, H. M., Laurenson, M., W. Dumbili, E., Saxby, H., & Hayter, M. (2024). Journey for a cure: Illness narratives of obstetric fistula survivors in North Central Nigeria. Sociology of Health & Illness, 46(3), 437-456. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13715

Obstetric fistula is a life transforming event resulting in embodied biographical disruption. Survivors suffer myriad long-term physical and emotional consequences. This paper is an account of a narrative inquiry, conducted with 15 fistula survivors... Read More about Journey for a cure: Illness narratives of obstetric fistula survivors in North Central Nigeria.

Assessing the Contraceptive Attitudes of US-Born and Foreign-Born Black Women Living in the USA: a Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study (2023)
Journal Article
Olorunsaiye, C. Z., Brunner Huber, L. R., Degge, H. M., Yada, F. N., & Yusuf, K. K. (2024). Assessing the Contraceptive Attitudes of US-Born and Foreign-Born Black Women Living in the USA: a Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 11(2), 874-884. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-023-01569-7

Background Racially and ethnically marginalized US women experience unintended pregnancy at twice the rate of White women. Understanding contraceptive attitudes can help identify women at increased risk of contraceptive non-use and unintended pregna... Read More about Assessing the Contraceptive Attitudes of US-Born and Foreign-Born Black Women Living in the USA: a Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study.