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Heidi Fjeld

Researcher at University of Oslo

Publications -  30
Citations -  207

Heidi Fjeld is an academic researcher from University of Oslo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Reproductive health. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 22 publications receiving 141 citations.

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A Social Ecological Approach to Exploring Barriers to Accessing Sexual and Reproductive Health Services among Couples Living with HIV in Southern Malawi

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored barriers encountered by couples living with HIV in accessing sexual and reproductive health services using the social ecological model and suggested three main areas for primary intervention: services must be located closer to their communities and integrated with existing antiretroviral services.
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Deservingness: migration and health in social context.

TL;DR: In this article, the social science concept of "deservingness" is brought to bear on clinical cases of transnational migrant patients, and the authors describe three clinical cases in which assumptions of deservingness have significant implications for the morbidity and mortality of migrant patients.
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Women and Gender in Tibetan Medicine

TL;DR: This article reviewed gendered productions, transmissions and practices of Tibetan medicine and discussed the representation of women in medical literature and illustrations, and addressed Tibetan medicine's relations with reproductive healthcare, and suggested the concept of the "house" that derives from anthropological kinship theory as a useful and encompassing tool for analysing the transmission and practice of traditional Tibetan medicine outside lay and monastic institutions.
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Poverty and disabled households in the People’s Republic of China: experiences with a new rural health insurance scheme

TL;DR: The introduction of this reform is significant as lack of insurance and high healthcare expenses are currently perceived as crucial to causing poverty in rural China and it is shown that people with disabilities have been able to access this new insurance.