Researcher
Lenka Benova
- Keywords:maternal health, B680-public-health
Affiliations
- Reproductive and Maternal Health (Research unit)
Member
From1 Apr 2018 → Today - Sexual Health including HIV (Research unit)
Member
From31 Mar 2018 → 21 Nov 2019
Projects
1 - 10 of 20
- Optimizing screening practice for gestational diabetes mellitus in primary healthcare facilities in TanzaniaFrom1 Jan 2023 → Today
- Is mistreatment of women during facility-based childbirth an independent risk factor for postpartum depression? A mixed methods prospective study in Ethiopia and GuineaFrom1 Oct 2022 → Today
- Postnatal care provision after facility birth in two sub-Saharan African countries: A mixed methods studyFrom27 Apr 2022 → Today
- Paving the way forward: Using implementation science to understand barriers and facilitators of uptake for Intravenous iron in the Management of Anaemia in Pregnancy for Resource-Limited Settings: IVON Nigeria TrialFrom3 Nov 2021 → Today
- Iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy: Evaluation of the effectiveness and safety of intravenous ferric carboxymaltose and oral ferrous sulphate in a low-middle income countryFrom3 Nov 2021 → Today
- Preventing stillbirths in high burden settings: Examining gaps and opportunities to strengthen routine perinatal data collection and to improve quality of careFrom1 Oct 2021 → Today
- Magnitude and Severity of abortion related complications in two African fragile and conflict-affected settingsFrom30 Jun 2021 → Today
- Influences on contraceptive method choice among adolescents and youth in sub-Saharan AfricaFrom27 Apr 2021 → Today
- Examining the quality of maternal and newborn healthcare delivery in an African city – the case of Kampala, UgandaFrom1 Jan 2021 → Today
- Advancing the implementation of quality improvement strategies to reduce maternal mortality using realist evaluation: the case of Maternal Death Reviews in BeninFrom1 Jan 2021 → Today
Publications
1 - 10 of 129
- Neonatal and perinatal mortality in the urban continuum(2023)
Authors: Peter M. Macharia, Lenka Benova, Jessie Pinchoff, Aline Semaan, Andrea B Pembe, Aliki Christou, Claudia Hanson
- Out of sight, out of mind? Evidence from cross-sectional surveys on hidden caesarean sections among women with stillbirths in Ghana, 2007 and 2017(2023)
Authors: Siem Zethof, Aliki Christou, Lenka Benova, Titus Kofi Beyuo, Jos van Roosmalen, Thomas van den Akker
- Stress and safety of maternal and newborn healthcare workers early in the COVID-19 pandemic: a repeat cross-sectional analysis from a global online survey from March 2020 to March 2021(2023)
Authors: Ashley Ezema, Matthew Caputo, Aline Semaan, Lenka Benova, Shu-Ting Liang, Lisa R Hirschhorn
- Length of stay and determinants of early discharge after facility-based childbirth in Cameroon: analysis of the 2018 Demographic and Health Survey(2023)
Authors: Jovanny Tsuala Fouogue, Aline Semaan, Louise Tina Day, Veronique Filippi, Matsui Mitsuaki, Florent Ymele Fouelifack, Bruno Kenfack, Jeanne Hortence Fouedjio, Thérèse Delvaux, Lenka Benova
- Utilisation of services along the continuum of maternal healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic in Lubumbashi, DRC: findings from a cross-sectional household survey of women(2023)
Authors: Anna Galle, Gladys Kavira, Aline Semaan, Françoise Malonga Kaj, Lenka Benova, Abel Ntambue
- Spatial variation and inequities in antenatal care coverage in Kenya, Uganda and mainland Tanzania using model-based geostatistics(2022)
Authors: Peter Macharia, Noel K Joseph, Gorrette Kayondo Nalwadda, Beatrice Mwilike, Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, Lenka Benova, Olatunji Johnson
Pages: 908 - Methodological reflections on health system-oriented assessment of maternity care in 16 hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa: an embedded case study(2022)
Authors: Anteneh Asefa, Jean Paul Dossou, Claudia Hanson, Christelle Boyi Hounsou, Gertrude Namazzi, Samuel Meja, Dickson Ally Mkoka, Gottfried Agballa, Josephine Babirye, Aline Semaan, et al.
Pages: 1257-1266 - Methodological reflections on health system oriented assessment of maternity care in 16 hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa: an embedded case study(2022)
Authors: Anteneh Asefa, Jean-Paul Dossou, Claudia Hanson, Christelle Boyi Hounsou, Gertrude Namazzi, Samuel Meja, Dickson Ally Mkoka, Gottfried Agballa, Josephine Babirye, Aline Semaan, et al.
Pages: 1257–1266 - IMAgiNE EURO: data for action on quality of maternal and newborn care in 20 European countries during the COVID-19 pandemic(2022)
Authors: Lenka Benova, Joy E Lawn, Wendy J Graham, Elise M. Chapin, Patience A. Afulani, Soo Downe, Tedbabe Degefie Hailegebriel, Ornella Lincetto, Emma Sacks
Pages: 5-8 - Contraceptive method use trajectories among young women in Kenya: a qualitative study(2022)
Authors: Lisa Calhoun, Mahua Mandal, Bernard Onyango, Erick Waga, Courtney McGuire, Eliya M. Zulu, Thomas van den Akker, Lenka Benova, Thérèse Delvaux, Ilene S Speizer