Caesarean birth in Indonesia: understanding inequalities, inefficiencies, and intentionalities

PhD Confirmation: Rana Islamiah Zahroh

Supervisors

1. Dr Meghan Bohren, Gender and Women’s Health Unit, Centre for Health Equity, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
2. Professor Caroline Homer, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, Burnet Institute
3. Dr Marc Cheong, Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
4. Professor Ova Emilia, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, University of Gadjah Mada

Advisory committee

1. A/Prof Cathy Vaughan (Chair), Gender and Women’s Health Unit, Centre for Health Equity, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
2. Dr Ana Pilar Betran (External advisor), UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization

Caesarean section (CS) rates are increasing globally with limited additional benefit for women’s or newborns’ health. Similar to global trends, CS rates in Indonesia have increased significantly, accompanied with profound widening inequalities of CS across different groups of women. This PhD project will consider how both external and woman-driven factors contribute to increasing rates and inequalities of CS in Indonesia by conducting a primary qualitative research study with women, families and healthcare providers, analysing the portrayal and discourse of CS in Indonesian social media and investigating factors and processes that lead to successful interventions in optimising CS use. ...

For further information please view Event Flyer.

Zoom details

https://unimelb.zoom.us/j/85642136481?pwd=Vk9lcGF5d1JHMkR1WkFJUm5qNmZoZz09

Meeting ID: 856 4213 6481     Password: Indonesia