prof. dr. J. (Jelle) Stekelenburg
Professor International Aspects of Reproductive Health, in particular Safe Motherhood
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Prof. Jelle Stekelenburg combines his job as Consultant Obs & Gyn at the Medical Centre Leeuwarden with holding a chair as Professor International Aspects of Reproductive Health, in particular Safe Motherhood, at the University of Groningen. He is the chairman of the Working Party International Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health (www.safemotherhood.nl).
His professional drive is based on, on one hand, the observation that motherhood is still not safe for many underprivileged women all over the world, but mainly in low resource settings, and, on the other hand, acknowledgment of the right to access the best possible standard of maternal health. Large differences in outcome of pregnancy still exist between different countries, but also within countries. State parties, governments, multilateral health organisations and individual health professionals have the immediate obligation to work on the progressive realisation of the highest possible standard of reproductive, sexual and maternal health.
Prof. Stekelenburg’s activities focus on research and education. He collaborates with PhD-candidates from all over the world, aiming to design evidence-based interventions in different contexts that are effective in improving maternal and neonatal health outcome indicators. In education he takes every opportunity to teach his students about what still needs to be done to reach the aim of safe motherhood for all.
Publications
Protocol for a prospective mixed-methods longitudinal study to evaluate the dynamics of contraceptive use, discontinuation, and switching in Kenya
Ontiri, S., Mutea, L., Muganda, M., Mutanda, P., Ajema, C., Okoth, S., Orero, S., Odhiambo, R., Biesma, R., Stekelenburg, J. & Kabue, M., 5-Sep-2019, In : Reproductive Health. 16, 1, p. 134 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Sacrospinous hysteropexy versus vaginal hysterectomy with uterosacral ligament suspension in women with uterine prolapse stage 2 or higher: observational follow-up of a multicentre randomised trial
Schulten, S. F. M., Detollenaere, R. J., Stekelenburg, J., IntHout, J., Kluivers, K. B. & van Eijndhoven, H. W. F., 10-Sep-2019, In : BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 366, p. l5149 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
The contribution of Dutch doctors global health and tropical medicine to research in global health in low- and middleincome countries: an exploration of the evidence
Mooij, R., Jurgens, E., van Dillen, J. & Stekelenburg, J., 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Tropical doctor.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Mistreatment of women in public health facilities of Ethiopia
Sheferaw, E. D., Kim, Y-M., van den Akker, T. & Stekelenburg, J., 27-Aug-2019, In : Reproductive Health. 16, 1, p. 130Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Measuring maternal near-miss in a middle-income country: assessing the use of WHO and sub-Saharan Africa maternal near-miss criteria in Namibia
Heemelaar, S., Kabongo, L., Ithindi, T., Luboya, C., Munetsi, F., Bauer, A-K., Dammann, A., Drewes, A., Stekelenburg, J., van den Akker, T. & Mackenzie, S., 2019, In : Global Health Action. 12, 1, p. 1646036Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Prizes
Auletiusprijs voor beste wetenschappelijk onderzoek in Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden in 2017, uitgereikt op 27/3/2018 aan supervisor (Larissa de dag ervoor bevallen). Multidisciplinary antenatal care for women with mental health problems; mode and outcome of birth (publicatie in voorbereiding).
Jelle Stekelenburg (Recipient), 27-Mar-2018
Prize › Academic
Activities
Korea Univ, Korea University
Jelle Stekelenburg (Visiting researcher)20-Dec-2018Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Academic
Ajou University, Korea
Jelle Stekelenburg (Visiting researcher)19-Dec-2018Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Academic
The right to Safe Motherhood
Jelle Stekelenburg (Speaker)20-Dec-2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Professional
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