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
Pregnancy outcomes in asylum seekers in the North of the Netherlands: a retrospective documentary analysis
Verschuuren, A. E. H., Postma, I. R., Riksen, Z. M., Nott, R. L., Feijen-de Jong, E. I. & Stekelenburg, J., 2020, In : BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 20, 1, 10 p., 320.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Surviving mothers and lost babies - burden of stillbirths and neonatal deaths among women with maternal near miss in eastern Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study
Tura, A. K., Scherjon, S., van Roosmalen, J., Zwart, J., Stekelenburg, J. & van den Akker, T., Jun-2020, In : Journal of global health. 10, 1, 01041310.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Severe Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in Eastern Ethiopia: Comparing the Original WHO and Adapted sub-Saharan African Maternal Near-Miss Criteria
Tura, A. K., Scherjon, S., Stekelenburg, J., van Roosmalen, J., van den Akker, T. & Zwart, J., 2020, In : International journal of womens health. 12, p. 255-263 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Risk Factors for Positive Appraisal of Mistreatment during Childbirth among Ethiopian Midwifery Students
Bakker, R., Sheferaw, E. D., Yigzaw, T., Stekelenburg, J. & de Kroon, M. L. A., 14-Apr-2020, In : International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17, 8Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Meer benauwdheid sinds de zwangerschap
Wiegman, M. I., Stekelenburg, J., Steens, R. & van Geffen, W. H., 31-May-2019, In : Medisch Contact. 22, p. 27 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
Press / Media
Hoe de verwaarlozing van internationale gezondheidszorg ons nu parten speelt
14/04/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular
Moedersterfte moet en kan minder
24/06/2019 → 28/06/2019
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular
Mortality amongst mothers
24/06/2019
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Popular
Activities
BAC Antwerpen
Jelle Stekelenburg (Visiting researcher)9-Jul-2019Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Academic
Gondar University Hospital
Jelle Stekelenburg (Visiting researcher)9-Jun-2019 → 15-Jun-2019Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Academic
Amref AMIU Nairobi
Jelle Stekelenburg (Visiting researcher)5-May-2019 → 10-May-2019Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Academic
Prizes
Best Clinical/Surgical Abstract
Sascha F M Schulten (Recipient), Renee Detollenaere (Recipient), Jelle Stekelenburg (Recipient), Joanna IntHout (Recipient), Kirsten B. Kluivers (Recipient) & Hugo Van Eijndhoven (Recipient), 17-Oct-2019
Prize › Academic
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