About
In 2014, Ellen Blix was the first Norwegian midwife to reach the position Professor in Midwifery Science. She graduated as a nurse in Hammerfest in 1980, as a midwife in Bergen in 1986, and has long clinical experience from maternity care. Since 1980 she has been involved in international solidarity work, in Cambodia, Lebanon and Palestine. She took a master’s degree (MPH) in 2000 and PhD (DrPH) in 2006 at The Nordic School of Public Health in Gothenburg.
She teaches at the master’s program in Midwifery and supervises master’s and PhD candidates.
Her research fields are fetal monitoring, the organization of maternity care, users’ experiences, and medicalization. She regards the Nordic perspective of midwifery, and the use of theories and models in midwifery as important. Blix is one of the editors of the book «Theories and perspectives for midwifery – a Nordic view» (2022), and she organizes the international PhD course «Theories and models for midwifery».
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Epidemiology Midwifery Normal birth Fetal surveillance Place og birth
Countries
Research groups
Research projects
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Exploring Quality of Maternal and Newborn Care in Palestine (EqualMatPal)
This PhD project will utilize mixed methods to explore the quality of care provided to new mothers and their newborn children in Palestine
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Fetal monitoring in women with low risk of complications (LISTEN)
The LISTEN project performs research about fetal monitoring during labour and birth, in healthy women with low risk of complications.
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The Babies Born Better (B3) project
Babies Born Better is a long term project examining the views and experiences of women who have given birth in the last 3 years.
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The Labour Progression Study (LAPS)
Our main aim was to investigate clinical consequences when using two different guidelines for assessing labour progression in order to reduce the caesarean section rate without jeopardizing the mother's or child's health.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Huurnink, Johanne Mamohau Egenberg
;
Blix, Ellen
; Hals, Elisabeth;
Kaasen, Anne
;
Bernitz, Stine
; Lavender, Tina; Ahlberg, Mia; Øian, Pål; Høifødt, Aase Irene; Miltenburg, Andrea Solnes;
Pay, Aase Serine Devold
(2024).
Labor curves based on cervical dilatation over time and their accuracy and effectiveness: A systematic scoping review.
18 p.
PLOS ONE.
Vol. 19.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298046
Nørstebø, Heidi Strand; Nilsen, Anne Britt Vika;
Blix, Ellen
; Bakken, Kjersti Sletten;
Eri, Tine Schauer
(2023).
Births in freestanding midwifery-led units in Norway: What women view as important aspects of care.
Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare.
Vol. 36.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2023.100857
Bernitz, Stine
; Betran, Ana Pilar; Gunnes, Nina; Zhang, Jun;
Blix, Ellen
; Øian, Pål; Eggebø, Torbjørn Moe;
Dalbye, Rebecka
(2023).
Association of oxytocin augmentation and duration of labour with postpartum haemorrhage: A cohort study of nulliparous women.
Midwifery.
Vol. 123.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2023.103705
Blix, Ellen
;
Brurberg, Kjetil Gundro
; Reierth, Eirik; Reinar, Liv Merete Brynildsen; Øian, Pål
(2023).
ST waveform analysis vs cardiotocography alone for intrapartum fetal monitoring: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials.
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica.
Vol. 103.
https://doi.org/10.1111/aogs.14752
Henriksen, Lena
; Debrecéniová, Janka; Hrabovská, Anna; Pufflerová, Šarlota;
Blix, Ellen
(2023).
Adaption and validation of the childbirth experience questionnaire (CEQ-SK) in Slovakia.
European Journal of Midwifery.
Vol. 7.
https://doi.org/10.18332/ejm/160973
Aasbø, Gunvor; Staff, Anne Cathrine;
Blix, Ellen
;
Pay, Aase Serine Devold
;
Waldum, Åsa
; Rivedal, Sunniva; Solbrække, Kari Nyheim
(2023).
Expectations related to home-based telemonitoring of high-risk pregnancies: A qualitative study addressing healthcare providers' and users' views in Norway.
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica.
https://doi.org/10.1111/aogs.14726
Engelhart, Christina Hernandez;
Brurberg, Kjetil Gundro
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Aanstad, Kristin Jerve
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Pay, Aase Serine Devold
;
Kaasen, Anne
;
Blix, Ellen
; Vanbelle, Sophie
(2023).
Reliability and agreement in intrapartum fetal heart rate monitoring interpretation: A systematic review.
15 p.
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica.
Vol. 102.
https://doi.org/10.1111/aogs.14591
Myrhaug, Hilde Tinderholt
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Kaasen, Anne
;
Pay, Aase Serine Devold
;
Henriksen, Lena
; Smedslund, Geir; Saugstad, Ola Didrik;
Blix, Ellen
(2023).
Umbilical cord blood acid–base analysis at birth and long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Vol. 130.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.17480
Vedeler, Carina;
Eri, Tine Schauer
; Nilsen, Roy Miodini;
Blix, Ellen
; Downe, Soo;
van der Wel, Kjetil A.
; Nilsen, Anne Britt Vika
(2023).
Women’s negative childbirth experiences and socioeconomic factors: Results from the Babies Born Better survey.
9 p.
Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare.
Vol. 36.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2023.100850
Blix, Ellen ; Olafsdottir, Olof Asta; Maimburg, Rikke Damkjær; Wikberg, Anita; Gottfredsdottir, Helga; Nøhr, Ellen Aagaard; Lundgren, Ingela (2022). Midwifery in a Nordic context. Lundgren, Ingela Marie; Blix, Ellen; Gottfredsdottir, Helga; Wikberg, Anita; Nøhr, Ellen Aagaard (Ed.). Theories and perspectives for midwifery : a Nordic view. p. 35-47. Studentlitteratur AB.
