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Sara Rivenes

Sara Rivenes

Job title
  • Associate Professor
Visiting address
  • Kunnskapsveien 55, 2007 Kjeller
Phone
  • Office: +47 672 35 766
E-mail
  • sara.rivenes@oslomet.no
Affiliation

About

Sara Rivenes is a registered nurse with a Master’s degree in International Community Health and a PhD from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Oslo. Her doctoral research examined how midwives and women in labour in Tanzania experienced the use of new technology for fetal heart rate monitoring during childbirth. Her work centers on investigating the quality of care during pregnancy and childbirth, the implementation of new technologies and clinical solutions, as well as equitable access to sexual and reproductive health services in both high- and low-income settings.

She is part of the international Safer Births research collaboration and teaches and supervises students at bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD levels. She has previously led development and humanitarian projects for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and UNICEF across Central America, Africa, and the Middle East.

Sara serves as a member of the World Health Organization’s Gender and Rights Advisory Panel (GAP).

Field of study

Reproductive health   Global Health   Migration health   Maternal health   Maternity care

Research groups

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Massay, Catherine Safari; Mdoe, Paschal Francis; Kamala, Benjamin A; Moshiro, Robert; Mduma, Estomih; Rivenes, Sara ; Linde, Jørgen Erland; Guga, Godfrey; Ersdal, Hege Langli; Mahande, Michael Johnson (2026). Healthcare Providers’ Practices in Postpartum Hemorrhage Management: A Multi-Centre Cross-Sectional Study in Tanzania. International Journal of Women's Health. Vol. 18.
https://doi.org/10.2147/ijwh.s618224

Brevik, Asgeir ; Jerpseth, Heidi ; Lafontan, Sara Rivenes (2026). Large language models as grading assistants in public health education: a method-comparison study of essay-style exam assessment. Frontiers in Education. Vol. 11.
https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2026.1904452

Lafontan, Sara Rivenes ; Eick, Frode; Einang, Karoline Hasle (2026). Between legal rights and lived realities: Roma Women’s experiences of abortion care analyzed using the WHO conceptual framework for abortion care. Women's Health. Vol. 22.
https://doi.org/10.1177/17455057261458329

Einang, Karoline Hasle; Eick, Frode; Lafontan, Sara Rivenes (2026). Valued but not used: a qualitative study on the perception of contraception among Eastern European Roma women commuting to Oslo, Norway. Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2026.101215

Lafontan, Sara Rivenes ; Mmao, Sabina S.; Francis, Fortunata; Mduma, Estomih; Linde, Jørgen Erland; Hagland, Magnus; Ersdal, Hege Langli; Kamala, Benjamin; Munyawu, Yuda; Sand, Anna (2026). “Pulling through”: Women’s experiences of vacuum‑assisted birth at a rural Tanzanian hospital—A qualitative study. Women and Birth. Vol. 39.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2026.102166

Myrhaug, Hilde Tinderholt ; Mortensen, Berit ; Munabi-Babigumira, Susan Kyomuhendo; Kaasen, Anne ; Pay, Aase Serine Devold ; Naab, Florence; McFadden, Alison; Eri, Tine Schauer ; Lafontan, Sara Rivenes (2025). Midwives’ experiences and perceptions of midwife-led continuity of care models in low-and middle-income countries: A qualitative evidence synthesis. Midwifery. Vol. 149.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2025.104565

Joranger, Pål ; Lafontan, Sara Rivenes ; Brevik, Asgeir (2025). Evaluating a Large Language Model's Ability to Synthesize a Health Science Master's Thesis: A Case Study. JMIR Formative Research.
https://doi.org/10.2196/73248

Sørum, Silje; Lockertsen, Veronica ; Lafontan, Sara Rivenes (2025). Patient Experiences of Seeking Specialized Mental Health Care in Norway: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health. Vol. 16.
https://doi.org/10.1177/21501319251350601

Kamala, Benjamin; Moshiro, Robert Deogratias; Kalumbu, Florence; Torgeirsen, Kjetil Djuve; Guga, Godfrey; Githiri, Beatrice; Samson, Justine; Chavala, Philimon; Qorro, Grace; Kayera, Damas; Kamala, Ivony; Massay, Catherine Safari; Mdoe, Paschal; Daudi, Vickfarajaeli; Mduma, Esto; Mwashemele, Shally; Bundala, Felix; Ersdal, Hege Langli; Lafontan, Sara Rivenes (2025). Practice, Experiences, and Facilitators of Simulation-Based Training During One Year of Implementation in 30 Hospitals in Tanzania. Sage Open Nursing. Vol. 11.
https://doi.org/10.1177/23779608241309447

Massay, Catherine Safari; Lafontan, Sara Rivenes ; Rogathi, Jane Januarius; Safari, Upendo; Sigalla, Geofrey Nimrod (2024). Intrauterine Device Use and Perceptions Among Women in Tanzania—A Mixed Methods Study. Sage Open Nursing. Vol. 10.
https://doi.org/10.1177/23779608241305782



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Dissemination

Vik, Eline Skirnisdottir; Einang, Karoline Hasle; Eick, Frode; Rivenes, Sara (2026). Aktuell forskning - Romske kvinner fra Øst-Europa: Prevensjon oppleves som viktig, men ikke alltid relevant.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5586725

Engelsen, Thea Cecilie; Einang, Karoline Hasle; Eick, Frode; Lafontan, Sara Rivenes (2026). Legen sa han ville «gjøre noe» slik at hun ikke ble gravid igjen. Kvinnen fryktet hun kunne ha blitt sterilisert.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5535964

Einang, Karoline; Eick, Frode; Lafontan, Sara Rivenes (2025). Valued but Not Used: The Paradox of Contraceptive Use A Qualitative Study on How Modern Contraceptive Methods Are Perceived and Used Among Non-citizen Roma Women in Oslo. 2nd World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health. The Global Society on Migration, Ethnicity, Race & Health.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5321872

Lafontan, Sara Rivenes (2025). Enhancing Midwifery Practice: Insights from the Safer Births Bundle of Care program. Global perspectives on Midwifery.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4443136

Mmao, Sabina; Munyaw, Yuda; Linde, Jørgen Erland; Sand, Anna; Lafontan, Sara Rivenes (2024). Perceptions and experiences of birthing women on vacuum assisted delivery. A descriptive qualitative study in Tanzania. ICM Regional Conference Africa and Eastern Mediterranean. International Confederation of Midwives.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4135474

Lafontan, Sara Rivenes (2022). Opportunities and challenges using a new fetal heart rate monitoring technology to improve maternal and fetal outcomes in Tanzania. 4th Health Research Conference: Health research for improved health policy and practice. Ministry of Health, The Gambia.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3901687

Mandt, Diana; Lafontan, Sara Rivenes (2022). Opplevelser og erfaringer blant innvandrere i områder med høyt smittetrykk i Oslo under covid- 19 pandemien. Pandemi, mangfold og sosial ulikhet. Pandemisenteret Universitetet i Bergen.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5116362

Lafontan, Sara Rivenes (2019). "I was relieved to know that my baby was safe": Women´s attitudes and perceptions on using a new electronic fetal heart rate monitor during labor in Tanzania”. 11th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4870550

Lafontan, Sara Rivenes (2018). Adaptation of a new strap-on electronic fetal heart rate monitor among birth attendants in Tanzania. Cooperation in Development of Health Services and Learning Environment First International Conference . Tanga International Comptence Center.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3270912

Lafontan, Sara Rivenes (2018). "I was relieved to know that my baby was safe": Women´s attitudes and perceptions on using a new electronic fetal heart rate monitor during labor in Tanzania. Health system strengthening: Health for all revisited . Folkehelseinstituttet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3846177



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