Mahima Venkateswaran
Researcher
Contact
Send email {model.translations.sendEmailTo} Mahima.Venkateswaran@fhi.no
Department
Responsibilities
Global Health, digital health, maternal and child health, antenatal care, low- and middle-income countries
Projects and publications
- Kiran Bhutada, Mahima Venkateswaran, Maureen Atim, Susan Kyomuhendo Munabi-Babigumira, Victoria Nankabirwa, Flavia Namagembe, Jahn Frederik Frøen, Eleni Papadopoulou, (2024). Factors influencing the uptake of antenatal care in Uganda: a mixed methods systematic review. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth doi: 10.1186/s12884-024-06938-6
- Faith Chelagat Chesire, Michael Mugisha, Ronald Ssenyonga, Christopher James Rose, Allen Nsangi, Margaret Kaseje, Nelson K. Sewankambo, Matthew Prescott Oxman, Sarah Ellen Rosenbaum, Jenny Olivia Jenkins Moberg, Astrid Dahlgren, Simon Arnold Lewin, Mahima Venkateswaran, Eleni Papadopoulou, Andrew David Oxman, (2024). Effects of the informed health choices secondary school intervention after 1 year: a prospective meta-analysis using individual participant data. Trials doi: 10.1186/s13063-024-08577-w
- Thaoussi Uwera, Mahima Venkateswaran, Kiran Bhutada, Eleni Papadopoulou, Enock Rukundo, David K. Tumusiime, Jahn Frederik Frøen, (2024). Electronic Immunization Registry in Rwanda: Qualitative Study of Health Worker Experiences. JMIR Human Factors doi: 10.2196/53071
- Mahima Venkateswaran, Jesmin Pervin, Akuba Dolphyne, Ingrid Kristina Friberg, Ingvild Fjeldheim, J. Frederik Frøen, Fatema Khatun, Brian Frank O'Donnell, Monjur Rahman, A. M. Quaiyum Rahman, U Tin Nu, Christopher James Rose, Bidhan Krishna Sarker, Anisur Rahman, (2024). eRegMat – a digital registry for improved quality of antenatal care: a cluster-randomized trial in a rural area in Bangladesh. BMC Digital Health doi: 10.1186/s44247-023-00059-4
- Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Buthaina Ghanem, Eatimad Abbas, Khadija Abu Khader, Itimad Abu Ward, Amjad Ataallah, Mohammad Baniode, Binyam Bogale Bungudo, Taghreed Hijaz, Kimberly Frost, Michael James Frost, Mervett Isbeih, Sally Issawi, Zaher A.S. Nazzal, Brian Frank O'Donnell, Eleni Zoumpoulia Papadopoulou, Sharif Qaddomi, Yousef Rabah, Christopher James Rose, Mahima Venkateswaran, Jahn Frederik Frøen, (2023). Quality improvement dashboard for healthcare providers and targeted client communication to pregnant women to improve timely attendance and quality of antenatal care: A multi-arm cluster randomized trial (the eRegCom trial). Oxford Open Digital Health s. 1-10. doi: 10.1093/oodh/oqad010
- Mahima Venkateswaran, Zaher Nazzal, Buthaina Ghanem, Reham Khraiwesh, Eatimad Abbas, Khadija Abu Khader, Tamara Awwad, Taghreed Hijaz, Mervett Isbeih, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Christopher James Rose, Jahn Frederik Alexander Claude Frøen, (2022). eRegTime—Time Spent on Health Information Management in Primary Health Care Clinics Using a Digital Health Registry Versus Paper-Based Documentation: Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Formative Research doi: 10.2196/34021
- Mahima Venkateswaran, Buthaina Ghanem, Eatimad Abbas, Khadija Abu Khader, Itimad Abu Ward, Tamara Awwad, Mohammad Baniode, Michael James Frost, Taghreed Hijaz, Mervett Isbeih, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Christopher James Rose, Jahn Frederik Alexander Claude Frøen, (2022). A digital health registry with clinical decision support for improving quality of antenatal care in Palestine (eRegQual): a pragmatic, cluster-randomised, controlled, superiority trial. The Lancet Digital Health s. e126-e136. doi: 10.1016/S2589-7500(21)00269-7
- Mervett Isbeih, Mahima Venkateswaran, Eatimad Abbas, Khadija Abu Khader, Tamara Awwad, Mohammad Baniode, Buthaina Ghanem, Taghreed Hijaz, Asad Ramlawi, Rand Salman, Richard Aubrey White, Jahn Frederik Alexander Claude Frøen, (2021). Gestational age recorded at delivery versus estimations using antenatal care data from the Electronic Maternal and Child Health Registry in the West Bank: a comparative analysis. The Lancet doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01517-8
- Jesmin Pervin, Mahima Venkateswaran, U. Tin Nu, Monjur Rahman, Brian F. O’Donnell, Ingrid Kristina Friberg, Anisur Rahman, J. Frederik Frøen, (2021). Determinants of utilization of antenatal and delivery care at the community level in rural Bangladesh. PLOS ONE doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257782
- Anisur Rahman, Ingrid Kristina Friberg, Akuba Kwansima Dolphyne, Ingvild Fjeldheim, Fatema Khatun, Brian O’Donnell, Jesmin Pervin, Monjur Rahman, A. M. Quaiyum Rahman, U. Tin Nu, Bidhan Krishna Sarker, Mahima Venkateswaran, Jahn Frederik Alexander Claude Frøen, (2021). An Electronic Registry for Improving the Quality of Antenatal Care in Rural Bangladesh (eRegMat): Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols doi: 10.2196/26918
- Jesmin Pervin, Bidhan Krishna Sarker, U. Tin Nu, Fatema Khatun, A. M. Quaiyum Rahman, Mahima Venkateswaran, Anisur Rahman, Jahn Frederik Alexander Claude Frøen, Ingrid Kristina Friberg, (2021). Developing targeted client communication messages to pregnant women in Bangladesh: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10811-y
- Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Binyam Bungudo, Eatimad Abbas, Khadija Abu Khader, Itimad Abu Ward, Amjad Attalh, Tamara Awwad, Mohammad Baniode, Kimberly Frost, Michael James Frost, Buthaina Ghanem, Taghreed Hijaz, Mervett Isbeih, Sally Issawi, Zaher A.S. Nazzal, Brian O’Donnell, Sharif E. Qaddomi, Yousef Rabah, Mahima Venkateswaran, Jahn Frederik Alexander Claude Frøen, (2021). eRegCom—Quality Improvement Dashboard for healthcare providers and Targeted Client Communication to pregnant women using data from an electronic health registry to improve attendance and quality of antenatal care: study protocol for a multi-arm cluster randomized trial. Trials s. 1-13. doi: 10.1186/s13063-020-04980-1
- Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Binyam Bungudo, Itimad Abu Ward, Eatimad Abbas, Amjad Attalh, Khadija Abu Khader, Ghanem Buthaina, Michael James Frost, Kimberly Frost, Brian O'Donnell, Issawi Sally, Mervett Isbeih, Awwad Tamara, Taghreed Hijaz, Baniode Mohammad, Yousef Rabah, Zaher Nazzal, Sharif Qaddomi, Mahima Venkateswaran, Jahn Frederik Frøen, (2020). eRegCom – Quality Improvement Dashboard for healthcare providers and Targeted Client Communication to pregnant women using data from an electronic health registry to improve attendance and quality of antenatal care: study protocol for a multi-arm cluster randomized trial. Trials doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-25173/v2
- Kruthika Thangavelu, Kyriakos Martakis, Silke Fabian, Mahima Venkateswaran, Bernhard Roth, Dirk Beutner, Ruth Lang-Roth, (2019). Prevalence and risk factors for hearing loss in high-risk neonates in Germany. Acta Paediatrica s. 1972-1977. doi: 10.1111/apa.14837
- Marie Hella Lindberg, Mahima Venkateswaran, Khadija Abu Khader, Tamara Awwad, Buthaina Ghanem, Taghreed Hijaz, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Frederik Frøen, (2019). eRegTime, Efficiency of Health Information Management Using an Electronic Registry for Maternal and Child Health: Protocol for a Time-Motion Study in a Cluster Randomized Trial. JMIR Research Protocols doi: 10.2196/13653
- Ingrid Kristina Friberg, Mahima Venkateswaran, Buthaina Ghanem, Frederik Frøen, (2019). Antenatal care data sources and their policy and planning implications: a Palestinian example using the Lives Saved Tool. BMC Public Health s. 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-6427-8
- Mahima Venkateswaran, Binyam Bungudo, Khadija Abu Khader, Tamara Awwad, Ingrid Kristina Friberg, Buthaina Ghanem, Taghreed Hijaz, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Frederik Frøen, (2019). Effective coverage of essential antenatal care interventions: A cross-sectional study of public primary healthcare clinics in the West Bank. PLOS ONE s. 1-15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212635
- Mahima Venkateswaran, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Khadija Abu Khader, Tamara Awwad, Ingrid Kristina Friberg, Buthaina Ghanem, Taghreed Hijaz, Frederik Frøen, (2018). Comparing individual-level clinical data from antenatal records with routine health information systems indicators for antenatal care in the West Bank: A cross-sectional study. PLOS ONE doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207813
- Mahima Venkateswaran, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Buthaina Ghanem, Eatimad Abbas, Itimad Abuward, Mohammad Baniode, Ole Frithjof Norheim, Frederik Frøen, (2018). eRegQual-an electronic health registry with interactive checklists and clinical decision support for improving quality of antenatal care: Study protocol for a cluster randomized trial. Trials s. 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-2386-5
- Vicki Flenady, Aleena M. Wojcieszek, Ingvild Fjeldheim, Ingrid Friberg, Victoria Nankabirwa, Jagrati Jani-Bølstad, Sonja Myhre, Philippa Middleton, Caroline Crowther, David Ellwood, David Tudehope, Robert Pattinson, Jacqueline Ho, Jiji Matthews, Aurora Bermudez Ortega, Mahima Venkateswaran, Doris Chou, Lale Say, Garrett Mehl, Frederik Frøen, (2016). eRegistries: indicators for the WHO Essential Interventions for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth doi: 10.1186/s12884-016-1049-y
- Frederik Frøen, Sonja Myhre, Michael James Frost, Doris Chou, Garrett Mehl, Lale Say, Socheat Cheng, Ingvild Fjeldheim, Ingrid Friberg, Steve French, Jagrati Jani-Bølstad, Jane Kaye, John Lewis, Ane Kathrine Lunde, Kjersti Mørkrid, Victoria Nankabirwa, Linda Nyanchoka, Hollie Stone, Mahima Venkateswaran, Aleena M. Wojcieszek, Marleen Temmerman, Vicki J. Flenady, (2016). eRegistries: Electronic registries for maternal and child health. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth doi: 10.1186/s12884-016-0801-7
- Mahima Venkateswaran, Jahn Frederik Frøen, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, (2019). Attributes and consequences of health information systems data for antenatal care. Health status, health system performance and policy.
- Kiran Bhutada, Mahima Venkateswaran, Maureen Atim, Susan Kyomuhendo Munabi-Babigumira, Victoria Nankabirwa, Flavia Namagembe, Jahn Frederik Frøen, Eleni Papadopoulou, (2024). Erratum: Correction: Factors influencing the uptake of antenatal care in Uganda: a mixed methods systematic review (BMC pregnancy and childbirth (2024) 24 1 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-024-06938-6). BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth doi: 10.1186/s12884-024-07001-0
- Elina Dale, Mahima Venkateswaran, Ingvild Fjeldheim, Eleni Zoumpoulia Papadopoulou, Sonja Lynn Myhre, Unni Gopinathan, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, (2023). Globalt helsearbeid og bærekraft – ingen er trygge før alle er trygge. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet) doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.23.0499
- Mahima Venkateswaran, (2022). CISMAC Webinar series: Preparing for the CISMAC/BCEPS Epidemiology course with Ken Rothman Random Error and the Role of Statistics.
- Tamara Awwad, Mahima Venkateswaran, Marie Hella Lindberg, Khadija Abu Khader, Taghreed Hijaz, Buthaina Ghanem, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Asad Ramlawi, Salman Rand, Frederik Frøen, (2019). Use of the national electronic maternal and child health registry (MCH eRegistry) in primary care clinics in occupied Palestinian territory: a pilot time-motion study. The Lancet s. 18-18. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30604-X
- Mahima Venkateswaran, (2018). eRegistries: Digital health solutions for universal health coverage in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child Health - eRegistries: health systems metrics for antenatal care – some examples .
- Tamara Awwad, Mahima Venkateswaran, Marie Hella Lindberg, Khadija Abu Khader, Taghreed Hijaz, Buthaina Ghanem, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Asad Ramlawi, Rand Salman, Frederik Frøen, (2018). Use of the national electronic maternal and child health registry (MCH eRegistry) in primary care clinics in Palestine: a pilot time-motion study.
- Mervett Isbeih, Mahima Venkateswaran, Tamara Awwad, Buthaina Ghanem, Khadija Abu Khader, Taghreed Hijaz, Mohammad Baniode, Eatimad Abbas, Rand Salman, Asad Ramlawi, Binyam Bungudo, Frederik Frøen, (2018). Maternal and child health and care provision in Palestine: data from the national electronic maternal and child health registry (MCH eRegistry).
- Binyam Bungudo, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Kimberly Frost, Michael James Frost, Mahima Venkateswaran, Ghanem Buthaina, Khadija Abu Khader, Taghreed Hijaz, Asad Ramlawi, Awwad Tamara, Baniode Mohammad, Itimad Al Madhoun, Rand Salman, Frederik Frøen, (2018). eRegCom: Communication strategies from the maternal and child health eRegistry to health care providers and women: A cluster randomized controlled trial protocol.
- Jagrati Jani-Bølstad, Mahima Venkateswaran, Ingvild Fjeldheim, Sonja Myhre, Frederik Frøen, (2016). eRegistries: A Framework for Electronic Registries for Maternal and Child Health.