Mercedes Vila Ortiz

About me

I am a PhD student at the Department of Global Public Health of Karolinska Institutet and a researcher at Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales, a WHO collaborating centre in Argentina. I am a social scientist focusing my research in maternal and sexual and reproductive health. My PhD project is about power relations and agency in decision-making on mode of birth in Argentina. It is nested in an implementation study called "Appropriate use of caesarean section through QUALity DECision-making by women and providers", which aims at optimizing the use of caesarean section through the implementation of non-clinical interventions targeted at healthcare providers and hospital management, as well as women and labour companions.

Journal article: CULTURE HEALTH & SEXUALITY. 2024;:1-16
Trusted networks: a study of communication flow and access to abortion information in Argentina
Ortiz MV; Tiseyra MV; Romero M; Neer AF; Cuenya AM; Kagesten A; Lavelanet A; Thorson A; Lu X; Cleeve A
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2024;14(1):e073617
Multicountry research on comprehensive abortion policy implementation in Latin America: a mixed-methods study protocol
Gialdini C; Michel AR; Romero M; Ramos S; Carroli G; Carroli B; de Leon RGP; Ortiz MV; Lavelanet A
Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2023;16(1):2290636
Implementing the QUALI-DEC project in Argentina, Burkina Faso, Thailand and Viet Nam: a process delineation and theory-driven process evaluation protocol
Cleeve A; Annerstedt KS; Betran AP; Alvesson HM; Wendyam CK; Carroli G; Lumbiganon P; Hung MQN; Zamboni K; Opiyo N; Bohren MA; El Halabi S; Gialdini C; Ortiz MV; Escuriet R; Robson M; Dumont A; Hanson C
Article: REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. 2023;20(1):122
A bit of medical paternalism? A qualitative study on power relations between women and healthcare providers when deciding on mode of birth in five public maternity wards of Argentina
Ortiz MV; Gialdini C; Hanson C; Betran AP; Carroli G; Alvesson HM
Article: SALUD COLECTIVA. 2022;18:e4059
[Barriers in access to legal abortion in the public health system in two Argentine jurisdictions: Rosario and Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, 2019-2020].
Tiseyra MV; Vila Ortiz M; Romero M; Abalos E; Ramos S