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Farzaneh Pazandeh

Assistant Professor in Maternal Health, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

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Biography

Farzaneh Pazandeh is an Assistant Professor in the Midwifery professional group at the School of Health Sciences and a member of the Maternal Health & Wellbeing Research Group. Farzaneh has worked for over 25 years as a midwife, lecturer and researcher of Maternal and Reproductive Health in Iran. She holds an MSc in midwifery education and obtained her PhD in Maternal Health from the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences (University of Leeds-2014) in Maternal Health.

Expertise Summary

Her methodological expertise is qualitative research, mixed methods, action research and Randomised Controlled Trial. Farzaneh has provided consultancy in developing countries as a Midwifery and SRH consultant. She worked in the UNFPA Kabul and Tehran offices as a Midwifery and SRH consultant. She evaluated the midwifery program and developed a strategic plan in the Kabul Medical University and designed the project of assessing Afghan refugee women's maternal health in Iran. She also supervised some projects on reducing maternal mortality.

Teaching Summary

Farzaneh has over 25 years of teaching experience. She joined the School of Health Sciences at the University of Nottingham in 2020. She leads four modules for the BSc Midwifery and MSc in Maternal… read more

Research Summary

Farzaneh conducted qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research on midwifery and reproductive health and published papers in peer-reviewed international journals.

Her research interests include care during early labour and childbirth, promoting evidence-based practice and respectful maternity care, and women's care experiences, particularly from a disadvantaged background (refugee, migrant and ethnic minority groups). Her current research concerns evaluating and using interventions to improve global maternal health quality in developing countries.

Selected Publications

Farzaneh has over 25 years of teaching experience. She joined the School of Health Sciences at the University of Nottingham in 2020. She leads four modules for the BSc Midwifery and MSc in Maternal Health programs, including Global Maternal Health, research skills, and quality improvement in health care.

I have supervised PhD theses on Maternal Health, including projects using action research to implement evidence-based practices during labour and childbirth and developing scales to evaluate women's respectful care experiences in Iran.

Currently, I supervise three international PhD students focusing on Global Maternal Health and have been an internal and external examiner for the PhD thesis in the UK.

Doctoral Supervision

Supatcha Kuakarn: Exploring perceptions of companion during labour and childbirth in Thailand (2021)

Fawziya Alghamdi: Exploring women's childbirth care experiences in Saudi Arabia

Antarini: Mothers' experiences of seeking care during childbirth in Indonesia

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