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Mergy Gayatri B.App.Sc., MSc

DPhil student mergy.gayatri@stx.ox.ac.uk

Biography

I am a midwife with +10 years of experience in maternal health, midwifery, research, and education. I graduated with a B. App. Sc in Midwifery (University of 'Aisyiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia) and an MSc in Midwifery (The University of Nottingham, UK). In addition to my main job of teaching and preparing future Indonesian midwives at Universitas Brawijaya Indonesia, I led initiatives with paramount issues that need to be addressed in maternal health and urgently faced by women in developing countries.

Before joining the NPEU, with Summit Institute for Development, I contributed to the development of OptiBP: Cuffless optical blood pressure measurement, which provides a crosscut solution to detect hypertension in pregnant women and the general population, and the BUNDA App.

My research interests focus on the quality of maternal and neonatal service delivery. I am currently studying DPhil in Population Health, focusing on intermittent auscultation fetal monitoring during labor in low- and middle-income countries, supervised by Associate Professor Rachel Rowe, and Associate Professor Manisha Nair. This study aims to improve the quality of fetal heart rate monitoring done by midwives in low-resource settings.

Publications

Gayatri, M., Akingbade, O., Adesuyi, E. O., Oyekale, R. A., Oluwabunmi, F. V., Olufayo, G. O., Kusumaningtyas, D., & Sujarwoto, S. (2022). Support in the Battle against COVID-19: A National Qualitative Study among Midwives in Indonesia. Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 24(3), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.25159/2520-5293/11871

Gayatri, M., Akingbade, O., Adesuyi, E. O., Pirade, R. A., Antwerpen, N. V., Sari, N. P., & Sutrisno, S. (2021). Compliance with Standard Precautions among Midwives during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Midwifery, 6(1), 94–105.

Gayatri, M., Akingbade, O., Adesuyi, E. O., van Antwerpen, N., Herlina, M., & Laksono, A. D. (2022). Midwives' Risk Perception of and Preventive Behavioural Responses to COVID-19. Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery.

Gayatri, M., App, B., Indriani, A., Akingbade, O., Mulyadi, J., & App, B. (2022). Verbal Autopsy of Preeclampsia-related Maternal Death in Jember District, Indonesia: A Case Control Study. Bahrain Medical Bulletin, 44(4).

Gayatri, M., Fathiyyah, N., Mulyadi, J., Wardani, D. S., & Indrawan, I. W. A. (2022). Anaemia and Family Income are associated with Preeclampsia Maternal Death in Jember District, Indonesia. Asian Journal of Health Research, 1(2), 35–39.

Gayatri, M., Indriani, A., Akingbade, O., Pratiwi, N. A. J., Pratiwi, D. K. S., Pirade, R. A., Setijowati, N., & Sutrisno, S. (2022). Risk Factors for Primary Postpartum Haemorrhage-related Maternal Deaths: Evidence from Maternal Verbal Autopsy in Jember District, Indonesia. Bahrain Medical Bulletin, 44(4).

Gayatri, M., Kusumaningtyas, D., Pramesti, L. D., & Karomah, S. (2022). Faktor Pemungkin dan Penguat Perilaku Ibu Membawa Anaknya ke Pos Pelayanan Terpadu (Posyandu). Journal of Issues in Midwifery, 6(3).

Gayatri, M., Pratiwi, D. K. S., Pratiwi, N. A. J., Sutrisno, S., & Arsana, I. W. A. (2022). The Relationship Between Obstetric Factors and Postpartum Haemorrhage Maternal Deaths in Jember District. Devotion Journal of Community Service, 3(10), 953–961.

Gayatri, M., & Rokhanawati, D. (2012). Beban Ganda pada Ibu Selama Kehamilan dengan Status Ekonomi Rendah di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Mergangsan Yogyakarta.

Gayatri, M., Silvani, Y., Pirade, R., Akingbade, O., Harjo, I., & Hastuti, N. (2023). Javanese Women's Experiences during the First Pregnancy. Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 28(6), 735–739.

Gayatri, M., Sutrisno, S., Rahardjo, B., Agustasari, K. I., Kusumaningtyas, D., Fransiska, R. D., Gumanti, K. A., & Akingbade, O. (2022). Edukasi Optimalisasi 1000 Hari Pertama Kehidupan Sebagai Upaya Menurunkan Angka Kematian Ibu. Abdi: Jurnal Pengabdian Dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat, 4(2), 327–332.

Gayatri, M., Sutrisno, S., Sari, N. P., Irwanto, Y., Purwaningtyas, R., Bambang, Indriani, A., & Hevy, N. (2022). Webinar: Situasi Kematian Ibu di Jawa Timur pada Awal Pandemi COVID-19. JENIUS: Journal of Scientific and Social Community Service / Articles, 1(2).

Maitanmi, J. O., Folorunso, O., Adesokan, Z. O., Maitanmi, B. T., Gayatri, M., & Akingbade, O. (2023). Midwives' attitudes to and practice of prevention of nosocomial infections in Nigeria. African Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, 17(3), 1–9.

Tamrat, T., Setiyawati, Y. D., Barreix, M., Gayatri, M., Rinjani, S. O., Pasaribu, M. P., Geissbuhler, A., Shankar, A. H., & Tunçalp, Ö. (2023). Exploring perceptions and operational considerations for use of a smartphone application to self-monitor blood pressure in pregnancy in Lombok, Indonesia: Protocol for a qualitative study. BMJ Open, 13(12), e073875.

Wang, S., Li, L. Z., van Antwerpen, N., Suparman, S., Gayatri, M., Sari, N. P., & Zhang, S. X. (2021). Hand Hygiene and Mask-Wearing Practices during COVID-19 among Healthcare Workers: Misinformation as a Predictor. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 105(6), 1483–1489.