Roosa Sofia Tikkanen
Om
I'm a PhD candidate (2021-25) at the Center for Global Health Inequalities Research (CHAIN), where I study working conditions of community health workers (CHWs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). As front-line primary health care workers, they play a key role in addressing socioeconomic inequalities in health, particularly for maternal and child health outcomes. My research focuses on working conditions of CHWs, examined through feminist political economy theory, as these workers are often female, have a relatively low socioeconomic status, and unpaid workers lacking traditional labor protections. I study movements by CHWs to advocate for stronger labor rights through strikes, protests and unionization. I'm a member of the Norwegian Research School for Global Health (NRSGH), Women in Global Health Norway and Health Systems Global.
Before joining CHAIN, I worked at the Commonwealth Fund, a New York-based philanthrophy where I conducted comparative health policy research including on primary care performance, income-based inequalities, health systems and universal coverage, social spending, and maternal care. Prior to this, I was a Policy Analyst at the Center for Health Law and Policy, University of Massachusetts Medical School in Boston, where I consulted on state-based projects on health services financing and delivery, including community health worker programs in the U.S. My research has also documented racial inequalities in access to and public funding of hospitals in New York. I hold a Masters in Public Health (MPH) from the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, and a Masters in Research (MRes) in Integrative Biology and a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Neuroscience from the University of Manchester, England. See full CV for further details on my professional background.
Forskning
Publikasjoner
Breaking the silence on gendered harassment and assault of community health workers: an analysis of ethnographic studies
This paper explores violence and harassment faced by community health workers, an exceptionally vulnerable cadre that often lacks institutional, physical, financial and social protection. The paper includes suggestions from CHWs on addressing the problem
An anthropological history of Nepal's Female Community Health Volunteer program: gender, policy, and social change
Our analysis highlights how issues of gender, workload, and pay have persisted in Nepal's Female Community Health Volunteer Program during the 35-year history of the program.
2024
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Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia;
Closser, Svea;
Prince, Justine;
Chand, Priyankar;
Justice, Judith.
(2024)
An anthropological history of Nepal's Female Community Health Volunteer program: gender, policy, and social change.
International Journal for Equity in Health
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2023
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Closser, Svea;
Sultan, Marium;
Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia;
Singh, Shalini;
Majidulla, Arman;
Maes, Kenneth.
(2023)
Breaking the silence on gendered harassment and assault of community health workers: An analysis of ethnographic studies.
BMJ Global Health
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2022
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Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia.
(2022)
[Protocol] Scoping Review Protocol on community health worker views of their remuneration arrangements and collective labor movements in low- and middle-income countries.
Annet produkt
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FitzGerald, Molly;
Gunja, Munira;
Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia.
(2022)
Primary Care in High-Income Countries: How the United States Compares.
The Commonwealth Fund Washington, DC
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2021
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Doty, Michelle M;
Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia;
FitzGerald, Molly;
Fields, Katharine;
Williams, Reginald D.
(2021)
Income-Related Inequality In Affordability And Access To Primary Care In Eleven High-Income Countries.
Health Affairs
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia;
Osborn, Robin.
(2021)
International Lessons for the United States on Population Health, Health Care, and Health Policy.
The University Press of Kentucky
Faglig kapittel
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Zephyrin, Laurie;
Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia.
(2021)
The U.S. Has an Abysmal Track Record for Maternal Health.
Ms.
Kronikk
2020
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Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia;
Schneider, Eric C.
(2020)
Social Spending to Improve Population Health — Does the United States Spend as Wisely as Other Countries?.
New England Journal of Medicine
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Doty, Michelle M;
Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia;
Shah, Arnav;
Schneider, Eric C.
(2020)
Primary Care Physicians’ Role In Coordinating Medical And Health-Related Social Needs In Eleven Countries.
Health Affairs
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia;
Shah, Arnav;
Schneider, Eric C.
(2020)
The Role of Primary Care Practices in Screening for Patient Social Needs in the United States and Other High-Income Countries.
Health Services Research (HSR)
Sammendrag/abstract
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Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia;
Robin, Osborn;
Elias, Mossialos;
Ana, Djordjevic;
George, Wharton.
(2020)
2020 International Profiles of Health Care Systems.
The Commonwealth Fund
Rapport
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Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia;
Wharton, George;
Djordjevic, Ana;
Mossialos, Elias;
Williams, Reginald II.
(2020)
A new resource to understand how countries have responded to COVID-19.
London School of Economics and Political Science Blog
Kronikk
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Zephyrin, Laurie;
Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia.
(2020)
The shameful abundance of birth- and pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S.
STAT
Kronikk
2017
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Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia;
Woolhandler, Steffie;
Himmelstein, David U;
Kressin, Nancy R;
Hanchate, Amresh;
Lin, Meng-Yun.
(2017)
Hospital Payer and Racial/Ethnic Mix at Private Academic Medical Centers in Boston and New York City.
International Journal of Health Services
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia;
Steffie, Woolhandler;
David, Himmelstein.
(2017)
FUNDING CHARITY CARE IN NEW YORK: An Examination of Indigent Care Pool Allocations.
New York State Health Foundation
Rapport
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Katharine, London;
Kelly, Love;
Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia.
(2017)
Sustainable Financing Models for Community Health Worker Services in Connecticut: Translating Science into Practice.
Connecticut Health Foundation
Rapport
2016
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Katharine, London;
Kelly, Love;
Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia.
(2016)
Sustainable Financing Models for Community Health Worker Services in Maine.
Commonwealth Medicine Publications
Rapport
Tidsskriftspublikasjoner
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Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia;
Closser, Svea;
Prince, Justine;
Chand, Priyankar;
Justice, Judith.
(2024)
An anthropological history of Nepal's Female Community Health Volunteer program: gender, policy, and social change.
International Journal for Equity in Health
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Closser, Svea;
Sultan, Marium;
Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia;
Singh, Shalini;
Majidulla, Arman;
Maes, Kenneth.
(2023)
Breaking the silence on gendered harassment and assault of community health workers: An analysis of ethnographic studies.
BMJ Global Health
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
FitzGerald, Molly;
Gunja, Munira;
Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia.
(2022)
Primary Care in High-Income Countries: How the United States Compares.
The Commonwealth Fund Washington, DC
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Doty, Michelle M;
Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia;
FitzGerald, Molly;
Fields, Katharine;
Williams, Reginald D.
(2021)
Income-Related Inequality In Affordability And Access To Primary Care In Eleven High-Income Countries.
Health Affairs
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Zephyrin, Laurie;
Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia.
(2021)
The U.S. Has an Abysmal Track Record for Maternal Health.
Ms.
Kronikk
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Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia;
Schneider, Eric C.
(2020)
Social Spending to Improve Population Health — Does the United States Spend as Wisely as Other Countries?.
New England Journal of Medicine
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Doty, Michelle M;
Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia;
Shah, Arnav;
Schneider, Eric C.
(2020)
Primary Care Physicians’ Role In Coordinating Medical And Health-Related Social Needs In Eleven Countries.
Health Affairs
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia;
Shah, Arnav;
Schneider, Eric C.
(2020)
The Role of Primary Care Practices in Screening for Patient Social Needs in the United States and Other High-Income Countries.
Health Services Research (HSR)
Sammendrag/abstract
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Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia;
Wharton, George;
Djordjevic, Ana;
Mossialos, Elias;
Williams, Reginald II.
(2020)
A new resource to understand how countries have responded to COVID-19.
London School of Economics and Political Science Blog
Kronikk
-
Zephyrin, Laurie;
Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia.
(2020)
The shameful abundance of birth- and pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S.
STAT
Kronikk
-
Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia;
Woolhandler, Steffie;
Himmelstein, David U;
Kressin, Nancy R;
Hanchate, Amresh;
Lin, Meng-Yun.
(2017)
Hospital Payer and Racial/Ethnic Mix at Private Academic Medical Centers in Boston and New York City.
International Journal of Health Services
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Del av bok/rapport
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Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia;
Osborn, Robin.
(2021)
International Lessons for the United States on Population Health, Health Care, and Health Policy.
The University Press of Kentucky
Faglig kapittel
Rapport
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Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia;
Robin, Osborn;
Elias, Mossialos;
Ana, Djordjevic;
George, Wharton.
(2020)
2020 International Profiles of Health Care Systems.
The Commonwealth Fund
Rapport
-
Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia;
Steffie, Woolhandler;
David, Himmelstein.
(2017)
FUNDING CHARITY CARE IN NEW YORK: An Examination of Indigent Care Pool Allocations.
New York State Health Foundation
Rapport
-
Katharine, London;
Kelly, Love;
Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia.
(2017)
Sustainable Financing Models for Community Health Worker Services in Connecticut: Translating Science into Practice.
Connecticut Health Foundation
Rapport
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Katharine, London;
Kelly, Love;
Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia.
(2016)
Sustainable Financing Models for Community Health Worker Services in Maine.
Commonwealth Medicine Publications
Rapport
PRODUKT
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Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia.
(2022)
[Protocol] Scoping Review Protocol on community health worker views of their remuneration arrangements and collective labor movements in low- and middle-income countries.
Annet produkt
Undervisning
Emner
Course director
- NTNU POL3802 Building Future-Proof Health Systems, Spring 2022
- NTNU POL3802 Building Future-Proof Health Systems, Spring 2023
Guest lecturer
- NTNU: Health Inequalities In Norway. Course on ‘Welfare State and Health Policy: Challenges, Reforms and New Priorities’ (Professor Pål Erling Martinussen), Fall 2023
- Princeton University: Maternal and Child Health: Social Inequalities in International Perspective. Course on ‘Social Determinants of Health’ (Professor Sanyu Mojola), Spring 2023
- NTNU: Health and Inequality in Norway. Course on ‘Norwegian Society’ (Professor Stefan Geiss). Fall 2022
- NTNU: Health Inequalities In Norway. Course on ‘Welfare State and Health Policy: Challenges, Reforms and New Priorities’ (Professor Pål Erling Martinussen), Fall 2022
- Paris School of International Affairs, SciencesPo: Primary Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries’. Course on ‘Health Systems Strengthening and Global Health (Professor G Dedet), Spring 2022
- Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine: ‘The U.S. Health Care System in International Perspective’. Course on ‘Health Systems, Policy, and Management’ (Professor J Leeman), Spring 2021
- State University of New York (SUNY) Old Westbury, Public Health: ‘The Right to Health Care in Other Countries: A Human Rights Perspective’. Course on ‘Health and Human Rights’ (Instructor: A Djordjevic), Spring 2020
- Hunter College School of Urban Public Health, City University of New York (CUNY): ‘Hospital Racial/Ethnic and Insurance Segregation in New York City’. Course on ‘Urban Studies, Healthcare Systems and Health Policy’ (Professors S Woolhandler, D Himmelstein), Fall 2018
- New York University (NYU) Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service: ‘Using Measurement to Compare Country Health Systems and Improve Performance’. Course on ‘Comparative Analysis of Health Systems’ (Professor VG Rodwin), Fall 2018
- American Medical Student Association Healthcare For All Scholars Program: ‘Is this just an American issue? An Overview of Health Care Access in Other Countries’, Spring 2018
- Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical School: ‘Hospital Care in New York City: Segregation by Race/Ethnicity and Insurance Status’. David Rogers Health Policy Colloquium, Fall 2017
Veiledning
Vår 2022 - SOS3003 - Applied Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences
Formidling
2024
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ProgramdeltagelseTikkanen, Roosa Sofia. (2024) Women Community Health Workers: From Volunteers to Careers. Women in Global Health (Zoom/YouTube) Women in Global Health (Zoom/YouTube) [Internett] 2024-03-19
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Vitenskapelig foredragTikkanen, Roosa Sofia; Pokhrel, Sushmita; Ghimire, Usha; Neupane, Biraj. (2024) Current Opportunities and Challenges in Community Health Worker Governance in Federal Nepal. Martin Chautari Chautari Annual Conference 2024 , Kathmandu 2024-11-27 - 2024-11-29
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IntervjuTikkanen, Roosa Sofia; Ungar, Laura. (2024) Europe offers clues for solving America’s maternal mortality crisis. Associated Press Associated Press [Internett] 2024-08-22
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IntervjuTikkanen, Roosa Sofia; Ungar, Laura. (2024) Takeaways from AP’s report on what the US can learn from other nations about maternal deaths. Associated Press Associated Press [Internett] 2024-08-22
2023
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IntervjuTikkanen, Roosa Sofia; Pratap, Anita. (2023) What makes Finland the happiest place on earth. The Week [India] The Week [India] [Tidsskrift] 2023-04-23
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IntervjuTikkanen, Roosa Sofia; Pratap, Anita. (2023) Decoding the Nordics' infrastructure of happiness. The Week [India] The Week [India] [Tidsskrift] 2023-04-23
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Faglig foredragTikkanen, Roosa Sofia. (2023) Reforming Community-Based Health Care Workforce Policy in Nepal: Current Challenges and Opportunities in the Context of Federalization. Bergen Pandemic Centre, Kathmandu University Norway Nepal Global Health Conference 2023 , Dhulikhel 2023-03-29 - 2023-03-29
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Populærvitenskapelig foredragTikkanen, Roosa Sofia. (2023) Valuing Female Volunteer Community Health Workers in Nepal and India: Examining payment policies and labor movements through a gender lens. Women in Global Health (WGH) Norway, University of Oslo Ensuring Equity and Equality for Women Globally - Solidarity on International Women's Day , Oslo 2023-03-08 - 2023-03-08
2020
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Vitenskapelig foredragTikkanen, Roosa Sofia; Shah, Arnav; Schneider, Eric C. (2020) The Role of Primary Care Practices in Screening for Patient Social Needs in the United States and Other High-Income Countries. AcademyHealth AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) , Virtual 2020-07-28 - 2020-08-06
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PosterTikkanen, Roosa Sofia; Shah, Arnav; Schneider, Eric C. (2020) The Quadruple Aim in an International Context: US Primary Care Physicians Are More Dissatisfied, Stressed and Burdened with Administrative Tasks Than Those in Other High-Income Countries. AcademyHealth AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) , Virtual 2020-07-28 - 2020-08-06
2019
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Vitenskapelig foredragTikkanen, Roosa Sofia; Hayes, Susan; FitzGerald, Molly. (2019) Dying Mothers: How Do Individual U.S. States Rank Globally and What Can be Done to Reduce Maternal Mortality?. AcademyHealth AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) 2019 , Washington, DC 2019-06-02 - 2019-06-04
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PosterTikkanen, Roosa Sofia; Lewis, Corinne; Shah, Arnav; Schneider, Eric C. (2019) US Social Spending and Health Outcomes in an International Context: Getting the Balance Right. AcademyHealth AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) 2019 , Washington, DC 2019-06-02 - 2019-06-04
2017
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Vitenskapelig foredragLondon, Katharine; Tikkanen, Roosa Sofia. (2017) Developing cost-effective, evidence-based, sustainable financing models for Community Health Worker services: A step-by-step guide. American Public Health Association (APHA) American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting & Expo , Atlanta, GA, USA 2017-11-04 - 2017-11-08