Browsing School of Public Health by Author "Casale, Marisa"
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Cost and cost-effectiveness of a parenting programme to prevent violence against adolescents in South Africa
Redfern, Alice; Cluver, Lucie D; Casale, Marisa (BMJ Publishing Group, 2019)This paper presents the costs and costeffectiveness of ‘Parenting for Lifelong Health: Sinovuyo Teen’, a non-commercialised parenting programme aimed at preventing violence against adolescents in low-income and middle-income ... -
Decade of research into the acceptability of interventions aimed at improving adolescent and youth health and social outcomes in Africa: a systematic review and evidence map
Casale, Marisa; Somefun, Oluwaseyi Dolapo; Ronnie, Genevieve Haupt; Desmond, Chris (BMJ Open, 2021)Objective Interventions aimed at improving adolescent health and social outcomes are more likely to be successful if the young people they target find them acceptable. However, no standard definitions or indicators exist ... -
Factors that protect children from community violence: applying the INSPIRE Model to a sample of South African Children
Casale, Marisa; Falconer, Suzanne; Kuo, Caroline (Sage journal, 2021-01)Community violence is a prevalent form of interpersonal violence in South Africa for children living in low-income areas. Trauma arising from violence exposure is of concern in contexts where access to treatment is often ... -
Intimate partner violence and HIV sexual risk behaviour among women who inject drugs in Indonesia: a respondent‑driven sampling study Claudia Stoicescu,
Stoicescu, Claudia; Cluver, Lucie D.; Spreckelsen, Thees; Casale, Marisa; Sudewo, Anindita Gabriella; Irwanto (Springer, 2018)Women who inject drugs are disproportionately affected by HIV and intimate partner violence (IPV); however, the link between IPV and HIV remains under-researched among substance-using women in low- and middle-income ... -
Is social support related to better mental health, treatment continuation and success rates among individuals undergoing in-vitro fertilization? Systematic review and metaanalysis protocol
Casale, Marisa; Carlqvist, Anna (Public Library of Science, 2021)Infertility and its treatment via in-vitro fertilization (IVF) represent a global health area of increasing importance. However, the physical and psychological burden of IVF can negatively impact psychological wellbeing, ... -
Mental health in South African adolescents living with HIV: correlates of internalising and externalising symptoms
Boyes, Mark E.; Cluver, Lucie D.; Meinck, Franziska; Casale, Marisa; Newnham, Elizabeth (Taylor & Francis, 2018)Although declining in all other age groups, AIDS-related deaths among adolescents are increasing. In the context of HIV, mental health problems are associated with negative health outcomes, including non-adherence to ... -
Multiple forms of discrimination and internalized stigma compromise retention in HIV care among adolescents: findings from a South African cohort
Casale, Marisa; Pantelic, Marija; Cluver, Lucie Dale (Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)Efficacious antiretroviral treatment (ART) enables people to live long and healthy lives with HIV but young people are dying from AIDS-related causes more than ever before. Qualitative evidence suggest that various forms ... -
Prospective associations between bullying victimisation, internalised stigma, and mental health in South African adolescents living with HIV
Casale, Marisa (Journal of Affective Disorders, 2020)Adolescents living with HIV may be at elevated risk of psychological problems, which are correlated with negative health outcomes. In cross-sectional research with HIV-affected adolescents, bullying victimisation and ... -
STACKing the odds for adolescent survival: health service factors associated with full retention in care and adherence amongst adolescents living with HIV in South Africa
Cluver, Lucie D.; Pantelic, Marija; Toska, Elona; Orkin, Mark; Casale, Marisa; Bungane, Nontuthuzelo; Sherr, Lorraine (Wiley Open Access, 2018)INTRODUCTION: There are two million HIV-positive adolescents in southern Africa, and this group has low retention in care and high mortality. There is almost no evidence to identify which healthcare factors can improve ... -
Suicidal thoughts and behaviour among South African adolescents living with HIV: Can social support buffer the impact of stigma?
Casale, Marisa; Boyes, Mark; Pantelic, Marija; Toska, Elona; Cluver, Lucie D. (Elsevier, 2018)BACKGROUND: Adolescents living with HIV represent a high-risk population for suicidal ideation and attempts, especially in low-income settings. Yet little is known about risk and protective factors for suicide in this ...