Browsing by Author "Zarowsky, Christina"
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Disability and sexual and reproductive health service utilisation in Uganda: an intersectional analysis of demographic and health surveys between 2006 and 2016
Zinszer, Kate; Yuan, Mengru; Zarowsky, Christina; Mac‑Seing, Muriel (BMC public health, 2022)Background: The United Nations through universal health coverage, including sexual and reproductive health (SRH), pledges to include all people, leaving no one behind. However, people with disabilities continue to ... -
Ease and equity of access to free DR-TB services in Nigeria- a qualitative analysis of policies, structures and processes
Oga-Omenka, Charity; Bada, Florence; Agbaje, Aderonke; Dakum, Patrick; Menzies, Dick; Zarowsky, Christina (BioMed Central Ltd, 2020)Introduction: Persistent low rates of case notification and treatment coverage reflect that accessing diagnosis and treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in Nigeria remains a challenge, even though it is ... -
Engagement of non-government organisations and community care workers in collaborative TB/HIV activities including prevention of mother to child transmission in South Africa: Opportunities and challenges
Uwimana, Jeannine; Zarowsky, Christina; Hausler, Harry (BMC, 2012)The implementation of collaborative TB/HIV activities may help to mitigate the impact of the dual epidemic on patients and communities. Such implementation requires integrated interventions across facilities and levels of ... -
Experiences of lifestyle change among women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM): A behavioural diagnosis using the COM-B model in a low-income setting
Muhwava, Lorrein Shamiso; Murphy, Katherine; Zarowsky, Christina (PLOS ONE, 2019)Lifestyle change can reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes among women with prior gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). While understanding women’s lived experiences and views around GDM is critical to the development ... -
Factors influencing diagnosis and treatment initiation for multidrug-resistant/rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in six sub-Saharan African countries: A mixed-methods systematic review
Zarowsky, Christina; Oga-Omenka, Charity; Tseja-Akinrin, Azhee (BMJ Publishing Group, 2020)Drug-resistant tuberculosis burdens fragile health systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), complicated by high prevalence of HIV. Several African countries reported large gaps between estimated incidence and diagnosed or ... -
Global health research, partnership, and equity: no more business-as-usual
Zarowsky, Christina (BioMed Central, 2011)The papers in this important collection reflect a mature and confident way of doing global health research which is anything but business-as-usual. In the context of increasing competition for individual or institutional ... -
Health system barriers to implementation of collaborative TB and HIV activities including prevention of mother to child transmission in South Africa
Uwimana, Jeannine; Jackson, Debra; Hausler, Harry; Zarowsky, Christina (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)In South Africa, the control of TB and HIV co-infection remains a major challenge despite the availability of international and national guidelines for integration of TB and HIV services. This study was undertaken in ... -
How to navigate the application of ethics norms in global health research: Refections based on qualitative research conducted with people with disabilities in Uganda
Mac‑Seing, Muriel; Ringuette, Louise; Zarowsky, Christina (BMC, 2021)As Canadian global health researchers who conducted a qualitative study with adults with and with‑ out disabilities in Uganda, we obtained ethics approval from four institutional research ethics boards (two in Canada and ... -
Human trafficking and human rights violations in South Africa: Stakeholders' perceptions and the critical role of legislation
Aransiola, Joshua; Zarowsky, Christina (Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2014)This article examines the perspectives of governmental and nongovernmental stakeholders in South Africa on the dynamics of human trafficking in South Africa, and on efforts to protect the human rights of rescued victims ... -
Integrated management of Type 2 diabetes and Gestational diabetes in the context of multi-morbidity in Africa: A systematic review
Mutabazi, Jean Claude; Norris, Shane; Zarowsky, Christina (Ubiquity Press, 2022)Many adults diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) also have other known or unknown comorbid conditions. The rising prevalence of GDM and T2DM within a broader context ... -
Integrating gestational diabetes screening and care and Type 2 diabetes mellitus prevention after GDM into community based primary health care in South Africa- mixed method study
Mutabazi, Jean Claude; Norris, Shane; Zarowsky, Christina (Ubiquity Press, 2022)Despite high gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) prevalence in South Africa (9.1% in 2018), its screening and management are not well integrated into routine primary health care and poorly linked to post-GDM prevention ... -
Integrating the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV into primary healthcare services after AIDS denialism in South Africa: perspectives of experts and health care workers - a qualitative study
Zarowsky, Christina; Mutabazi, Jean Claude; Gray, Corie (Springer Nature, 2020)Integrating Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) programmes into routine health services under complex socio-political and health system conditions is a priority and a challenge. The successful rollout of ... -
Intimate partner violence during pregnancy in Zimbabwe: across-sectional study of prevalence, predictors and associations with HIV
Shamu, Simukai; Abrahams, Naeemah; Zarowsky, Christina; Shefer, Tamara; Temmerman, Marleen (Public Library of Science, 2013)objective To describe the occurrence, dynamics and predictors of intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy, including links with HIV, in urban Zimbabwe. methods A cross-sectional survey of 2042 post-natal women ... -
Intimate partner violence, forced first sex and adverse pregnancy outcomes in a sample of Zimbabwean women accessing maternal and child health care
Shamu, Simukai; Munjanja, Stephen; Zarowsky, Christina; Shamu, Patience; Temmerman, Marleen; Abrahams, Naeemah (BioMed Central, 2018)BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) remains a serious problem with a wide range of health consequences including poor maternal and newborn health outcomes. We assessed the relationship between IPV, forced first ... -
Linkage into care among newly diagnosed HIV-positive individuals tested through outreach and facility-based HIV testing models in Mbeya, Tanzania: a prospective mixed-method cohort study
Sanga, Erica Samson; Lerebo, Wondwossen; Mushi, Adiel K.; Clowes, Petra; Olomi, Willyhelmina; Maboko, Leonard; Zarowsky, Christina (BMJ Publishing Group, 2017)OBJECTIVE: Linkage to care is the bridge between HIV testing and HIV treatment, care and support. In Tanzania, mobile testing aims to address historically low testing rates. Linkage to care was reported at 14% in 2009 ... -
Opportunities and obstacles to screening pregnant women for intimate partner violence during antenatal care in Zimbabwe
Shamu, Simukai; Abrahams, Naeemah; Temmerman, Marleen; Zarowsky, Christina (Taylor & Francis, 2013)Pregnancy offers an opportunity for midwives to recognise and respond to women experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV). However, most antenatal care interventions have been conducted in private specialist services ... -
Perspectives on the psychological and emotional burden of having gestational diabetes amongst low-income women in Cape Town, South Africa
Zarowsky, Christina; Muhwava, Lorrein Shamiso; Murphy, Katherine M. (Springer Nature, 2020)Background: The diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) may affect women's mental wellbeing, functioning and quality of life, with potentially negative effects on treatment adherence. Identifying and addressing ... -
Policies and clinical practices relating to the management of gestational diabetes mellitus in the public health sector, South Africa – a qualitative study
Muhwava, Lorrein Shamiso; Murphy, Katherine; Zarowsky, Christina; Levitt, Naomi (BioMed Central, 2018)BACKGROUND: Women with a prior gestational diabetes have an increased lifetime risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Although post-partum follow-up for GDM women is essential to prevent progression to type 2 diabetes, it is ... -
Policy implementation challenges and barriers to access sexual and reproductive health services faced by people with disabilities: An intersectional analysis of policy actors’ perspectives in post-conflict Northern Uganda
Mac-Seing, Muriel; Ochola, Emmanuel; Zarowsky, Christina (Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2021)Emerging from a 20-year armed conflict, Uganda adopted several laws and policies to protect the rights of people with disabilities, including their sexual and reproductive health (SRH) rights. However, the SRH rights ... -
Policy implementation challenges and barriers to access sexual and reproductive health services faced by people with disabilities: An intersectional analysis of policy actors’ perspectives in post-conflict Northern Uganda
Mac-Seing, Muriel; Ochola, Emmanuel; Zarowsky, Christina (Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2022)Emerging from a 20-year armed conflict, Uganda adopted several laws and policies to protect the rights of people with disabilities, including their sexual and reproductive health (SRH) rights. However, the SRH rights ...