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How can community engagement in health research be strengthened for infectious disease outbreaks in Sub-Saharan Africa? A scoping review of the literature
(BMC, 2021)Community engagement (CE) is a well-established practical and scholarly field, recognised as core to the science and ethics of health research, for which researchers and practitioners have increasingly asked questions about ... -
How clinicians experience a simulated antiretroviral therapy adherence exercise: A qualitative study
(AOSIS, 2018)BACKGROUND: With the shift of paediatric antiretroviral therapy (ART) from tertiary to primary health care, there has been a need to train clinicians working in primary health care facilities to support adherence to ... -
How equitable is the scaling up of HIV service provision in South Africa?
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2005)OBJECTIVES. To assess the extent of inequalities in availability and utilisation of HIV services across South Africa. DESIGN. Cross-sectional descriptive study. Setting. Three districts reflecting different socio-econ ... -
How gender is socially constructed in policy making processes: a case study of the adolescent and youth health policy in South Africa
(International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023)Background: Gender equality remains an outstanding global priority, more than 25 years after the landmark Beijing Platform for Action. The disconnect between global health policy intentions and implementation is shaped by ... -
How institutional forces, ideas and actors shaped population health planning in Australian regional primary health care organisations
(BioMed Central, 2018)BACKGROUND: Worldwide, there are competing norms driving health system changes and reorganisation. One such norm is that of health systems’ responsibilities for population health as distinct from a focus on clinical ... -
How to navigate the application of ethics norms in global health research: Refections based on qualitative research conducted with people with disabilities in Uganda
(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 ... -
How to use relevant data for maximal benefit with minimal risk: Digital health data governance to protect vulnerable populations in low-income and middle- income countries
(BMJ Global Health, 2019)Globally, the volume of private and personal digital data has massively increased, accompanied by rapid expansion in the generation and use of digital health data. These technological advances promise increased opportunity for ... -
Hubris, humility and humanity: expanding evidence approaches for improving and sustaining community health programmes
(BMC, 2018)Community-based approaches are a critical foundation for many health outcomes, including reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH). Evidence is a vital part of strengthening that foundation, but largely ... -
Human capabilities of South African parents who have children with developmental disabilities
(Aosis, 2023)Background: Parenting a child with a developmental disability (DD) has a substantial influence on the lives of the parents or caregivers, as well as on how the family operates. This is frequently because of the adjustments ... -
Human trafficking and human rights violations in South Africa: Stakeholders' perceptions and the critical role of legislation
(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 ... -
“I attend at Vanguard and I attend here as well”: barriers to accessing healthcare services among older South Africans with HIV and non-communicable diseases
(Springer Nature, 2018)Background: HIV and non-communicable disease (NCD) are syndemic within sub-Saharan Africa especially among older persons. The two epidemics interact with one another within a context of poverty, inequality and inequitable access ... -
“I had made the decision, and no one was going to stop me” -Facilitators of prep adherence during pregnancy and postpartum in cape town, South Africa
(Springer, 2021)PrEP is safe and efective but requires adherence during potential HIV exposure, yet the facilitators of long-term maternal adherence are not well understood. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 25 postpartum women ... -
“I had made the decision, and no one was going to stop me” —facilitators of PREP adherence during pregnancy and postpartum in Cape Town, South Africa
(Springer, 2021-06-03)PrEP is safe and effective but requires adherence during potential HIV exposure, yet the facilitators of long-term maternal adherence are not well understood. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 25 postpartum women ... -
"I was referred from the other side": Gender and HIV testing among older South Africans living with HIV
(Public Library of Science, 2018)South Africa has a Universal Test and Treat (UTT) policy in place to ensure that everyone tests for HIV and can access treatment if they test positive. The aim of this study is to document the pathways that older South ... -
“I would love if there was a young woman to encourage us, to ease our anxiety which we would have if we were alone”: Adapting the mothers2mothers mentor mother model for adolescent mothers living with HIV in Malawi
(Public Library of Science, 2019)Pregnant and post-partum adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa experience inferior outcomes along the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) cascade compared to ... -
“If donors woke up tomorrow and said we can't fund you, what would we do?” A health system dynamics analysis of implementation of PMTCT option B+ in Uganda.
(BioMed Central, 2017)BACKGROUND: In October 2012 Uganda extended its prevention of mother to child HIV transmission (PMTCT) policy to Option B+, providing lifelong antiretroviral treatment for HIV positive pregnant and breastfeeding women. ... -
“If you are circumcised, you are the best”: understandings and perceptions of voluntary medical male circumcision among men from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2015)While the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is increasing, South Africa has only attained 20% of its target to circumcise 80% of adult men by 2015. Understanding the factors influencing uptake is ... -
An illustrated booklet for reinforcing community healthworker knowledge of tuberculosis and facilitating patient counselling
(AOSIS, 2018)Community health workers (CHWs) have facilitated the move to decentralise tuberculosis (TB) management, but lack access to information appropriate both for personal use and in patient interaction and education.To explore ... -
Impact of antenatal antiretroviral drug exposure on the growth of children who are HIV-exposed uninfected: The national South African prevention of mother to child evaluation cohort study
(BMC, 2022)Background: The relationship between in-utero antiretroviral (ARV) drug exposure and child growth needs further study as current data provide mixed messages. We compared postnatal growth in the first 18-months of life ... -
The impact of differing frames on early stages of intersectoral collaboration: The case of the first 1000 days initiative in the Western Cape Province
(Springer Nature, 2020)While intersectoral collaboration is considered valuable and important for achieving health outcomes, there are few examples of successes. The literature on intersectoral collaboration suggests that success relies on a ...