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A multi-component theory-based behaviour change intervention to increase HIV self–testing uptake and linkage to HIV prevention, care and treatment among hard to reach adults in Northern Tanzania

Author: Njau, Bernard Joseph Date: 2021 To achieve the WHO targets of 95–95–95 by 2030, whereby 95% of all people living with HIV (PLHIV) know their status, 95 % of all people with an HIV diagnosis receive sustained antiretroviral therapy (ART), and 95 % of all people receiving ART ... Read more
A qualitative study of the experiences of care and motivation for effective self-management among diabetic and hypertensive patients attending public sector primary health care services in South Africa

Author: Murphy, Katherine ; Chuma, Thandie ; Mathews, Catherine ; Steyn, Krisela ; Levitt, Naomi Date: 01 Aug 2015 Background: Diabetes and hypertension constitute a significant and growing burden of disease in South Africa. Presently, few patients are achieving adequate levels of control. In an effort to improve outcomes, the Department of Health is ... Read more
A systematic review of qualitative evidence on factors enabling and deterring uptake of HIV self-testing in Africa

Author: Njau, Bernard ; Covin, Christopher ; Lisasi, Esther ; Damian, Damian ; Mushi, Declare ; Boulle, Andrew ; Mathews, Catherine Date: 15 Oct 2019 Abstract Background More than 40% of adults in Sub-Saharan Africa are unaware of their HIV status. HIV self-testing (HIVST) is a novel approach with a potential to increase uptake of HIV testing ... Read more
Acceptance and access : home-based HIV counselling and testing and barriers to care in rural Western Kenya

Author: Nakao, Jolene H Date: 2009 Home-based HIV counselling and testing (HBCT) is a wayt to provide confidential HIV testing in a person's home. As home-based testing has not yet been evaluated on a wide scale in Kenya among adult individuals [over age 15], this project is ... Read more
The benefits and harms of surveying adolescents about intimate partner violence and verbal, physical and sexual abuse by Tracy McClinton Appollis.

Author: McClinton Appollis Tracy Date: 2013 Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references. Read more
Changes to the law on consent in South Africa: implications for school-based adolescent sexual and reproductive health research

Author: Zuch, Melanie ; Mason-Jones, Amanda ; Mathews, Catherine ; Henley, Lesley Date: 2012 BACKGROUND:The National Health Act, No 61, 2003 in South Africa is the first effort made by the government to protect health-related research participants under law. Implemented on March 1, 2012, the law mandates active consent from a parent ... Read more c b
Condom use and sexuality communication with adults: a study among high school students in South Africa and Tanzania

Author: Namisi, Francis ; Aaro, Leif ; Kaaya, Sylvia ; Onya, Hans ; Wubs, Annegreet ; Mathews, Catherine Date: 2013 BACKGROUND: Fostering adolescents' communication on sexuality issues with their parents and other significant adults is often assumed to be an important component of intervention programmes aimed at promoting healthy adolescent sexual practices. ... Read more c b
The development and evaluation of a smoking cessation programme for disadvantaged pregnant women in South Africa

Author: Everett-Murphy Katherine Date: 2011 Studies of smoking during pregnancy in South Africa have found exceptionally high smoking rates among disadvantaged women of mixed ethnic descent (46%) (Steyn et al., 1997; Petersen et al., 2009a). As a consequence, these women are at high ... Read more
Evaluating the implementation of Options for Health in the Western Cape: an intervention aimed at increasing ARV adherence and reducing sexual risk among people on ARVs in Cape Town, South Africa

Author: Dewing, Sarah Date: 2012 Options for Health is an evidence-based intervention for reducing sexual risk behaviour among people living with HIV. Options has been proposed as a feasible strategy for integrating HIV prevention with care and supporting adherence to ... Read more
An evaluation of a provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC) intervention for patients with sexually transmitted infections in Cape Town, South Africa

Author: Leon, Natalie H Date: 2011 The objectives of the study were to assess the impact of a PITC intervention on HIV test uptake rates and on access to HIV care, to evaluate the extent to which ethical principles were upheld in its implementation, and to examine the influence ... Read more
An exploration of the nature of contemporaty adolescents' intimate relationships

Author: Gevers, Aník Date: 2013 Intimate relationships in adolescence play an important role in psychosocial development and can impact on relationships during adulthood. There is a need for evidence-based interventions to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV), promote ... Read more
Exploring motivation to notify and barriers to partner notification of sexually transmitted infections in South Africa

Author: Wood, Julia M Date: 2017 Objectives: This article will review qualitative data from intervention-based counselling sessions to explore barriers to partner notification for men and women who have contracted sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in a township community ... Read more
Exploring motivation to notify and barriers to partner notification of sexually transmitted infections in South Africa: a qualitative study

Author: Wood, Julia M ; Harries, Jane ; Kalichman, Moira ; Kalichman, Seth ; Nkoko, Koena ; Mathews, Catherine Date: 06 Aug 2018 Background This article will review qualitative data from intervention-based counselling sessions to explore barriers to partner notification (PN) for South African men and women who have contracted sexually transmitted ... Read more
Factors affecting men’s support for the use of the contraceptive implant by their female intimate partners

Author: Jonas, Kim ; Kalichman, Moira ; Kalichman, Seth ; Morroni, Chelsea ; Mathews, Catherine Date: 23 Nov 2020 Abstract Background Family planning services have been available at no cost in the public health settings of South Africa since 1994, and now include the long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) namely, the contraceptive implant and ... Read more
Factors influencing adolescent girls and young women’s participation in a combination HIV prevention intervention in South Africa

Author: McClinton Appollis, Tracy ; Duby, Zoe ; Jonas, Kim ; Dietrich, Janan ; Maruping, Kealeboga ; Abdullah, Fareed ; Slingers, Nevilene ; Mathews, Catherine Date: 27 Feb 2021 Background For interventions to reach those they are intended for, an understanding of the factors that influence their participation, as well as the facilitators and barriers of participation are needed. This study explores ... Read more c b a
Factors that influence adolescents condom use decision-making in the Western Cape, South Africa

Author: Davids, Eugene Lee Date: 2019 This study explores factors that influence condom use decision-making of adolescents from two schools in the Western Cape, South Africa. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data generated from 16 individual semi-structured interviews. ... Read more
The failure of routine rapid HIV testing: a case study of improving low sensitivity in the field

Author: Wolpaw, Benjamin ; Mathews, Catherine ; Chopra, Mickey ; Hardie, Diana ; de Azevedo, Virginia ; Jennings, Karen ; Lurie, Mark Date: 2010 BACKGROUND:The rapid HIV antibody test is the diagnostic tool of choice in low and middle-income countries. Previous evidence suggests that rapid HIV diagnostic tests may underperform in the field, failing to detect a substantial number of ... Read more c b
Feasibility of an HIV self-testing intervention: a formative qualitative study among individuals, community leaders, and HIV testing experts in northern Tanzania

Author: Njau, Bernard ; Lisasi, Esther ; Damian, Damian J ; Mushi, Declare L ; Boulle, Andrew ; Mathews, Catherine Date: 15 Apr 2020 Background Achieving the 95–95-95 global targets by 2030, innovative HIV testing models, such as HIV self-testing are needed for people, who are unaware of their HIV status. We aimed to explore key informants, mountain climbing ... Read more
The impact of provider-initiated (opt-out) HIV testing and counseling of patients with sexually transmitted infection in Cape Town, South Africa: a controlled trial

Author: Leon, Natalie ; Naidoo, Pren ; Mathews, Catherine ; Lewin, Simon ; Lombard, Carl Date: 2010 BACKGROUND:The effectiveness of provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling (PITC) for patients with sexually transmitted infection (STI) in resource-constrained settings are of particular concern for high HIV prevalence countries like South ... Read more c b
Implementing a provider-initiated testing and counselling (PITC) intervention in Cape town, South Africa: a process evaluation using the normalisation process model

Author: Leon, Natalie ; Lewin, Simon ; Mathews, Catherine Date: 2013 BACKGROUND:Provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC) increases HIV testing rates in most settings, but its effect on testing rates varies considerably. This paper reports the findings of a process evaluation of a controlled trial ... Read more c b

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