Search Results - "Cloete, Allanise"
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Myths, misconceptions, othering and stigmatizing responses to Covid-19 in South Africa: A rapid qualitative assessment
Published in PloS one (22-12-2020)“…Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a new strain of virus in the Coronavirus family that has not been previously identified. Since…”
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Prevalence and factors associated with external HIV-related stigma in the South African population: Results from the 2017 population-based household survey
Published in PloS one (03-09-2024)“…External HIV-related stigma remains pervasive, and its effect debilitating among PLHIV in South Africa, even though the country has made many advances against…”
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Engaging transgender women in HIV research in South Africa
Published in BMC public health (29-05-2023)“…The Botshelo Ba Trans study was the first HIV bio-behavioral survey conducted with transgender women in South Africa. Engaging research with marginalized…”
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" ... [I]f I can [be] infected now that means I am going to die ... ": an explorative study focusing on vulnerable, immunocompromised groups and caregivers experiences and perceptions of the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa
Published in SAHARA J : journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance (01-12-2023)“…In this paper, we explored how vulnerable, immunocompromised groups and caregivers of the elderly experienced and perceived the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic…”
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“… It is like it has come up and stole our lives from us” The first 21 days: A rapid qualitative assessment of how different sectors of society experienced the COVID-19 lockdown in South Africa
Published in Social sciences & humanities open (2021)“…We examined how different sectors of society experienced the first 21 days of the stay-at-home lockdown following the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019…”
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Social constructions of gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS in two communities of the Western Cape, South Africa
Published in SAHARA J : journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance (01-11-2006)“…The links between gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS risk are complex and culturally specific. In this qualitative study we investigated how…”
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Challenges Faced by People Living with HIV/AIDS in Cape Town, South Africa: Issues for Group Risk Reduction Interventions
Published in AIDS Research and Treatment (01-01-2010)“…This paper presents the findings of an exploratory study to investigate the challenges faced by people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in communities in Cape…”
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Are mHealth Interventions Effective in Improving the Uptake of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services among Adolescents? A Scoping Review
Published in International journal of environmental research and public health (31-01-2024)“…Adolescents continue to face challenges to their sexual and reproductive health (SRH) both locally and internationally. Digital technologies such as the…”
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How HIV advocacy can be used to ensure quality transgender health care: lessons from South Africa
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (19-03-2022)“…HIV prevention and treatment does provide an entry point to negotiating access to quality, appropriate, and accessible transgender health care. [...]far, the…”
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Internalized stigma, discrimination, and depression among men and women living with HIV/AIDS in Cape Town, South Africa
Published in Social science & medicine (1982) (01-05-2007)“…AIDS stigmas interfere with HIV prevention, diagnosis, and treatment and can become internalized by people living with HIV/AIDS. However, the effects of…”
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HIV Prevalence and Risk Practices Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Two South African Cities
Published in Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) (01-05-2011)“…BACKGROUND:In South Africa, information on HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM) is limited, and HIV prevention programs for men MSM are not widely…”
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Measuring AIDS stigmas in people living with HIV/AIDS: the Internalized AIDS-Related Stigma Scale
Published in AIDS care (01-01-2009)“…AIDS stigmas create significant barriers to HIV prevention, testing, and care and can become internalized by people living with HIV/AIDS. We developed a…”
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Global HIV efforts need to focus on key populations in LMICs
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (18-12-2021)“…[...]the COVID-19 pandemic, HIV had preoccupied the minds of the global health community for almost four decades. Some LMICs had nearly achieved the UNAIDS…”
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Prevalence and factors associated with external HIV-related stigma in the South African population: Results from the 2017 population-based household survey
Published in PloS one (01-01-2024)“…External HIV-related stigma remains pervasive, and its effect debilitating among PLHIV in South Africa, even though the country has made many advances against…”
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Social distancing behaviour: avoidance of physical contact and related determinants among South Africans: twelve days into the COVID-19 lockdown
Published in Psychology, health & medicine (02-01-2023)“…Social distancing behaviour is a primary preventive measure for reducing COVID-19 transmission. Improved understanding of factors associated with adherence to…”
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The role of alcohol use in antiretroviral adherence among individuals living with HIV in South Africa: Event-level findings from a daily diary study
Published in Drug and alcohol dependence (01-10-2016)“…Highlights • All alcohol variables were associated with missed antiretrovirals at the event-level. • The largest effect was at a low-moderate level compared to…”
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What will it take to get to the heart of stigma in the context of HIV?
Published in Journal of the International AIDS Society (01-07-2022)“…[...]the UNAIDS Global AIDS Strategy explicitly describes the goal that “people living with HIV, key populations and people at risk of HIV enjoy human rights,…”
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Lay Counselors' Ability to Deliver Counseling for Behavior Change
Published in Journal of consulting and clinical psychology (01-02-2014)“…Objective: Options for Health is an evidence-based sexual risk reduction intervention based on motivational interviewing (MI). Thirty- nine antiretroviral…”
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Alcohol Expectancies and Inhibition Conflict as Moderators of the Alcohol–Unprotected Sex Relationship: Event-Level Findings from a Daily Diary Study Among Individuals Living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa
Published in AIDS and behavior (01-01-2016)“…Literature from sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere supports a global association between alcohol and HIV risk. However, more rigorous studies using multiple…”
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