Search Results - "Van Rooyen, Heidi"

Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in South African Local Communities: The VaxScenes Study by Katoto, Patrick D M C, Parker, Saahier, Coulson, Nancy, Pillay, Nirvana, Cooper, Sara, Jaca, Anelisa, Mavundza, Edison, Houston, Gregory, Groenewald, Candice, Essack, Zaynab, Simmonds, Jane, Shandu, Londiwe Deborah, Couch, Marilyn, Khuzwayo, Nonkululeko, Ncube, Nobukhosi, Bhengu, Phelele, Rooyen, Heidi van, Wiysonge, Charles Shey

“…South Africa launched a mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign in May 2021, targeting 40 million adults. Understanding predictors of COVID-19 vaccine intentions…”
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How community ART delivery may improve HIV treatment outcomes: Qualitative inquiry into mechanisms of effect in a randomized trial of community‐based ART initiation, monitoring and re‐supply (DO ART) in South Africa and Uganda by Gilbert, Hannah N., Wyatt, Monique A., Pisarski, Emily E., Asiimwe, Stephen, Rooyen, Heidi, Seeley, Janet, Shahmanesh, Maryam, Turyamureeba, Bosco, Heerden, Alastair, Adeagbo, Oluwafemi, Celum, Connie L., Barnabas, Ruanne V., Ware, Norma C.

“…Introduction UNAIDS fast track targets for ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 call for viral suppression in 95% of people using antiretroviral therapy (ART) to…”
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Effect of community-based voluntary counselling and testing on HIV incidence and social and behavioural outcomes (NIMH Project Accept; HPTN 043): a cluster-randomised trial by Coates, Thomas J, Prof, Kulich, Michal, PhD, Celentano, David D, Prof, Zelaya, Carla E, PhD, Chariyalertsak, Suwat, Prof, Chingono, Alfred, MSc, Gray, Glenda, MBBCH, Mbwambo, Jessie K K, MD, Morin, Stephen F, Prof, Richter, Linda, Prof, Sweat, Michael, PhD, van Rooyen, Heidi, PhD, McGrath, Nuala, ScD, Fiamma, Agnès, MIPH, Laeyendecker, Oliver, PhD, Piwowar-Manning, Estelle, BS, Szekeres, Greg, BA, Donnell, Deborah, PhD, Eshleman, Susan H, Prof

“…Summary Background Although several interventions have shown reduced HIV incidence in clinical trials, the community-level effect of effective interventions on…”
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A poetic inquiry: the role of the social sciences and humanities in revitalising AIDS by van Rooyen, Heidi

“…For the past four decades, biomedical science has transformed clinical outcomes for HIV and AIDS. However, the social, economic and gendered determinants of…”
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How home HIV testing and counselling with follow‐up support achieves high testing coverage and linkage to treatment and prevention: a qualitative analysis from Uganda by Ware, Norma C, Wyatt, Monique A, Asiimwe, Stephen, Turyamureeba, Bosco, Tumwesigye, Elioda, Rooyen, Heidi, Barnabas, Ruanne V, Celum, Connie L

“…Introduction The successes of HIV treatment scale‐up and the availability of new prevention tools have raised hopes that the epidemic can finally be controlled…”
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HIV status disclosure to families for social support in South Africa (NIMH Project Accept/HPTN 043) by Maman, Suzanne, van Rooyen, Heidi, Groves, Allison K.

“…Literature on HIV status disclosure among persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) is dominated by research on the rates, barriers and consequences of disclosure…”
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Two-way associations between relationship quality and uptake of couples health screening including HIV testing and counselling together: quantitative analysis of a couples cohort in rural South Africa by Abdelkhalek, Fatma, Joseph, Phillip, DeRose, Laurie, Olamijuwon, Emmanuel, Dladla, Pumla, Ngubane, Thulani, Hosegood, Victoria, van Rooyen, Heidi, van Heerden, Alastair, McGrath, Nuala

“…In the context of a couples cohort established to evaluate an optimised couples-focused behavioural intervention in rural South Africa, we examined: (1) Is…”
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HIV self-testing could "revolutionize testing in South Africa, but it has got to be done properly": perceptions of key stakeholders by Makusha, Tawanda, Knight, Lucia, Taegtmeyer, Miriam, Tulloch, Olivia, Davids, Adlai, Lim, Jeanette, Peck, Roger, van Rooyen, Heidi

“…South Africa bears the world's largest burden of HIV with over 6.4 million people living with the virus. The South African government's response to HIV has…”
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'A difficult conversation': community stakeholders' and key informants' perceptions of the barriers to talking about sex and HIV with adolescents and young people in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa by Knight, Lucia, Humphries, Hilton, Van der Pol, Natasha, Ncgobo, Nkosinathi, Essack, Zaynab, Rochat, Tamsen, van Rooyen, Heidi

“…Adolescence and young adulthood are important periods of transition and therefore for action and intervention to ensure future sexual and reproductive health…”
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Reframing the approach to heterosexual men in the HIV epidemic in sub‐Saharan Africa by Makusha, Tawanda, Rooyen, Heidi, Cornell, Morna

“…[...]the health needs of men in SSA and generally across the world have been largely ignored [ 1,3,10]. The 2017 South African National HIV Prevalence,…”
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Impact evaluation of a youth led intervention to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa by Marinda, Edmore, Mathentamo, Qaqambile, Coulson, Nancy, Parker, Saahier, DMC Katoto, Patrick, Houston, Gregory, Magampa, Mmakotsedi, Pillay, Nirvana, Ngungu, Mercy, Wiysonge, Charles S., van Rooyen, Heidi

“…COVID-19 vaccination rates in South Africa remain low at 51% of the adult population being fully vaccinated, defined as having two shorts of the COVID-19…”
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HIV Testing, Knowledge and Willingness to Use PrEP Among Partnered Men Who Have Sex With Men in South Africa and Namibia by Stephenson, Rob, Darbes, Lynae A., Chavanduka, Tanaka, Essack, Zaynab, van Rooyen, Heidi

“…There is strong evidence that gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in African countries experience high prevalence of HIV. However,…”
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Measurements of Sexuality-Based Stigma among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men (GBMSM) in Resource-Poor Settings: A Review by Freeland, Ryan, Rogers, Erin, van Rooyen, Heidi, Darbes, Lynae, Saylor, Kate, Stephenson, Rob

“…Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in resource-poor settings are disproportionately affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. GBMSM living in…”
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Global HIV efforts need to focus on key populations in LMICs by Simbayi, Leickness C, Moyo, Sizulu, van Heerden, Alastair, Zuma, Khangelani, Zungu, Nompumelelo, Marinda, Edmore, Jooste, Sean Edwin, Cloete, Allanise, Mabaso, Musawenkosi, van Rooyen, Heidi

“…[...]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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Intimate Partner Violence among Male Couples in South Africa and Namibia by Stephenson, Rob, Darbes, Lynae A., Chavanduka, Tanaka, Essack, Zaynab, van Rooyen, Heidi

“…Despite the growing body of evidence demonstrating the high prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) among male couples and the unique antecedents to IPV…”
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Addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in South Africa- moving beyond a reliance on information-based responses by Cooper, Sara, van Rooyen, Heidi, Wiysonge, Charles S.

“…It has been over a year since South Africa officially began its national COVID-19 vaccination programme. Yet, currently only half of the adult population is…”
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People living with HIV's perspectives of acceptability of fee for home delivery of ART: a qualitative study by Ntinga, Xolani, Musiello, Franco, Pita, Thembelihle, Mabaso, Nomagugu, Celum, Connie, Szpiro, Adam, van Rooyen, Heidi, Barnabas, Ruanne, van Heerden, Alastair

“…Significant progress has been made in the HIV response in South Africa; however, gaps remain in ensuring engagement in care to support life-long medication…”
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Power relations in sexual agreements among male couples in Southern Africa by Essack, Zaynab, Lynch, Ingrid, Kaunda, Chammah J., Stephenson, Rob, Darbes, Lynae, van Rooyen, Heidi

“…Sexual agreements between same-sex practising men facilitate communication about health promotion activities, including HIV prevention. In African contexts,…”
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Correlates of Substance Misuse, Transactional Sex, and Depressive Symptomatology Among Partnered Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in South Africa and Namibia by Metheny, Nicholas, Stephenson, Rob, Darbes, Lynae A., Chavanduka, Tanaka M. D., Essack, Zaynab, van Rooyen, Heidi

“…Despite having some of the world’s highest rates of HIV, there is a lack of knowledge on correlates of transmission risk among gay, bisexual and other men who…”
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"I think it is right": a qualitative exploration of the acceptability and desired future use of oral swab and finger-prick HIV self-tests by lay users in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa by Knight, Lucia, Makusha, Tawanda, Lim, Jeanette, Peck, Roger, Taegtmeyer, Miriam, van Rooyen, Heidi

“…The uptake of HIV testing has increased in sub-Saharan Africa over the past three decades. However, the proportion of people aware of their HIV status remains…”
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