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Publication A qualitative exploration of the perceived factors that influence alcohol consumption among South African AGYW and the relationship with sexual risk behaviour(2023-06) Grant, J; Knight, L; Duby, Z; Duby Z: Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South AfricaPublication Developing a new framework for behavioural and social drivers of vaccination(2022-11-30) Wiysonge, C.S; Charles Shey Wiysonge: Cochrane South AfricaPublication Factors that influence parents' views and practices regarding routine childhood vaccination: Findings from a Cochrane qualitative evidence synthesis(2022-11-30) Cooper, S; Schmidt, B; Sambala, E.Z; Swartz, A; Colvin, C; Leon, N; Wiysonge, C.S; Sara Cooper: Cochrane South Africa,South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)Publication Depression and post-traumatic stress symptoms two years post-rape and the role of early counselling: Rape Impact Cohort Evaluation (RICE) study(2022-09-19) Mhlongo, S; Seedat, S; Jewkes, R; Myers, B; Chirwa, E; Nothling, J; Lombard, C; Peer, N; Kenge, A; Garcia-Morena, C; Dunkle, K; Abrahams, NPublication Publication Adaptive complex systems to mobilise rapid evidenceinformed decision-making for the National treatment guidelines for COVID-19 in South Africa(2023-06-05) Leong, T.D; Young, T; Gray, A; Cohen, K; de waal, R; de Waal, R; Parrish, A; McCaul, M; Hohlfeld, A; Durao, S; Reddy, M; Theunissen, H; Ruebenson, G; Kredo, T; Health Systems ResearchPublication Publication Perceptions and experiences of quality improvement teams and their advisors seeking to improve maternal and neonatal health services before and during COVID-19 in South Africa(2022-10-18) Odendaal, W; Chetty, T; Schneider, H; Goga, A; HIV and Other Infectious Diseases Prevention Unit, South African Medical Research Council, South AfricaSynopsis of poster Introduction: SA Department of Health leads a multi-partner MNH quality improvement (QI) programme (2018-2022), called Mphatlalatsane, to reduce maternal - and neonatal mortality and stillbirth rates in three provinces. Objective: To identify the facility level implementation processes and contextual factors, including COVID-19, that explain variation in the uptake and outcomes of Mphatlalatsane, and their implications for scale-up. Results: The following contextual factors, in order of importance, are shaping the uptake of the QI methodology. (1) Lead time before COVID-19 (2) Leadership (3) Embedding QI work in standard care Conclusion: Taking Mphatlalatsane to scale will require identifying team leaders who buy into QI methodology and have the skills to foster teamwork. The programme should be introduced as supporting staff to do what they are supposed to do, and not as external to standard care.Item Suicidal thoughts, depression, post-traumatic stress, and harmful alcohol use associated with intimate partner violence and rape exposures among female students in South Africa(2023-04-24) Machisa, M; Mahlangu, P; Chirwa, E; Nunze, N; Sikweyiya, Y; Jewkes, R; Dartnall, EWhile ample evidence from high-income country settings indicates the prevalence and risk factors for multiple mental ill-health symptoms in student populations, evidence from low- and middle-income higher education settings remains limited. We determined the frequency, associations, and structural pathways between mental health outcomes and possible risk factors among a sample of 1292 predominantly Black African and female students ages 18–30 years, enrolled at nine purposefully selected public universities and Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) campuses. We measured and created a mental ill-health latent outcome consisting of depressive symptoms, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and suicidal thoughts. We also measured traumatic exposures including childhood trauma, recent intimate partner violence (IPV), non-partner rape, and other life traumatic events. We used structural equation modelling to analyse data. We found that 50% of the surveyed students binge drank, 43% reported depressive symptoms, 9% reported PTSD symptoms, and 21% had suicidal thoughts. Students’ experiences of childhood trauma, food insecurity, other traumatic events, non-partner rape, and IPV impacted the mental ill-health latent. IPV experiences mediated the relationships between experiences of childhood trauma or other trauma and the mental ill-health latent, and the relationship between binge drinking and other life traumatic events. Non-partner rape mediated the relationship between food insecurity and the mental ill-health latent. Binge drinking directly impacted non-partner rape experience. The findings substantiate the need for campus-based mental health promotion, psychosocial services and treatments, and implementation of combined interventions that address the intersections of violence against women and mental health among students in South Africa.Publication Vitamin C for SARS-CoV-2 infection: A rapid review(2023-04-18) Durao, S; van Straten, E.M; Blose, N; Reubenson, GPublication Experiencing abuse and trauma are associated with alcohol use in South African women(2022-09-19) Nguyen, K; Abrahams, N; Myers, B; Jewkes, R; Mhlongo, S; Seedat, S; Lombard, C; Chirwa, E; Kenge, A; Peer, NPublication Perpetrators of femicide in South Africa(2022-09-19) Gounden, T; Ketelo, A; Mhlongo, S; Chirwa, E; Dekel, B; Abrahams, NPublication Sexual revictimisation experiences over two years following rape among South African women: Analysis from the Rape Impact Cohort Evaluation (RICE) STUDY(2022-11) Carpenter, B; Dunkle, K; Seedat, S; Jewkes, R; Chirwa, E; Mhlongo, S; Nothling, J; Garcia-Morena, C; Peer, N; Kenge, A; Lombard, C; Myers, B; Jewkes, R; Abrahams, NPublication Forgotten agenda: Sexual and reproductive health and rights and young women with disabilities under COVID-19 in South Africa, a longitudinal cohort study(2022-08-01) Hanass-Hancock, J; Nzuza, A; Clyde, A; Willan, S; Dunkle, K; Machisa, M; Hoffman, S; Padayachee, T; Carpenter, BPublication The decline in femicide in South Africa: Evidence from three national femicide studies across 18 years(2022-09-19) Abrahams, N; Mhlongo, S; Dekel, B; Chirwa, E; Ketelo, A; Lombard, C; Mathews, S; Labuschagne, G; Martin, L.M; Manganyi, T; Gounden, T; Majola, T; Mabhida, M; Variava, T; Ramsoomar, L; Shai, N; Jewkes, RPublication You tell him that ‘baby, I am protecting myself’”: Women’s agency, constraint, stigma and the potential for PrEP use in Durban, South Africa(2022-05-13) Bhengu, N; Harrison, A.D; Bergam, S; Tesfay, N; Exner, T; Miller, L; Dolezal, C; Hanass-Hancock, J; Hoffman, SPublication Alcohol, and VAWG and mental health: Pooled analysis from low-middle income settings(2022-09-19) Ramsoomar, L; Gibbs, A; Jewkes, RPublication Reflections on conducting remote qualitative interviews on intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 pandemic and hard lockdown(2022-09) Mahlangu, P; Gibbs, A; Shai, N; Machisa, M; Nunze, N; Sikweyiya, YPublication Breaking the silence - Disability inclusive sexual and reproductive health services and comprehensive sexuality education(2022-07-24) Hanass-Hancock, JItem Effectiveness of health care provider-led health education to the public on preventive measures for streptococcal infections and the risk of rheumatic fever and heart disease: A Systematic Review(2023-11) Ryklief, L; Abdullah, L; Hohlfeld, A; Oliver, J; Kredo, T; Engel, M.E; Engel