2011

2011 publications 

Fonn S, Ray S, Blaauw D. Innovation to improve health care provision and health systems in sub-Saharan Africa - promoting agency in mid-level workers and district managers. Glob Public Health. 2011 Sep;6(6):657-68. Epub 2011 May 24. 

Smit J, Chersich MF, Beksinska M, Kunene B, Manzini N, Hilber AM, Scorgie F. Prevalence and self-reported health consequences of vaginal practices in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: findings from a household survey. Trop Med Int Health. 2011 Feb; 16(2):245-56. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02687.x. Epub 2010 Nov 23. 

R Steen, M Chersich, A Gerbase, G Neilsen, A Wendland, F Ndowa, EA Akl, YR Lo, SJ de Vlas Periodic presumptive treatment of curable STIs among sex workers: a systematic review. AIDS. 2011 Nov 16. 

R Steen, M Chersich, SJ. de Vlas. Periodic presumptive treatment of curable sexually transmitted infections among sex workers: recent experience with implementationCurrent opinion in Infectious Diseases 2011 (in press) 

W Delva, M Richter, P De Koker, M Chersich, M Temmerman. Sex Work during the 2010 FIFA World Cup: Results from a Three-Wave Cross-sectional Survey.PLoS ONE 2011 (in press) 

Black V, Sprague C, Chersich MF Interruptions in payments for lay counsellors affects HIV testing at antenatal clinics in Johannesburg. S Afr Med J. 2011 May 25;101(6):407-8. 

van der Merwe K, Hoffman R, Black V, Chersich M, Coovadia A, Rees H Birth outcomes in South African women receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy: a retrospective observational study. J Int AIDS Soc. 2011 Aug 15;14:42. 

Scorgie F, Chersich MF, Ntaganira I, Gerbase A, Lule F, Lo YR Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Behavioral Risk Factors of Female Sex Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review. AIDS Behav. 2011 Jul 13. [Epub ahead of print] 

Hull T, Hilber AM, Chersich MF, Bagnol B, Prohmmo A, Smit JA, Widyantoro N, Utomo ID, François I, Tumwesigye NM, Temmerman M; WHO GSVP Study Group Prevalence, motivations, and adverse effects of vaginal practices in Africa and Asia: findings from a multicountry household survey. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2011 Jul; 20(7):1097-109. Epub 2011 Jun 13. 

Luchters S, Geibel S, Syengo M, Lango D, King'ola N, Temmerman M, Chersich MF Use of AUDIT, and measures of drinking frequency and patterns to detect associations between alcohol and sexual behaviour in male sex workers in Kenya. BMC Public Health. 2011 May 25; 11:384. 

Veldhuijzen NJ, Ingabire C, Luchters S, Bosire W, Braunstein S, Chersich M, van de Wijgert, J Anal intercourse among female sex workers in East Africa is associated with other high-risk behaviours for HIV. Sex Health. 2011 Jun; 8(2):251-4. 

Okal J, Chersich MF, Tsui S, Sutherland E, Temmerman M, Luchters S Sexual and physical violence against female sex workers in Kenya: a qualitative enquiry. AIDS Care. 2011 May; 23(5):612-8. 

Sprague C, Chersich MF, Black V Health system weaknesses constrain access to PMTCT and maternal HIV services in South Africa: a qualitative enquiry. AIDS Res Ther. 2011 Mar 3; 8:10. 

Low N, Chersich MF, Schmidlin K, Egger M, Francis SC, van de Wijgert JH, Hayes RJ, Baeten JM, Brown J, Delany-Moretlwe S, Kaul R, McGrath N, Morrison C, Myer L, Temmerman M, van der Straten A, Watson-Jones D, Zwahlen M, Hilber AM Intravaginal practices, bacterial vaginosis, and HIV infection in women: individual participant data meta-analysis. PLoS Med. 2011 Feb 15; 8(2):e1000416. Review. 

Scorgie F, Smit JA, Kunene B, Martin-Hilber A, Beksinska M, Chersich MF Predictors of vaginal practices for sex and hygiene in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: findings of a household survey and qualitative inquiry. Cult Health Sex. 2011 Apr; 13(4):381-98. 

Davies L, Dunn M, Chersich M, Urban M, Chetty C, Olivier L, Viljoen D Developmental delay of infants and young children with and without fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. African Journal of Psychiatry 2011;14: (4):298-305. 

Chersich MF, Urban M, Olivier L, Davies L-A, Chetty C, Viljoen D Universal Prevention is Associated with Lower Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Northern Cape, South Africa: A Multicentre Before–After Study. Alcohol and Alcoholism. Nov-Dec 2011 46 (6); doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agr145 

Ditlopo P, Blaauw D, Bidwell P, Thomas S. Analyzing the implementation of the rural allowance in hospitals in North West Province, South Africa. Journal of Public Health Policy. 2011 32, S80–S93. 

Goudge J, Ngoma B Exploring antiretroviral treatment adherence in an urban setting in South Africa. Journal of Public Health Policy. 2011 32, S52–S64. 

Harris B, Goudge J, Ataguba J, McIntyre D, Nxumalo N, Jikwana S, Chersich, M Inequities in access to health care in South Africa. Journal of Public Health Policy. 2011 32, S102–S123. 

Harris B, Nxumalo N, Ataguba JE, Govender V, Chersich M, Goudge J Social solidarity and civil servants' willingness for financial cross-subsidization in South Africa: implications for health financing reform. Journal of Public Health Policy. 2011 32, S162–S183. 

Nxumalo N, Alaba O, Harris B, Chersich MF, Goudge J Utilization of traditional healers in South Africa and costs to patients: findings from a national household survey. Journal of Public Health Policy. 2011 32, S124–S136. 

Munyewende P, Rispel LC, Harris B, Chersich M Exploring perceptions of HIV risk and health service access among Zimbabwean migrant women in Johannesburg: a gap in health policy in South Africa? Journal of Public Health Policy. 2011 32, S152–S161. 

Rispel LC, Doherty J Research in support of health systems transformation in South Africa: the experience of the Centre for Health Policy. Journal of Public Health Policy. 2011 32, S10–S29. 

Rispel LC, Metcalf CA, Cloete A, Moorman J, Reddy V You become afraid to tell them that you are gay: health service utilization by men who have sex with men in South African cities. Journal of Public Health Policy. 2011 32, S137–S151.

Rispel LC, Metcalf CA, Moody K, Cloete A, Caswell G Sexual relations and childbearing decisions of HIV-discordant couples: an exploratory study in South Africa and Tanzania. Reprod Health Matters. 2011 May; 19(37):184-93. 

Rispel LC, Metcalf CA, Cloete A, Reddy V, Lombard C HIV prevalence and risk practices among men who have sex with men in two South African cities. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 May; 57(1):69-76. 

Book Chapters 

Rispel L, Ncayiyana D. Introduction: Public Health and Well-Being. Chapter 18. In: Kondlo, K & Ejiogu, C (editors). Governance in the 21^st Century 2011; Human Science Research Council Press; pp235 - 240. 

Rispel L, Kibua T. Whither the MDGs? Stewardship for health in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. Chapter 19. In: Kondlo, K & Ejiogu, C (editors).Governance in the 21^st Century 2011; Human Science Research Council; 235 - 240. 

Editorials 

Dorfman S, Gow J, Blaauw D, Chersich MF Scale optimisation is important in hospital initiatives in South Africa. S Afr Med J. 2011 Jun 27;101(7):458-9. 

Rispel LC, Padarath A, Walt G Strengthening health systems for equity and social justice in South Africa: the 24th anniversary of the Centre for Health Policy. Journal of Public Health Policy 2011; 32 (supplement 1): s1-s9.