Publications

Re-engineering primary health

2024

Zezai D, Van Rensburg A, Babatunde G, Kathree T, Cornick R, Levitt N, Fairall L, Petersen I. Barriers and facilitators for strengthening primary health systems for person-centred multimorbid care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A scoping review (2024) in press.

2017

Horwood C, Butler L, Barker P, Phakathi S, Haskins L, Grant M, et al. A continuous quality improvement intervention to improve the effectiveness of community health workers providing care to mothers and children: a cluster randomised controlled trial in South Africa. Hum Resour Health. 2017;15(1):39.

Grant M, Wilford A, Haskins L, Phakathi S, Mntambo N, & Horwood C. (2017) Trust of community health workers is a key barrier to acceptance of community-based maternal and child health services in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a qualitative study. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine. 2017;9(1): e1-e8.

Haskins L, Grant M, Phakathi S, Wilford A, Jama N, Horwood C. Insights into health care seeking behaviour for children in communities in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2017;9(1): e1-e9.

Wilford, A., Phakathi, S., Haskins, JL., Jama, N., Mntambo, N. and Horwood, C. 2017. Exploring the care provided to mothers and children by community health workers in South Africa: missed opportunities to provide comprehensive care. BMC Public Health. Accepted for publication 3 November 2017.

2016

Caldwell, R. I., Gaede, B. M., & Aldus, C. (2016). The value of internal medicine outreach in rural KwaZulu-Natal. South African Medical Journal, 106(3), 259-262

2015

Mlotshwa, L., Harris, B., Schneider, H., & Moshabela, M. (2015). Exploring perceptions and experiences of Community Health Workers using Role Identity Theory. Global Health Action, 8, 28045

Moshabela, M., Sips, I., & Barten, F. (2015). Needs assessment for home-based care and the strengthening of social support networks: the role of community care workers in rural South Africa. Global Health Action, 8, 29265

Horwood, C.M., Youngleson, M.S., Moses, E., Stern, A.F., Barker, P.M. (2015). Using adapted quality improvement approaches to strengthen community-based health systems and improve care in high HIV-burden sub-Saharan African countries. AIDS. 29 (suppl 2): S155-164

Mental health

2025

Thela L, Paruk S, Nkambule BB, Ntlantsana V, Abbai NS, Msibi Z, Chhagan U, Tomita A, Naidu T, Nkosi S, Chiliza B. Longitudinal analysis of proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in the cerebrospinal fluid and peripheral blood of treatment-naïve first-episode psychosis patients, and their correlation with psychosis severity and cognitive impairment in sub-Saharan Africa. BMJ Open. 2025 Apr 2;15(4):e098347.

Myeni SY, Ntlantsana V, Tomita A, Aguwa US, Bridgmohun R, Shabalala S. (2025). The profile of long-stay patients in a psychiatric hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. S Afr J Psychiatr. 31(0), a2358

Mlay JP, Naidu T, Ramlall S, Patankar K, Israel K, Esquivel L, et al., Tomita A, Manuel J. (2025). Strategies for relapse prevention among people with schizophrenia in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa: Healthcare providers’ perspectives. PLoS ONE 20(3): e0316313.

Chhagan U, Ntlantsana V, Karim E, Thela L, Tomita A, Chiliza B, Paruk S. (2025). Clinical presentation of first episode psychosis in people with and without HIV in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Early Interv Psychiatry. 19(1):e13561.

Zani B, Fairall L, Petersen I, Folb N, Bhana A, Hanass-Hancock J, et al. Effectiveness of a task-sharing collaborative care model for the detection and management of depression among adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in primary care facilities in South Africa: A pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial. J Affect Disord. 2025;370:499-510. Epub 2024/10/24. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.10.061. PubMed PMID: 39442695.

Fekadu A, Milkias B, Birhane R, Tekola B, Yared M, Eshetu T, et al. A pilot cluster-controlled trial of interventions to improve detection of depression in primary healthcare in Ethiopia. BMC medicine. 2025;23(1):185. Epub 2025/03/29. doi: 10.1186/s12916-025-04010-4. PubMed PMID: 40155995; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPMC11951514.

Drysdale, R. E., Mvelase, S., Kane, J., Gruver, R. S., Desmond, C., & Davidson, L. L. (2025). Adolescent Mental Health and School Belonging in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Subsequent Government Lockdowns. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 76(4), 638–646. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.11.240

Demis, L. Y., Desmond, C., Gruver, R. S., Timol, F., Davidson, L. L., & Kane, J. C. (2025). Caregiver mental, behavioral, and social health during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa: results from the Asenze cohort study. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 10.1007/s00127-024-02811-1. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-024-02811-1

2024

Singha NP, Ntlantsana V, Tomita A, and Paruk S. (2024). Childhood trauma, substance use and depressive symptoms in people with HIV during COVID-19. South African Journal of Psychiatry. 30(0), a2220.

Paruk S, Ntlantsana V, Chhagan U, Tomita A, Karim E, Thela L, Burns JK, & Chiliza B. (2024). Clinical characteristics of people presenting with first episode psychosis pre- and during the COVID-19 pandemic in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 18(5), 329–337.

Ntlantsana V, Chhagan U, Karim E, Paruk S Tomita A, and Chiliza B. (2024). A culturally congruent approach to trauma symptom evaluation improves detection of PTSD in people with a first-episode of psychosis in South Africa. South African Journal of Psychiatry. 30(0), a2260.

Mlay J, Naidu T, Ramlall S, Mhlungu S, Zondi M, Lessells R, Manuel JI, Tomita A. (2024). Risk factors and strategies for relapse prevention among individuals living with serious mental illness in South Africa: Qualitative inquiry from patients’ and caregivers’ perspectives. PloS One. 19(8): e0309238.

Juby VM, Paruk S, Tomita A, Chiliza B (2024). Ketamine for depressive symptoms: a retrospective chart review of a private clinic in KwaZulu-Natal. South African Journal of Psychiatry, 30, a2176

Gasa P, Tomita A., Juby V, Paruk S. (2024). The valproate prescription pattern for female mental healthcare users of reproductive age. South African Journal of Psychiatry. 30, a2158.

Dladla-Jaca P, Ncama BP, Moodley Y, Sobratee-Fajurally N, Davids R, Ngidi MSC, Sutherland C, Siwela M, Mabhaudhi T, Modi AT, Slotow R, Burns JK, Tomita A. (2024). Impact of pre-existing depression and food insecurity on the trajectory of depressive symptomatology during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in South Africa: A panel analysis of nationally representative South African data. Food Security. 16, 1009–1018.

Janse van Rensburg, A., et al., A learning health systems approach to scaling up an evidence-based intervention for integrated primary mental healthcare case finding and referral in South Africa. BMJ Glob Health, 2024. 9(10).

Scale and Hospital Anxiety and Depression – Depression subscale scores by administration mode: An individual participant data differential item functioning meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2024. 361, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.06.033.

L.H., et al., A case study of the development of a valid and pragmatic implementation science measure: the Barriers and Facilitators in Implementation of Task-Sharing Mental Health interventions (BeFITS-MH) measure. BMC Health Serv Res, 2024. 24(1): p. 1352.

Brooke-Sumner, C., et al., COVID-19 experience of people with severe mental health conditions and families in South Africa. S Afr J Psychiatr, 2024. 30: p. 2207.

Gigaba, S.G., et al., Collaborative implementation of an evidence-based package of integrated primary mental healthcare using quality improvement within a learning health systems approach: Lessons from the Mental health INTegration programme in South Africa. Learn Health Syst, 2024. 8(2): p. e10389.

Zani, B., et al., Effectiveness of a task-sharing collaborative care model for the detection and management cluster randomised controlled trial. J Affect Disord, 2024. 370: p. 499-510.

Brooke-Sumner, C., Repper, J., Petersen, I et al. Developing peer-led recovery groups (PRIZE) for people with psychosis and their caregivers in a low resource South African setting. Soc Sci Medicine Mental Health. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2024.100370

Cornick RV, Petersen I, Levitt NS, Kredo T, Mudaly V, Cragg C, David N, Kathree T, Rabe M, Awotiwon A, Curran RL, Fairall L. Clinically sound and person centred: streamlining clinical decision support guidance for multiple long-term condition careBMJ Global Health 2024;9:e013816.

2023

Sharma-Misra S, Maru M, Tomita A, and Paruk S. (2023). Access and use of digital technology by patients with psychosis at a hospital in South Africa. South African Journal of Psychiatry. 7;29:2151.

Olashore AA, Paruk S, Ogunwale A, Ita M, Tomita A, Chiliza B. (2023). The effectiveness of psychoeducation and problem-solving on depression and treatment adherence in adolescents living with HIV in Botswana: an exploratory clinical trial. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health. 17(1):2.

Mwelase MP, Ntlantsana V, Tomita A, Chiliza B, Paruk S. (2023) HIV prevalence and access to HIV testing and care among patients with recent onset psychosis. South African Journal of Psychiatry.

Moodley L, Ntlantsana V, Tomita A, Paruk S. (2023). The missed pandemic: Intimate partner violence in female mental-health-care-users during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychology, Health and Medicine. 28(10):3064-3075.

Mngadi L, Cuadros DF, Tanser F, Burns JK, Slotow R, Tomita A. (2023). Water, sanitation and mental hygiene (WASH) in rural communities: Evidence from a nationally representative study in South Africa. Psychology, Health and Medicine. 28(9):2441-2449.

Mhata N, Mwambene K, Ntlantsana V, Tomita A, Saloojee S. (2023). Prevalence of depression, anxiety and burnout among medical students at the University of Namibia. 31;29:2044.

Kiburi SK, Ngarachu E, Tomita A, Paruk S, Chiliza B. (2023). Digital interventions for opioid use disorder treatment: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. J Subst Abuse Treat. 144:108926.

Asare K, Ntlantsana V, Ranjit K, Tomita A, and Paruk S. (2023). Relationship between physical activity and behaviour challenges in South African adolescents. South African Journal of Psychiatry. 29(0), a2124.

Azevedo Da Silva M, Alexander EC, Martins SS, Naidoo S, Gruver RS, Desmond C, Davidson LL. Association between caregiver and household alcohol use and child behavior problems in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2023 Oct;54(5):1438-1445. doi: 10.1007/s10578-022-01342-7. Epub 2022 Apr 5. PMID: 35380341; PMCID: PMC10304574.

Norwitz GA, Desmond C, Gruver RS, Kvalsvig JD, Mirti AF, Kauchali S, Davidson LL. The impact of caregiver mental health on child prosocial behavior: A longitudinal analysis of children and caregivers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. PLoS One. 2023 Oct 20;18(10):e0290788. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0290788. PMID: 37862320; PMCID: PMC10588861..

Olashore, A.A., et al., The effectiveness of psychoeducation and problem-solving on depression and treatment adherence in adolescents living with HIV in Botswana: an exploratory clinical trial. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health, 2023. 17(1): p. 2.

Gigaba et al. (2023). Collaborative implementation of an evidence‚Äêbased package of integrated primary mental healthcare using quality improvement within a learning health systems approach: Lessons from the Mental health INTegration programme in South Africa. Learning Health Systems. DOI: 10.1002/lrh2.10389.

J. van Rensburg, A., & Brooke-Sumner, C. (2023). Intersectoral and multisectoral approaches to enable recovery for people with severe mental illness in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review. Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 10, E19. doi:10.1017/gmh.2023.10

Curran R, Murdoch J, van Rensburg AJ, Bachmann M, Awotiwon A, Ras CJ, et al. A health systems intervention to strengthen the integration of tuberculosis and COVID-19 detection: Outcomes of a quasi-experimental study in a high burden tuberculosis district in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Trop Med Int Health. 2023.

Grant, M., Bhana, A., Kathree, T…Petersen, I. The feasibility of a Community Mental Health Education and Detection (CMED) tool in South Africa. Social Science and Medicine Mental Health. 2023; DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100188

Kathree T, Bachmann M, Bhana A, Grant M, Mntambo N, Gigaba S, et al. Management of Depression in Chronic Care Patients Using a Task-Sharing Approach in a Real-World Primary Health Care Setting in South Africa: Outcomes of a Cohort Study. Community Ment Health J. 2023.

2022

Yerriah J, Tomita A, Paruk S. (2022). Surviving but not thriving: Burden of care and quality of life for caregivers of patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders and comorbid substance use in South Africa. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 16(2):153-161.

Paruk S, Ngcobo N, Karim E, Tomita A, Ramlall S. (2022). COVID-19 infection at a psychiatric hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Clinical service planning and challenges. South African Journal of Psychiatry. 28(0), a1933.

Ndumo ML, Bhengu BS, Mashaphu S, Paruk S, Tomita A. (2022). Intimate partner violence, adverse childhood experiences and prenatal substance use in South Africa. South African Journal of Psychiatry. 28(0), a1937.

Mona K, Ntlantsana V, Tomita A, Paruk S. (2022). Prevalence of cannabis use in people with psychosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. South African Journal of Psychiatry. 28(0), a1927.

Mlay J, Jamieson L, Ntlantsana V, Naidu T, Bhengu BR, Paruk S, Burns JK, Chiliza B, Lessells R, Tomita A. (2022). Developing and testing unconditional cash transfer strategies among young adults with first-episode psychosis in South Africa: a study protocol for a pilot randomized control trial (PRS-FEP trial). BMJ Open. 12(12):e067026.

Asare K, Tomita A, Garrett N, Slotow R, Burns J.K, Tanser F, Cuadros DF. (2022). Depression onset and its association with community HIV prevalence: a geospatial and panel analyses of nationally representative South African data, 2015-2017. Journal of Affective Disorder Report. 10: 100433

Petersen I, Selohilwe O, Georgeu-Pepper D, Ras CJ, Zani B, Petrus R, et al. A collaborative care package for depression comor bid with chronic physical conditions in South Africa. BMC health services research. 2022;22(1):1465.

van Rensburg AJ, Petersen I, Awotiwon A, Bachmann MO, Curran R, Murdoch J, et al. Applying learning health systems thinking in co-developing integrated tuberculosis interventions in the contexts of COVID-19. BMJ Glob Health. 2022;7(10).

Grant, M., Petersen, I., Mthethwa, L. et al. Accuracy of a community mental health education and detection (CMED) tool for common mental disorders in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Int J Ment Health Syst 16, 44 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-022-00554-7

Seward N, Hanlon C, Abdella A, Abrahams Z, Alem A, Araya R, et al. HeAlth System StrEngThening in four sub-Saharan African countries (ASSET) to achieve high-quality, evidence-informed surgical, maternal and newborn, and primary care: protocol for pre-implementation phase studies. Global health action. 2022;15(1):1987044.

2021

Reddy A, Tomita A, Paruk S. (2021). Depression, anxiety and treatment satisfaction in the parents of children on antiretroviral therapy in South Africa. Psychology, Health and Medicine. 26:5, 584-594.

Pillay K, Tomita A, Paruk S. (2021). Patterns of emotional and behavioural challenges in children living with HIV: Results from a hyperendemic South African setting. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. 16(3): 232-244.

Olashore A, Saeeda P, Oluyemi A, Tomita A, Chiliza B. (2021). Psychiatric disorders in adolescents living with HIV and association with antiretroviral therapy adherence in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. AIDS and Behavior 25(6):1711-1728

Narsi K, Tomita A, Ramlall S. (2021). Neuropsychological functioning and cognitive reserve in newly HIV diagnosed antiretroviral naïve South African adults from peri-urban and informal settlements PloS One. 16(12): e0260260.

Mngadi S, Tomita A, Khanyile V, Chiliza B. (2021). The profile of suspected criminal offenders referred for psychiatric evaluation on an outpatient basis at Ngwelezana Hospital. South African Journal of Psychiatry. 27(0): a1722.

Matshoba TP, Mashaphu S, Tomita A, Paruk S. (2021). A comparative survey on knowledge, attitudes and practices about HIV/AIDS among patients with severe mental illnesses and chronic medical illnesses in Durban, South Africa: five decades into the epidemic. South African Journal of Psychiatry. 27(0): a1586.

Hain S, Tomita A, Milligan P, Chiliza B. (2021). Retain rural doctors: Burnout, depression and anxiety in medical doctors working in rural KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. South African Medical Journal. 111(12):1197.

Chhagan U, Ntlantsana V, Tomita A, Chiliza B, Paruk S. (2021). The dual burden of HIV infection and first episode psychosis in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 209(8): 600.

Grant, M., Luvuno, Z., Bhana, A., Mntambo, N., Gigaba, S., Ntswe, E. & Petersen, I. 2021. The development of a Community Mental Health Education and Detection (CMED) tool in South Africa. SSM – Mental Health, 100023.

L, Kohrt BA, Hanlon C, Naslund JA, Sikander S, Balaji M, et al. COVID-19 mental health impact and responses in low-income and middle-income countries: reimagining global mental health. Lancet Psychiatry. 2021;8(6):535-50.

Petersen I, Fairall L, Zani B, et al. Effectiveness of a task-sharing collaborative care model for identification and management of depressive symptoms in patients with hypertension attending public sector primary care clinics in South Africa: pragmatic parallel cluster randomised controlled trial. J Affect Disord. 2021;282:112-121.

Naslund JA, Kalha J, Restivo JL, et al. Identifying challenges and recommendations for advancing global mental health implementation research: A key informant study of the National Institute of Mental Health Scale-Up Hubs. Asian journal of psychiatry. 2021;57:102557.

Murdoch, J., Curran, R., van Rensburg, A.J., Awotiwon, A., Dube, A., Bachmann, M., Petersen, I. & Fairall. L. Identifying contextual determinants of problems in tuberculosis care provision in South Africa: a theory-generating case study. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 2021, Vol 10, ( 67)

Mbwayo, A., Kumar, M., Mathai, M. et al. Strengthening System and Implementation Research Capacity for Child Mental Health and Family Well-being in Sub-Saharan Africa. Glob Soc Welf (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40609-021-00204-9

van Rensburg A, Kathree T, Breuer E, Selohilwe O, Mntambo N, Petrus R, et al. Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis of implementation outcomes in an integrated mental healthcare trial in South Africa. Global health action. 2021;14(1):1940761.

Babatunde, G.B. and van Rensburg, A.J. and Bhana, A., Petersen, I. Barriers and Facilitators to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Low-and-Middle-Income Countries: a Scoping Review. (2021) Global Social Welfare, 8 (1),29-46.

Petersen I. Integrating task-sharing psychological treatments within primary health care services: Systems considerations. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2021 Jul;26(3):149-150. doi: 10.1177/13558196211013847. PMID: 34092080

Curran, R., Bachmann, M., van Rensburg, A., Murdoch, J., Awotiwon, A., Ras, C., Petersen, I., & Fairall, L. (2021). Personal and occupational experiences of COVID-19 and their effects on South African health workers’ wellbeing. South African Medical Journal, 111(7), 607-608. doi:10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i7.15733

Kemp, C., M. Grant, D. Rao, A. Bhana, S. G. Gigaba, Z. P. B. Luvuno, J. M. Simoni, J. P. Hughes and Petersen (2021). “Pushing the bench: A mixed methods study of barriers to and facilitators of identification and referral into depression care by professional nurses in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.” SSM – Mental Health 1: 100009.

Petersen, I., Kemp, C. G., Rao, D., Wagenaar, B. H., Sherr, K., Grant, M., Bachmann, M., Barnabas, R. V., Mntambo, N., Gigaba, S., Van Rensburg, A., Luvuno, Z., Amarreh, I., Fairall, L., Hongo, N. N., & Bhana, A. (2021). Implementation and Scale-Up of Integrated Depression Care in South Africa: An Observational Implementation Research Protocol. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.), 72(9), 1065–1075.

2020

Tomita A, Manuel JI. (2020). Evidence on the association between cigarette smoking and incident depression from the South African National Income Dynamics Study 2008-2015: mental health implications for a resource-limited setting. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 22(1): 124-129.

Tomita A, Cuadros DF, Mabhaudhi T, Sartorius B, Ncama BP, Dangour AD, Tanser F, Modi AT, Slotow R, Burns JK. (2020). Spatial clustering of food insecurity and its impact on depression: A geospatial analysis of nationally representative South African data, 2008-2015. Scientific Reports. 10, 13771.

Roopun K, Tomita A, Paruk S. (2020). Attitude and preferences towards oral and long acting injectable antipsychotics in patients with psychosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. South African Journal of Psychiatry. 26(0), a1509.

Ramlall S, Naidu T, Mthembu S, Padyaychi N, Burns JK, Tomita A. (2020). Neurocognitive functioning in MDR-TB patients with and without HIV in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Tropical Medicine and International Health. 25(8): 919-927.

Ngcobo NN, Tomita A, Ramlall S. (2020). Subjective and objective cognition six-weeks post coronary artery bypass graft surgery: A descriptive pilot study. South African Journal of Psychiatry. 26(0), a1470.

Narsi K, Tomita A, Ramlall S. (2020). Cognitive reserve and its determinants in newly HIV diagnosed antiretroviral-naïve adults from peri-urban and informal settlements: Evidence from an HIV hyperendemic South African setting. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 85(3):387-393.

Naidu T, Pillay SR, Ramlall S, Mthembu S, Padyachi N, Burns JK, Tomita A. (2020). Major depression and stigma among individuals with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. 103(3): 1067-1071.

Naidoo T, Tomita A, Paruk S. (2020). Burnout, anxiety and depression risk in medical doctors working in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Evidence from a multisite study of resource-constrained government hospitals in a generalised HIV epidemic setting. Plos One. 15(10): e0239753.

Bhengu BS, Tomita A, Mashaphu S, Paruk S. (2020). The role of adverse childhood experiences on perinatal substance use behaviour in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. AIDS and Behavior. 24(6):1643-1652.

Zani B, Fairall L, Petersen I, et al. Predictors of receiving a diagnosis, referral and treatment of depression inpeople on antiretroviral therapy in South African primary care: a secondary analysis of data from a randomised trial. Trop Med Int Health. 2020.

Upadhaya N, Regmi U, Gurung D, et al. Mental health and psychosocial support services in primary healthcare in Nepal: perceived facilitating factors, barriers and strategies for improvement. BMC Psychiatry. 2020;20(1):64.

Upadhaya N, Jordans MJD, Adhikari RP, et al. Evaluating the integration of chronic care elements in primary health care for people with mental illness: a longitudinal study in Nepal conducted among primary health care workers. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020;20(1):632.

Rahman A, Naslund JA, Betancourt TS, et al. The NIMH global mental health research community and COVID-19. Lancet Psychiatry. 2020;7(10):834-836.

Petersen I, van Rensburg A, Gigaba SG, Luvuno ZBP, Fairall LR. Health systems strengthening to optimise scale-up in global mental health in low- and middle-income countries: lessons from the frontlines. A re-appraisal. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2020;29:e135.

Petersen I, van Rensburg A, Gigaba SG, Luvuno ZBP, Fairall LR. Health systems strengthening to optimise scale-up

Marais DL, Quayle M, Petersen I. Making consultation meaningful: Insights from a case study of the South African mental health policy consultation process. PLoS One. 2020;15(1):e0228281.

Khayelitsha, South Africa: Effects on antenatal and postnatal outcomes in an individual randomised controlled trial. Behav Res Ther. 2020;130:103466.

Lund C, Schneider M, Garman EC, et al. Task-sharing of psychological treatment for antenatal depression in Khayelitsha, South Africa: Effects on antenatal and postnatal outcomes in an individual randomised controlled trial. Behav Res Ther. 2020;130:103466.

Kemp CG, Mntambo N, Bachmann M, et al. Patient-level predictors of detection of depressive symptoms,referral, and uptake of depression counselling among chronic care patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Glob Ment Health (Camb). 2020;7:e18.

Chisholm D, Garman E, Breuer E, et al. Health service costs and their association with functional impairmentamong adults receiving integrated mental health care in five low- and middle-income countries: the PRIME cohort study. Health Policy Plan. 2020;35(5):567-576.

Bukola G, Bhana A, Petersen I. Planning for child and adolescent mental health interventions in a rural district of South Africa: a situational analysis. J Child Adolesc Ment Health. 2020;32(1):45-65.

Janse Van Rensburg A, Dube A, Curran R. et al. 2020. Comorbidities between tuberculosis and common mental disorders: a scoping review of epidemiological patterns and person-centred care interventions from low-to-middle income and BRICS countries. Infectious Diseases of Poverty 9, 4.

Babatunde GB, van Rensburg AJ, Bhana A, Petersen I. Stakeholders’ perceptions of child and adolescent mental health services in a South African district: a qualitative study. Int J Ment Health Syst. 2020;14:73.

2019

Veling W, Burns JK, Makhathini, E, Mtshemla S, Nene S, Shabalala S, Mbatha N, Tomita A, Baumgartner J, Susser I, Hoek HW, Susser E. (2019). Identification of patients with recent onset psychosis in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa: a pilot study with traditional health practitioners and diagnostic instruments. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 54(3): 303–312.

Tshabalala SJ, Tomita A, Ramlall S. (2019). Depression, anxiety and stress in patients presenting with dyspepsia at a regional hospital in KwaZulu-Natal Province. South African Journal of Psychiatry. 25(0): a1382.

Mapatwana M, Tomita A, Burns JK, Robertson L. (2019). Predictors of quality of life among community psychiatric patients in a peri-urban district of Gauteng Province, South Africa. Internal Journal of Social Psychiatry. 65(4): 322-332.

Cuadros D, Tomita A, Vandormael AM, Slotow R, Burns JK, Tanser F. (2019). Spatial structure of depression in South Africa: A longitudinal panel survey of a nationally representative sample of households. Scientific Reports: 9:979.

Bhana A., Mntambo, N., Gigaba, S.G., Luvuno, B.P.,Grant, M., Ackerman, D.E Ntswe, E., Nomathemba, M., Petersen, I. (2019). Validation of a brief mental health screening tool for common mental disorders in primary healthcare. SAMJ, 109(4):278-283. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2019.v109i4.13664

Inge Petersen*, Arvin Bhana, Lara R. Fairall, One Selohilwe, Tasneem Kathree, Emily C. Baron, Sujit D. Rathod and Crick Lund. Evaluation of a collaborative care model for integrated primary care of common mental disorders comorbid with chronic conditions in South Africa. BMC Psychiatry (2019) 19:107 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-019-2081-

Semrau, M., Alem, A., Ayuso-Mateos, J.L., Chisholm, D., Gureje, O., Hanlon, C., Jordans, M., Kigozi, F., Lund, C., Petersen, I., Shidhaye, R., & Thornicroft, G. (2019). Strengthening mental health systems in low- and middle-income countries: recommendations from the Emerald programme. BJPsych Open. DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2018.90

Jordans, M., Chisholm, D., Semrau, M., Gurung, D., Abdulmalik, J., Ahuja, S., Mugisha, J., Mntambo, N., Kigozi, F., Petersen, I., Shidhaye, R., Upadhaya, N., Lund, C., Thornicroft, G., Gureje, O. (2019). Evaluation of performance and perceived utility of mental health care indicators in routine health information systems in five low- and middle-income countries. BJPsych Open. DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2019.22

Ahuja, S., Hanlon, C., Chisholm, D., Semrau, M., Gurung, D., Abdulmalik, J., Mugisha, J., Mntambo, N., Kigozi, F., Petersen, I., Shidhaye, R., Upadhaya, N., Lund, C., Evans-Lacko, S., Thornicroft, G., Gureje, O., Jordans, M. Experience of using mental health indicators in six low and middle- countries where mental health is integrated in primary care: a qualitative study (2019). BJPsych Open. DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2019.29

Petersen, I., van Rensburg, A. J., Kigozi, F., Semrau, M., Hanlon, C., Fekadu, A., Gureje, O., Gurung, D., Jordans, M., Mntambo, N., Mugisha, J., Muke, S., Petrus, R., Shidhaye, R., Ssebunnya, J., Tekola, B., Upadhaya, N., Patel, V., Lund, C., Thornicroft, G. Scaling up integrated primary mental health in six low-and-middle income countries: obstacles, synergies and implications for systems reform (2019). BJPSych Open. DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2019.7

Evans-Lacko, S., Hanlon, C., Alem, A., Ayuso-Mateos, J. L., Chisholm, D., Gureje, O., Jordans, M., Kigozi, F., Lempp, H., Lund, C., Petersen, I., Shidhaye, R., Thornicroft, G., Semrau, M. Evaluation of capacity-building strategies for mental health system strengthening in low- and middle-income countries for service users and carers, policymakers and planners, and researchers (2019). BJPsych Open. DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2019.14

Kemp CG, Petersen I, Bhana A, Rao D. Supervision of Task-Shared Mental Health Care in Low Resource Settings: A Commentary on Programmatic Experience. Global health, science and practice. 2019;7(2):150-9.

Petersen I, Rathod S, Kathree T, Selohilwe O, Bhana A. Risk correlates for physical-mental multimorbidities in South Africa: a cross-sectional study. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2019 Aug;28(4):418 doi: 10.1017/S2045796017000737. Epub 2017 Dec 4. PubMed PMID: 29198237.

One Selohilwe, Arvin Bhana, Emily C. Garman and Inge Petersen. Evaluating the role of levels of exposure to a task shared depression counselling intervention led by behavioural health counsellors: Outcome and process evaluation. Int J Ment Health Syst (2019) 13:42 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-019-0299-2

Thornicroft G, Ahuja S, Barber S, Chisholm D, Collins PY, Docrat S, Fairall L, Lempp H, Niaz U, Ngo V, Patel V, Petersen I, Prince M, Semrau M, Unützer J, Yueqin H, Zhang S. Integrated care for people with long-term mental and physical health conditions in low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet Psychiatry. 2019 Feb;6(2):174-186. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(18)30298-0. Epub 2018 Nov 15. Review. PubMed PMID: 30449711.

2018

Tomita A, & Ramlall S. (2018). A nationwide panel study on religious involvement and depression in South Africa: Evidence from the South African National Income Dynamics Study. Journal of Religion and Health. 57(6):2279-89.

Mutiso VN, Musyimi CW, Tomita A, Loeffen L, Musau AM, Burns JK, & Ndetei DM. (2018). Epidemiological patterns of mental disorders and stigma in a community household survey in urban slum and rural settings in Kenya. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 64(2):120-129.

Mashaphu S, Wyatt GE, Gomo E, & Tomita A. (2018). Intimate partner violence among HIV serodiscordant couples in Durban, South Africa. South African Medical Journal. 108(11):960-964.

Breuer, E., Hanlon, C., Bhana, A.,.. Chisholm, D., De Silva, M., Fekadu,A., Honikman, S., Jordans, M., Kathree, T., Kigozi, Luitel, N., Marx, M., Medhin, G., Murhar, V., Ndyanabangi, S., Patel, V., Petersen, I., …Lund, C. (2018) Partnerships in a Global Mental Health Research Programme—the Example of PRIME. Global Social Welfare, doi.org/10.1007/s40609-018-0128-6

Rathod SD, Roberts T, Medhin G, Murhar V, Samudre S, Luitel NP, Selohilwe O, Ssebunnya J, Jordans MJD, Bhana A et al: Detection and treatment initiation for depression and alcohol use disorders: facility-based cross-sectional studies in five low-income and middle-income country districts. BMJ open 2018, 8(10):e023421.

Thorncroft, G., Ahuja, S., Barber, S., Chisholm, D., Collins, P., Docrat, S., Fairall, L., Lempp, H., Niaz, U., Ngo, V., Patel, V., Petersen, I., Prince, M., Semrau, M., Unützer, J., Yueqin, H., Zhang, S. Integrated care for people with long-term mental and physical conditions in low- and middle-income countries: narrative review. 2018 Lancet Psychiatry. Doi:10.1016/S2215-0366(18)30298-0

Janse van Rensburg A, Khan R, Wouters E, Fourie P, Van Rensburg H and Bracke P. At the coalface of collaborative mental health care: A qualitative study of governance and power in district-level service provision in South Africa. International Journal of Health Planning and Management. doi: 10.1002/hpm.2593. [Epub ahead of print].

Baron, E. C., Rathod, S. D., Hanlon, C., Prince, M., Fedaku, A., Kigozi, F., Jordans, M., Luitel, M.P., Medhin, G., Murhar, V., Nakku, J., Patel, V., Petersen, I.. . . De Silva, M. (2018). Impact of district mental health care plans on symptom severity and functioning of patients with priority mental health conditions: the Programme for Improving Mental Health Care (PRIME) cohort protocol. BMC Psychiatry, 18(1), 61. doi: 10.1186/s12888-018-1642-x

Petersen, I., Bhana, A., Folb, N., Thornicroft, G., Zani, B., Selohilwe, O., Petrus, R., Mntambo1, N., Georgeu-Pepper, D., Kathree, T. Lund, C., Lombard, C., Bachmann, M., Gaziano, T., Levitt, N., Fairall, L. (2018). Collaborative care for the detection and management of depression among adults with hypertension in South Africa (PRIME-SA): study protocol for the PRIME-SA randomised controlled trial. Trials. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-2518-6

Fairall, L., Petersen I, Zani B, Folb, Georgeu-Pepper D, Selohilwe O, Petrus R, Mntambo N, Bhana A, Lombard C, Bachmann M, Lund C, Hanass-Hancock J, Chisholm D, McCrone P, Carmona S, Gaziano T, Levitt N, Kathree, T, Thornicroft G. (2018). Collaborative care for the detection and management of depression among adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: study protocol for the CobALT randomised controlled trial. Trials. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-2517-7

Brooke-Sumner, C., Selohilwe, O., Mazibuko, M. S., & Petersen, I. (2018). Process Evaluation of a Pilot Intervention for Psychosocial Rehabilitation for Service Users with Schizophrenia in North West Province, South Africa. Community Ment Health J. doi:10.1007/s10597-018-0318-9

2017

Tomita A, Vandormael AM, Cuadros D, Tanser F, Slotow R, & Burns JK. (2017). Proximity to healthcare clinic and depression risk in South Africa: Geospatial evidence from a nationally representative longitudinal study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 52(8):1023-1030.

Thela L, Tomita A, Maharaj V, Mhologo M, & Burns JK. (2017). Counting the cost of Afrophobia: Post-migration adaptation and mental health challenges of African refugees in South Africa. Transcultural Psychiatry. 54(5–6): 715–732.

Maharaj V, Tomita A, Thela L, Mhologo M, & Burns JK. (2017). Food insecurity and risk of depression among refugees and immigrants in South Africa. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 19(3):631-637.

Burns JK, Tomita A, & Lund C. (2017). Income inequality widens the existing income-related disparity in depression risk in post-apartheid South Africa: evidence from a nationally representative panel study. Health and Place. 45:10-16.

Hanlon C, Semrau M, Alem A, Abayneh S, Abdulmalik J, Docrat S, Evans-Lacko S, Gureje O, Jordans M, Lempp H, Mugisha, J., Petersen, I. et al: Evaluating capacity-building for mental health system strengthening in low- and middle-income countries for service users and caregivers, service planners and researchers. Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences 2017:1-8.

Hanlon, C., Eshetu, T., Alemayehu, D., Fekadu, A., Semrau, M., Thornicroft, G., Kigozi, F., Marais, D., Petersen, I., & Alem, A. (2017). Health system governance to support scale up of mental health care in Ethiopia: a qualitative study. International journal of mental health systems, 11(1), 38.

Upadhaya, N., Jordans, M. J., Pokhrel, R., Gurung, D., Adhikari, R. P., Petersen, I., & Komproe, I. H. (2017). Current situations and future directions for mental health system governance in Nepal: findings from a qualitative study. International journal of mental health systems, 11(1), 37.

Petersen, I., Marais, D., Abdulmalik, J., Ahuja, S., Alem, A., Chisholm, D., Egbe, C., Gureje, O., Hanlon, C., Lund, C., Shidhaye, R., Jordans, M., Kigozi, F., Mugisha, J., Upadhaya, N., & Thornicraft, G. (2017). Strengthening mental health system governance in six low-and middle-income countries in Africa and South Asia: challenges, needs and potential strategies. Health Policy and Planning, 32(5), 699-709.

Mugisha, J., Abdulmalik, J., Hanlon, C., Petersen, I., Lund, C., Upadhaya, N.,Shidhaye, R., Mntambo, N., Alem, A., Gureje, O., & Kigozi, F. (2017). Health systems context (s) for integrating mental health into primary health care in six Emerald countries: a situation analysis. International journal of mental health systems, 11(1), 7.

A Bhana, Sujit D Rathod, One Selohilwe, Tasneem Kathree, Inge Petersen. Characteristics and correlates of alcohol consumption among adult chronic care patients in North West province, South Africa. SAMJ: 1.32 S Afr Med J2017;107(7): 636-642.DOI:10.7196/SAMJ. 2017.v107i7.12131

2016

Petersen, I., Fairall, L., Bhana, A., Kathree, T., Selohilwe, O., Brooke-Sumner, C. & Patel, V. (2016). Integrating mental health into chronic care in South Africa: the development of a district mental healthcare plan. Br J Psychiatry, 208 Suppl 56, s29-39. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.153726

Hanlon, C., Fekadu, A., Jordans, M., Kigozi, F., Petersen, I., Shidhaye, R., & Patel, V. (2016). District mental healthcare plans for five low- and middle-income countries: commonalities, variations and evidence gaps. Br J Psychiatry, 208 Suppl 56, s47-54. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.153767

De Silva, M. J., Rathod, S. D., Hanlon, C., Breuer, E., Chisholm, D., Fekadu, A., & Patel, V. (2016). Evaluation of district mental healthcare plans: the PRIME consortium methodology. Br J Psychiatry, 208 Suppl 56, s63-70. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.153858

Chisholm, D., Burman-Roy, S., Fekadu, A., Kathree, T., Kizza, D., Luitel, N. P., & Lund, C. (2016). Estimating the cost of implementing district mental healthcare plans in five low- and middle-income countries: the PRIME study. Br J Psychiatry, 208 Suppl 56, s71-78. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.153866

Breuer, E., De Silva, M. J., Shidaye, R., Petersen, I., Nakku, J., Jordans, M. J., & Lund, C. (2016). Planning and evaluating mental health services in low- and middle-income countries using theory of change. Br J Psychiatry, 208 Suppl 56, s55-62. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.153841

Baron, E. C., Hanlon, C., Mall, S., Honikman, S., Breuer, E., Kathree, T., & Tomlinson, M. (2016). Maternal mental health in primary care in five low- and middle-income countries: a situational analysis. BMC Health Serv Res, 16(1), 53. doi: 10.1186/s12913-016-1291-z

Mall, S., Hailemariam,M., Selamu, M., Fekadu, A., Lund, C., Patel, V., Petersen, I., & Hanlon, C. (2016). ‘Restoring the person’s life’: a qualitative study to inform development of care for people with severe mental disorders in rural Ethiopia. Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences. 10, 1-10. PubMed PMID: 26961343.

Brooke-Sumner, C., Lund, C., & Petersen, I. (2016). Bridging the gap: investigating challenges and way forward for intersectoral provision of psychosocial rehabilitation in South Africa. Int J Ment Health Syst. 10, 21. PubMed PMID: 26962328. PubMed Central PMCID: 4784432.

Jordans, M. J., Chisholm, D., Semrau, M., Upadhaya, N., Abdulmalik, J., Ahuja, S., Alem, A., Hanlon, C., Kigozi, F., Mugisha, J., Petersen, I., Shidhaye, R., Lund, C., Thornicroft, G., & Gureje, O. (2016). Indicators for routine monitoring of effective mental healthcare coverage in low- and middle-income settings: a Delphi study. Health Policy and Planning. 10.1093/heapol/czw040

Petersen, I., Evans-Lacko, S., Semrau, M., Barry, M. M., Chisholm, D., Gronholm, P., Egbe, C. O., & Thornicroft, G. (2016). Promotion, prevention and protection: interventions at the population- and community-levels for mental, neurological and substance use disorders in low- and middle-income countries. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. 10.1186/s13033-016-0060-z

Brooke-Sumner C, Lund C, Selohilwe, O., & Petersen, I. (2016). Community-based psychosocial rehabilitation for schizophrenia service users in the North West Province of South Africa: A formative study. Social Work in Mental Health. August, 1-35, DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2016.1220439

2015

Brooke-Sumner, C., Petersen, I., Asher, L., Mall, S., Egbe, C. O., & Lund, C. (2015). Systematic review of feasibility and acceptability of psychosocial interventions for schizophrenia in low- and middle-income countries. BMC Psychiatry, 15, 19. doi: 10.1186/s12888-015-0400-6

Bhana, A., Rathod, S. D., Selohilwe, O., Kathree, T., & Petersen, I. (2015). The validity of the Patient Health Questionnaire for screening depression in chronic care patients in primary health care in South Africa. BMC Psychiatry, 15(1), 118. doi: 10.1186/s12888-015-0503-0

Marais, D. L., & Petersen, I. (2015). Health system governance to support integrated mental health care in South Africa: challenges and opportunities. International journal of mental health systems, 9(1), 14.

Maternal and child and adolescent health

2025

Horwood C, Haskins L, Filippi V, Penn-Kekana L, Manda S, Mapumulo S, Luthuli S, Petrus R, Doherty T. Organisational learning culture in maternity units: A mixed-method study in rural district hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. SSM Health Systems: 5 (2025) 10081

Doherty T, Petrus R, Land S, Horwood C, Filippi V, Haskins L, Phewa C, Mapumulo S, Luthuli S, John V. Strengthening teamwork and respect (STAR) in maternity units: developing a health systems intervention in South Africa. Global Health Action, 18:1, 2440982, DOI 10.1080/16549716.2004.2440892.

Horwood C, Mapumulo S, Luthuli S, Kubeka Z, Reddy N, Tshitaudzi G, Mashamba T, Motshoeneng N, Haskins L. Bringing Child Health Closer to Families: Lessons from a Family MUAC Intervention in Urban and Rural South Africa. Maternal & Child Nutritiion. 2025: e70005 https://doi.org/10.11.11/mcn.70005

Horwood C, Luthuli S, Haskins L, Mapumulo S, Kubeka Z and Tshitaudzi G. A qualitative study to explore mother’s experiences of a family MUAC project in two provinces in South Africa. BMC Nutrition. (2025) 11:61 https://doi.org/10.11.186/s40795-025-01003-7

Nyoni P, Tomita A, Mkhwanazi S, Gibbs A. (2025) Pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of Stepping Stones and Creating Futures Plus to reduce emotional dysregulation among young men in rural areas and urban informal settlements in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 71(5):863-874

2024

Doherty T, Horwood C, Mapumulo S, Haskins L, et al. Case for improving respectful care: results from a cross-sectional survey of person-centred maternity care in rural South Africa. BMJ Public Health 2024;2:e001086. doi:10.1136/ bmjph-2024-001086

Horwood C, Haskins L, Mapumulo S, Connolly C, Luthuli S, Jensen C, Pansegrouw D, McKerrow N. Electronic Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (eIMCI): a randomized controlled trial to evaluate an electronic clinical decision-making support system for management of sick children in primary health care facilities in South Africa. 2024. BMC Health Systems Research: 24:177. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-10547-6.

2023

Horwood C, Luthuli S, Mapumulo S, Haskins L, Jensen C, Pansegrouw D, McKerrow N. 2022. Challenges of using e-Health technologies to support clinical care in rural Africa: a longitudinal mixed methods study exploring primary health care nurses’ experiences of using an electronic Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) in South Africa. BMC Health Services Research (2023) 23:30

Doherty T, Horwood C, Pereira-Kotze, du Plessis L, Witten C. Stemming commercial milk formula marketing: now is the time for radical transformation to build resilience for breastfeeding. February 2023. Lancet Breastfeeding series https://doi.org/10.1016/ S0140-6736(23)00095-8

Kvalsvig JD, Taylor M, Watt KG, Desmond C. The impact of family support and organization on adolescents during school closure under Covid-19 lockdown regulations in an area of South Africa. PLoS One. 2023 Aug 10;18(8):e0288501. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288501.

Oyekunle V, Tomita A, Gibbs A. (2023). Cluster randomized controlled trial of Stepping Stones and Creating Futures to reduce mental health challenges among young men in informal settlement in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 69(7):1712-1722.

Oyekunle V, Gibbs A, Tomita A. (2023). Assessing the role of depression in reducing intimate partner violence perpetration among young men living in urban informal settlements using a mediation analysis of the Stepping Stones and Creating Futures intervention. Global Health Action. 16(1):2188686.

Oyekunle V, Tomita A, Gibbs A. (2023). High levels of poor mental health among young men in urban informal settlements in South Africa: a community-based study of social determinants. Psychology, Health and Medicine. 28(9):2606-2620.

2022

Luthuli S, Haskins L, Mapumulo S, and Horwood C Does the unconditional cash transfer program in South Africa provide support for women after child birth? Barriers to accessing the child support grant among women in informal work in Durban, South Africa. (2022) 22:112

Horwood C, Luthuli S, Pereira-Kotze C, Haskins L, Kingston G, Dlamini-Nqeketo S, Tshitaudzi G Doherty T. An exploration of pregnant women and mothers’ attitudes, perceptions and experiences of formula feeding and formula marketing, and the factors that influence decision-making about infant feeding in South Africa. BMC Public Health (2022) 22:393 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12784-y

Pereira-Kotze CJ, Horwood C, Haskins L, et al. Exploring Women’s Exposure to Marketing of Commercial Formula Products: A Qualitative Marketing Study from Two Sites in South Africa. Global Health Action

Doherty T, Pereira-Kotze CJ, Luthuli S, et al. They push their products through me: health professionals’ perspectives on and exposure to marketing of commercial milk formula in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa – a qualitative study. BMJ Open 2022;12: e055872. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2021-055872

Christiane Horwood, Silondile Luthuli, Jessica Chiliza, Sphindile Mapumulo, Lyn Haskins. It’s not the destination it’s the journey: lessons from a longitudinal ‘mixed’ mixed-methods study among female informal workers in South Africa. International Journal for Qualitative Research (accepted for publication)

Haskins, Luthuli, Mapumulo, Kathree, Horwood. Exploring the roles of fathers from the perspective of informal women workers: a longitudinal mixed methods study from Durban, South Africa. Journal of Family Studies. Accepted for publication

Gisele Bokundabi, Lyn Haskins, Christiane Horwood, Césarine Kuwa, Paulin Mutombo, Vaughn M. John, Mala Ali Mapatano Jean-Pierre Banea When knowledge is not enough: Barriers to recommended cassava processing in resource-constrained Kwango, DRC. Journal of Public Health in Africa. Accpeted for publication

Desmond C, Watt K, Tomlinson M, Williamson J, Sherr L, Sullivan M & Cluver L. (2022) Other people’s children and the critical role of the social service workforce, Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, DOI: 10.1080/17450128.2022.2040762

Unwin HJ, Hillis S, Cluver L, Flaxman S, Goldman PS, Butchart A, Bachman G, Rawlings L, Donnelly CA, Ratmann O, Green P. Nelson C, Blenkinsop A, Bhatt S, Desmond C, Villaveces A, Sherr L. Global, regional, and national minimum estimates of children affected by COVID-19-associated orphanhood and caregiver death, by age and family circumstance up to Oct 31, 2021: an updated modelling study. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. 2022 Feb 25

Somefun OD, Casale M, Haupt Ronnie G, Desmond C, Cluver L, Sherr L. Decade of research into the acceptability of interventions aimed at improving adolescent and youth health and social outcomes in Africa: a systematic review and evidence mapBMJ Open 2021;11:e055160. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055160

Babatunde GB, van Rensburg AJ, Bhana A, Petersen I. Identifying multilevel and multisectoral strategies to develop a Theory of Change for improving child and adolescent mental health services in a case-study district in South Africa. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health. 2022;16(1):45.

Mbwayo A, Kumar M, Mathai M, Mutavi T, Nungari J, Gathara R, et al. Strengthening System and Implementation Research Capacity for Child Mental Health and Family Well-being in Sub-Saharan Africa. Global social welfare : research, policy & practice. 2022;9(1):37-53. Monnapula-Mazabane, P., Petersen, I. (2022) Feasibility and acceptability of a mental health stigma Intervention for low-income South African caregivers: A qualitative investigation. South African Journal of Psychiatry. Vol 28, a1824, DOI:https://doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v28i0.1824.

Maykondo BK, Horwood C, Haskins L, Mapumulo S, Mapatano MA, Kilola BM, Mokanisa MB, Hatloy A, John VM, Bitadi P (2022) A qualitative study to explore dietary knowledge, beliefs, and practices among pregnant women in a rural health zone in the Democratic Republic of Congo. J Health Popul Nutr, 41(1):51.

Nazareth ML, Kvalsvig JD, Mellins CA, Desmond C, Kauchali S, Davidson LL. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and child behaviour problems in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Child Care Health Dev. 2022 May;48(3):494-502. doi: 10.1111/cch.12950. Epub 2022 Jan 20. PMID: 34913192; PMCID: PMC10314803.

Desmond C, Norwitz GA, Kvalsvig JD, Gruver RS, Kauchali S, Watt KG, Myeza NP, Munsami A, Davidson LL. The Asenze Cohort Study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: protocol and cohort profile. Epidemiol Health. 2022;44:e2022037. doi: 10.4178/epih.e2022037. Epub 2022 Apr 5. PMID: 35413165; PMCID: PMC9684003.

Nyoni P, Cuadros DF, Gibbs A, Tanser F, Slotow R, Burns J.K, Tomita A. (2022). Spatial clustering of codeine use and its association with depression: a geospatial analysis of nationally representative South African data. Journal of Affective Disorder Report. 10: 100434

Tomita A, Cuadros DF, Gibbs A. (2022). Syndemics of intimate partner violence among women in HIV endemic South Africa: geospatial analysis of nationally representative data. Scientific Reports. 12(1):18083

2021

Luthuli S, Haskins L, Mapumulo S, Rollins N, and Horwood C. 2020. I decided to go back to work so I can afford to buy her formula’: a longitudinal mixed-methods study to explore how women in informal work balance the competing demands of infant feeding and work to provide for their family. BMC Public Health 20:1847. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09917-6

Horwood C, Haskins L, Hinton R, Connolly C, Luthuli S, and Rollins N. 2021. Addressing the interaction between food insecurity, depression risk and informal work: findings of a cross-sectional survey among informal women workers with young children in South Africa. BMC Women’s Health 21:2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-020-01147-7

Horwood C, Hinton R, Haskins L, Luthuli S, Mapumulo S, Rollins N. (2021) ‘I can no longer do my work how I used to’: a mixed methods longitudinal cohort study exploring how informal working mothers balance the requirements of livelihood and safe child care in South Africa. BMC Women’s Health 21:288, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-021-01425y

Horwood C, Mapumulo S, Haskins L, John V, Luthuli S, Tylleskär T, Mutombo P, Engebretsen IMS, Ali MM, Hatløy A. (2021) A North-South-South partnership in higher education to develop health research capacity in the Democratic Republic of Congo: the challenge of finding a common language. Health Research Policy and Systems (2021) 19:79, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-021-00728-8

MM, Haskins L, John V, Hatløy A, Luthuli S, Mapumulo S, Engebretsen IMS, Tylleskär T, Mutombo P and Horwood C. (2021) Establishing a postgraduate programme in nutritional epidemiology to strengthen resource capacity, academic leadership and research in the Democratic Republic of Congo. BMC Medical Education 21: 136 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-02557-3

Hatloy A, Luthuli S, John V, Haskins L, Mapumulo S, Mutombo P, Tulleskar T, Engebretsen I, Horwood C, Ali MM. (2021) ‘I am not only beneficial to the community but to the entire country, I am trained as a researcher now’: Developing health research skills in low-income countries. Global Public Health, 2021 Sep 6;1-18l, https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2021.1974512

Kaldenbach, S., Engebretsen, I. M. S., Haskins, L., Conolly, C., & Horwood, C. (2021). Infant feeding, growth monitoring and the double burden of malnutrition among children aged 6 months and their mothers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Maternal & Child Nutrition, e13288. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13288.

Mapumulo S, Haskins L, Luthuli S, Horwood C (2021) Health workers’ disrespectful and abusive behaviour towards women during labour and delivery: A qualitative study in Durban, South Africa. PLoS ONE 16(12): e0261204. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261204

2020

Goga A., Doherty T., Manda SOM., Nkwenika T., Haskins L., John V., Engebretsen IMS., Feucht U., Dhansay A., Rollins N., Kroon SM., Saunders D., Kauchali S., Tulleskar T., Horwood C. Translating new evidence into clinical practice: A quasi-experimental controlled before-after study evaluating the effect of a novel outreach mentoring approach on knowledge, attitudes and confidence of health workers providing HIV and infant feeding counselling in South Africa. October 2020. BMJ Open. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034770

Horwood C., Surie A., Haskins L., Luthuli S., Hinton R., Chowdhury A., Rollins N. 2020. ‘She must cover up whilst the baby is feeding’: Experiences and attitudes about breastfeeding among female and male informal workers in India and South Africa.

Haskins L., Chiliza J., Barker P., Connolly C., Phakathi S., Feeley A., Horwood C. 2020. Evaluation of the effectiveness of a quality improvement intervention to support integration of maternal, child and HIV care in primary health care facilities in South Africa. BMC Public Health (2020) 20:318. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8397-2

George G, Mudzingwa T, Horwood C: The cost of the training and supervision of community health workers to improve exclusive breastfeeding amongst mothers in a cluster randomised controlled trial in South Africa. BMC health services research 2020, 20(1):76.

Bhan G, Surie A, Horwood C, Dobson R, Alfers L, Portela A, Rollins N: Informal work and maternal and child health: a blind spot in public health and research. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2020, 98(3):219-221

Gruver, R. S., Mall, S., Kvalsvig, J. D., Knox, J. R., Mellins, C. A., Desmond, C., Kauchali, S., Arpadi, S. M., Taylor, M., & Davidson, L. L. (2020). Cognitive and Language Development at Age 4-6 Years in Children HIV-Exposed But Uninfected Compared to Those HIV-Unexposed and to Children Living With HIV. New directions for child and adolescent development, 2020(171), 39–54. https://doi.org/10.1002/cad.20351

Tomita A, Cuadros D, Burns JK, Tanser F, Slotow R. (2020). Exposure to waste sites and their impact on health: a panel and geospatial analysis of nationally representative data from South Africa, 2008–2015. Lancet Planetary Health. S2542-5196(20)30101-7.

2019

Horwood C., Haskins L., Phakathi S., and McKerrow N. 2019. A health systems strengthening intervention to improve quality of care for sick and small newborn infants: results from an evaluation in district hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. BMC Pediatrics (2019) 19:29. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-019-1396-8

Horwood C, Haskins L, Phakathi S, McKerrow N: A health systems strengthening intervention to improve quality of care for sick and small new-born infants: results from an evaluation in district hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. BMC Pediatr 2019, 19(1):29.

Doherty T, Horwood C, Haskins L, Magasana V, Goga A, Feucht U, Sanders D, Tylleskar T, Kauchali S, Dhansay MA et al: Breastfeeding advice for reality: Women’s perspectives on primary care support In South Africa. Matern Child Nutr 2019:e12877.

Haskins L., Phakathi S., Grant M., and Horwood C. 2019. Integrating services for impact and sustainability: a proof of concept project in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. South African Family Practice

Horwood C., Haskins L., Luthuli S., McKerrow N. Communication between mothers and health Workers is important for quality of newborn care: a qualitative study in neonatal units in district hospitals in South Africa. BMC Pediatrics (2019) 19:496. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-019-1874-z

Horwood C, Haskins L, Engebretsen IM, Connolly C, Coutsoudis A, Spies L. Are we doing enough? Improved breastfeeding practices at 14weeks but challenges of non-initiation and early cessation of breastfeeding remain: findings of two consecutive cross-sectional surveys in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. BMC Public Health

Horwood C., Haskins L., Goga A., Doherty T., John V., Engebretsen IMA., Feucht U., Rollins N., Kroon M., Sanders D., Tylleskar T. 2019. An educational intervention to update health workers about HIV and infant feeding. Maternal & child nutrition 2019:e12922. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12922

Horwood C., Haskins L., Alfers L., Masango-Muzindutsi Z., Dobson R and Rollins N. 2019. A descriptive study to explore working conditions and childcare practices among informal women workers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: identifying opportunities to support childcare for mothers in informal work. BMC Pediatrics. (2019) 19:382 123.

Haskins L., Phakathi S., Grant M., and Horwood C. 2019. Integrating services for impact and sustainability: a proof of concept project in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. South African Family Practice

Doherty T., Horwood C., Haskins L., Magasana V., Goga A., Feucht U., Sanders D., Tylleskar T., Kauchali S., Dhansay MA., Rollins N., Kroon M, Engebretsen IMA. 2019. Breastfeeding advice for reality: women’s perspectives on infant feeding support received in primary health care settings in South Africa. Maternal and Child Nutrition.

2018

Horwood C., Haskins L., Engebretsen, IMS., Phakathi S., Connolly C., Coutsoudis A., and Spies L. 2018 Improved rates of exclusive breastfeeding at 14 weeks of age in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa: what are the challenges now? BMC Public Health.

Haskins L., Nyasulu D., Davidge R., McKerrow N. and Horwood C. First experiences of accrediting district hospitals for excellence in newborn care in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: successes and challenges. Journal of Hospital Administration, 2018; 7(3):25-34.

Jama, N., Wilford, A., Haskins, L., Coutsoudis, A., Spies, L., and Horwood, C. 2018. Autonomy and infant feeding decision-making among teenage mothers in a rural and urban setting in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2018 Feb 17;18(1):52 doi: 10.1186/s12884-018-1675-7.

Horwood C., Jama N., Haskins L., Coutsoudis A., and Spies L. 2018. A qualitative study exploring infant feeding decision‐making between birth and 6 months among HIV‐positive mothers. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 2018; e12726. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12726

2017

Jama, N., Wilford, A., Masango, Z., Haskins, L., Coutsoudis, A., Spies, L., and Horwood, C. 2017. Enablers and barriers to success among mothers planning to exclusively breastfeed for 6 months: a qualitative prospective cohort study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. International Breastfeeding Journal. 12:43

Petersen I, Rathod S, Kathree T, Selohilwe O, Bhana A. Risk correlates for physical-mental multimorbidities in South Africa: a cross-sectional study. Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences. Dec 4 2017:1-9.

Wilbroda H. Ngidi, Joanne R. Naidoo, Busisiwe P. Ncama,1 Zamasomi P. B. Luvuno, and Tisane P. Mashamba-Thompso. Mapping evidence of interventions and strategies to bridge the gap in the implementation of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme policy in sub-Saharan countries: A scoping review Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2017; 9(1): 1368.

2016

Khuzwayo, N., Taylor, M., & Connolly, C. Prevalence and correlates of violence amongst South African high school learners in uMgungundlovu district municipality- Accepted by SAMJ

Haskins, L., Grant, M., Phakathi, S., Mntambo, N., Wilford, A., & Horwood, C. (2016). Fragmentation of maternal, child and HIV services: a missed opportunity to provide comprehensive care. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine

2015

Oppong Asante, K., Meyer-Weitz, A., & Petersen, I. (2015). Mental Health and Health Risk Behaviours of Homeless Adolescents and Youth: A Mixed Methods Study. Child and Youth Care Forum, DOI: 10.1007/s10566-015-9335-9.

Moshabela, M., Sene, M, Nanne, I., Tankoano, Y., Schafer, J., Diouf, O., & Sachs, S. (2015). Early detection of maternal deaths in Senegal through household-based death notification: integrated verbal and social autopsy. BMC Health Services Research, 15(1), 16

Climate and environmental health

2024

Mooldey Y, Asare K, Tanser F, Tomita A. (2024). Maternal exposure to heat and its association with miscarriage in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A population-based cohort study. Women’s Health. 2024;20.

2022

Tomita A, Ncama BP, Moodley Y, Davids R, Burns JK, Mabhaudhi T, Modi AT, Slotow R. (2022). Community disaster exposure and first onset of depression: A panel analysis of nationally representative South African data, 2008-2017. PloS Climate. 1(4): e0000024.

Training and capacity building

2018

Masango-Muzindutsi Z., Haskins, L., Wilford, A., and Horwood, C. 2018. Using an Action Learning methodology to develop skills of health managers: experiences from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. BMC Health Services Research BMC Health Services Research (2018) 18:907. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3693-6

2017

Semrau M, Alem A, Abdulmalik J, Docrat S, Evans-Lacko S, Gureje O, Kigozi F, Lempp H, Lund C, Petersen I et al: Developing capacity-building activities for mental health system strengthening in low- and middle-income countries for service users and caregivers, service planners, and researchers. Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences 2017:1-11.

Key populations

2025

Nxumalo, C. T., Buthelezi, U., Chiya, H., Makgobole, M. U., Mpofana, N., Mgwaba, T., & Luvuno, Z. (2025). Achieving the fast track 90-90-90 and 95-95-95 targets in sub-Saharan Africa: A rapid review. Journal of Public Health in Africa, 16(1), 691.

2024

Chiya, Wilbroda Hlolisile, et al. Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of students on sexual health needs of sexual and gender minority individuals in a South African University of Kwa-Zulu Natal: A mixed methods study. International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478) 12.10 (2023): 78-84.

Luvuno, Zamasomi PB, et al. “Fast-track interventions for HIV and AIDS epidemic control among key populations: A rapid review.” African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine 16.1 (2024): 12.

Nxumalo, C. T., Luvuno, Z., Chiya, W. H., Ngcobo, S. J., Naidoo, D., Zamudio-Haas, S., & Harris, O. (2024). Designing Implementation Strategies for the Inclusion of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, and Allied and Key Populations’ Content in Undergraduate Nursing Curricula in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Protocol for a Multimethods Research Project. JMIR Research Protocols, 13(1), e52250.

2021

Tomson A, McLachlan C, Wattrus C, et al. Southern African HIV Clinicians Society gender-affirming healthcare guideline for South Africa. S Afr J HIV Med. 2021;22(1), a1299. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhivmed.v22i1.1299

2020

Zamasomi Luvuno and Elma De Vries – Challenges faced by trans and gender-diverse people in accessing public sector healthcare services. HIV Nursing Matters October 2020 Vol. 11

2019

Zamasomi Luvuno,Busisiwe Ncama and Gugu Mchunu.Transgender population’s experiences with regard to accessing reproductive health care in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa: A qualitative study. Journal: African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine. ISSN: 2071-2928, E-ISSN: 2071-2936 (In Press)

Luvuno, Zamasomi, Ncama Busisiwe, Mchunu Gugu “Knowledge, attitudes and practices of health care workers related to treatment and care of transgender patients: a qualitative study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.” Gender & Behaviour 15.2 (2017).

2018

Luvuno, Z., Mchunu, G., Ncama, B., Ngidi, H., Mashamba-Thompson, T. Evidence of interventions for improving healthcare access for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in South Africa: A scoping review. Ref. No.: 1367. Journal: African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine. ISSN: 2071-2928, E-ISSN: 2071-2936 (In press).

2017

Zamasomi P.B. Luvuno, Busisiwe Ncama, Gugu Mchunu; Transgender population’s experiences concerning accessing reproductive health care in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa: A qualitative study: African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine | Vol 11, No 1 | a1933

Zamasomi P. Luvuno, Gugu Mchunu, Busisiwe Ncama, Hlolisile Ngidi, Tivani Mashamba-Thompson; Evidence of interventions for improving healthcare access for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in South Africa: A scoping review: African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine | Vol 11, No 1 | a1367 |

2016

Sikweyiya, Y., Nduna, M., Khuzwayo, N., Mthombeni, A., & Mashamba-Thompson, T.P. (2016). Gender-based violence and absent fathers: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 6(6), p. e010154.

Additional publications

2025

Rossouw, L., Watt, K. G., Timol, F., Davidson, L. L., & Desmond, C. (2025). Early transition markers, opportunities, and limitations that define pathways into the labour market from adolescence to adulthood in South Africa. Development Policy Review, 43(2), e12829.

Joseph L, Gaitonde R, Retnakumar C, et al. Non-communicable disease multi-morbidity in policies from India, Thailand, and South Africa: A comparative document review. Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity. 2025;15. doi:10.1177/26335565251330371.

Ngcobo, S. J., Zhandire, T., Luvuno, Z. M., Chiya, W. H., Nxumalo, C. T., Mazibuko, G. B., … & Naidoo, D. (2025). Evaluating language policy implementation in South African higher education-three decades of progress and challenges: A scoping review protocol. PLoS One, 20(4), e0322322.

2024

Kruk, M. E., Kapoor, N. R., Lewis, T. P., Arsenault, C., Boutsikari, E. C., Breda, J., . . . Garcia-Elorrio, E. (2024). Population confidence in the health system in 15 countries: results from the first round of the People’s Voice Survey. The Lancet Global Health, 12(1), e100-e111. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00499-0

Croke, K., Moshabela, M., Kapoor, N. R., Doubova, S. V., Garcia-Elorrio, E., HaileMariam, D., . . . Kruk, M. E. (2024). Primary health care in practice: usual source of care and health system performance across 14 countries. The Lancet Global Health, 12(1), e134-e144. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00513-2

Odipo, E., Jarhyan, P., Nzinga, J., Prabhakaran, D., Aryal, A., Clarke-Deelder, E., . . . Okiro, E. A. (2024). The path to universal health coverage in five African and Asian countries: examining the association between insurance status and health-care use. The Lancet Global Health, 12(1), e123-e133. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00510-7

Mathias K, Bunkley N, Pillai P, Ae-Ngibise KA, Kpobi L, ‚Ä¶Van Rensburg A‚Ä¶et al. (2024) Inverting the deficit model in global mental health: An examination of strengths and assets of community mental health care in Ghana, India, Occupied Palestinian territories, and South Africa. PLOS Global Public Health 4(3): e0002575. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002575

Asher, L., et al., Peer-led recovery groups for people with psychosis in South Africa (PRIZE): Results of a randomized controlled feasibility trial. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci, 2024. 33: p. e47.

R., Chetty, T., Brodie, D., et al SARS-CoV-2 Infections in a Triad of Primary School Learners (Grades 1-7), their Parents and Teachers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A Cross-sectional and Nested Case Cohort Study Protocol. JMIR Res Protoc 2024, Vol 0., http:// 10.2196/52713

“B., Bhandari, PM., Gurung, D et al., Data-Driven Cutoff Selection for the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Depression Screening Tool. JAMA Netw Open, 2024, Vol 7 (11).”

Kurniawan, Adi Lukas, et al. “Community-based interventions targeting multiple forms of malnutrition among adolescents in low-income and middle-income countries: protocol for a scoping review.” BMJ open 14.3 (2024): e078969.

Kurniawan, A. L., et al. “Enhancing adolescent and youth health through nutrition fluency in Sub-Saharan Africa: ARISE-NUTRINT initiative.” Perspectives in Public Health 144.4 (2024): 215-218.

Gounder L, Khan A, Manasa J, Lessells R, Tomita A, Pillay M, Manyana SC, Govender S, Francois K-L, Moodley P, et al. (2024). Patterns of HIV-1 Drug Resistance Observed Through Geospatial Analysis of Routine Diagnostic Testing in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Viruses. 16(10):1634.

Gounder L, Tomita A, Lessells R, Moodley S, Francois K-L, Khan A, Pillay M, Manyana SC, Govender S, Govender K, Moodley P, Parboosing R, Msomi N, Tanser F, Naidoo K, Chimukangara B. (2024). Geospatial and temporal mapping of detectable HIV-1 viral loads amid dolutegravir rollout in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. PloS Global Public Health. 4(5): e0003224.

2023

Victoria Oyekunle, Andrew Gibbs & Andrew Tomita (2023) Assessing the role of depression in reducing intimate partner violence perpetration among young men living in urban informal settlements using a mediation analysis of the Stepping Stones and Creating Futures intervention, Global Health Action, 16:1, 2188686, DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2023.2188686 https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2023.2188686

Bolton, P., West, J., Whitney, C. et al. Expanding Mental Health Services in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Task-Shifting Framework for Delivery of Comprehensive, Collaborative Community-Based Care. Global Mental Health. 2023. DOI: 10.1017/gmh.

Lynette Moodley, Vuyokazi Ntlantsana, Andrew Tomita & Saeeda Paruk (2023): The missed pandemic: Intimate partner violence in female mental-health-care-users during the COVID-19 pandemic, Psychology, Health & Medicine, DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2023.2206143 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2023.2206143

Bemme, D., Roberts, T., Ae-Ngibise, K.A., Gumbonzvanda, N., Joag, N., Kagee, A., Machisa, M., Van der Westhuizen, C., Van Rensburg, A., Willan, S., Wuerth, M., Aoun, M., Jain, S., Lund, C., Mathias, K., Read, U., Taylor Salisbury, T., and Burgess, R.A. Mutuality as a method: Decolonizing knowledge and theorizing the “social” through mutual learning in global mental health. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.

Bokundabi G, Haskins L, Horwood C, Kuwa C, Paulin P, John VM, Ali MM, Banea JP. When knowledge is not enough: Barriers to recommended cassava processing in resource-constrained Kwango, DRC. 2023. Journal of Public Health in Africa. doi:10.4081/jphia.2023.2052.

Asare, K., et al., Impact of Point-of-Care Testing on the Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections in South Africa: Evidence from the HVTN702 Human Immunodeficiency Virus Vaccine Trial. Clin Infect Dis, 2023. 76(5): p. 881-889.

Cuadros, D.F., et al., Geospatial assessment of the convergence of communicable and non-communicable diseases in South Africa. J Multimorb Comorb, 2023. 13: p. 26335565231204119

Kiburi, S.K., et al., Digital interventions for opioid use disorder treatment: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. J Subst Abuse Treat, 2023. 144: p. 108926.

Kim, H.Y., et al., High prevalence of self-reported sexually transmitted infections among older adults in Tanzania: results from a list experiment in a population-representative survey. Ann Epidemiol, 2023. 84: p. 48-53.

Mhata, N.T., et al., Prevalence of depression, anxiety and burnout in medical students at the University of Namibia. S Afr J Psychiatr, 2023. 29: p. 2044.

Mngadi, L.C., et al., Water, sanitation and depression in rural communities: evidence from nationally representative study data in South Africa. Psychol Health Med, 2023. 28(9): p. 2441-2449.

Mwelase, M.P., et al., HIV prevalence and access to HIV testing and care in patients with psychosis in South Africa. S Afr J Psychiatr, 2023. 29: p. 1918.

Oyekunle, V., A. Tomita, and A. Gibbs, High levels of poor mental health among young men in urban informal settlements in South Africa: a community-based study of social determinants. Psychol Health Med, 2023. 28(9): p. 2606-2620.

Paruk, S., et al., Clinical characteristics of people presenting with first episode psychosis pre- and during the COVID-19 pandemic in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Early Interv Psychiatry, 2023.

Luthuli S, Daniel M, Corbin JH. Power imbalances and equity in the day-to-day functioning of a north plus multi-south higher education institutions partnership: a case study. International Journal of Equality in Health. 2004. 23:59. http://doi/org/10.1186/s12939-024-02139-x

Dickson, L., Roux, S. R. L., Mitrani, L., Hill, J., Jassat, W., Cox, H., . . . Nicol, M. (2023). Organisation of care for people receiving drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in South Africa: a mixed methods study. BMJ Open, 13(11), e067121. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067121

Mabuza, L. H., & Moshabela, M. (2023). What do medical students and their clinical preceptors understand by primary health care in South Africa? A qualitative study. BMC Medical Education, 23(1), 785. doi:10.1186/s12909-023-04751-x

Lewis TP, Kapoor NR, Aryal A, Bazua-Lobato R, Carai S, Clarke-Deelder E, et al. (2023) Measuring people’s views on health system performance: Design and development of the People’s Voice Survey. PLoS Med 20(10): e1004294. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004294

Munro, N., Matisonn, H., Nadesan-Reddy, N., Suleman, F., Wassenaar, D., Ramlall, S., Moshabela M, Brysiewicz, P. (2023). The evolution of a cooperative mentoring community: developing research leadership in early career (healthcare) faculty. International Journal for Academic Development, 1-13. doi:10.1080/1360144X.2023.2235327

Agyepong, I., Spicer, N., Ooms, G., Jahn, A., B√§rnighausen, T., Beiersmann, C., . . . Heymann, D. Lancet Commission on synergies between universal health coverage, health security, and health promotion. The Lancet. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01930-4

Wang, D., Shinde, S., Drysdale, R., Vandormael, A., Tadesse, A. W., Sherfi, H., Tinkasimile, A., Mwanyika-Sando, M., Moshabela, M., B√§rnighausen, T., Sharma, D., & Fawzi, W. W. (2023). Access to digital media and devices among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa: A multicountry, school-based survey. Maternal & Child Nutrition, n/a(n/a), e13462. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13462

Shinde, S., Noor, R. A., Mwanyika-Sando, M., Moshabela, M., Tadesse, A. W., Sherfi, H., . . . Fawzi, W. W. (2023). Adolescent health and well-being in sub-Saharan Africa: Strengthening knowledge base and research capacity through a collaborative multi-country school-based study. Matern Child Nutr, e13411. doi:10.1111/mcn.13411

Banda GT, Bosire E, Bunn C et al. Multimorbidity research in Sub-Saharan Africa: Proceedings of an interdisciplinary workshop [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. Wellcome Open Res 2023, 8:110 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18850.1)

Carries, S., Mkhwanazi, Z., Sigwadhi, L., Moshabela, M., Nyirenda, M., Goudge, J., & Govindasamy, D. (2023). An economic incentive package to support the wellbeing of caregivers of adolescents living with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa: a feasibility study protocol for a pilot randomised trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 9(1), 3. doi:10.1186/s40814-023-01237-x

Moyo, R. C., Sigwadhi, L., Carries, S. et al. (2023). Health-related quality of life among people living with HIV in the era of universal test and treat: results from a cross-sectional study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. HIV Research & Clinical Practice 25(1): 2298094.

Cuadros DF, Moreno CM, Tomita A, Singh U, Olivier S, Castle A, Moosa Y, Edwards JA, Kim HY, Siedner MJ, Wong EB, Tanser F. (2023) Geospatial assessment of the convergence of communicable and non-communicable diseases in South Africa. Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity. 13:26335565231204119.

Asare K, Ngcapu S, Osman F, Mindel A, Naicker N, Khanyile M, Karim SSA, Tomita A, Garrett N. (2024) Incidence of herpes simplex virus type 2 positivity among women living with human immunodeficiency virus in South Africa. International Journal of STD & AIDS. 2023;35(1):58-66.

Kim HY, Rohr J, Leyna G, Killewo J, Tomita A, Tanser F, Bärnighausen T. (2023). High prevalence of self-reported sexually transmitted diseases among older adults in Tanzania: results from the list experiment. Annals of Epidemiology. 84:48-53.

Aware K, Osman F, Mindel A, Vandormael A, Naicker N, Khanyile M, Tomita A, Garrett N. (2023). Incidence, recurrence, and prevalence of bacterial vaginosis from acute to chronic HIV infection in a prospective cohort of women in South Africa. Annals of Epidemiology. 82:33-39.

Asare K, Andine T, Naicker N, Dorward J, Singh N, Spooner E, Andriesen J, Osman F, Ngcapu S, Vandormael A, Mindel A, Abdool Karim S, Bekker L-G, Gray G, Corey L, Tomita A and Garrett N. (2023). Impact of point-of-care testing on the management of sexually transmitted infections in South Africa: Evidence from the HVTN702 HIV vaccine trial. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 76(1):182.

2022

Mabusela M, Tomita A, Paruk S, Paruk F. Prevalence of depressive symptoms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis at a regional hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. S Afr J Psychiat. 2022;28(0), a1702. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v28i0.1702 Copyright: © 2022. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS.

Fekadu A, Demissie M, Birhane R, Medhin G, Bitew T, Hailemariam M, et al. Under detection of depression in primary care settings in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic reviews. 2022;11(1):21.

Kumar M, Verdeli H, Saxena S, Petersen I, Huang KY, Othieno C, et al. Modifying Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Peripartum Adolescents in Sub-Saharan African Context: Reviewing Differential Contextual and Implementation Considerations. Clinical Medicine Insights: Psychiatry. 2022;13:11795573221075573.

Brathwaite,R., Ssewamala,F.M., Sensoy Bahar,O., McKay,M.M., Neilands, T.B., Namatovu,P., Kiyingi, J., Zmachinski,L., Nabayinda, J., Huang, K.Y., Kivumbi,A., Bhana, A., Mwebembezi, A., Petersen,I., Hoagwood, K. (2022). The longitudinal impact of an evidence-based multiple family group intervention (Amaka Amasanyufu) on oppositional defiant disorder and impaired functioning among children in Uganda: analysis of a cluster randomized trial from the SMART Africa-Uganda scale-up study (2016–2022). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13566

Karina Ranjit, Vuyokazi Ntlantsana, Andrew Tomita and Saeeda Paruk. Screen Time and Mental Health Among Adolescents Implications of the Rise in Digital Environment in South Africa. Copyright © 2022 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. ISSN: 0022-3018/22/0000–0000 DOI: 0.1097/NMD.0000000000001509. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease Volume 00, Number 00, Month 2022.

B, Tomita A, Ramlall S (2022) ‘Unheard,’ ‘uncared for’ and ‘unsupported’: The mental health impact of Covid -19 on healthcare workers in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. PLoS ONE 17(5): e0266008. https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0266008.

Armstrong Dzomba, Hae‑Young Kim, Andrew Tomita, Alain Vandormael, Kaymarlin Govender and Frank Tanser. Predictors of migration in an HIV hyper‑endemic rural South African community: evidence from a population‑based cohort (2005–2017). Dzomba et al. BMC Public Health (2022) 22:1141 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13526-w.

Victoria Oyekunle, Andrew Tomita & Andrew Gibbs (2022): High levels of poor mental health among young men in urban informal settlements in South Africa: a community-based study of social determinants, Psychology, Health & Medicine, DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2022.2088816

Kwabena Asare, Farzana Osman, Sinaye Ngcapu, Alain Vandormae, Nivashnee Naicker, Mlungisi Khanyile, Adrian Mindel, Salim S. Abdool Karim, Andrew Tomita, Nigel Garrett. Burden of sexually transmitted infections from acute HIV infection among women in South Africa: Evidence from a prospective cohort study. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2022.08.038 1047-2797/© 2022 Elsevier Inc.

Spedding M, Kohrt B, Myers B, Stein DJ, Petersen I, Lund C, Sorsdahl K (2022). ENhancing Assessment of Common Therapeutic factors (ENACT) tool: adaptation and psychometric properties in South Africa. Global Mental Health 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2022.40

Karyotaki E, Araya R, Kessler RC, Waqas A, Bhana A, Rahman A, et al. Association of Task-Shared Psychological Interventions With Depression Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis. JAMA psychiatry. 2022;79(5):430-43.

Nkhoma KB, Cook A, Giusti A, Farrant L, Petrus R, Petersen I, et al. A systematic review of impact of person-centred interventions for serious physical illness in terms of outcomes and costs. BMJ open, 2022;12(7):e054386.

Kumar M, Atwoli L, Burgess RA, Gaddour N, Huang KY, Kola L, ‚Ä¶Petersen, I, Shidaye, R. What should equityin global health research look like? Lancet. 2022. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00888-1.

Joyce Protas Mlay, Lise Jamieson, Vuyokazi Ntlantsana, Thirusha Naidu, Busisiwe Siphumelele Bhengu, Saeeda Paruk, Jonathan K Burns, Bonginkosi Chiliza, Richard Lessells, Andrew Tomita. Developing and testing unconditional cash transfer strategies among young adults with first-episode psychosis in South Africa: a study protocol for a pilot randomised control trial (PRS-FEP trial). BMJ Open 2022;12:e067026. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067026.

Ndumo ML, Bhengu BS, Mashaphu S, Paruk S, Tomita A. Intimate partner violence, adverse childhood experiences and prenatal substance use in South Africa. S Afr J Psychiat. 2022;28(0), a1937. https://doi.org/ 10.4102/ sajpsychiatry.v28i0.1937

Aware K, Osman F, Mindel A, Vandormael A, Naicker N, Khanyile M, Tomita A, Garrett N. (2022). The burden of discharge-causing sexually transmitted infections over time among a cohort of acutely HIV-infected women in South Africa. Annals of Epidemiology. 74:132-139.

2021

Jacqueline Yerriah, Andrew Tomita, Saeeda Paruk. Surviving but not thriving: Burden of care and quality of life for caregivers of patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders and comorbid substance use in Sout Africa. DOI: 10.1111/eip.13141 Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 2021;1wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/eip © 2021 John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.

Andrew Tomita, Germana H. Leyna, Hae-Young Kim, Yoshan Moodley, Emmanuel Mpolya, Polycarp Mogeni, Diego F Cuadros, Armstrong Dzomba, Alain Vandormael, Till Barnighausen, Frank Tanser. Patterns of multimorbidity and their association with hospitalisation: a population-based study of older adults in urban Tanzania. Age and Ageing 2021; 00: 1-12 doi: I 0.1093/ageing/afab046. © The Author(s) 202 1. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.

Kim H, Tanser F, Tomita A, et al. Beyond HIV prevalence: identifying people living with HIV within underserved areas in South Africa. BMJ Global Health 2021;0:e004089. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004089

Usha Chhagan, Vuyokazi Ntlantsana, Andrew Tomita, Thirusha Naidu, Bonginkosi Chiliza, Saeeda Paruk.Investigating the impact of HIV on patients with first episode psychosis: a study protocol for a longitudinal cohort study. BMJ Open 2021;11:e046593. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046593

Thembeka Matshoba, Sibongile Mashaphu, Andrew Tomita and Saeeda Paruk. HIV knowledge, attitudes and practices amongst patients with severe mental illnesses and chronic medical illnesses in Durban, South Africa. South African Journal of Psychiatry ISSN: (Online) 2078-6786, (Print) 1608-9685. © 2021. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS

Tresor Munezero and Andrew Tomita. Hypertension and Its Associated Mental Health Challenges Among Female African Refugees in Durban, South Africa. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease Volume 00, Number 00, Month 2021. www.jonmd.com. Copyright © 2021 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. ISSN: 0022-3018/21/0000–0000. DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001387

J, Moyo S, Chikovore J, Salomon A, Daniels B, Kwan A, Pai M, Daftary A. Quality of care for tuberculosis and HIV in South Africa’s private health sector: A cross-sectional, standardised patient study. BMJ Glob Health. 2021; 6(5):e005250. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005250

Oga-Omenka C, Boffa J, Kuye J, Dakum P, Menzies D, Zarowsky C. Understanding the Gaps in the DR-TB Care Cascade in Nigeria: a sequential mixed method study. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobac Dis. 2020; 21:100193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jctube.2020.100193

Faust L, Zimmer AJ, Kohli M, Saha S, Boffa J, Bayot ML, et al. SARS-CoV-2 testing in low- and middle-income countries: availability and affordability in the private health sector. Microbes Infect. 2020; 22(10): 511–514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micinf.2020.10.005

Daftary A, Furin J, Zelnick J, Venkatesan N, Steingart KR, Smelyanskaya M, Seepamore B, Schoeman I, Reid MJA, Padayatchi N, O’Donnell MR, Mistry N, McKenna L, Mahbub T, Macdonald H, Loveday M, Law S, LaCourse S, Jaramillo E, Janssen R, Hirsch-Moverman Y, Friedland G, Creswell J, Chorna Y, Chikovore J, Brigden G, Boffa J, et al. Tuberculosis and Women: A Call to Action. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2020;24(12):1312-1315. https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.20.0414.

Oga-Omenka C, Akinrin A, Boffa J, Heitcamp P, Pai M, Zarowsky C. Lessons from the COVID-19 global health response to inform TB case finding. HealthCare J Delivery Sci Innovation. 2020: 100487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hjdsi.2020.100487.

J, Mhlaba T, Sulis G, Moyo S, Sifumba Z, Pai M, Daftary A. COVID-19 and tuberculosis in South Africa: A dangerous combination, S Afr Med J 2020; https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i5.14747

Boffa JM, Fisher DA, Mayan MJ, Sauve RS, Williamson TS. Effectiveness of isoniazid preventive therapy to reduce tuberculosis incidence in the context of antiretroviral therapy. JAIDS 2020;84(3):e14-7. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000002339

Monnapula-Mazabane P, Petersen I. Mental health stigma experiences among caregivers and service users in South Africa: a qualitative investigation. Curr Psychol. 2021:1-13.

Monnapula-Mazabane, P., Babatunde, G.B., Petersen, I.(2021). Current strategies in the reduction of stigma among caregivers of patients with mental illness: a scoping review. South African Journal of Psychology. DOI: 10.1177/00812463211001530.

Abas MA, Weobong B, Burgess RA, Kienzler H, Jack HE, Kidia K, et al. COVID-19 and global mental health. Lancet Psychiatry. 2021;8(6):458-9.

Janse van Rensburg, A; The Political Economy of Mental Illness in South Africa. London: Routledge; 2021; https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429201455

Bhana A, Kreniske P, Pather A, Abas M.A, Mellins, C.A. (2021) Interventions to address the mental health of adolescents and young adults living with or affected by HIV: state of the evidence. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 24 (S2):e25713

Bhana A, Abas MA, Kelly J, van Pinxteren M, Mudekunye LA, Pantelic M. Mental health interventions for adolescents living with HIV or affected by HIV in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review. BJPsych Open. 2020;6(5):e104.

Ssebunnya, J., Kituyi, C., Nabanoba, J., Nakku, J., Bhana, A., & Kigozi, F. (2020). Social acceptance of alcohol use in Uganda. BMC Psychiatry, 20(1), 52. doi:10.1186/s12888-020-2471-2.

S Hain; A Tomita; P Milligan; B Chiliza. Retain rural doctors: Burnout, depression and anxiety in medical doctors working in rural KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Afr Med J 2021;111(12):1197-1204. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i12.15841.

Kalpesh Narsi, Andrew Tomita, Suvira Ramlall, Neuropsychological functioning and cognitive reserve in newly HIV diagnosed antiretroviral-naïve South African adults from peri-urban and informal settlements. PLoS ONE 16(12): e0260260. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260260

Mooldey Y, Tomita A, de Oliveira T, Tanser F. (2021). HIV viral load and pregnancy loss: Results from a population-based cohort study in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. AIDS. 35(5):829-833.

Mzembe T, Lassells R, Karat AS, Randera-Rees S, Edwards A, Khan P, Tomita A, Tanser F, Baisley K, Grant AD. (2021). Prevalence and risk factors for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among adolescents in rural KwaZulu-Natal. Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

2020

Hae-Young Kim, Guy Harling, Alain Vandormael, Andrew Tomita, Diego F Cuadros, Tim Bärnighausen, Frank Tanser. HIV sereoconcordance among heterosexual couples in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a population-based analysis. Kim H-Y et al. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2020, 23:e25432 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jia2.25432/full https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25432

Suvira Ramlall, Richard J. Lessells, Thirusha Naidu, Sbusisiwe Sandra Mthembu, Nesri Padayatchi, Jonathan K. Burns and Andrew Tomita (2020). Neurocognitive functioning in MDR-TB patients with and without HIV in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Tropical Medicine and International Health. doi:10.1111/tmi.13444. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Roopun KR, Tomita A, Paruk S. Attitude and preferences towards oral and long-acting injectable antipsychotics in patients with psychosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. S Afr J Psychiat. 2020;26(0), a1509. https://doi.org/ 10.4102/sajpsychiatry. v26i0.1509

Thirusha Naidu, Suntosh R Pillay, Suvira Ramlall, Sbusisiwe Sandra Mthembu, Nesri Padayatchi, Jonathan K Burns and Andrew Tomita. Major Depression and Stigma among Individuals with Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis in South Africa. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 103(3), 2020 pp 1067-Doi:10.4269/ajtmh. 19-0426. ©2020 The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Aderlee S. Reddy , Andrew Tomita & Saeeda Paruk (2020): Depression, anxiety and treatment satisfaction in the parents of children on antiretroviral therapy in South Africa, Psychology, Health &Medicine. To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2020.1837389. https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cphm20.

Sommerland N, Masquillier C, Rau A, Engelbrecht M, Kigozi G, Pliakas T, Van Rensburg A.J. and Wouters E., 2020. Reducing HIV-and TB-Stigma among healthcare co-workers in South Africa: Results of a cluster randomised trial. Social Science & Medicine, p.113450.

Loewenson R, Accoe K, Bajpai N, Buse K, Abi Deivanayagam T, London L, Méndez CA, Mirzoev T, Nelson E,mParray AA, Probandari A, Janse van Rensburg A. Reclaiming comprehensive public health. BMJ Global Health 2020;5:e003886.

Burgess RA, Jain S, Petersen I, Lund C. Social interventions: a new era for global mental health? Lancet Psychiatry. 2020;7(2):118-119.

Kumar M, Huang KY, Othieno C, et al. Implementing combined WHO mhGAP and adapted group interpersonal psychotherapy to address depression and mental health needs of pregnant adolescents in Kenyan primary health care settings (INSPIRE): a study protocol for pilot feasibility trial of the integrated intervention in LMIC settings. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2020;6:136.

Levis B, Benedetti A, Ioannidis JPA, et al. Patient Health Questionnaire-9 scores do not accurately estimate depression prevalence: individual participant data meta-analysis. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020;122:115-128 e111.

Levis B, Sun Y, He C, et al. Accuracy of the PHQ-2 Alone and in Combination With the PHQ-9 for Screening to Detect Major Depression: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA. 2020;323(22):2290-2300.

Madlabana CZ, Mashamba-Thompson TP, Petersen I. Performance management methods and practices among nurses in primary health care settings: a systematic scoping review protocol. Syst Rev. 2020;9(1):40.

Madlabana CZ, Petersen I. Performance management in primary healthcare: Nurses’ experiences. Curationis. 2020;43(1):e1-e11.

Willan S, Gibbs A, Shai N, Ntini N, Petersen I, Jewkes R. Did young women in South African informal settlements display increased agency after participating in the Stepping Stones and Creating Futures intervention? A qualitative evaluation. Soc Sci Med. 2020;265:113302.

Mzembe T, Lessells R, Karat AS, Randera-Rees S, Edwards A, Khan P, Tomita A, Tanser F, Baisley K, Grant AD. Prevalence and Risk Factors for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection Among Adolescents in Rural South Africa. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Nov 11;8(1):ofaa520. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa520. PMID: 33511219; PMCID: PMC7814392.

Goga, A., Slogrove, A., Wedderburn, C., Feucht, U., Wessels, J., Ramokolo, V., Bhana, A., du Plessis, N., Green, R., Pillay, Y., & Sherman, G. (2019). The impact of health programmes to prevent vertical transmission of HIV. Advances, emerging health challenges and research priorities for children exposed to or living with HIV: Perspectives from South Africa. South African Medical Journal, 109(11b), 77-82. doi:10.7196/SAMJ.2019.v109i11b.14292

Kusturi Pillay , Andrew Tomita & Saeeda Paruk (2021): Patterns of emotional and behaviourl challenges in children living with HIV: results from a hyperendemic South African setting, Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rvch20. To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/17450128.2020.1869361

Kim HY, Harling G, Vandormael A, Tomita A, Cuadros D, Bärnighausen T, Tanser F. (2020). HIV seroconcordance among heterosexual couples in rural KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa: a population‐based analysis. Journal of International AIDS Society. 23(1): e25432.

2019

Andrew Tomita, Suvira Ramlall, Thirusha Naidu, Sbusisiwe Sandra Mthembu, Nesri Padayatchi, Jonathan K. Burns. 2019. Major depression and household food insecurity among individuals with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in South Africa. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-019-01669-y

Armstrong Dzomba, Andrew Tomita, Alain Vandormael, Kaymarlin Govender and Frank Tanser. 2019. Effect of ART scale-up and female migration intensity on risk of HIV acquisition: results from a population-based cohort in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. BMC Public Health (2019) 19:196 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6494-x

Andrew Tomita, Suvira Ramlall, Thirusha Naidu, Sbusisiwe Sandra Mthembu, Nesri Padayatchi, and Jonathan K. Burns. 2019. Neurocognitive Impairment Risk Among Individuals With Multiple Drug–Resistant Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Coinfection – Implications for Systematic Linkage to and Retention of Care in Tuberculosis/Human Immunodeficiency Virus Treatment. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease • Volume 207, Number 4, April 2019 www.jonmd.com

Dumakazi Mapatwana, Andrew Tomita, Jonathan K Burns and Lesley J Robertson. Predictors of quality of life among community psychiatric patients in a peri-urban district of Gauteng Province, South Africa. International Journal of Social Psychiatry 1–11 © The Author(s) 2019 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals- permissions DOI: 10.1177/0020764019842291 journals.sagepub.com/home/isp

Andrew Tomita, Catherine M. Smith, Richard J. Lessells, Alexander Pym, Alison D. Grant, Tulio de Oliveira and Frank Tanser. Space-time clustering of recently diagnosed tuberculosis and impact of ART scale-up: Evidence from an HIV hyper-endemic rural South African population. 2019 Scientific Reporte (2019) 9:10724|https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46455-7.

Busisiwe Siphumelele Bhengu, Andrew Tomita, Sibongile Mashaphu, Saeeda Paruk. The role of adverse childhood experiences on perinatal substance use behaviour in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. AIDS and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-019-02661-y © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2019.

Isolde Birdthistle, Clare Tanton, Andrew Tomita, Kristen de Graaf, Susan B Schaffnit, Frank Tanser, Emma Slaymaker. Recent levels and trends in HIV incidence rate among adolescent girls and young women in ten high-prevalence African countries: s systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Glob Health 2019;7:e1521-40 www.thelancet.com/lancetgh vol 7 November 2019

Sijabuliswe J. Tshabalala, Andrew Tomita and Suvira Ramlall. 2019. Depression, anxiety and stress symptoms in patients with dyspepsia at a regional hospital in KwaZulu-Natal province. South African Journal of Psychiatry. ISSN:(Online)2078-6786,(Print)1608-9685. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v25i0.1382

Burgess, R.A., Jain, S.; Petersen, I., Lund, C. (2019). Social interventions: a new era for global mental health. Lancet Psychiatry. October 22, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30397-9.

Ayuso-Mateos, J. L., Miret, M., Lopez-Garcia, P., Alem, A., Chisholm, D., Gureje, O., Hanlon, C., Jordans, M., Kigozi, F., Lund, C., Petersen, I., Semrau, M., Shidhaye, R., Thornicroft, G. Effective methods for knowledge transfer to strengthen mental health systems in low- and middle-income countries (2019). BJPsych Open, DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2019.50

Engelbrecht, M., Rau, A., Kigozi, G., van Rensburg, A.J., Wouters, E., Sommerland, N., Masquillier, C. and Uebel, K., 2019. Waiting to inhale: factors associated with healthcare workers’ fears of occupationally-acquired tuberculosis (TB). BMC infectious diseases, 19(1), pp.1-7.

Birdthistle I, Tanton C, Tomita A, de Graaf K, Schaffnit SB, Tanser F, and Slaymaker E. (2019). Recent levels and trends in HIV incidence rates among adolescent girls and young women in ten high-prevalence African countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Global Health. 7: e1521–40.

Dzomba A, Tomita A, Govender K, & Tanser F. (2019). Effects of migration on risky sexual behavior and HIV acquisition in South Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2000-2017. AIDS and Behavior. 23(6): 1396–1430.

Tomita A, Vandormael AM, Bärnighausen T, Phillips A, Pillay D, de Oliveira T, Tanser F. (2019). Sociobehavioural and community predictors of unsuppressed viral load in a hyper-endemic rural African community: Multilevel results from a population-based viral load survey. AIDS. 33(3): 559-569.

2018

Tomita, A., Ramlall, S. A Nationwide Panel Study on Religious Involvement and depression in South Africa: Evidence from the South African National Income Dynamics Study doi.org/10.1007/s10943-017-0551-5

Mhlongo MD, Tomita A, Thela L, Maharaj V, Burns JK. Sexual trauma and post-traumatic stress among African female refugees and migrants in South Africa. S Afr J of Psychiat. 2018;24(0),a1208. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v24.i0.1208

Rau A, Wouters E, Engelbrecht M, Masquillier C, Uebel K, Kigozi G, Sommerland N & Janse van Rensburg A 2018. Towards a health-enabling working environment – developing and testing interventions to decrease HIV and TB stigma among healthcare workers in the Free State, South Africa: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 19: 351.

Janse van Rensburg A, Fourie P, Bracke P, Wouters E & Van Rensburg D 2018. Collaborative mental health care in the bureaucratic field of post-apartheid South Africa. Health Sociology Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2018.1479651. [Epub ahead of print].

Zinatsa F, Engelbrecht MC, Janse van Rensburg A & Kigozi NG 2018. A theory-driven assessment of tuberculosis prevention capacities in a South African district. BMC Health Services Research, 18:269.

Janse van Rensburg A, Petersen I, Engelbrecht M, Kigozi G, Fourie P, Van Rensburg HCJ & Bracke P 2018. The nature and extent of state and non-state mental health service collaboration in a South African district: A mixed methods study. Health Policy and Planning, 33(4):516-527.

Masquillier C, Wouters E, Sommerland N, Masquillier C, Rau A, Engelbrecht M, Janse Van Rensburg A & Kigozi G. Fighting stigma, promoting care: A study on the use of occupationally-based HIV services in the Free State Province of South Africa. AIDS Care.

Janse van Rensburg A, Engelbrecht M, Kigozi G & Van Rensburg D. Capacities of primary health care nurses to prevent TB in a South African health district. International Journal of Nursing Practice.

Janse van Rensburg A, Khan R, Fourie P, Bracke P. Political dimensions of the governance of mental illness in post-apartheid South Africa. Politikon.

Andrew Tomita, Jennifer I Manuel. Evidence on the Association Between Cigarette Smoking and Incident Depression From the South African National Income Dynamics Study 2008-2015: Mental Health Implications for a Resource-Limited Setting. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2018, 1-6. Doi:10.1093/ntr/nty163

S Mashaphu, GE Wyatt, E Gomo, A Tomita. Intimate partner violence among HIV-serodiscordant couples in Durban, South Africa. SAMJ, November 2018, Vol. 108, No11

Andrew Gibbs, Kristin Dunkle, Samantha Willan, Nwabisa Jama-Shai, Laura Washington & Rachel Jewkes (2018) Are women’s experiences of emotional and economic intimate partner violence associated with HIV-risk behaviour? A cross-sectional analysis of young women in informal settlements in South Africa, AIDS Care, DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2018.1533230

Veling, J. K. Burns, E. M. Makhathini, S. Mtshemla, S. Nene, S. Shabalala, N. Mbatha, A. Tomita, J. Baumgartner, I. Susser, H. W. Hoek, E. Susser (2018) Identification of patients with recent-onset psychosis in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa: a pilot study with traditional health practitioners and diagnostic instruments. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-018-1623-x

Armstrong Dzomba, Andrew Tomita, Kaymarlin Govender, Frank Tanser. 2018. Effects of Migration on Risky Sexual Behavior and HIV Acquisition in South Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, 2000-2017. AIDS and Behavior https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2367-z.

Ginsburg C, Bocquier P, Béguy D, Afolabi S, Kahn K, Obor D, Tanser F, Tomita A, Wamukoya M & Collinson MA. (2018). Association between internal migration and epidemic dynamics: an analysis of cause-specific mortality in Kenya and South Africa using health and demographic surveillance data. BMC Public Health. 18:918.

Vandormael A, Bärnighausen T, Herbeck J, Tomita A, Phillips A, Pillay D, de Oliveira T, & Tanser F. (2018). Longitudinal trends in the prevalence of detectable HIV viremia: Population-based evidence from rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 55(8): 1254-1260.

2017

Zuma, T., Wight, D., Rochat, T., & Moshabela, M. (2016). The role identity of African traditional health practitioners in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 16(1), 304

Haskins, L., Grant, M., Phakathi, S., & Horwood, C. (2017) Factors influencing recruitment and retention of professional nurses, doctors and allied health professionals in rural hospitals in KwaZulu Natal. Health SA Gesondheid 22 (2017): 174-183

Egbe, C.O., Egbochuku, E., Meyer-Weitz, A., Petersen, I. A Qualitative Exploration of the Theory of Triadic Influence in a Nigerian Setting: The Case of Cigarette Smoking. Psychological Studies, Sept 2017;62(3): DOI10.1007/s12646-017-0419-5

Tanser, F., Vandormael,A.,Cuadros,D., Phillips, AN., de Oliveira,T., Tomita, A., Barnighausen, T., Pillay, D. Effect of population viral load on prospective HIV incidence in a hyperendemic rural African community. Science translational medicine. 2017.

Tomita A, Vandormael AM, Bärnighausen T, de Oliveira T, Tanser F. (2017). Social disequilibrium and the risk of HIV acquisition: A multilevel study in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 5(2): 164-174.

Moodley Y & Tomita A. (2017). Relationship between HIV serostatus, CD4 count and re-hospitalization: Potential implications for health systems strengthening in South Africa. Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases. 32(1):23-28.

2016

Mntlangula N.M., Khuzwayo, N., & Taylor, M. (2016). Nurses perceptions about their behavioral counselling for HIV/AIDS, STIs and TB in eThekwini Municipality clinics KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Health SA Gesondheid http://dx.doiorg/10.1016/j.hsag.2016.09.001

Orne-Gliemann, J., Zuma, T., Chikovore, J., Gillespie, N., Grant, M., Iwuji, C., Larmarange, J., McGrath, N., Lert, F., Imrie, J., TasP Study Group. (2016). Community perceptions of repeat HIV-testing: experiences of the ANRS 12249 Treatment as Prevention trial in rural South Africa. AIDS Care. 28 (3), 14-23.

Lentoor, A. G., Oppong Asante, K., Govender, K., & Petersen, I. (2016). Psychological functioning among vertically infected HIV-positive children and their primary caregivers. AIDS Care, 1-7. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2015.1124979

Matthews, MG., Diab P. (2016). AJHPE, 8 (1), 65-68

Diab, P., Matthews, M., & Gokool, R. (2016). AJHPE, 8(1), 11-14

Gaede, B. M. (2016). Doctors as street-level bureaucrats in a rural hospital in South Africa. Rural and Remote Health, 16(3461).

Moshabela, M., Zuma T., & Gaede, B. M. (2016). ‘The elephant in the room’ – Traditional health practitioners in South Africa. South African Health Review

Robinson, N., Moshabela, M., Owusu-Ansah, L., Kapungu, C., & Geller, S. (2016). Barriers to Intrauterine Device Uptake in a rural Setting in Ghana. Health Care for Women International, 37(2), 197-215

Zissette, S., Watts, M., Prose, N., Mntambo, N., & Moshabela, M. (2016) “If you don’t take a stand for your life, who will help you?” Men’s engagement in HIV care in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 17(3), 265-273

Moshabela, M., Zuma, T., Orne-Gliemann, J., Iwuji, C., Larmarange, J., & McGrath, N. on behalf of the ANRS 12249 TasP Study (2016). ‘It is better to die’: Experiences of Traditional Health Practitioners within the HIV treatment as prevention trial communities in rural South Africa (ANRS 12249 TasP Trial). AIDS Care, 28(S3), 24-32

Moshabela, M., Zuma, T., Gaede, B. (2016). Bridging the gap between Biomedical and Traditional Health Practitioners in South Africa. South African Health Review, 2016, 83-92

2015

Barry, MM., Clarke, AM., & Petersen, I. (2015) Promotion of mental health and prevention of mental disorders: priorities for implementation. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 21 (7), 503-516.

Patel, V., Chisholm, D., Parikh, R., Charlson, F. J., Degenhardt, L., Dua, T., Ferrari, A. J., Hyman, S., Laxminarayan, R., Levin, C., Lund, C., Medina Mora, M. E., Petersen, I., & DCP MNS Group. (2015). Addressing the burden of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition. Lancet. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00390-6

Caldwell, R. I., Gaede, B. M., & Aldous, C. (2015). Description of an internal medicine outreach consultant appointment in western KwaZulu-Natal: 2007 to mid-2014. South African Medical Journal, 105(5), 353-356

Gaede, B. M. (2015). South African Family Practice Manual (third edition): Book Review. African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine, 7(1)

Gray, A., Conradie, F., Crowley, T., Gaede, B., Gils, T., Shroufi, A., Hwang, B., Kegakiliwe, D., Nash, J., Pillay, P., Stende, S. C., Venter, F., & Mathews, P., (2015). Improving access to antiretrovirals in rural South Africa – a call to action. South African Medical Journal, 105(8), 638-640

Pantelic, M., Cluver, L., Boyes, M., Toska, E., Kuo, C., & Moshabela, M. (2015). Medical pluralism predicts non-ART use among parents in need of ART: A community survey in KwaZulu-Natal South Africa. Aids and Behavior, 19(1), 137-144

Becker, E., Kuo, C., Operario, D., Moshabela, M., & Cluver, L. (2015). Measuring child awareness for adult symptomatic HIV using a verbal assessment tool: Concordance between adult–child dyads on adult HIV-associated symptoms and illnesses. BMJ Sexually Transmitted Infections, 91(7), 528-533

Fried, J., Harries, B., Eyles, J., & Moshabela, M. (2015). “Acceptable Care?” Illness constructions, health worlds and accessible chronic treatment in South Africa. Qualitative Health Research, 25(5), 622-635

Birch, S., Govender, V., Fried, J., Eyles J., Daries, V., Moshabela, M., & Cleary, S. (2015). Does treatment collection and observation each day keep the patient away? Analysing the determinants of adherence among patients with Tuberculosis in South Africa. Health Policy & Planning,

Mlotshwa, L., Harris, B., Schneider, H., & Moshabela, M. (2015). Exploring perceptions and experiences of Community Health Workers using Role Identity Theory. Global Health Action, 8, 28045

Nanne, I., Moshabela, M., Huynh, U., & Diop, P. M. (2015). When development breeds contempt: case examples of community-driven health systems initiatives. Journal of Development Practice, 25(8), 1120-1130

Books and chapters

Barry, M., Clarke, A.M., Petersen, I., Jenkins, R. (2019). Implementing mental health promotion. 2nd New York: Springer.

Wagenaar, B.H., Petersen, I., Rao, D., Chwastiak, L. (2019). Collaborative care models: A global perspective. In Stein, D.J., Bass, J.K., Hoffman, S.G. (Eds). Global Mental Health and Psychotherapy. (pp. 153-170). London: Academic Press.

Hatloy A., Horwood C, Mapatano Mala Ali. Building a new master and PhD program in nutrition epidemiology in Kinshasa, DR Congo – how to face obstacles beyond the control of the project? In: Norhed Norwegian program for capacity development in higher education

Janse van Rensburg A & Bracke P 2019. The politics of global health governance. In Hurrelmann K & Wendt C (eds.). Governance of Health and Well-being. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

KEMP, C., CHWASTIAK, L., PETERSEN, I., BHANA, A., WAGENAAR, B., UNÜTZER, J. & RAO, D. under contract, 2020. Critical assessment of integrated care models: lessons for training and practice in implementing programs in low-resource settings. In: BIBHAV, A. & BECKER, A. E. (eds.) Global Mental Health Services Delivery: A Framework for Training and Practice. USA: Routledge.

Bhana, A., & Gbotemi Babatunde (2022). Child and adolescent mental health: an ecological perspective. In VISSER, M., AKHURST, J., CAROLISSEN, R., & MATAMELA, N (eds.) Community Psychology. South African praxis. Chapter 24, Pp. 425-441. Pretoria: Van Schaik Publishers.

Petrus, R., Gigaba, S.G., Mntambo, N., Janse Van Rensburg, A., Petersen, I. Mental health services in communities in South Africa. In VISSER, M., AKHURST, J., CAROLISSEN, R., & MATAMELA, N (eds.) Community Psychology. South African praxis. Chapter 11, pp. 185-204. Pretoria: Van Schaik Publishers.

Janse van Rensburg A, Bhana A & Petersen I. 2023. COVID-19 and mental health well-being in South Africa: Impact, responses, and recommendations. In Fourie PP & Lamb G (eds.). The South African Response to COVID-19: The Early Years.

Kemp, C., Chwastiak, L, Petersen, I., Bhana, A., Wagenaar, B.H., Unützer, J., Rao, D. Implementation of Integrated Care Models. Lessons for Training and Practice in Low-Resource Settings. In Acharya, B., & Becker, A.E. (Eds.). (2023). Global Mental Health Training and Practice: An Introductory Framework (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315160597