Allanise Cloete
Biographic Data
| ID | 294575 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Allanise Cloete |
| GIVEN NAMES | Allanise |
| FAMILY NAME | Cloete |
| SIGNATURE | CLOETE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Human Sciences Research Council |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6763-9675 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 101 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Social determinants of HIV status and viral load suppression among transgender women in South Africa
Transgender women in South Africa face a heavy HIV burden, but data on key psychosocial and structural factors remain limited. This cross-sectional study examined associations between HIV outcomes and psychosocial (substance use, alcohol use, medical distrust, community connectedness) and structural (education, homelessness, income, sex work, violence) factors. We conducted interviewer-administered surveys with 213 transgender women in Cape Town,…
Challenges and opportunities in achieving sustainable development goal 3 in KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa is committed to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3), which aims to ensure health and well-being for all. However, in rural provinces like KwaZulu-Natal, structural inequalities, socio-cultural challenges, and environmental stressors hinder progress. This study synthesises findings from qualitative research conducted at the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) to explore the challenges and opportunities in meeting SDG …
“ … [I] f I can [be] infected now that means I am going to die … ”
In this paper, we explored how vulnerable, immunocompromised groups and caregivers of the elderly experienced and perceived the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa. Semi-structured interviews were conducted remotely between the 5th andthe 18th of April 2020 in the three South African provinces hardest hit by Covid-19, namely Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape. In total, 60 qualitative key informant interviews and one focus gro…
Engaging transgender women in HIV research in South Africa
The Botshelo Ba Trans study was the first HIV bio-behavioral survey conducted with transgender women in South Africa. Engaging research with marginalized communities requires clear points of entry, reference points for understanding the internal culture, and establishing trust and understanding. The community-based participatory research approach guided the development and implementation of this study. We conducted a rapid qualitative and pre-sur…
“… It is like it has come up and stole our lives from us” The first 21 days
We examined how different sectors of society experienced the first 21 days of the stay-at-home lockdown following the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in South Africa. This rapid qualitative assessment was conducted remotely with 60 key and community informants from different socio-cultural and economic backgrounds in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape provinces of South Africa. Atlas.ti.8 was used to facilitate …
Alcohol Expectancies and Inhibition Conflict as Moderators of the Alcohol–Unprotected Sex Relationship
We keep her status to ourselves
In HIV-discordant relationships, the HIV-negative partner also carries the burden of a stigmatised disease. For this reason, couples often hide their HIV-discordant status from family, friends and community members. This perpetuates the silence around HIV-discordant relationships and impacts on targeted HIV prevention, treatment and counselling efforts. This article reports on experiences of stigma and discrimination among HIV-discordant couples …
Improving the Counselling Skills of Lay Counsellors in Antiretroviral Adherence Settings
From Research to Practice
It’s Important to Take Your Medication Everyday Okay?” An Evaluation of Counselling by Lay Counsellors for ARV Adherence Support in the Western Cape, South Africa
It [HIV] is part of the relationship’
In many sub-Saharan African countries, a high proportion of people living with HIV are in long-term serodiscordant relationships. This paper explores how HIV serodiscordance shapes communication among couples in long-term HIV-serodiscordant relationships. A total of 36 couples were purposively recruited through healthcare providers and civil society organisations in South Africa (26) and Tanzania (10). We explored couples' portrayal of living in …
Behaviour Change Counselling for ARV Adherence Support Within Primary Health Care Facilities in the Western Cape, South Africa
Sexual relations and childbearing decisions of HIV-discordant couples
This article reports on the influence of HIV on sexual relations and childbearing decisions of 36 HIV-discordant couples, 26 in South Africa and 10 in Tanzania, recruited into an exploratory study through hospital antiretroviral treatment clinics and civil society organisations working with people living with HIV. Self-administered questionnaires were used to obtain social and demographic information, while couples' sexual relations and childbear…
The Feasibility of Implementing a Sexual Risk Reduction Intervention in Routine Clinical Practice at an ARV Clinic in Cape Town
Measuring Aids stigmas in people living with HIV/Aids
AIDS stigmas create significant barriers to HIV prevention, testing, and care and can become internalized by people living with HIV/AIDS. We developed a psychometric scale to measure internalized AIDS-related stigmas among people infected with HIV. Items were adapted from a psychometrically sound test of AIDS-related stigmas in the general population. Six items reflecting self-defacing beliefs and negative perceptions of people living with HIV/AI…
Stigma and discrimination experiences of HIV-positive men who have sex with men in Cape Town, South Africa
Since the primary mode of HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa is heterosexual, research focusing on the sexual behaviour of men who have sex with men (MSM) is scant. Currently it is unknown how many people living with HIV in South Africa are MSM and there is even less known about the stigmatisation and discrimination of HIV-positive MSM. The current study examined the stigma and discrimination experiences of MSM living with HIV/AIDS in South A…
Gender, Power and Resistance to Change among Two Communities in the Western Cape, South Africa
This study investigates how women and men in the Western Cape, South Africa, construct their gender identities and roles. As part of the development of an HIV prevention intervention for men, key informant interviews and focus group discussions were conducted. Several themes regarding the construction of gender were identified. First, participants reported that traditional gender relations of male dominance and female subservience were still in e…
Sexual assault, sexual risks and gender attitudes in a community sample of South African men
Sexual assault against women and HIV infection are both prevalent and related social problems in South Africa. The current study examined hostile attitudes toward women, acceptance of violence against women and masculine ideological beliefs in relation to sexual assault history among men in a Cape Town township in South African. Men (n=435) completed anonymous surveys of sexual assault history, HIV risk history and gender-based attitudes. More th…
Alcohol Use in Three Different Inner Cities in South Africa
The aim of the present study was to describe the frequency of risky drinking among a general urban population survey (n=1379) in South Africa with the help of (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test) AUDIT-C scores, CAGE (Cut down, Annoyed, Guilty, Eye-opener) scores and compare the scores with calculated risky drinking in terms of weekly alcohol consumption or heavy episodic drinking. Results indicate 44.4% for men and 25.4% for women as haza…
Internalized stigma, discrimination, and depression among men and women living with HIV/Aids in Cape Town, South Africa
Disclosure of HIV status to sex partners and sexual risk behaviours among HIV-positive men and women, Cape Town, South Africa
BACKGROUND: The HIV epidemic continues to amplify in southern Africa and there is a growing need for HIV prevention interventions among people who have tested HIV positive. METHODS: Anonymous surveys were completed by 413 HIV-positive men and 641 HIV-positive women sampled from HIV/AIDS services; 73% were <35 years old, 70% Black African, 70% unemployed, 75% unmarried, and 50% taking antiretroviral treatment. RESULTS: Among the 903 (85%) particip…
Social constructions of gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/Aids in two communities of the Western Cape, South Africa
The links between gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS risk are complex and culturally specific. In this qualitative study we investigated how women and men in two black communities in the Western Cape, South Africa, constructed their gender identities and roles, how they understood gender-based violence, and what they believed about the links between gender relations and HIV risk. First we conducted 16 key informant interviews with m…
Internalized stigma, discrimination, and depression among men and women living with HIV/Aids in Cape Town, South Africa
Gender, Power and Resistance to Change among Two Communities in the Western Cape, South Africa
This study investigates how women and men in the Western Cape, South Africa, construct their gender identities and roles. As part of the development of an HIV prevention intervention for men, key informant interviews and focus group discussions were conducted. Several themes regarding the construction of gender were identified. First, participants reported that traditional gender relations of male dominance and female subservience were still in e…
Social constructions of gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/Aids in two communities of the Western Cape, South Africa
The links between gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS risk are complex and culturally specific. In this qualitative study we investigated how women and men in two black communities in the Western Cape, South Africa, constructed their gender identities and roles, how they understood gender-based violence, and what they believed about the links between gender relations and HIV risk. First we conducted 16 key informant interviews with m…
Sexual relations and childbearing decisions of HIV-discordant couples
This article reports on the influence of HIV on sexual relations and childbearing decisions of 36 HIV-discordant couples, 26 in South Africa and 10 in Tanzania, recruited into an exploratory study through hospital antiretroviral treatment clinics and civil society organisations working with people living with HIV. Self-administered questionnaires were used to obtain social and demographic information, while couples' sexual relations and childbear…
We keep her status to ourselves
In HIV-discordant relationships, the HIV-negative partner also carries the burden of a stigmatised disease. For this reason, couples often hide their HIV-discordant status from family, friends and community members. This perpetuates the silence around HIV-discordant relationships and impacts on targeted HIV prevention, treatment and counselling efforts. This article reports on experiences of stigma and discrimination among HIV-discordant couples …
Disclosure of HIV status to sex partners and sexual risk behaviours among HIV-positive men and women, Cape Town, South Africa
BACKGROUND: The HIV epidemic continues to amplify in southern Africa and there is a growing need for HIV prevention interventions among people who have tested HIV positive. METHODS: Anonymous surveys were completed by 413 HIV-positive men and 641 HIV-positive women sampled from HIV/AIDS services; 73% were <35 years old, 70% Black African, 70% unemployed, 75% unmarried, and 50% taking antiretroviral treatment. RESULTS: Among the 903 (85%) particip…
Social constructions of gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/Aids in two communities of the Western Cape, South Africa
The links between gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS risk are complex and culturally specific. In this qualitative study we investigated how women and men in two black communities in the Western Cape, South Africa, constructed their gender identities and roles, how they understood gender-based violence, and what they believed about the links between gender relations and HIV risk. First we conducted 16 key informant interviews with m…
Sexual assault, sexual risks and gender attitudes in a community sample of South African men
Sexual assault against women and HIV infection are both prevalent and related social problems in South Africa. The current study examined hostile attitudes toward women, acceptance of violence against women and masculine ideological beliefs in relation to sexual assault history among men in a Cape Town township in South African. Men (n=435) completed anonymous surveys of sexual assault history, HIV risk history and gender-based attitudes. More th…
Alcohol Use in Three Different Inner Cities in South Africa
The aim of the present study was to describe the frequency of risky drinking among a general urban population survey (n=1379) in South Africa with the help of (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test) AUDIT-C scores, CAGE (Cut down, Annoyed, Guilty, Eye-opener) scores and compare the scores with calculated risky drinking in terms of weekly alcohol consumption or heavy episodic drinking. Results indicate 44.4% for men and 25.4% for women as haza…
Internalized stigma, discrimination, and depression among men and women living with HIV/Aids in Cape Town, South Africa
Stigma and discrimination experiences of HIV-positive men who have sex with men in Cape Town, South Africa
Since the primary mode of HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa is heterosexual, research focusing on the sexual behaviour of men who have sex with men (MSM) is scant. Currently it is unknown how many people living with HIV in South Africa are MSM and there is even less known about the stigmatisation and discrimination of HIV-positive MSM. The current study examined the stigma and discrimination experiences of MSM living with HIV/AIDS in South A…
Gender, Power and Resistance to Change among Two Communities in the Western Cape, South Africa
This study investigates how women and men in the Western Cape, South Africa, construct their gender identities and roles. As part of the development of an HIV prevention intervention for men, key informant interviews and focus group discussions were conducted. Several themes regarding the construction of gender were identified. First, participants reported that traditional gender relations of male dominance and female subservience were still in e…
Measuring Aids stigmas in people living with HIV/Aids
AIDS stigmas create significant barriers to HIV prevention, testing, and care and can become internalized by people living with HIV/AIDS. We developed a psychometric scale to measure internalized AIDS-related stigmas among people infected with HIV. Items were adapted from a psychometrically sound test of AIDS-related stigmas in the general population. Six items reflecting self-defacing beliefs and negative perceptions of people living with HIV/AI…
The Feasibility of Implementing a Sexual Risk Reduction Intervention in Routine Clinical Practice at an ARV Clinic in Cape Town
Behaviour Change Counselling for ARV Adherence Support Within Primary Health Care Facilities in the Western Cape, South Africa
Sexual relations and childbearing decisions of HIV-discordant couples
This article reports on the influence of HIV on sexual relations and childbearing decisions of 36 HIV-discordant couples, 26 in South Africa and 10 in Tanzania, recruited into an exploratory study through hospital antiretroviral treatment clinics and civil society organisations working with people living with HIV. Self-administered questionnaires were used to obtain social and demographic information, while couples' sexual relations and childbear…
It’s Important to Take Your Medication Everyday Okay?” An Evaluation of Counselling by Lay Counsellors for ARV Adherence Support in the Western Cape, South Africa
It [HIV] is part of the relationship’
In many sub-Saharan African countries, a high proportion of people living with HIV are in long-term serodiscordant relationships. This paper explores how HIV serodiscordance shapes communication among couples in long-term HIV-serodiscordant relationships. A total of 36 couples were purposively recruited through healthcare providers and civil society organisations in South Africa (26) and Tanzania (10). We explored couples' portrayal of living in …
From Research to Practice
Improving the Counselling Skills of Lay Counsellors in Antiretroviral Adherence Settings
Alcohol Expectancies and Inhibition Conflict as Moderators of the Alcohol–Unprotected Sex Relationship
We keep her status to ourselves
In HIV-discordant relationships, the HIV-negative partner also carries the burden of a stigmatised disease. For this reason, couples often hide their HIV-discordant status from family, friends and community members. This perpetuates the silence around HIV-discordant relationships and impacts on targeted HIV prevention, treatment and counselling efforts. This article reports on experiences of stigma and discrimination among HIV-discordant couples …
“… It is like it has come up and stole our lives from us” The first 21 days
We examined how different sectors of society experienced the first 21 days of the stay-at-home lockdown following the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in South Africa. This rapid qualitative assessment was conducted remotely with 60 key and community informants from different socio-cultural and economic backgrounds in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape provinces of South Africa. Atlas.ti.8 was used to facilitate …
“ … [I] f I can [be] infected now that means I am going to die … ”
In this paper, we explored how vulnerable, immunocompromised groups and caregivers of the elderly experienced and perceived the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa. Semi-structured interviews were conducted remotely between the 5th andthe 18th of April 2020 in the three South African provinces hardest hit by Covid-19, namely Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape. In total, 60 qualitative key informant interviews and one focus gro…
Engaging transgender women in HIV research in South Africa
The Botshelo Ba Trans study was the first HIV bio-behavioral survey conducted with transgender women in South Africa. Engaging research with marginalized communities requires clear points of entry, reference points for understanding the internal culture, and establishing trust and understanding. The community-based participatory research approach guided the development and implementation of this study. We conducted a rapid qualitative and pre-sur…
Social determinants of HIV status and viral load suppression among transgender women in South Africa
Transgender women in South Africa face a heavy HIV burden, but data on key psychosocial and structural factors remain limited. This cross-sectional study examined associations between HIV outcomes and psychosocial (substance use, alcohol use, medical distrust, community connectedness) and structural (education, homelessness, income, sex work, violence) factors. We conducted interviewer-administered surveys with 213 transgender women in Cape Town,…
Challenges and opportunities in achieving sustainable development goal 3 in KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa is committed to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3), which aims to ensure health and well-being for all. However, in rural provinces like KwaZulu-Natal, structural inequalities, socio-cultural challenges, and environmental stressors hinder progress. This study synthesises findings from qualitative research conducted at the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) to explore the challenges and opportunities in meeting SDG …
Medicine (20 works) · Psychology (16 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (15 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (14 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Family medicine (10 works) · Demography (9 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Public health (8 works) · Environmental health (7 works)