Gladys Matseke

Biographic Data

ID332598
NAMEGladys Matseke
GIVEN NAMESGladys
FAMILY NAMEMatseke
SIGNATUREMATSEKE G
AFFILIATIONSHuman Sciences Research Council
ORCID0000-0002-3002-0286
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS20
TOTAL CITATIONS3
AUTHOR COUNT20
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX1

  • Maternal Health Outcomes and Male Partner Involvement Among HIV Infected Women in Rural South Africa

    Open AccessGladys Matseke, Robert A C Ruiter et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2021

  • Male Partner Involvement and Development of HIV-exposed Infants in Rural South Africa

    Open AccessGladys Matseke, Robert A C Ruiter et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021

    Male partner involvement (MPI) during the prenatal and postnatal periods has been proven to have a beneficial effect on infant development. Infants born to HIV seropositive mothers with lacking or no prenatal and postnatal male partner support may be at a higher risk for adverse developmental outcomes. This study examined the effect of MPI on cognitive, communicative, fine, and gross motor development in 160 infants born to HIV seropositive mothe…

  • Prenatal and Postnatal Intimate Partner Violence and Associated Factors Among HIV-Infected Women in Rural South Africa

    Open AccessGladys Matseke, Robert A C Ruiter et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2021Cited by: 1References: 4

    Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been highlighted as one of the challenges to the effectiveness of the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programs in rural areas in South Africa. This study aimed at assessing the prevalence of prenatal and postnatal physical as well as psychological IPV, and corresponding time-invariant and time-varying predictors, among HIV-positive women attending PMTCT services in rural South Africa. …

  • Determinants of disclosure and non-disclosure of HIV-positive status, by pregnant women in rural South Africa

    Open AccessShandir Ramlagan, Gladys Matseke et al.ARTICLESAHARA-J Journal of Social…2018

    Disclosure of HIV status remains one of the major challenges to the effectiveness of the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in rural areas in South Africa. This study aimed at assessing the determinants of HIV status disclosure among HIV infected pregnant women who have disclosed their HIV status to someone, as well as among those who have disclosed to their partners. Cross-sectional data was collected from 673 HIV sero-positive pr…

  • Sexual risk behaviour among HIV-infected women in the first twelve months after delivery in South Africa

    Karl Peltzer, Geoffrey Setswe et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2018

    This study aimed to assess sexual risk behaviour and its social correlates in HIV-infected women living in rural South Africa at six and twelve months post-partum. Participants were 699 HIV-positive women recruited prenatally by systematic sampling from twelve community health centres in Mpumalanga province, South Africa (mean age = 28.4 years, SD = 5.7; married =41.1%; serodiscordant or unknown partner status = 74.9%). They self-reported on thei…

  • Factors Associated with Male Partner Involvement in Programs for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Rural South Africa

    Open AccessGladys Matseke, Motlagabo G Matseke et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2017

    Male partner involvement (MPI) can contribute to the success of programs aimed at preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. However, the definition and measures of MPI differ according to context. This study utilized secondary cross-sectional data to investigate the prevalence and determinants of MPI among 463 male partners of HIV-infected pregnant women in rural South Africa. Results indicated that 44.1% of male partners reported i…

  • Infant Development and Pre- and Post-partum Depression in Rural South African HIV-Infected Women

    Open AccessVioleta J Rodríguez, Gladys Matseke et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2017

  • The Achilles' heel of prevention to mother-to-child transmission of HIV

    Open AccessVioleta J Rodríguez, Richard P Lacabe et al.ARTICLESAHARA-J Journal of Social…2017Cited by: 2References: 22

    The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS proposed to reduce the vertical transmission of HIV from ∼72,200 to ∼8300 newly infected children by 2015 in South Africa (SA). However, cultural, infrastructural, and socio-economic barriers hinder the implementation of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) protocol, and research on potential solutions to address these barriers in rural areas is particularly limited. This study …

  • Intimate partner violence among HIV positive pregnant women in South Africa

    Gladys Matseke, Violeta J Rodríguez et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2016

    The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) and associated factors among pregnant HIV-infected women in primary health care facilities in Nkangala and Gert Sibande districts, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Participants were 673 women who were, on average, 28.39 ± 5.73 years old. Data were collected through Audio Computer Assisted Self Interview (ACASI), and analysed using the IBM Statistical Package for Soci…

  • Covariates of condom use in South Africa

    Leickness C Simbayi, Gladys Matseke et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2014

    Condom use has increased significantly over the past decade among all adult age groups in South Africa, and it is widely believed to have played a major role in the recent significant decline in HIV incidence in the country, especially among young people. This study investigated the demographic, behavioural and psychosocial correlates of condom use at last sex among a national random probability sample of sexually experienced respondents aged 15 …

  • Perceptions of sugar mommy practices in South Africa

    Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya, Nancy Phaswana‐Mafuya et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2014

    The study sought to explore sugar mommy practices regarding their occurrence, acceptability as well as perceived reasons why older women and younger men enter into sugar mommy relationships. An exploratory qualitative study involving 135 participants from 11 diverse focus groups in terms of age, gender (females=27%) and geotype throughout the nine South African provinces was conducted. Data on the participants' views, opinions and experiences of …

  • Predictors of tuberculosis (TB) and antiretroviral (ARV) medication non-adherence in public primary care patients in South Africa

    Open AccessPamela Naidoo, Karl Peltzer et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    A comprehensive treatment programme addressing poverty, alcohol mis-use, tobacco use and psycho-social counseling is indicated for TB patients (with and without HIV). The treatment care package needs to involve not only the health sector but other relevant government sectors, such as social development

  • Screening and brief interventions for hazardous and harmful alcohol use among patients with active tuberculosis attending primary public care clinics in South Africa

    Open AccessKarl Peltzer, Pamela Naidoo et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    PACTR201105000297151

  • Data Resource Profile

    Paul Kowal, Somnath Chatterji et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2012

    Population ageing is rapidly becoming a global issue and will have a major impact on health policies and programmes. The World Health Organization's Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) aims to address the gap in reliable data and scientific knowledge on ageing and health in low- and middle-income countries. SAGE is a longitudinal study with nationally representative samples of persons aged 50+ years in China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Russ…

  • Hazardous and Harmful Alcohol Use and Associated Factors in Tuberculosis Public Primary Care Patients in South Africa

    Open AccessKarl Peltzer, Julia Louw et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2012

    The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of hazardous and harmful alcohol use and associated factors among patients with tuberculosis in South Africa. In a cross-sectional survey new tuberculosis (TB) and TB retreatment patients were consecutively screened using the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) within one month of anti-tuberculosis treatment. The sample included 4,900 (54.5% men and women 45.5%) tuberculosis patients…

  • Screening and brief interventions for hazardous and harmful alcohol use among patients with active tuberculosis attending primary care clinics in South Africa

    Open AccessKarl Peltzer, Karl K Peltzer et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011

    PACTR: PACTR201105000297151

  • Psychological Distress and Associated Factors Among a Sample of Pregnant Women in South Africa

    Karl Peltzer, Elisa Shikwane et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2011

    We sought to identify the prevalence of psychological distress and associated factors among pregnant women who were patients at antenatal primary care clinics in a South Africa district. A cross-sectional study using systematic sampling was conducted among 1497 pregnant women (age range=18 to 47 years; mean age=26.6 years, SD=6.1; Black African=98%), with a mean gestational age of 6.5 months (SD=1.6). They completed the Kessler Psychological Dist…

  • Prevalence of Alcohol Use and Associated Factors in Pregnant Antenatal Care Attendees in Mpumalanga, South Africa

    Julia Louw, Karl Peltzer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2011

    We sought to identify the prevalence of alcohol use and associated factors among pregnant women who were patients at antenatal primary care clinics in a South Africa health district. A cross-sectional study using systematic sampling was conducted among 1497 pregnant women (age range=18to47years; mean age=26.6 years, SD=6.1; Black African=98%), with a mean gestational age of 6.5 months (SD=1.6). They completed a shortened version of the Alcohol Us…

  • Determinants of knowledge of HIV status in South Africa

    Open AccessKarl Peltzer, Gladys Matseke et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2009

    Education about HIV/AIDS and access to HIV counselling and testing (HCT) in rural areas, in particular among the Black African population group needs to be improved, in order to enhance the uptake of HIV counselling and testing services, an essential step for the initiation of treatment

  • Lay Counsellor-Based Risk Reduction Intervention with HIV Negative Diagnosed Patients at HIV Counselling and Testing Sites in a Rural South African Setting

    Karl Peltzer, Cily Tabane et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2009

    The study evaluated the feasibility, fidelity, and effectiveness of a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention intervention delivered to HIV-uninfected patients by lay counsellors during routine HIV counselling and testing (HCT) service in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Participants were 543 HIV negative diagnosed persons (males=383, females=163, age range=18–68). They were assessed at baseline, received a single 60-minute session motivational/sk…