Olagoke Akintola
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 136381 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Olagoke Akintola |
| NOMBRES | Olagoke |
| APELLIDO | Akintola |
| FIRMA | AKINTOLA O |
| AFILIACIONES | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2137-1906 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 24 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 57 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 24 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2001 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Navigating context, power and politics
Gender is an intersectional determinant of health that remains insufficiently integrated in programmes and policies. Sustained processes of dialogue and collaboration, including participatory approaches such as co-design, are needed to effect gender integration. However, the contexts and power dynamics through which co-design may support gender integration are not well understood. This qualitative case study examined a co-design partnership that …
Participatory design partnerships for gender and health in low- and middle-income countries
Gender inequality remains an intersectional determinant of health insufficiently addressed in programmes and policies. Progress requires systematic integration of gender perspectives but is constrained by the embeddedness of gender inequality across sectors, socioecological levels, and stakeholders. Participatory design approaches hold promise, but the role of participatory design partnerships in advancing gender equality remains underexplored. T…
Factors shaping Covid-19 vaccine acceptability among young people in South Africa and Nigeria
Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy among young people can be seen as an acute – but not isolated – phenomenon within an alarming longer-term trend of broader vaccine distrust in Africa. Yet there are still considerable knowledge gaps in relation to the scope and drivers of low vaccine acceptability among young people. Moreover, better frameworks and tools are needed to conceptualise and better understand acceptability in this population group. We applied…
Accessing HIV services in Botswana
BACKGROUND: Men who have sex with men (MSM) represent an increasing number of new HIV infections in Botswana. Many in Botswana still hold discriminatory views against people who engage in same-sex practices. While it is well documented that stigma and discrimination undermine efforts to prevent HIV, the literature about the perception and experiences of discrimination against MSM in accessing HIV services in Botswana is scant. OBJECTIVE(S): In th…
Beyond Access
Accessing quality healthcare services is critical to addressing the different health challenges confronting school-going children, especially those in low-resource communities. However, the evidence of access to services is utilisation and not the mere availability of such services. This study explored caregivers' descriptions of the factors influencing the access and utilisation of quality healthcare services for school-going children and their …
Acceptability and accessibility of HIV testing and treatment among men who have sex with men in Botswana
Background : Although HIV testing and treatment are the cornerstones of a comprehensive prevention strategy, their acceptability and accessibility are complex within the healthcare system. Methods : We used Aday and Andersen's conceptual framework of access to healthcare services to explore factors influencing acceptability and accessibility of HIV testing and treatment among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Botswana. A qualitative descriptive …
How do HIV/Aids policies address access to HIV services among men who have sex with men in Botswana
The study assessed Botswana government policies related to HIV/AIDS and international policy documents that were adopted to address the HIV epidemic. Studies have indicated that HIV surveillance among men who have sex with men (MSM) is poor and that they are disproportionally affected by HIV. A document analysis method was employed to assess the Botswana government and international HIV/AIDS policy documents adopted in the country to determine ho…
Health care waste management in community-based care
Current policies on primary health care (PHC) and HCWM in South Africa have not paid attention to HCWM. Findings suggest the need for primary health care reform to develop the competencies of CHWs in HCWM. In addition, PHC and HCWM policies should address the infrastructure deficit in low resource communities. In order for low-and-middle-income-countries (LMICs) to develop effective community health worker programmes, there is a need for synergie…
Lived Experiences of Democratic Republic of Congo Refugees facing Medical Xenophobia in Durban, South Africa
This research was undertaken to explore experiences of xenophobia by refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with the health care system in Durban, South Africa. The study adopted a qualitative methodology consisting of 31 in-depth interviews with refugees from the DRC. Framework analysis was conducted. The findings revealed that refugees face medical xenophobia during their encounter with health care workers with language barriers a…
Sustaining Motivation Among Community Health Workers in Aids Care in Kwazulu‐natal, South Africa
A substantial part of community‐based AIDS care in South Africa is currently undertaken by poor, female volunteer community health workers (CHWs). Retention of volunteers over time is challenging, however. In this study, 12 female AIDS care volunteers in KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa, were interviewed about their motivations for becoming volunteers, perceived challenges in care work, and reasons for sustained volunteering. All women reported altrui…
The global financial crisis
The global financial crisis that began in 2008 with the collapse of the US real estate bubble is considered the worst economic turmoil since the Great Depression in the 1930s. While the crisis has negatively impacted the global economy and the flow of aid to Sub-Saharan African countries, little is known about the implications of the crisis for community-based organizations (CBOs) providing health-related services in marginalized communities. We …
West Africans in the Informal Economy of South Africa
Economic issues are typically at the heart of migration decisions globally. Disparities in incomes between countries play a major role in motivating people with different levels of skills to migrate from Africa to countries with more developed economies in search of secure livelihoods and improved quality of life. South Africa, an upper middle income country, is the leading migration destination country in sub-Saharan Africa because of its buoyan…
Infection control in home-based care for people living with HIV/Aids/TB in South Africa
The majority of HIV and AIDS patients in sub-Saharan African countries receive health care services at home. Yet research on infection control in home-based care settings is virtually non-existent. This study explored infection control practices in home-based care in a South African province with a high HIV/TB prevalence. We conducted interviews with 10 managers of home-based care organizations and 10 focus group discussions with 80 volunteer car…
Social Contexts and Building Social Capital for Collective Action
Social capital is increasingly conceptualised in academic and policy literature as a panacea for a range of health and development issues, particularly in the context of HIV. In this paper, we conceptualise social capital as an umbrella concept capturing processes including networks, norms, trust and relationships that open up opportunities for participation and collective action that allow communities to address issues of common concern. We spec…
Sailing Against the Tide? Sustaining Sexual Abstinence Among Christian Youth in a University Setting in South Africa
I Did It for Him, Not for Me
We used qualitative interviews to explore the influences on first sexual intercourse among 10 young women who had sexual debut within a year of enrolling in the university. University culture of sexual permissiveness and pressure from sexually experienced friends and male partners were the main factors influencing sexual debut. Ambivalence and a range of coercive behaviours characterized first sex. Participants were unprepared for sex and lacked …
Patterns of disclosure and antiretroviral treatment adherence in a South African mining workplace programme and implications for HIV prevention
Social and psychological barriers to the disclosure of one's seropositive HIV status to significant others and poor adherence to taking medications pose significant challenges to the scaling-up of access to antiretroviral treatment (ART) in the workplace. Such barriers are predictive of sub-optimal treatment outcomes and bedevil HIV-prevention interventions at a societal level. Against this background, this article explores the lived experiences …
What motivates people to volunteer? The case of volunteer Aids caregivers in faith-based organizations in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Volunteers are increasingly being relied upon to provide home-based care for people living with AIDS in South Africa and this presents several unique challenges specific to the HIV/AIDS context in Africa. Yet it is not clear what motivates people to volunteer as home-based caregivers. Drawing on the functional theory on volunteer motivations, this study uses data from qualitative interviews with 57 volunteer caregivers of people living with HIV/A…
Psychosocial and behavioural correlates of attitudes towards antiretroviral therapy (ART) in a sample of South African mineworkers
Despite being one of the worst affected sectors in South Africa, the mining sector has proven to be one of the most active in intervention efforts in the fight against HIV and AIDS (Ellis, 2007). Owing to low uptake rates of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in mining companies in recent years (Connelly & Rosen, 2006) and the positive relationship between attitudes towards ART and ART uptake (Cooper et al., 2002; Horne, Cooper, Gellaitry, Leake, & Fis…
Bridging the gap between VCT and HIV/Aids treatment uptake
This qualitative study sought to understand users' perceptions of the voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) and HIV-treatment services offered by a mining company in South Africa, with the intention of making recommendations to improve the rates of uptake. A purposive sample of 75 employees was interviewed and three focus groups were conducted with VCT users as well as with HIV-positive employees currently enrolled in the company's treatment pr…
Unpaid HIV/Aids Care in Southern Africa
Across southern Africa, policy-makers are promoting home-based care for HIV/AIDS patients as a cheaper alternative to hospital care. However, cost studies have not sufficiently considered the costs and benefits to all stakeholders in home-based care.1 Drawing on existing literature, this study shows that available data are grossly inadequate for a comprehensive assessment of the cost-effectiveness of home-based care. Previous studies have largely…
Gendered home-based care in South Africa
This study investigates the experiences of informal caregivers of people living with HIV in two semi-rural communities in South Africa. Ethnographic methods were used to collect and analyse data on the gendered nature and consequences of home-based care from 21 primary caregivers and 20 volunteer caregivers as well as 10 key informants. It was generally women who were poor, unemployed and unmarried who combined the care-giving role with their tra…
Perceptions of Community HIV Prevalence, Own HIV Infection, and Condom Use among Teachers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Perceptions of sexual coercion
This study explored the problem of sexual coercion from the perspectives of 77 young people aged 14–21 in Ibadan, Nigeria, the behaviours they perceive to be sexually coercive and the contexts in which these occur through four narrative workshops. Participants were drawn from two secondary schools and 15 apprentice workshops. All four groups identified similar coercive behaviours and developed narratives of the events that typically lead up to th…
What motivates people to volunteer? The case of volunteer Aids caregivers in faith-based organizations in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Volunteers are increasingly being relied upon to provide home-based care for people living with AIDS in South Africa and this presents several unique challenges specific to the HIV/AIDS context in Africa. Yet it is not clear what motivates people to volunteer as home-based caregivers. Drawing on the functional theory on volunteer motivations, this study uses data from qualitative interviews with 57 volunteer caregivers of people living with HIV/A…
Unpaid HIV/Aids Care in Southern Africa
Across southern Africa, policy-makers are promoting home-based care for HIV/AIDS patients as a cheaper alternative to hospital care. However, cost studies have not sufficiently considered the costs and benefits to all stakeholders in home-based care.1 Drawing on existing literature, this study shows that available data are grossly inadequate for a comprehensive assessment of the cost-effectiveness of home-based care. Previous studies have largely…
Lived Experiences of Democratic Republic of Congo Refugees facing Medical Xenophobia in Durban, South Africa
This research was undertaken to explore experiences of xenophobia by refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with the health care system in Durban, South Africa. The study adopted a qualitative methodology consisting of 31 in-depth interviews with refugees from the DRC. Framework analysis was conducted. The findings revealed that refugees face medical xenophobia during their encounter with health care workers with language barriers a…
I Did It for Him, Not for Me
We used qualitative interviews to explore the influences on first sexual intercourse among 10 young women who had sexual debut within a year of enrolling in the university. University culture of sexual permissiveness and pressure from sexually experienced friends and male partners were the main factors influencing sexual debut. Ambivalence and a range of coercive behaviours characterized first sex. Participants were unprepared for sex and lacked …
West Africans in the Informal Economy of South Africa
Economic issues are typically at the heart of migration decisions globally. Disparities in incomes between countries play a major role in motivating people with different levels of skills to migrate from Africa to countries with more developed economies in search of secure livelihoods and improved quality of life. South Africa, an upper middle income country, is the leading migration destination country in sub-Saharan Africa because of its buoyan…
Social Contexts and Building Social Capital for Collective Action
Social capital is increasingly conceptualised in academic and policy literature as a panacea for a range of health and development issues, particularly in the context of HIV. In this paper, we conceptualise social capital as an umbrella concept capturing processes including networks, norms, trust and relationships that open up opportunities for participation and collective action that allow communities to address issues of common concern. We spec…
Sustaining Motivation Among Community Health Workers in Aids Care in Kwazulu‐natal, South Africa
A substantial part of community‐based AIDS care in South Africa is currently undertaken by poor, female volunteer community health workers (CHWs). Retention of volunteers over time is challenging, however. In this study, 12 female AIDS care volunteers in KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa, were interviewed about their motivations for becoming volunteers, perceived challenges in care work, and reasons for sustained volunteering. All women reported altrui…
Perceptions of sexual coercion
This study explored the problem of sexual coercion from the perspectives of 77 young people aged 14–21 in Ibadan, Nigeria, the behaviours they perceive to be sexually coercive and the contexts in which these occur through four narrative workshops. Participants were drawn from two secondary schools and 15 apprentice workshops. All four groups identified similar coercive behaviours and developed narratives of the events that typically lead up to th…
Perceptions of sexual coercion
This study explored the problem of sexual coercion from the perspectives of 77 young people aged 14–21 in Ibadan, Nigeria, the behaviours they perceive to be sexually coercive and the contexts in which these occur through four narrative workshops. Participants were drawn from two secondary schools and 15 apprentice workshops. All four groups identified similar coercive behaviours and developed narratives of the events that typically lead up to th…
Gendered home-based care in South Africa
This study investigates the experiences of informal caregivers of people living with HIV in two semi-rural communities in South Africa. Ethnographic methods were used to collect and analyse data on the gendered nature and consequences of home-based care from 21 primary caregivers and 20 volunteer caregivers as well as 10 key informants. It was generally women who were poor, unemployed and unmarried who combined the care-giving role with their tra…
Perceptions of Community HIV Prevalence, Own HIV Infection, and Condom Use among Teachers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Bridging the gap between VCT and HIV/Aids treatment uptake
This qualitative study sought to understand users' perceptions of the voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) and HIV-treatment services offered by a mining company in South Africa, with the intention of making recommendations to improve the rates of uptake. A purposive sample of 75 employees was interviewed and three focus groups were conducted with VCT users as well as with HIV-positive employees currently enrolled in the company's treatment pr…
Unpaid HIV/Aids Care in Southern Africa
Across southern Africa, policy-makers are promoting home-based care for HIV/AIDS patients as a cheaper alternative to hospital care. However, cost studies have not sufficiently considered the costs and benefits to all stakeholders in home-based care.1 Drawing on existing literature, this study shows that available data are grossly inadequate for a comprehensive assessment of the cost-effectiveness of home-based care. Previous studies have largely…
Patterns of disclosure and antiretroviral treatment adherence in a South African mining workplace programme and implications for HIV prevention
Social and psychological barriers to the disclosure of one's seropositive HIV status to significant others and poor adherence to taking medications pose significant challenges to the scaling-up of access to antiretroviral treatment (ART) in the workplace. Such barriers are predictive of sub-optimal treatment outcomes and bedevil HIV-prevention interventions at a societal level. Against this background, this article explores the lived experiences …
What motivates people to volunteer? The case of volunteer Aids caregivers in faith-based organizations in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Volunteers are increasingly being relied upon to provide home-based care for people living with AIDS in South Africa and this presents several unique challenges specific to the HIV/AIDS context in Africa. Yet it is not clear what motivates people to volunteer as home-based caregivers. Drawing on the functional theory on volunteer motivations, this study uses data from qualitative interviews with 57 volunteer caregivers of people living with HIV/A…
Psychosocial and behavioural correlates of attitudes towards antiretroviral therapy (ART) in a sample of South African mineworkers
Despite being one of the worst affected sectors in South Africa, the mining sector has proven to be one of the most active in intervention efforts in the fight against HIV and AIDS (Ellis, 2007). Owing to low uptake rates of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in mining companies in recent years (Connelly & Rosen, 2006) and the positive relationship between attitudes towards ART and ART uptake (Cooper et al., 2002; Horne, Cooper, Gellaitry, Leake, & Fis…
I Did It for Him, Not for Me
We used qualitative interviews to explore the influences on first sexual intercourse among 10 young women who had sexual debut within a year of enrolling in the university. University culture of sexual permissiveness and pressure from sexually experienced friends and male partners were the main factors influencing sexual debut. Ambivalence and a range of coercive behaviours characterized first sex. Participants were unprepared for sex and lacked …
Sailing Against the Tide? Sustaining Sexual Abstinence Among Christian Youth in a University Setting in South Africa
Infection control in home-based care for people living with HIV/Aids/TB in South Africa
The majority of HIV and AIDS patients in sub-Saharan African countries receive health care services at home. Yet research on infection control in home-based care settings is virtually non-existent. This study explored infection control practices in home-based care in a South African province with a high HIV/TB prevalence. We conducted interviews with 10 managers of home-based care organizations and 10 focus group discussions with 80 volunteer car…
Social Contexts and Building Social Capital for Collective Action
Social capital is increasingly conceptualised in academic and policy literature as a panacea for a range of health and development issues, particularly in the context of HIV. In this paper, we conceptualise social capital as an umbrella concept capturing processes including networks, norms, trust and relationships that open up opportunities for participation and collective action that allow communities to address issues of common concern. We spec…
The global financial crisis
The global financial crisis that began in 2008 with the collapse of the US real estate bubble is considered the worst economic turmoil since the Great Depression in the 1930s. While the crisis has negatively impacted the global economy and the flow of aid to Sub-Saharan African countries, little is known about the implications of the crisis for community-based organizations (CBOs) providing health-related services in marginalized communities. We …
West Africans in the Informal Economy of South Africa
Economic issues are typically at the heart of migration decisions globally. Disparities in incomes between countries play a major role in motivating people with different levels of skills to migrate from Africa to countries with more developed economies in search of secure livelihoods and improved quality of life. South Africa, an upper middle income country, is the leading migration destination country in sub-Saharan Africa because of its buoyan…
Sustaining Motivation Among Community Health Workers in Aids Care in Kwazulu‐natal, South Africa
A substantial part of community‐based AIDS care in South Africa is currently undertaken by poor, female volunteer community health workers (CHWs). Retention of volunteers over time is challenging, however. In this study, 12 female AIDS care volunteers in KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa, were interviewed about their motivations for becoming volunteers, perceived challenges in care work, and reasons for sustained volunteering. All women reported altrui…
Health care waste management in community-based care
Current policies on primary health care (PHC) and HCWM in South Africa have not paid attention to HCWM. Findings suggest the need for primary health care reform to develop the competencies of CHWs in HCWM. In addition, PHC and HCWM policies should address the infrastructure deficit in low resource communities. In order for low-and-middle-income-countries (LMICs) to develop effective community health worker programmes, there is a need for synergie…
Lived Experiences of Democratic Republic of Congo Refugees facing Medical Xenophobia in Durban, South Africa
This research was undertaken to explore experiences of xenophobia by refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with the health care system in Durban, South Africa. The study adopted a qualitative methodology consisting of 31 in-depth interviews with refugees from the DRC. Framework analysis was conducted. The findings revealed that refugees face medical xenophobia during their encounter with health care workers with language barriers a…
How do HIV/Aids policies address access to HIV services among men who have sex with men in Botswana
The study assessed Botswana government policies related to HIV/AIDS and international policy documents that were adopted to address the HIV epidemic. Studies have indicated that HIV surveillance among men who have sex with men (MSM) is poor and that they are disproportionally affected by HIV. A document analysis method was employed to assess the Botswana government and international HIV/AIDS policy documents adopted in the country to determine ho…
Acceptability and accessibility of HIV testing and treatment among men who have sex with men in Botswana
Background : Although HIV testing and treatment are the cornerstones of a comprehensive prevention strategy, their acceptability and accessibility are complex within the healthcare system. Methods : We used Aday and Andersen's conceptual framework of access to healthcare services to explore factors influencing acceptability and accessibility of HIV testing and treatment among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Botswana. A qualitative descriptive …
Accessing HIV services in Botswana
BACKGROUND: Men who have sex with men (MSM) represent an increasing number of new HIV infections in Botswana. Many in Botswana still hold discriminatory views against people who engage in same-sex practices. While it is well documented that stigma and discrimination undermine efforts to prevent HIV, the literature about the perception and experiences of discrimination against MSM in accessing HIV services in Botswana is scant. OBJECTIVE(S): In th…
Beyond Access
Accessing quality healthcare services is critical to addressing the different health challenges confronting school-going children, especially those in low-resource communities. However, the evidence of access to services is utilisation and not the mere availability of such services. This study explored caregivers' descriptions of the factors influencing the access and utilisation of quality healthcare services for school-going children and their …
Factors shaping Covid-19 vaccine acceptability among young people in South Africa and Nigeria
Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy among young people can be seen as an acute – but not isolated – phenomenon within an alarming longer-term trend of broader vaccine distrust in Africa. Yet there are still considerable knowledge gaps in relation to the scope and drivers of low vaccine acceptability among young people. Moreover, better frameworks and tools are needed to conceptualise and better understand acceptability in this population group. We applied…
Navigating context, power and politics
Gender is an intersectional determinant of health that remains insufficiently integrated in programmes and policies. Sustained processes of dialogue and collaboration, including participatory approaches such as co-design, are needed to effect gender integration. However, the contexts and power dynamics through which co-design may support gender integration are not well understood. This qualitative case study examined a co-design partnership that …
Participatory design partnerships for gender and health in low- and middle-income countries
Gender inequality remains an intersectional determinant of health insufficiently addressed in programmes and policies. Progress requires systematic integration of gender perspectives but is constrained by the embeddedness of gender inequality across sectors, socioecological levels, and stakeholders. Participatory design approaches hold promise, but the role of participatory design partnerships in advancing gender equality remains underexplored. T…
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