Laetitia Rispel

Datos Biográficos

ID1725832
NOMBRELaetitia Rispel
NOMBRESLaetitia
APELLIDORispel
FIRMARISPEL L
AFILIACIONESUniversity of the Witwatersrand
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS8
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR8
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1993
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Career trajectories of master of public health graduates from South African universities

    Open AccessVirginia Zweigenthal, Nicola Christofides et al.ARTICLEHuman Resources for Health2026

  • Perceptions of South Africa’s master of public health graduates on the degree’s contribution to their leadership at work and in society

    Open AccessVirginia Zweigenthal, Nicola Christofides et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Introduction: Integrating public health functions into national health systems is essential to enhance population health. The Master of Public Health (MPH) degree is an important foundation for public health practice in low-and middle-income countries such as South Africa. However, insufficient evidence on individual motivations for undertaking the MPH and the perceptions of graduates on the utility of the degree at work and in society and its co…

  • Resilience or detachment? Coping strategies among termination of pregnancy health care providers in two South African provinces

    Mantshi Teffo, Mantshi E Teffo et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2020

    There is global recognition that competent and willing health care providers remain the most important determinant of safe abortion or termination of pregnancy services. The psychosocial well-being of providers is critical to the provision of responsive termination of pregnancy services. In light of the dearth of scholarly attention on termination of pregnancy providers' coping strategies in low- and middle-income countries, this paper explores c…

  • A survey of the governance capacity of national public health associations to enhance population health

    Open AccessJames Chauvin, Mahesh Shukla et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    National PHA have a responsibility to put into place the practices and infrastructure that enhance organizational governance. This will enhance their ability to be effective advocates for policies and practices that enhance, protect and promote the public's health. The WFPHA has an important role to play in providing the technical assistance and financial resources to assist PHAs in attaining and sustaining a higher level of governance capacity

  • Global Health Action Supplement 1, 2013 Building NEW KNOWLEDGE

    Open AccessLaetitia C Rispel, Laetitia Rispel et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2013

    Public health challenges in a global context are to be found in the widening gap between the winners and losers of globalisation.To meet these challenges it is crucial not only to act constructively on what is already known and evaluate the results, but also to establish what we have yet to learn and still need to implement.The Journal therefore specifically welcomes papers that report on results and evidence derived from practical implementation…

  • Ensuring women's right to choose

    Makhosazana Xaba, Laetitia C Rispel et al.ARTICLEAgenda2013Referencias: 2

    The 1996 Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act (CTOPA) laid the foundation for South African women to exercise choice as well as their right to have control over their bodies. Nurses are the largest category of health care providers, and their centrality to improved health and health systems performance is undisputed. Yet, there is little documentation of the voices and experiences of nurses in broader health policy advocacy, development and imp…

  • Confronting social exclusion, HIV and gender inequalities in South Africa

    Open AccessLaetitia C Rispel, Laetitia Rispel et al.ARTICLEAgenda2009

    The HIV epidemic in South Africa disproportionatery affects women, with young women aged 15–24 years three times more likely to be infected compared to young men. Gender inequalities increase women's vulnerability to HIV infection, white the HIV epidemic further entrenches gender inequalities. In this Focus, we use a ‘social exclusion’ framework to examine HIV and gender inequalities in South Africa. We argue that a relational understanding of so…

  • Problems and prospects for health sector links in the Southern African region

    Open AccessAllison Beattie, Laetitia C Rispel et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1993Referencias: 2