Sinead Delany-Moretlwe

Datos Biográficos

ID	1732955
NOMBRE	Sinead Delany-Moretlwe
NOMBRES	Sinead
APELLIDO	Delany-Moretlwe
FIRMA	DELANY-MORETLWE S
AFILIACIONES	University of the Witwatersrand
ORCID	0000-0003-0376-1019
VERIFICADO	Sí
TOTAL DE OBRAS	33
TOTAL DE CITAS	17
TOTAL COMO AUTOR	33
TOTAL COMO EDITOR	0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN	2008
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN	2026
ÍNDICE H	2

Acceptability of an Integrated Model of Mental Health and PrEP Service Delivery for South African Adolescent Girls
Open AccessLisa Mills, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2026
Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) at elevated HIV risk often experience common mental disorders (CMD), which are linked to lower PrEP adherence. We piloted a CMD intervention, the Youth Friendship Bench SA (YFB), and delivered alongside PrEP to improve CMD symptoms and PrEP adherence among South African AGYW. From April 2023-February 2024, 116 AGYW (18-25 years) with CMD symptoms were randomized to YFB plus standard of care (SOC) or SOC alo…
Association between substance use and PrEP adherence among adolescent girls and young women enrolled in an HIV prevention study in Southern Africa
Open AccessKudzai Hlahla, Rahul Paul Choudhury et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025
Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa are at substantial risk of HIV acquisition and could benefit from oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention. Substance use may result in poor adherence, diminishing PrEP effectiveness. The effects of substance use on PrEP adherence in AGYW within the African context have not been extensively studied. We sought to determine the prevalence of substance use and its associati…
Engagement of adolescent girls and young women into an early oral PrEP open-label study in Southern Africa
Open AccessMiliswa Magongo, Nomsa Mhlanga et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02732730, 13 November 2018
Motivations for Starting and Stopping PrEP
Open AccessLisa Mills, Nomhle Khoza et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025
Oral PrEP effectiveness depends on consistent use during periods of potential HIV exposure, but adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) find this challenging. Data on PrEP use decision-making and alignment with risk among AGYW are limited. From 2016 to 2018, we conducted in-depth interviews with participants in HPTN 082, an open-label PrEP study in South Africa and Zimbabwe, to explore reasons for PrEP starts, stops, and restarts. Of 60 PrEP acce…
Acceptability and Feasibility of Remote PrEP Visits for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa
Open AccessNomhle Khoza, Jennifer Velloza et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025
Hoping to Adhere? Examining the Relationship Between Hope and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Willingness, Adherence, and Persistence Among Young Women in South Africa and Zimbabwe (HPTN 082)
Open AccessMargaret W Gichane, Jennifer Velloza et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2024
Hope is a powerful psychological construct which is linked to positive health. Greater hope is associated with improved antiretroviral therapy adherence; however, less is known about the impact of hope on oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) outcomes. HIV Prevention Trials Network 082, was an open-label PrEP study among young women (ages 16-25) in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Hope was measured at baseline and follow-up using a subset of the Hope fo…
The Effect of Disclosure of PrEP Use on Adherence Among African Young Women in an Open-Label PrEP Study
Open AccessGeetha Beauchamp, Sybil Hosek et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2023
To develop effective PrEP adherence interventions, it is important to understand the interplay between disclosure of pre-exposure prophalxis (PrEP) use, social support, and PrEP adherence. We leveraged the HPTN 082 study conducted among 451 adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) (ages 16 to 25 years, 2016 to 2019) in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Among the 349 who had month three disclosure and PrEP adherence data, 60% (n = 206) felt supported by a…
The impact of conditional cash transfers for HIV prevention on peer relationships
Open AccessNomhle Khoza, Makhosazane Nomhle Ndimande-Khoza et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022
CCTs are currently being explored for HIV prevention among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Southern Africa. However, little is known about how CCT geared towards adolescents' influence peer relationships, despite evidence that peer relationships form a critical part of development in adolescence. This article presents findings from a qualitative study that explored CCT recipients' and non-recipients' perspectives on the impact of CCTs …
Prevalence and Risk Factors of PrEP Use Stigma Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Johannesburg, South Africa and Mwanza, Tanzania Participating in the Empower Trial
Open AccessRichard J Munthali, Anne Stangl et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2022
Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa may benefit from pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), yet stigma may limit PrEP acceptance and continuation. We examined factors associated with PrEP use stigma among 307 participants of the EMPOWER trial (2016-2018), an unblinded randomized controlled trial among HIV-negative, AGYW, aged 16-24, in South Africa and Tanzania. The 6-item, brief-PrEP use stigma scale (B-PSS) had high internal…
Exploring the feasibility and acceptability of integrating screening for gender-based violence into HIV counselling and testing for adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania and South Africa
Open Accesson behalf of the EMPOWER study team, M Colombini et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021
Most stakeholders found GBV screening acceptable and feasible. Key principles that should be in place for young women to be asked safely about GBV during HIV counselling and testing included respect for confidentiality, a youth-friendly and non-judgmental environment, and a functioning referral network
Disclosure of PrEP use by young women in South Africa and Tanzania
F Scorgie, Nomhle Khoza et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2021
Investigating how young women disclose oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use is important given evidence that disclosure is associated with higher adherence. We report qualitative results on PrEP disclosure among young women in South Africa and Tanzania who participated in a PrEP demonstration project (EMPOWER). In total, 81 in-depth interviews were conducted with 39 young women aged 16-24 years-25 from Johannesburg and 14 from Mwanza-at appro…
The influence of HIV‐related stigma on PrEP disclosure and adherence among adolescent girls and young women in HPTN 082
Open AccessJennifer Velloza, Nomhle Khoza et al.ARTICLEJournal of the International AIDS…2020
You talk about problems until you feel free”
Open AccessDeborah Baron, F Scorgie et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020
Pan African Clinical Trials Registry PACTR202006754762723 , 5 April 2020, retrospectively registered
Narrative sexual histories and perceptions of HIV risk among young women taking PrEP in southern Africa
Open AccessF Scorgie, Nomhle Khoza et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2020Citada por: 2Referencias: 1
HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis for adolescent girls and young women in Africa
Open AccessConnie Celum, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe et al.ARTICLEJournal of the International AIDS…2019
Advancing STI priorities in the SDG era
Open AccessMatthew Chersich, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2018
The Sustainable Development Goals present an opportunity to reimagine and then reconfigure the approach to controlling sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The predilection of STIs for women and for vulnerable populations means that services that ameliorate STIs, by their nature, enhance equity, a key focus of the goals. Given the considerable breadth and depth of the goals, it is important to locate points of convergence between the SDGs and …
It Was Not My Aim to Sleep There”
Open AccessF Scorgie, Jonathan Stadler et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2018
Hold on’ ( Bambelela )! Lyrical interpretations of participation in an HIV prevention clinical trial
Jonathan Stadler, Hayley Macgregor et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2018Citada por: 2Referencias: 15
During a five-day workshop, former clinical trial participants and local musicians wrote the lyrics and recorded a song about an HIV prevention trial. Born of concerns about misconceptions regarding experimental drug trials, the aim was to engender engagement with medical researchers and open dialogue about the risks and benefits of trial participation. Composing lyrics that highlighted their credibility as communicators of medical scientific kno…
At the Heart of the Problem
Open AccessHelen Rees, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017
Urban life in the twenty-first century is marked by numerous stresses and shocks, resulting from rapid urbanisation, frequent migration and crowding, massive unemployment, climate change, physical disasters, and disease outbreaks, among other challenges. This reality – according to the ‘100 Resilient Cities’ initiative of the Rockefeller Foundation – is why the concept of resilience is critical to a sustainable future: cities must learn to “survi…
Prevalence of anogenital HPV infection, related disease and risk factors among HIV-infected men in inner-city Johannesburg, South Africa
Open AccessAdmire Chikandiwa, Lucy Chimoyi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017
In this population, anogenital HR-HPV infection and associated low-grade disease is common, but severe anal dysplasia was not detected. Findings reinforce the need for HPV vaccination in men for preventing both AGWs and HR-HPV infection. Given the absence of anal HSILs, however, the findings do not support the use of anal screening programmes in this population
Using surrogate vaccines to assess feasibility and acceptability of future HIV vaccine trials in men
Open AccessLucy Chimoyi, Mphatso Kamndaya et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017
Recruitment and retention of men into vaccine trials is feasible and acceptable in our setting. Findings from this surrogate vaccine trial show a high willingness to participate in future HIV vaccine trials. While access to potentially effective vaccines is important, quality health services are an equally compelling incentive for enrolment
From fear to resilience
Open AccessF Scorgie, Deborah Baron et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017
Adolescents in Hillbrow commonly witnessed and had direct experience of many forms of violence in their environment, and these experiences differed markedly by gender. Interventions that build young peoples' social capital and resilience are essential for reducing violence-related trauma and long-term health and social consequences for adolescents in this community
Alcohol use and sexual risk behaviour among men and women in inner-city Johannesburg, South Africa
Open AccessBraimoh Bello, Harry Moultrie et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017
Alcohol use and sexual behaviours are strongly linked among male and female migrant populations in inner-city Johannesburg. More rigorous interventions at both local and macro level are needed to alleviate alcohol harms and mitigate the alcohol-HIV nexus, especially among already vulnerable groups. These should target the specific dimensions of alcohol use that are harmful, assist women who drink to do so more safely and address the linkages betw…
Leaving no one behind’
Open AccessF Scorgie, Jo Vearey et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017
To improve efforts to address HIV in urban informal settings, intervention designers must acknowledge and engage with the priorities set by the marginalised communities that live here, which may well encompass more pressing issues associated with daily survival
Prevalence and Health Impact of Intimate Partner Violence and Non-partner Sexual Violence Among Female Adolescents Aged 15–19 Years in Vulnerable Urban Environments
Open AccessMichele R Decker, Sarah M Peitzmeier et al.ARTICLEJournal of Adolescent Health2014

Factors Associated with HIV Testing Among Public Sector Clinic Attendees in Johannesburg, South Africa
Open AccessAudrey Pettifor, Catherine Macphail et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2008
A Post-Trial Assessment of Factors Influencing Study Drug Adherence in a Randomized Biomedical HIV-1 Prevention Trial
Open AccessShevin T Jacob, Jared M Baeten et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2010
Using HPV vaccination for promotion of an adolescent package of care
Open AccessCatherine Macphail, Ethel Venables et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013
There is generally support for the delivery of adolescent preventive health services. Despite national priorities to address adolescent health needs, our data suggest that national policies might not always be appropriate for vastly different local situations. While decisions about interventions to include have traditionally been made at country level, our results suggest that local context needs to be taken account of. We suggest low resource st…
Prevalence and Health Impact of Intimate Partner Violence and Non-partner Sexual Violence Among Female Adolescents Aged 15–19 Years in Vulnerable Urban Environments
Open AccessMichele R Decker, Sarah M Peitzmeier et al.ARTICLEJournal of Adolescent Health2014
I heard about this study on the radio’
Open AccessBonnie-Jeanne Medeossi, Jonathan Stadler et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014
Community radio is a potent tool for raising awareness and local knowledge about medical research and, in addition to other methodologies, can be used to promote recruitment into clinical trials. We suggest that future HIV prevention trials consider an investment in community radio beyond recruitment advertisements that incorporates this into the broader community engagement plan as a key element of Good Participatory Practice in clinical trial s…
How adolescents perceive their communities
Open AccessKristin Mmari, Hannah Lantos et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014
As the world continues to urbanize, our study points to a strong need to examine how the physical aspects of a living environment contribute to the health of adolescents. Specific aspects, such as housing, safety, garbage, and recreational spaces must all be examined as possible pathways for making improvements to health of adolescents, particularly among those living in poor urban environments
Sexual Risk Behavior, Alcohol Use, and Social Media Use Among Secondary School Students in Informal Settlements in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Open AccessZachary A Kaufman, E N Braunschweig et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2014
Adolescents' perceptions of health from disadvantaged urban communities
Open AccessKristin Mmari, Robert Wm Blum et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2014Citada por: 11Referencias: 37
Hidden harms
Open AccessJonathan Stadler, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2014Citada por: 2Referencias: 39
At the Heart of the Problem
Open AccessHelen Rees, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017
Urban life in the twenty-first century is marked by numerous stresses and shocks, resulting from rapid urbanisation, frequent migration and crowding, massive unemployment, climate change, physical disasters, and disease outbreaks, among other challenges. This reality – according to the ‘100 Resilient Cities’ initiative of the Rockefeller Foundation – is why the concept of resilience is critical to a sustainable future: cities must learn to “survi…
Prevalence of anogenital HPV infection, related disease and risk factors among HIV-infected men in inner-city Johannesburg, South Africa
Open AccessAdmire Chikandiwa, Lucy Chimoyi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017
In this population, anogenital HR-HPV infection and associated low-grade disease is common, but severe anal dysplasia was not detected. Findings reinforce the need for HPV vaccination in men for preventing both AGWs and HR-HPV infection. Given the absence of anal HSILs, however, the findings do not support the use of anal screening programmes in this population
Using surrogate vaccines to assess feasibility and acceptability of future HIV vaccine trials in men
Open AccessLucy Chimoyi, Mphatso Kamndaya et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017
Recruitment and retention of men into vaccine trials is feasible and acceptable in our setting. Findings from this surrogate vaccine trial show a high willingness to participate in future HIV vaccine trials. While access to potentially effective vaccines is important, quality health services are an equally compelling incentive for enrolment
From fear to resilience
Open AccessF Scorgie, Deborah Baron et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017
Adolescents in Hillbrow commonly witnessed and had direct experience of many forms of violence in their environment, and these experiences differed markedly by gender. Interventions that build young peoples' social capital and resilience are essential for reducing violence-related trauma and long-term health and social consequences for adolescents in this community
Alcohol use and sexual risk behaviour among men and women in inner-city Johannesburg, South Africa
Open AccessBraimoh Bello, Harry Moultrie et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017
Alcohol use and sexual behaviours are strongly linked among male and female migrant populations in inner-city Johannesburg. More rigorous interventions at both local and macro level are needed to alleviate alcohol harms and mitigate the alcohol-HIV nexus, especially among already vulnerable groups. These should target the specific dimensions of alcohol use that are harmful, assist women who drink to do so more safely and address the linkages betw…
Leaving no one behind’
Open AccessF Scorgie, Jo Vearey et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017
To improve efforts to address HIV in urban informal settings, intervention designers must acknowledge and engage with the priorities set by the marginalised communities that live here, which may well encompass more pressing issues associated with daily survival
Advancing STI priorities in the SDG era
Open AccessMatthew Chersich, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2018
The Sustainable Development Goals present an opportunity to reimagine and then reconfigure the approach to controlling sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The predilection of STIs for women and for vulnerable populations means that services that ameliorate STIs, by their nature, enhance equity, a key focus of the goals. Given the considerable breadth and depth of the goals, it is important to locate points of convergence between the SDGs and …
It Was Not My Aim to Sleep There”
Open AccessF Scorgie, Jonathan Stadler et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2018
Hold on’ ( Bambelela )! Lyrical interpretations of participation in an HIV prevention clinical trial
Jonathan Stadler, Hayley Macgregor et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2018Citada por: 2Referencias: 15
During a five-day workshop, former clinical trial participants and local musicians wrote the lyrics and recorded a song about an HIV prevention trial. Born of concerns about misconceptions regarding experimental drug trials, the aim was to engender engagement with medical researchers and open dialogue about the risks and benefits of trial participation. Composing lyrics that highlighted their credibility as communicators of medical scientific kno…
HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis for adolescent girls and young women in Africa
Open AccessConnie Celum, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe et al.ARTICLEJournal of the International AIDS…2019
The influence of HIV‐related stigma on PrEP disclosure and adherence among adolescent girls and young women in HPTN 082
Open AccessJennifer Velloza, Nomhle Khoza et al.ARTICLEJournal of the International AIDS…2020
You talk about problems until you feel free”
Open AccessDeborah Baron, F Scorgie et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020
Pan African Clinical Trials Registry PACTR202006754762723 , 5 April 2020, retrospectively registered
Narrative sexual histories and perceptions of HIV risk among young women taking PrEP in southern Africa
Open AccessF Scorgie, Nomhle Khoza et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2020Citada por: 2Referencias: 1
Exploring the feasibility and acceptability of integrating screening for gender-based violence into HIV counselling and testing for adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania and South Africa
Open Accesson behalf of the EMPOWER study team, M Colombini et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021
Most stakeholders found GBV screening acceptable and feasible. Key principles that should be in place for young women to be asked safely about GBV during HIV counselling and testing included respect for confidentiality, a youth-friendly and non-judgmental environment, and a functioning referral network
Disclosure of PrEP use by young women in South Africa and Tanzania
F Scorgie, Nomhle Khoza et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2021
Investigating how young women disclose oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use is important given evidence that disclosure is associated with higher adherence. We report qualitative results on PrEP disclosure among young women in South Africa and Tanzania who participated in a PrEP demonstration project (EMPOWER). In total, 81 in-depth interviews were conducted with 39 young women aged 16-24 years-25 from Johannesburg and 14 from Mwanza-at appro…
The impact of conditional cash transfers for HIV prevention on peer relationships
Open AccessNomhle Khoza, Makhosazane Nomhle Ndimande-Khoza et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022
CCTs are currently being explored for HIV prevention among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Southern Africa. However, little is known about how CCT geared towards adolescents' influence peer relationships, despite evidence that peer relationships form a critical part of development in adolescence. This article presents findings from a qualitative study that explored CCT recipients' and non-recipients' perspectives on the impact of CCTs …