Heidi Van Rooyen

Datos Biográficos

ID1738499
NOMBREHeidi Van Rooyen
NOMBRESHeidi
APELLIDOVan Rooyen
FIRMAVAN ROOYEN H
AFILIACIONESHuman Sciences Research Council
ORCID0000-0002-6502-6098
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS41
TOTAL DE CITAS54
TOTAL COMO AUTOR41
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2009
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2024
ÍNDICE H3

  • Policymaking in Favour of Women

    Open AccessLorenza Fluks, Candice Groenewald et al.ARTICLESocial Work/Maatskaplike Werk2024

    Realisation of women’s full participation in all spheres of society remains inconsistent and progress towards gender equality is slow. The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare existing and deeply entrenched gender inequalities. In this article, we draw on multiple HSRC-led studies conducted between 2020 and 2022 that explored the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown on the psychosocial and economic wellbeing of women and their families. We show th…

  • A poetic inquiry

    Open AccessHeidi Van RooyenARTICLEAIDS Care2024

    For the past four decades, biomedical science has transformed clinical outcomes for HIV and AIDS. However, the social, economic and gendered determinants of HIV remain largely intact. The social science and humanities offer concepts and methods for articulating why these remain intractable. I used poetic inquiry - an arts-based, qualitative approach - as I reviewed literature on the "end of AIDS, and post-AIDS". As I did so, I considered what con…

  • Two-way associations between relationship quality and uptake of couples health screening including HIV testing and counselling together

    Open AccessFatma Abdelkhalek, Phillip Joseph et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2024

    In the context of a couples cohort established to evaluate an optimised couples-focused behavioural intervention in rural South Africa, we examined: (1) Is couples’ relationship quality (RQ) associated with couples HIV testing and counselling (CHTC) uptake? (2) Does CHTC uptake or the intervention components uptake improve subsequent RQ? Enrolled couples, (n = 218), previously naïve to couples HIV testing, were invited to two group sessions and o…

  • Population health impact, cost-effectiveness, and affordability of community-based HIV treatment and monitoring in South Africa

    Open AccessMaitreyi Sahu, Cara J Bayer et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Community-based delivery and monitoring of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV has the potential to increase viral suppression for individual- and population-level health benefits. However, the cost-effectiveness and budget impact are needed for public health policy. We used a mathematical model of HIV transmission in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, to estimate population prevalence, incidence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) …

  • A difficult conversation’

    Lucia Knight, Hilton Humphries et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2023

    Adolescence and young adulthood are important periods of transition and therefore for action and intervention to ensure future sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Caregiver-adolescent communication about sex and sexuality is a protective factor for SRH, but there are often barriers to this. Adults' perspectives are limited within the literature but important as they should lead this process. This paper uses exploratory qualitative data from in-…

  • Secondary Distribution of HIV Self-Testing Kits to Social and Sexual Networks of PLWH in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. A Brief Report

    Open AccessNsika Sithole, Olivier Koole et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Background: To reach 95% of persons living with HIV (PLWH) knowing their HIV status, alternative testing approaches such as HIV self-testing (HIVST) and secondary HIVST kit distribution are needed. We investigated if secondary HIVST kit distribution from male and female PLWH in South Africa would successfully lead to their contacts testing for HIV and linking to care if positive. Methods: Male and female PLWH participating in an HIV treatment tri…

  • “I think it’s communication and trust and sharing everything”

    Open AccessJennifer M Belus, Valerie D Bradley et al.ARTICLEFamily Process2022

    In South Africa, couple‐based interventions (CBIs) have been used to increase HIV testing, reduce HIV transmission, and shift relationship dynamics. To understand local definitions of healthy relationships, this study sought to collect qualitative data on a model of healthy relationships in a semi‐rural area of KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa. We conducted semi‐structured qualitative interviews with HIV‐positive women ( n = 15) and men of mixed HIV s…

  • Protocol

    Open AccessNicky Mcgrath, Nathi Ngcobo et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Retrospectively registered. ISRCTN Registry ISRCTN 46162564 Registered on 26th May 2022

  • Correlates of Substance Misuse, Transactional Sex, and Depressive Symptomatology Among Partnered Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in South Africa and Namibia

    Open AccessNicholas Metheny, Rob Stephenson et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2022

  • HIV Testing, Knowledge and Willingness to Use PrEP Among Partnered Men Who Have Sex With Men in South Africa and Namibia

    Open AccessRob Stephenson, Lynae A Darbes et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021

  • Social Influence and Uptake of Couples HIV Testing and Counselling in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Open AccessMatthew Johnson, Matthew J Johnson et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021

    Social influences may create a barrier to couples HIV testing and counselling (CHTC) uptake in sub-Saharan Africa. This secondary analysis of data collected in the ‘Uthando Lwethu’ randomised controlled trial used discrete-time survival models to evaluate the association between within-couple average ‘peer support’ score and uptake of CHTC by the end of nine months’ follow-up. Peer support was conceptualised by self-rated strength of agreement wi…

  • Power relations in sexual agreements among male couples in Southern Africa

    Zaynab Essack, Ingrid Lynch et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2020

    Sexual agreements between same-sex practising men facilitate communication about health promotion activities, including HIV prevention. In African contexts, male couples negotiate their sexual agreements in relation to rigid cultural prescriptions about male power and privilege, intense hostility towards same-sex sexualities and persistent heterogendered socio-cultural norms. Yet the impact of such norms on relationship practices and HIV risk amo…

  • The power of the poem”

    Heidi Van Rooyen, Zaynab Essack et al.ARTICLEArts & Health2020Citada por: 3Referencias: 10

    Researchers exploring sensitive topics need to identify appropriate methodologies to encourage open expression. We used poetic inquiry to explore the lived realities of transwomen in Namibia, a socially marginalised group globally. We conducted two focus group discussions with 15 transwomen and developed found poems. The poems captured issues of identity and belonging and illustrated the transwomen's journeys of self-acceptance, experiences of vi…

  • Exploring queerphobic geographies in Southern Africa

    Ndumiso Daluxolo Ngidi, Molemo Ramphalile et al.ARTICLEAgenda2020Citada por: 5Referencias: 7

    Space in Southern African countries is continuously constructed as heterosexual, putting queer individuals at risk of violence. This paper explores the experiences of queer men and transwomen in spaces that they have identified as queerphobic and violent in South Africa and Namibia. In an effort to locate geographies of queerphobic violence, the paper focuses on how queer men and transwomen are prone to both implicit and explicit violence in thes…

  • Intimate Partner Violence among Male Couples in South Africa and Namibia

    Open AccessRob Stephenson, Lynae A Darbes et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2020Citada por: 1Referencias: 9

  • Community mobilization for HIV prevention and treatment research in sub-Saharan Africa

    Lorenza Logan Fluks, Thulani Ngubane et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Practice2020Referencias: 23

    Community mobilization (CM) can assist in HIV research on prevention and disease management, as it emphasizes social factors linked to health risk behavior, potentially reaches more people, and enables sustainability in interventions. However, CM strategies remain underdeveloped in HIV research reporting. This article offers a CM framework for HIV research, developed and used over 15 years in Sweetwaters, Vulindlela, in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South…

  • Refining Interventions Through Formative Research

    Open AccessZaynab Essack, Noluthando Ngcobo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Empirical Research on…2019Referencias: 3

    Conducting formative research is a scientific, ethical, and community engagement imperative. This article describes how formative research refined ethical processes for a family-based home-based counseling and testing (FBCT) intervention in KwaZulu-Natal. In-depth interviews were conducted to explore community ( n = 20) and key stakeholders' ( n = 20) needs, concerns, and perspectives on the FBCT model, including ethical issues for working with c…

  • Putting the T in LGBT

    Zaynab Essack, Natasha Van der Pol et al.CHAPTERCivil Society in the Global South2018

    South Africa presents a paradox for sexual and gender-minority civil society. While there is an enabling legal and policy environment, the lived realities for trans and gender-diverse citizens do not necessarily reflect this progressive ideal. This chapter explores the historic and contemporary forms of trans resistance and activism, unpacking how the trans movement in South Africa intersects with other social movements (e.g. #FeesMustFall). It d…

  • What will it really take to end the HIV epidemic

    Sarah Skeen, Bridgette Prince et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2018

    International audience

  • If She is Drunk, I Don’t Want Her to Take it”

    Open AccessAmy A Conroy, Stacey A Mckenna et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2017

  • Age-Related Differences in Socio-demographic and Behavioral Determinants of HIV Testing and Counseling in HPTN 043/Nimh Project Accept

    Open AccessThe NIMH Project Accept Study Team, Nicole Salazar‐Austin et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2017

    Youth represent a large proportion of new HIV infections worldwide, yet their utilization of HIV testing and counseling (HTC) remains low. Using the post-intervention, cross-sectional, population-based household survey done in 2011 as part of HPTN 043/NIMH Project Accept, a cluster-randomized trial of community mobilization and mobile HTC in South Africa (Soweto and KwaZulu Natal), Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Thailand, we evaluated age-related differe…

  • I told her this is your life’

    Amy Conroy, Amy A Conroy et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2017

    Despite the important role of social relationships for health and wellbeing, little is known about how primary partners affect adherence to HIV care and treatment. We qualitatively explored how relationship dynamics and partner support influence adherence among couples from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Twenty-four heterosexual couples with at least one HIV-positive partner completed semi-structured interviews on topics including relationship dyna…

  • Perceived mHealth barriers and benefits for home-based HIV testing and counseling and other care

    Open AccessAlastair Van Heerden, Danielle M Harris et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2017Citada por: 2Referencias: 35

  • Power and the association with relationship quality in South African couples

    Open AccessAmy A Conroy, Nicky Mcgrath et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2016Citada por: 9Referencias: 56

    Research and health interventions aiming to improving HIV-related behaviors should consider sources of shared power within couples and potential leverage points for empowerment at the couple level. Efforts solely focused on empowering women should also take the dyadic environment and men's perspectives into account to ensure positive relationship outcomes

  • Empowering patients to link to care and treatment

    Lucia Knight, Lucia C Knight et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2015

    To explore the barriers and facilitators of linkage to and retention in care amongst persons who tested positive for HIV, qualitative research was conducted in a home-based HIV counselling and testing (HBCT) project with interventions to facilitate linkages to HIV care in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The intervention tested 1272 adults for HIV in Vulindlela of whom 32% were HIV positive, received point-of-care (POC) CD4 testing and referral…