Busisiwe Nkosi
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 6189213 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Busisiwe Nkosi |
| NOMBRES | Busisiwe |
| APELLIDO | Nkosi |
| FIRMA | NKOSI B |
| AFILIACIONES | Africa Health Research Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7084-3252 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2006 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Navigating HIV care in a mobile society
In South Africa, people living with HIV (PWH) often relocate for work and family obligations, which creates unique challenges for continuous HIV care. We explored the experiences of mobile individuals living with HIV navigating clinic transfers without formal letters. A qualitative study was conducted with PWH on antiretroviral therapy (ART) from two clinics in KwaZulu-Natal. Participants, who had not disclosed their HIV treatment history at regi…
Scoping review on lessons learnt on the promotion and use of drugs and traditional medicine in Africa during Covid-19
Scientific evidence on the safety and efficacy of pharmaceutical drugs, substances and herbal medicines is important in medical advertising and promotion. Following guidelines for conducting a scoping review, we systematically searched PubMed, SCOPUS and Web of Science to identify in peer reviewed articles medications that were promoted and used widely in Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic. We also searched for information about how safety conce…
I Didn’t Reveal My ART Status Because I Didn’t Have Money to Fetch the Transfer Letter”– Understanding Lack of Treatment Disclosure at Presentation to Care in South Africa
We explored why people may not reveal their antiretroviral therapy (ART) status when presenting for HIV care, and how a linked electronic system may help address this phenomenon. Data were collected from March to October 2023 from people who presented to clinics for an HIV test in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa but found to be on ART, as well from staff at those clinics. Themes drawn from the Andersen's health service utilization framework and the d…
Respecting relational agency in the context of vulnerability
Despite advances in theory, often driven by feminist ethicists, research ethics struggles in practice to adequately account for and respond to the agency and autonomy of people considered vulnerable in the research context. We argue that shifts within feminist research ethics scholarship to better characterise and respond to autonomy and agency can be bolstered by further grounding in discourses from the social sciences, in work that confirms the…
Ethical considerations in using a smartphone‐based GPS app to understand linkages between mobility patterns and health outcomes
Smartphones with Global Positioning System (GPS) apps offer simple and accurate tools to collect data on human mobility. However, their associated ethical challenges remain to be assessed. We used the Emanuel framework to assess the ethical concerns of using smartphone GPS to record mobility patterns of young adults in rural South Africa for a larger study on mobility and HIV risk (Sesikhona). We conducted four focus groups (FGDs) with individual…
Making sense of uncertainty
This study aims to examine the experiences of young migrants and the role of uncertainty in their precarious lives. Drawing on data from individual interviews and a workshop with young migrants aged 16-24 years old in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, we use uncertainty as a theoretical lens, to illustrate the ways in which young migrants' experiences provide meaning for them and give them an opportunity to assess, and plan for better opportunities de…
Critical issues detrimental to a cooperative cancer treatment
Introduction / Background: The mortality and morbidity as a result of cancer is expected to escalate in the coming decades due to the increase in cancer occurences globally. The most common treatment for cancer provided by the Radiation Oncologists (ROs) is radiation therapy. In developing countries where there are constrained radiotherapy resources, patients consult concurrently with Traditional Health Practitioners (THPs) and Radiation Oncologi…
The ethical‐legal requirements for adolescent self‐consent to research in sub‐Saharan Africa
Support for the enrolment of adolescents in research has been constrained by uncertainties in parental involvement, and the lack of clarity in the ethical and legal frameworks. We conducted a scoping review to examine articles that explored the opinion of scholars on the question of adolescent consent and conditions for parental waivers in research in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). Guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Met…
Putting research ethics in context
We investigated conceptual shifts around vulnerability and ethical issues arising in research using a case study embedded within an HIV intervention project targeting adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in a rural district, South Africa. We recruited 77 participants. Sixty-five people participated in focus group discussions (FGDs); nine in in-depth interviews (IDIs) and three in key informant interviews (KIIs). Data were analysed iteratively …
Labouring’ on the frontlines of global health research
Drawing on the reflections and discussions from a special session at the 2021 Global Health Bioethics Network summer school, this paper has summarised the key challenges faced by Frontline Workers (FWs) across research sites in Africa and Asia in performing the everyday 'body work' entailed in operationalising global health research. Using a 'body work' lens, we specifically explore and map key challenges that FWs face in Africa and Asia and the …
The sexual and reproductive health needs of school-going young people in the context of Covid-19 in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Background : The impact of school closures due to COVID-19 raised widespread concerns about children's health and well-being. We examine the impact on the sexual health needs of learners in the context of COVID-19 related lockdowns in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Methods : In july-November 2020 and August-November 2021 we conducted 24 in-depth interviews and 8 group discussions with teachers and learners from 4 schools, community members an…
Vulnerability of orphan caregivers vs. non-orphan caregivers in KwaZulu-Natal
Using data from a cohort of schoolgoing children, their households and caregivers (the Amajuba Child Health and Wellbeing Project, ACHWRP) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, we compared demographic characteristics, care burden, health, physical function and social capital of caregivers of orphans (n = 300) with those of non-orphans (n = 298). This analysis presents cross-sectional findings from questions for caregivers that were added for the study'…
Family Strengths
South Africa faces the formidable challenge of redressing the imbalances created by repressive apartheid policies. These policies resulted in the erosion of civil society typified by unequal and inequitable access to resources and opportunities. This condition resulted in the attrition of the asset base of families and exposed the majority of African families to physical, political and economic disasters. Yet, despite these challenges, South Afri…
South African Zulu Widows in a Time of Poverty and Social Change
Interviews were carried out with 16 South African Zulu widows. Much of what the widows had to say seemed like what one might hear from widows in economically developed countries, but there were also striking differences. All the widows lived in poverty, and for some their grief seemed much more about the poverty than about the husband's death. Most widows observed a year of traditional ukuzila mourning practices, which made them a threat to other…
Vulnerability of orphan caregivers vs. non-orphan caregivers in KwaZulu-Natal
Using data from a cohort of schoolgoing children, their households and caregivers (the Amajuba Child Health and Wellbeing Project, ACHWRP) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, we compared demographic characteristics, care burden, health, physical function and social capital of caregivers of orphans (n = 300) with those of non-orphans (n = 298). This analysis presents cross-sectional findings from questions for caregivers that were added for the study'…
Family Strengths
South Africa faces the formidable challenge of redressing the imbalances created by repressive apartheid policies. These policies resulted in the erosion of civil society typified by unequal and inequitable access to resources and opportunities. This condition resulted in the attrition of the asset base of families and exposed the majority of African families to physical, political and economic disasters. Yet, despite these challenges, South Afri…
South African Zulu Widows in a Time of Poverty and Social Change
Interviews were carried out with 16 South African Zulu widows. Much of what the widows had to say seemed like what one might hear from widows in economically developed countries, but there were also striking differences. All the widows lived in poverty, and for some their grief seemed much more about the poverty than about the husband's death. Most widows observed a year of traditional ukuzila mourning practices, which made them a threat to other…
South African Zulu Widows in a Time of Poverty and Social Change
Interviews were carried out with 16 South African Zulu widows. Much of what the widows had to say seemed like what one might hear from widows in economically developed countries, but there were also striking differences. All the widows lived in poverty, and for some their grief seemed much more about the poverty than about the husband's death. Most widows observed a year of traditional ukuzila mourning practices, which made them a threat to other…
Family Strengths
South Africa faces the formidable challenge of redressing the imbalances created by repressive apartheid policies. These policies resulted in the erosion of civil society typified by unequal and inequitable access to resources and opportunities. This condition resulted in the attrition of the asset base of families and exposed the majority of African families to physical, political and economic disasters. Yet, despite these challenges, South Afri…
Vulnerability of orphan caregivers vs. non-orphan caregivers in KwaZulu-Natal
Using data from a cohort of schoolgoing children, their households and caregivers (the Amajuba Child Health and Wellbeing Project, ACHWRP) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, we compared demographic characteristics, care burden, health, physical function and social capital of caregivers of orphans (n = 300) with those of non-orphans (n = 298). This analysis presents cross-sectional findings from questions for caregivers that were added for the study'…
The ethical‐legal requirements for adolescent self‐consent to research in sub‐Saharan Africa
Support for the enrolment of adolescents in research has been constrained by uncertainties in parental involvement, and the lack of clarity in the ethical and legal frameworks. We conducted a scoping review to examine articles that explored the opinion of scholars on the question of adolescent consent and conditions for parental waivers in research in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). Guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Met…
Putting research ethics in context
We investigated conceptual shifts around vulnerability and ethical issues arising in research using a case study embedded within an HIV intervention project targeting adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in a rural district, South Africa. We recruited 77 participants. Sixty-five people participated in focus group discussions (FGDs); nine in in-depth interviews (IDIs) and three in key informant interviews (KIIs). Data were analysed iteratively …
Labouring’ on the frontlines of global health research
Drawing on the reflections and discussions from a special session at the 2021 Global Health Bioethics Network summer school, this paper has summarised the key challenges faced by Frontline Workers (FWs) across research sites in Africa and Asia in performing the everyday 'body work' entailed in operationalising global health research. Using a 'body work' lens, we specifically explore and map key challenges that FWs face in Africa and Asia and the …
The sexual and reproductive health needs of school-going young people in the context of Covid-19 in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Background : The impact of school closures due to COVID-19 raised widespread concerns about children's health and well-being. We examine the impact on the sexual health needs of learners in the context of COVID-19 related lockdowns in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Methods : In july-November 2020 and August-November 2021 we conducted 24 in-depth interviews and 8 group discussions with teachers and learners from 4 schools, community members an…
Respecting relational agency in the context of vulnerability
Despite advances in theory, often driven by feminist ethicists, research ethics struggles in practice to adequately account for and respond to the agency and autonomy of people considered vulnerable in the research context. We argue that shifts within feminist research ethics scholarship to better characterise and respond to autonomy and agency can be bolstered by further grounding in discourses from the social sciences, in work that confirms the…
Ethical considerations in using a smartphone‐based GPS app to understand linkages between mobility patterns and health outcomes
Smartphones with Global Positioning System (GPS) apps offer simple and accurate tools to collect data on human mobility. However, their associated ethical challenges remain to be assessed. We used the Emanuel framework to assess the ethical concerns of using smartphone GPS to record mobility patterns of young adults in rural South Africa for a larger study on mobility and HIV risk (Sesikhona). We conducted four focus groups (FGDs) with individual…
Making sense of uncertainty
This study aims to examine the experiences of young migrants and the role of uncertainty in their precarious lives. Drawing on data from individual interviews and a workshop with young migrants aged 16-24 years old in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, we use uncertainty as a theoretical lens, to illustrate the ways in which young migrants' experiences provide meaning for them and give them an opportunity to assess, and plan for better opportunities de…
Critical issues detrimental to a cooperative cancer treatment
Introduction / Background: The mortality and morbidity as a result of cancer is expected to escalate in the coming decades due to the increase in cancer occurences globally. The most common treatment for cancer provided by the Radiation Oncologists (ROs) is radiation therapy. In developing countries where there are constrained radiotherapy resources, patients consult concurrently with Traditional Health Practitioners (THPs) and Radiation Oncologi…
Scoping review on lessons learnt on the promotion and use of drugs and traditional medicine in Africa during Covid-19
Scientific evidence on the safety and efficacy of pharmaceutical drugs, substances and herbal medicines is important in medical advertising and promotion. Following guidelines for conducting a scoping review, we systematically searched PubMed, SCOPUS and Web of Science to identify in peer reviewed articles medications that were promoted and used widely in Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic. We also searched for information about how safety conce…
I Didn’t Reveal My ART Status Because I Didn’t Have Money to Fetch the Transfer Letter”– Understanding Lack of Treatment Disclosure at Presentation to Care in South Africa
We explored why people may not reveal their antiretroviral therapy (ART) status when presenting for HIV care, and how a linked electronic system may help address this phenomenon. Data were collected from March to October 2023 from people who presented to clinics for an HIV test in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa but found to be on ART, as well from staff at those clinics. Themes drawn from the Andersen's health service utilization framework and the d…
Navigating HIV care in a mobile society
In South Africa, people living with HIV (PWH) often relocate for work and family obligations, which creates unique challenges for continuous HIV care. We explored the experiences of mobile individuals living with HIV navigating clinic transfers without formal letters. A qualitative study was conducted with PWH on antiretroviral therapy (ART) from two clinics in KwaZulu-Natal. Participants, who had not disclosed their HIV treatment history at regi…
Sociology (10 obras) · Medicine (9 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Psychology (7 obras) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (6 obras) · Nursing (6 obras) · Qualitative research (6 obras) · Family medicine (5 obras) · Geography (4 obras) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (4 obras)