Dvora Joseph Davey

Datos Biográficos

ID7726704
NOMBREDvora Joseph Davey
NOMBRESDvora Joseph
APELLIDODavey
FIRMADAVEY D J
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Cape Town
ORCID0000-0001-6290-9293
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS27
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR21
TOTAL COMO EDITOR6
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2017
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Implementation research for advancing health equity

    Open AccessAnna Helova, Kevin Owuor et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Implementation research (IR) provides tools to address health inequities and complex global health issues, facilitating real-world health impact at scale. Limited training opportunities exist for applying IR to health inequities. The 2024 Sparkman Center for Global Health Summer Institute (SI) in the School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, provided a one-week intensive workshop that introduced concepts, methodologies, and ap…

  • Oral PrEP use among pregnant or parenting young women in South Africa

    Open AccessJenny Chen‐Charles, Jenny Chen-Charles et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2026

    Young women who are pregnant/parenting face elevated risk of early PrEP discontinuation. Differentiated, life-stage and youth-responsive interventions, such as counselling, partner involvement, and integration with maternal and child health, or sexual and reproductive health services, are critical to improving PrEP persistence among this priority population. This population should be prioritised in the rollout of long-acting PrEP formulations, wh…

  • Exploration of Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women’s Acceptability of Rapid Point-of-Care Urine Testing Within Antenatal and Postnatal Care, and Its Perceived Impact on PrEP Adherence When Paired with Pr…

    Open AccessLara Court, Rufaro Mvududu et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2026

  • Depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation associated with women’s experience of recent economic intimate partner violence in Gauteng, South Africa

    Open AccessSunette Pienaar, Wiedaad Slemming et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    This study investigated the prevalence of economic intimate partner violence (IPV) and its association with mental health outcomes among women in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Economic IPV, involving controlling behaviours related to employment, earnings, housing, and financial support, is a critical yet understudied form of abuse with potential impacts on women’s mental health. A secondary analysis was conducted using data from a representativ…

  • Barriers and facilitators to oral pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake among adolescents girls and young women at elevated risk of HIV acquisition in Lilongwe, Malawi

    Open AccessSimon C Nicholas, Maureen Matewere et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Among the estimated 12,500 new HIV infections in Malawi among people aged 15-24 each year, 70 percent occur in Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW). The Ministry of Health (MoH) in Malawi rolled out an oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) prevention program targeting populations at elevated risk of HIV acquisition, including AGYW, in 2021. Since PrEP roll-out, there has been limited research exploring the factors that influence uptake of PrEP …

  • The shadow of violence

    Open AccessAlex Bawuah, Linus Baatiema et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Despite increasing efforts to improve reproductive health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), disparities persist in the use of modern contraceptives and maternal health services (MHS). Evidence suggests that exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) may influence women’s health-seeking behaviours, yet few studies have examined this relationship across multiple SSA countries. Using cross-sectional data from the most recent Demographic and Hea…

  • “I can be a source of motivation”

    Open AccessSiddha Sannigrahi, Michael Babu Raj et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Youth living with perinatally acquired HIV (APHIV) in India face layered challenges; peer-led differentiated care models show promise but remain underexplored. We examined multi-stakeholder perceptions within the I’mPossible Fellowship, a peer-support DSD intervention addressing APHIV health, education, and livelihoods From May-December 2023, we enrolled three stakeholder groups: (1) intervention deliverers (APHIV “fellows” 18–27 yrs), (2) facili…

  • FastPrEP

    Open AccessElzette Rousseau, Dvora Joseph Davey et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Adolescents and young people (AYP) are at increased risk of HIV acquisition and onward transmission in South Africa. The benefits of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) are well established, however, epidemic impact depends on access, effective use and scale-up. FastPrEP is an implementation science project that aims to scale up oral and novel PrEP modalities through differentiated service delivery to improve uptake and optimal use of PrEP in ke…

  • PrEPared to choose

    Open AccessC Pike, Elzette Rousseau et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    This is a phase 3B clinical trial registered with the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (20230904). Ethical approval was granted by the Human Research Ethics Committee (Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, 567/2023). It is registered with the South African National Clinical Trial Registry (DOH-27-012024-5189, 26 January 2024) and ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06807736, retrospectively registered on 4 February 2025)

  • Empowering Women’s PrEP Choices

    Open AccessJenny Chen‐Charles, Lindsey de Vos et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025

    Pregnant and breastfeeding women (PBW) are at heightened risk of HIV acquisition. We aimed to explore PBW's preferences of various long-acting PrEP modalities. In-depth interviews were conducted with PBW at three sites: Cape Town, East London (South Africa), and Gaborone (Botswana). We conducted thematic analysis, guided by the Health Belief Model, to examine participants' HIV risk perception during pregnancy and breastfeeding, their perceived in…

  • Preference for Service Delivery for Long-Acting Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Infection Among Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women in South Africa and Botswana

    Open AccessLindsey de Vos, Aamirah Mussa et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025

    HIV particularly affects women during pregnancy and postpartum, where they face a two-fold or more increased risk of HIV acquisition. We explored preferences for long-acting PrEP and multipurpose prevention technologies among pregnant and breastfeeding women (PBFW) without HIV. From April to December 2023, we conducted a discrete choice experiment at maternal healthcare clinics in Cape Town, East London (South Africa), and Gaborone (Botswana) inc…

  • Experiences of alcohol use during pregnancy

    Open AccessAmanda P Miller, Lara Court et al.ARTICLESSM - Qualitative Research in…2024

    In South Africa, alcohol use during pregnancy is prevalent and associated with increased HIV risk. Developing locally sensitive and contextually appropriate evidence-based interventions to address alcohol use among pregnant and breastfeeding women in South Africa requires comprehensive understanding of the context of perinatal alcohol use and how relationships and lived environments may serve as barriers or supports for alcohol reduction. We cond…

  • Determinants of quality antenatal care use in Kenya

    Open AccessJohn Baptist Asiimwe, Angella Namulema et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Provision of quality antenatal care (ANC) is important to reduce maternal and newborn fatalities worldwide. However, the use of quality ANC by women of reproductive age and associated factors remain unclear in many developing countries. Therefore, this study aimed to determine factors associated with receiving quality ANC in Kenya among women of reproductive age. We analyzed secondary data from the 2022 Kenya Demographic Health Survey, which incl…

  • So that’s why I found PrEP to be safest way to protect yourself”

    Open AccessAmanda P Miller, Sarah Schoetz Dean et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    Intimate partner violence (IPV) occurs at alarmingly high rates towards pregnant women in South Africa. Experiences of emotional, physical, and sexual IPV in pregnancy can adversely impact the health and safety of mother and fetus. Furthermore, IPV is associated with increased risk of HIV, exacerbating the public health impact of violence among pregnant women in this HIV endemic setting. In-depth understanding of cultural and contextual drivers o…

  • Key stakeholders’ perspectives on providing oral pre-exposure prophylaxis as HIV-prevention standard of care in clinical trials in South Africa

    Ivana Beesham, Cecilia Milford et al.ARTICLEAfrican Journal of AIDS Research2023

    Introduction : HIV-prevention and endpoint-driven clinical trials enrol individuals at substantial risk of HIV. Recently, these trials have provided oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as HIV-prevention standard of care; however, data on PrEP uptake and use during the trial and post-trial access are lacking. Methods : We conducted once-off, telephonic, in-depth interviews from August 2020 to March 2021, with 15 key stakeholders (including site d…

  • Post-trial access to and use of pre-exposure prophylaxis in Durban, South Africa

    Open AccessIvana Beesham, Cecilia Milford et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    We identified several barriers to post-trial PrEP access. Strategies to enhance PrEP access such as a reduction in waiting queues, convenient facility operating hours, and making PrEP more widely available and accessible are needed. It is also worth noting that oral PrEP access has expanded in South Africa from 2018 till now and this could improve access to PrEP for participants exiting trials who desire to continue PrEP

  • Alcohol use and intimate partner violence in HIV-uninfected pregnant women in Cape Town, South Africa

    Dvora Joseph Davey, Stanzi M le Roux et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2022

    In settings with a high burden of HIV, pregnant women often experience a cluster of risk factors, including alcohol use and intimate partner violence (IPV). These interrelated risks are poorly understood among pregnant women at risk of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. We aim to determine cross-sectional associations between pregnant women's alcohol use and victimization due to IPV in the HIV-Unexposed-Uninfected Mother-Infant Cohort Study in Cape Town,…

  • Stepped care to optimize pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) effectiveness in pregnant and postpartum women (SCOPE-PP) in South Africa

    Open AccessDvora Joseph Davey, Kathryn Dovel et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    NCT05322629 : Date of registration: April 12, 2022

  • Barriers to Oral HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Adherence Among Pregnant and Post-partum Women from Cape Town, South Africa

    Open AccessIvana Beesham, Kathryn Dovel et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2022

    Cisgender women, particularly pregnant and postpartum women in Eastern and Southern Africa, face an unacceptably high risk of HIV acquisition. Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective HIV prevention intervention that can reduce HIV acquisition and vertical transmission. In this qualitative study, we interviewed 21 postpartum women from Cape Town, South Africa who initiated PrEP during pregnancy and who self-reported low PrEP adherence…

  • Daily Oral Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Continuation Among Women from Durban, South Africa, Who Initiated PrEP as Standard of Care for HIV Prevention in a Clinical Trial

    Open AccessIvana Beesham, Dvora Joseph Davey et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2022

    HIV incidence among women in Eastern and Southern Africa remains unacceptably high, highlighting the need for effective HIV prevention options, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The Evidence for Contraceptive Options and HIV Outcomes trial offered daily oral PrEP to participants during the latter part of the clinical trial as an additional HIV prevention choice. We explored daily oral PrEP continuation at trial exit among women enrolled …

  • Sexual Risk among Pregnant Women at Risk of HIV Infection in Cape Town, South Africa

    Open AccessAmanda P Miller, Steven Shoptaw et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2022

  • I had Made the Decision, and No One was Going to Stop Me” —Facilitators of PrEP Adherence During Pregnancy and Postpartum in Cape Town, South Africa

    Open AccessDvora Joseph Davey, Lucia Knight et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021

  • Maternal PrEP Use in HIV-Uninfected Pregnant Women in South Africa

    Open AccessAlexander Moran, Nyiko Mashele et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021

  • Undetectable = Untransmittable (U = U) Messaging Increases Uptake of HIV Testing Among Men

    Open AccessPhilip Smith, Alison M Buttenheim et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021

    HIV testing coverage in sub-Saharan Africa is lower among men than women. We investigated the impact of a peer-delivered U = U (undetectable equals untransmittable) message on men's HIV testing uptake through a cluster randomised trial with individual mobile clinic days as unit of randomisation. On standard of care (SOC) days, peer promoters informed men about the availability of HIV testing at the mobile clinic. On intervention days, peer promot…

  • Healthcare provider knowledge and attitudes about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in pregnancy in Cape Town, South Africa

    Dvora Joseph Davey, Jill Daniels et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2020

    Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in pregnancy can reduce HIV incidence and vertical transmission. Healthcare providers (HCPs) play a critical role in delivering PrEP in antenatal care but little is known about HCP knowledge and attitudes about PrEP in pregnancy. We conducted a qualitative study in two healthcare facilities to assess HCPs' PrEP knowledge and perspectives relating to HIV prevention in pregnant women. Between January-March'19, we adm…