Tamsen J Rochat

Biographic Data

ID1725519
NAMETamsen J Rochat
GIVEN NAMESTamsen J
FAMILY NAMERochat
SIGNATUREROCHAT T J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal
ORCID0000-0002-5223-770X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS20
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT20
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • A study Comparing Text-Based WhatsApp and Face-to-Face Interviews to Understand Early School Dropout

    Open AccessRachana Desai, Ansuyah Magan et al.ARTICLEYouth & Society2024References: 39

    The majority of adolescents communicate via text-based messaging, particularly through WhatsApp, a widely used free communication application. Written content on WhatsApp has the methodological potential to provide rich qualitative interview data. This study compares data collected using text-based WhatsApp versus face-to-face interview techniques. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a sample of early school leavers in South Africa, us…

  • 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-…

  • Nutrition in adolescent growth and development

    Open AccessShane A Norri, Shane A Norris et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2022

  • The prevalence of probable depression and probable anxiety, and associations with adverse childhood experiences and socio-demographics

    Open AccessAshleigh Craig, Tamsen J Rochat et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Objective and methods Mental health problems among adults are a growing public health concern, and middle-income countries such as South Africa are disproportionally affected. Using a large scale nationally representative weighted survey, we assessed the prevalence of probable depression, probable anxiety, and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and explored associations between probable depression, probable anxiety, ACEs, socio-economic status…

  • Double benefit? Integrating an early childhood development programme into HIV PMTCT Option B+ services in Malawi

    Open AccessStephanie Redinger, Evelyn Udedi et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2021

    We investigated the feasibility and acceptability of integrating early childhood development into Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) services in Malawi.We recruited mothers living with HIV in the PMTCT programs who had an infant ≤8 weeks of age. Group ECD sessions were delivered while mothers waited for HIV consultations. Follow up was conducted at 9 months postnatal. A sub-sample of mothers completed in-depth interviews which wer…

  • Refining Interventions Through Formative Research

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

  • Confirmatory factor analysis of the Kaufman assessment battery in a sample of primary school-aged children in rural South Africa

    Open AccessJoanie Mitchell, Joanie M Mitchell et al.ARTICLESouth African Journal of Psychology2018References: 27

    The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition, measures cognitive processing, includes non-verbal sub-tests, and is increasingly used in low- and middle-income countries. While the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition, has been validated in the United States, a psychometric evaluation has not been conducted in Southern Africa. This study aims to establish the reliability and validity of the Kaufman Assessment Batt…

  • Understanding and acting on the developmental origins of health and disease in Africa would improve health across generations

    Open AccessShane A Norri, Abdallah S Daar et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2017

    Data from many high- and low- or middle-income countries have linked exposures during key developmental periods (in particular pregnancy and infancy) to later health and disease. Africa faces substantial challenges with persisting infectious disease and now burgeoning non-communicable disease.This paper opens the debate to the value of strengthening the developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) research focus in Africa to tackle critica…

  • Traditional health practitioners’ management of HIV/Aids in rural South Africa in the era of widespread antiretroviral therapy

    Open AccessThembelihle Zuma, Daniel Wight et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2017

    BACKGROUND: Traditional health practitioners (THPs) have been identified as a key local resource in the fight against human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in South Africa. However, their approaches to the treatment of people living with HIV (PLHIV) have been met with scepticism by some biomedical practitioners amid increasing access to antiretroviral therapy (ART). OBJECTIVE: In light of this ambivalence, th…

  • The Amagugu intervention

    Open AccessNtombizodumo B Mkwanazi, Ntombizodumo Mkwanazi et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2017References: 51

    The World Health Organization recommends disclosure of parental HIV to children aged 6-12 years. The maternal HIV-disclosure intervention (Amagugu), a lay counsellor-led, home-based intervention with six sessions, was implemented. The intervention included provision of disclosure tools, training and support for mothers, a family session and health promotion clinic visit for mothers and children. Amagugu demonstrated success as a maternal disclosu…

  • Communication about HIV and death

    Open AccessTamsen J Rochat, Joanie Mitchell et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2017Cited by: 1References: 43

    In sub-Saharan Africa, given exposure to death at young ages, meeting children's informational needs could increase their resilience

  • Public Perceptions, Beliefs and Experiences of Fostering and Adoption

    Open AccessTamsen J Rochat, Zitha Mokomane et al.ARTICLEChildren & Society2016

    In South Africa, rates of adoption remain low while the number of fostered children continually rises. Little is known about the public perceptions, beliefs and experiences that inform decisions to either foster or adopt in South Africa. This qualitative research explored these issues among a national sample of childless adults, biological parents, kin and non‐kin fostering parents and prospective and successful adopters. Fostering is driven pred…

  • Living with HIV, disclosure patterns and partnerships a decade after the introduction of HIV programmes in rural South Africa

    Open AccessNtombizodumo B Mkwanazi, Ntombizodumo Mkwanazi et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2015

    Prevention of mother-to-child Transmission and HIV Treatment programmes were scaled-up in resource-constrained settings over a decade ago, but there is still much to be understood about women's experiences of living with HIV and their HIV disclosure patterns. This qualitative study explored women's experiences of living with HIV, 6-10 years after being diagnosed during pregnancy. The area has high HIV prevalence, and an established HIV treatment …

  • Addressing social issues in a universal HIV test and treat intervention trial (ANRS 12249 TasP) in South Africa

    Open AccessJoanna Orne-Gliemann, Joseph Larmarange et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT01509508; South African Trial Register: DOH-27-0512-3974

  • Non-psychotic mental disorders in the perinatal period

    Open AccessLouise M Howard, Emma Molyneaux et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2014

  • Pregnant Women Living with HIV (WLH) Supported at Clinics by Peer WLH

    Open AccessL M Richter, Linda Richter et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2014

  • Maternal HIV disclosure to HIV-uninfected children in rural South Africa

    Open AccessTamsen J Rochat, Ntombizodumo Mkwanazi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    As access to treatment increases, large numbers of HIV-positive parents are raising HIV-negative children. Maternal HIV disclosure has been shown to have benefits for mothers and children, however, disclosure rates remain low with between 30-45% of mothers reporting HIV disclosure to their children in both observational and intervention studies. Disclosure of HIV status by parent to an HIV-uninfected child is a complex and challenging psychologic…

  • Risk factors for vulnerable youth in urban townships in South Africa

    Rachel Pritchett, Tamsen J Rochat et al.ARTICLEVulnerable Children and Youth…2013References: 4

    Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) is a psychiatric disorder developing in early or middle childhood as a consequence of significant failures in the caregiving environment. RAD results in children failing to relate socially, either by exhibiting markedly inhibited behaviour or by indiscriminate social behaviour and is associated with significant socio-behavioural problems in the longer term. This study examined RAD in South Africa, a setting with…

  • Adoption in South Africa

    Open AccessZitha Mokomane, Tamsen J Rochat et al.ARTICLEChild & Family Social Work2011Cited by: 3References: 8

    This paper reports findings from a research study on adoption in South Africa conducted in 2009. The research included secondary data analysis of the South African National Adoption Register to establish trends and patterns of adoption in South Africa between 2004 and 2009, and primary data collection through qualitative interviews with key informants in public and private social welfare services to explore attitudes, knowledge and experiences of…

  • What now, what next’

    Tamsen J Rochat, L M Richter et al.ARTICLEVulnerable Children and Youth…2008References: 5