Maghboeba Mosavel
Biographic Data
| ID | 213392 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maghboeba Mosavel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maghboeba |
| FAMILY NAME | Mosavel |
| SIGNATURE | MOSAVEL M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3501-2792 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 60 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Religiosity and Covid-19
Objective : This study examines associations between changes in the use of remote worship services and changes in the types of social support among religious adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods : Cross-sectional, web survey data ( n = 461; 15 May to 6 July 2020) were collected during the COVID-19 pandemic. Multinomial logistic regression models calculated unadjusted odds of increases and decreases of three types of perceive…
An Antiracist Research Framework
Sars-CoV-2 Vaccine Hesitancy in a Sample of US Adults
Understanding which communities are most likely to be vaccine hesitant is necessary to increase vaccination rates to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2. This cross-sectional survey of adults ( n = 501) from three cities in the United States (Miami, FL, New York City, NY, San Francisco, CA) assessed the role of satisfaction with health and healthcare access and consumption of COVID-19 news, previously un-studied variables related to vaccine hesitanc…
Lifestyle risk factor related disparities in oral cancer examination in the U.S
This study showed that smokers and alcohol users were less likely than abstainers to self-report a past year oral cancer examination. Access to affordable and targeted oral cancer examination within the dental care setting might ensure that these high-risk individuals get timely examinations and earlier diagnosis that might improve prognosis and survival
Conducting a Community “Street Survey” to Inform an Obesity Intervention
Using a community-based participatory research approach, a citywide survey was conducted to explore perceptions of obesity and interventions to reduce obesity within an African American urban community. More than 1300 surveys were collected within 3 months; 92.9% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that obesity was an important health issue in the community and the majority indicated that family-based interventions were the preferred pathway…
Responsiveness and adaptability in community engaged biobanking research
Using Asset Mapping to Engage Youth in Community-Based Participatory Research
An asset mapping approach that partners local experts (youth) with outside experts (urban planning students) within a larger CBPR framework is an effective model to promote co-learning and appreciating the value of differing expertise
House Chats as a Grassroots Engagement Methodology in Community-Based Participatory Research
The House Chat proved to be a highly successful engagement strategy that allowed access to respondents who may not have participated in a traditional, focus group discussion
Podcast Interview Transcript
Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action - Volume 10, Issue 2, Summer 2016
Conducting community-engaged qualitative research in South Africa
The influence of intersectional identities on social experiences is most often explored within research on minority populations (e.g. LGBT, African American women, etc.). However few, if any, studies have extended the subject of intersectionality to address the intersectional identities of researchers or their influence on the conduct of qualitative research in international settings. Through reflexive memoirs offered from student researchers tha…
Integrating cervical cancer prevention initiatives with HIV care in resource-constrained settings
Cervical cancer screening rates remain suboptimal among women in South Africa (SA), where cervical cancer prevalence is high. The rollout of HIV-related services across SA may provide a means to deliver cervical cancer screening to populations with limited access to health care systems. In this mixed methods study, psychosocial factors influencing cervical cancer prevention and perceptions of the provision of Pap smears in HIV care settings were …
Community-Engaged Research
The personal rewards and challenges experienced by community researchers are not well explored. Training laypersons to be engaged in some or all aspects of community-engaged research is becoming more common, highlighting the need to understand the challenges associated with this role. The complexities of this role are magnified when the layperson has multiple identities of overlap with the research participant. In this brief report, we explore th…
Mother-Daughter Dyad Recruitment and Cancer Intervention Challenges in an African American Sample
South African, urban youth narratives
South African youth in low-income, urbanized communities are exposed to high levels of daily stressors, which increase their risk to negative outcomes. Resiliency can provide avenues for youth to transcend adversity and may contribute to their positive development. To provide a deeper understanding of the pathways that adolescents use to overcome adversity, this paper examined future aspirations of South African youth, and how these aspirations w…
Health promotion and cervical cancer in South Africa
The notion that adolescent daughters can provide their mothers with health information that could actually impact the mothers' behavior is a novel area of health promotion research. The goal of this study is to explore the reasons why adolescent daughters would give their mothers cervical cancer information, and why mothers would have the intent to listen to advice to obtain a Pap smear. We randomly selected and interviewed 157 mother and daughte…
Perceptions of gender-based violence among South African youth
Gender-based violence is a widespread problem in South Africa. Past structural inequities have created a climate conducive to violence against women. As an initial step toward developing a health promotion program, we conducted exploratory formative research to examine the barriers that affect the health and well-being of youth. Fourteen focus groups (nine with girls and five with boys) were conducted with 112 adolescents in a racially mixed comm…
Getting Personal
'Researcher identity' affects global health research in profound and complex ways. Anthropologists in particular have led the way in portraying the multiple, and sometimes tension-generating, identities that researchers ascribe to themselves, or have ascribed to them, in their places of research. However, the central importance of researcher identity in the ethical conduct of global health research has yet to be fully appreciated. The capacity of…
Community researchers conducting health disparities research
Cancer Perceptions of South African Mothers and Daughters
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. A major reason why women do not obtain cancer screening procedures relates to the high levels of fear associated with cancer. In this study, we explored South African mothers' and daughters' reaction to the word "cancer" specifically. The study sample included 157 randomly selected mother and adolescent daughter pairs from an urban community in Cape Town, South Africa. Mothers and their adol…
Ethical challenges in the design and conduct of locally relevant international health research
The Mother–Daughter Relationship
In this article we examine the potential influence of adolescent girls on mothers' health-related knowledge and behaviors. Surveys were conducted with 131 mothers and 145 daughters to explore the extent of shared social activities between mothers and their adolescent daughters in a low-income South African community, and the degree to which mothers are receptive to advice from daughters. Eighty-six percent of daughters reported that their mothers…
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) in South Africa
The Role of Technology in Mediating Use of Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Services
This study examined the relationship between Connect, a telephone-based information and support system, and the use of outpatient substance abuse treatment services. Regression models were formulated to examine the relationship between use of substance abuse treatment services and Connect. The results indicate that Connect use was not significantly related to the likelihood of using treatment (N = 240). However, an inverse relationship was found …
Electronic Self-Help and Support Groups
OBJECTIVES: The authors examined the impact of a voice bulletin board on the following: (1) participation in self-help efforts, (2) expression of emotional support, (3) development of solidarity within the group, (4) utilization of health-care services, and (5) health status of subjects. METHODS: Subjects were 53 pregnant women who abused drugs. A quasi-experimental design with matched control group and observations before and after intervention …
Educating Patients at Home
OBJECTIVES: The authors analyzed the impact of home health education by studying the impact of a computer service called Community Health Rap. When patients call this service, the computer records their questions and alerts an expert who records a response. Subsequently, the computer alerts the patient that the question has been addressed. METHODS: Subjects included a group of 82 pregnant women who had used cocaine during or 1 month before pregna…
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) in South Africa
Community researchers conducting health disparities research
An Antiracist Research Framework
Using Asset Mapping to Engage Youth in Community-Based Participatory Research
An asset mapping approach that partners local experts (youth) with outside experts (urban planning students) within a larger CBPR framework is an effective model to promote co-learning and appreciating the value of differing expertise
House Chats as a Grassroots Engagement Methodology in Community-Based Participatory Research
The House Chat proved to be a highly successful engagement strategy that allowed access to respondents who may not have participated in a traditional, focus group discussion
Conducting community-engaged qualitative research in South Africa
The influence of intersectional identities on social experiences is most often explored within research on minority populations (e.g. LGBT, African American women, etc.). However few, if any, studies have extended the subject of intersectionality to address the intersectional identities of researchers or their influence on the conduct of qualitative research in international settings. Through reflexive memoirs offered from student researchers tha…
Ethical challenges in the design and conduct of locally relevant international health research
Electronic Self-Help and Support Groups
OBJECTIVES: The authors examined the impact of a voice bulletin board on the following: (1) participation in self-help efforts, (2) expression of emotional support, (3) development of solidarity within the group, (4) utilization of health-care services, and (5) health status of subjects. METHODS: Subjects were 53 pregnant women who abused drugs. A quasi-experimental design with matched control group and observations before and after intervention …
Educating Patients at Home
OBJECTIVES: The authors analyzed the impact of home health education by studying the impact of a computer service called Community Health Rap. When patients call this service, the computer records their questions and alerts an expert who records a response. Subsequently, the computer alerts the patient that the question has been addressed. METHODS: Subjects included a group of 82 pregnant women who had used cocaine during or 1 month before pregna…
The Role of Technology in Mediating Use of Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Services
This study examined the relationship between Connect, a telephone-based information and support system, and the use of outpatient substance abuse treatment services. Regression models were formulated to examine the relationship between use of substance abuse treatment services and Connect. The results indicate that Connect use was not significantly related to the likelihood of using treatment (N = 240). However, an inverse relationship was found …
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) in South Africa
The Mother–Daughter Relationship
In this article we examine the potential influence of adolescent girls on mothers' health-related knowledge and behaviors. Surveys were conducted with 131 mothers and 145 daughters to explore the extent of shared social activities between mothers and their adolescent daughters in a low-income South African community, and the degree to which mothers are receptive to advice from daughters. Eighty-six percent of daughters reported that their mothers…
Ethical challenges in the design and conduct of locally relevant international health research
Cancer Perceptions of South African Mothers and Daughters
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. A major reason why women do not obtain cancer screening procedures relates to the high levels of fear associated with cancer. In this study, we explored South African mothers' and daughters' reaction to the word "cancer" specifically. The study sample included 157 randomly selected mother and adolescent daughter pairs from an urban community in Cape Town, South Africa. Mothers and their adol…
Getting Personal
'Researcher identity' affects global health research in profound and complex ways. Anthropologists in particular have led the way in portraying the multiple, and sometimes tension-generating, identities that researchers ascribe to themselves, or have ascribed to them, in their places of research. However, the central importance of researcher identity in the ethical conduct of global health research has yet to be fully appreciated. The capacity of…
Community researchers conducting health disparities research
Health promotion and cervical cancer in South Africa
The notion that adolescent daughters can provide their mothers with health information that could actually impact the mothers' behavior is a novel area of health promotion research. The goal of this study is to explore the reasons why adolescent daughters would give their mothers cervical cancer information, and why mothers would have the intent to listen to advice to obtain a Pap smear. We randomly selected and interviewed 157 mother and daughte…
Perceptions of gender-based violence among South African youth
Gender-based violence is a widespread problem in South Africa. Past structural inequities have created a climate conducive to violence against women. As an initial step toward developing a health promotion program, we conducted exploratory formative research to examine the barriers that affect the health and well-being of youth. Fourteen focus groups (nine with girls and five with boys) were conducted with 112 adolescents in a racially mixed comm…
South African, urban youth narratives
South African youth in low-income, urbanized communities are exposed to high levels of daily stressors, which increase their risk to negative outcomes. Resiliency can provide avenues for youth to transcend adversity and may contribute to their positive development. To provide a deeper understanding of the pathways that adolescents use to overcome adversity, this paper examined future aspirations of South African youth, and how these aspirations w…
Community-Engaged Research
The personal rewards and challenges experienced by community researchers are not well explored. Training laypersons to be engaged in some or all aspects of community-engaged research is becoming more common, highlighting the need to understand the challenges associated with this role. The complexities of this role are magnified when the layperson has multiple identities of overlap with the research participant. In this brief report, we explore th…
Mother-Daughter Dyad Recruitment and Cancer Intervention Challenges in an African American Sample
Integrating cervical cancer prevention initiatives with HIV care in resource-constrained settings
Cervical cancer screening rates remain suboptimal among women in South Africa (SA), where cervical cancer prevalence is high. The rollout of HIV-related services across SA may provide a means to deliver cervical cancer screening to populations with limited access to health care systems. In this mixed methods study, psychosocial factors influencing cervical cancer prevention and perceptions of the provision of Pap smears in HIV care settings were …
House Chats as a Grassroots Engagement Methodology in Community-Based Participatory Research
The House Chat proved to be a highly successful engagement strategy that allowed access to respondents who may not have participated in a traditional, focus group discussion
Podcast Interview Transcript
Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action - Volume 10, Issue 2, Summer 2016
Conducting community-engaged qualitative research in South Africa
The influence of intersectional identities on social experiences is most often explored within research on minority populations (e.g. LGBT, African American women, etc.). However few, if any, studies have extended the subject of intersectionality to address the intersectional identities of researchers or their influence on the conduct of qualitative research in international settings. Through reflexive memoirs offered from student researchers tha…
Using Asset Mapping to Engage Youth in Community-Based Participatory Research
An asset mapping approach that partners local experts (youth) with outside experts (urban planning students) within a larger CBPR framework is an effective model to promote co-learning and appreciating the value of differing expertise
Responsiveness and adaptability in community engaged biobanking research
Lifestyle risk factor related disparities in oral cancer examination in the U.S
This study showed that smokers and alcohol users were less likely than abstainers to self-report a past year oral cancer examination. Access to affordable and targeted oral cancer examination within the dental care setting might ensure that these high-risk individuals get timely examinations and earlier diagnosis that might improve prognosis and survival
Conducting a Community “Street Survey” to Inform an Obesity Intervention
Using a community-based participatory research approach, a citywide survey was conducted to explore perceptions of obesity and interventions to reduce obesity within an African American urban community. More than 1300 surveys were collected within 3 months; 92.9% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that obesity was an important health issue in the community and the majority indicated that family-based interventions were the preferred pathway…
Sars-CoV-2 Vaccine Hesitancy in a Sample of US Adults
Understanding which communities are most likely to be vaccine hesitant is necessary to increase vaccination rates to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2. This cross-sectional survey of adults ( n = 501) from three cities in the United States (Miami, FL, New York City, NY, San Francisco, CA) assessed the role of satisfaction with health and healthcare access and consumption of COVID-19 news, previously un-studied variables related to vaccine hesitanc…
Religiosity and Covid-19
Objective : This study examines associations between changes in the use of remote worship services and changes in the types of social support among religious adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods : Cross-sectional, web survey data ( n = 461; 15 May to 6 July 2020) were collected during the COVID-19 pandemic. Multinomial logistic regression models calculated unadjusted odds of increases and decreases of three types of perceive…
An Antiracist Research Framework
Medicine (19 works) · Political science (17 works) · Psychology (16 works) · Nursing (15 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Public health (12 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Community health (5 works) · Community Health and Development (5 works)