Kate Bärnighausen
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 313171 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Kate Bärnighausen |
| NOMBRES | Kate |
| APELLIDO | Bärnighausen |
| FIRMA | BÄRNIGHAUSEN K |
| AFILIACIONES | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4466-8921 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 20 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2020 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
Selling spillover
Southeast Asia faces increased risks of zoonotic spillover as a major driver of emerging infectious diseases and pandemics, due to unprecedented environmental change, biodiversity loss and wildlife trade. Within this context, wildlife markets are locations where zoonotic pathogen spillover risks are amplified. However, there is limited understanding of human operational dynamics, hygiene, and the regulatory environment in these markets. We employ…
Vaccine preferences and their role for vaccine confidence and uptake
Vaccine confidence and uptake are influenced by individuals' preferences regarding vaccine composition, quality, or administration pathways. However, literature synthesizing available qualitative insights into individuals' vaccine preferences remains limited. We therefore conducted a meta-ethnographic systematic review of the qualitative literature on vaccine preferences to identify opportunities for enhancing vaccine confidence and uptake. We im…
“If I wasn’t a pastor, I would be telling them about condoms, contraceptives and PrEP”—conflicts, dilemmas and credibility
BACKGROUND: Religious leaders (RLs) form an influential group in Eswatini. This study explores their understanding and acceptance of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), with a view to improve PrEP service delivery for those who would benefit from PrEP the most. METHODS: We conducted online and in-person in-depth interviews with (n=26) purposefully selected RLs (n=12 female and n=14 male) from Eswatini. Data were managed using NVivo V.12 and coded in…
Acceptability of cool roofs
Providing communities with technical information regarding how the cool roof functions and can be maintained may support uptake via acceptability. Desirability of the roof may be achieved via a combination of highlighting the indoor cooling of the roof as reported by users, sharing of results with the community so that they have an insight into the effects of the roof, and feedback regarding the products useability and durability
Women’s healthcare needs and access across the incarceration pathway in Israel
This study emphasizes the urgent need for a trauma-informed, gender-responsive, and continuity-based approach to healthcare within carceral settings. Our findings support the need for integration of prison health services into the national health system and call for system-wide, cross-sectoral, and human rights-based policy frameworks that promote prevention, rehabilitation, and adequate mental and physical healthcare in prison. Integrating priso…
Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink
The research qualitatively explores water salinity's pathways to non-economic losses, their interconnections and contribution to economic losses. We conducted six focus group discussions with 60 participants from 5 coastal villages in Satkhira, Bangladesh. We organise our findings around three types of direct and five types of indirect losses. Of these eight losses, five are interconnected through cascading impacts and five contribute to economic…
Messy but worth it
Human-centred design (HCD) is an approach to problem-solving that prioritises understanding and meeting the needs of the end-users. Researchers and designers practice empathic listening as users share their perspectives, thereby enabling a variety of stakeholders to cocreate effective solutions. While a valuable and, in theory, straightforward process, HCD in practice can be chaotic: Practitioners often struggle to navigate an excess of (often co…
Prompts, Pearls, Imperfections
The impact of ChatGPT and other large language model-based applications on scientific work is being debated across contexts and disciplines. However, despite ChatGPT's inherent focus on language generation and processing, insights regarding its potential for supporting qualitative research and analysis remain limited. In this article, we advocate for an open discourse on chances and pitfalls of AI-supported qualitative analysis by exploring ChatG…
“The targets…are driving the agenda and that probably needs to change”
Overall, stakeholders perceived VAPN implementation to encounter barriers across all implementation levels (global to community). Future VAPN policies should be designed around the barriers and facilitators identified by SSA stakeholders to maximize the implementation of (ethical) HIV VAPN services and increase its impact in sub-Saharan African settings
Human-centred design bolsters vaccine confidence in the Philippines
BACKGROUND: The public's confidence in vaccinations has eroded, and anti-vaccination movements have gained traction around the world, including in the Philippines. 'Salubong', a Filipino term, refers to welcoming someone back into one's life and elicits ideas about friendship and family relationships. We extended this concept to vaccines in efforts to design an intervention that would re-welcome vaccines into homes. METHODS: Using human-centred d…
Cultural Repertoires and Situated Selections as an Alternative Framework to Hegemonic Masculinities
Since the 1980s studies on men have frequently utilized Connell’s framework of hegemonic masculinities. We critically appraise this framework in the context of a population-based HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis study in Eswatini. Our findings highlight that men confidently show variation in their behavior and choices, which manifest across different men and within the same men acting in particular situations and over the life course. This led us to …
We Should Not Be Quiet but We Should Talk
Community leaders play an important role in the acceptance of public health services, but little is known about their willingness to facilitate HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) roll-out in Eswatini. We conducted in-depth interviews ( n = 25) with purposefully selected male and female community leaders in Eswatini. We analysed our data inductively using a thematic analysis approach. Community leaders feel they are important communicators of cul…
Misinformation, infighting, backlash, and an ‘endless’ recovery; policymakers recount challenges and mitigating measures after a vaccine scare in the Philippines
BACKGROUND: Vaccine scares undermine longstanding global health achievements. Remarkably little data has documented the lived experiences of policymakers working amidst vaccine scares and navigating their fallout. As a result, chances and challenges of large-scale national recuperation efforts are poorly understood. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to explore the perspectives of policymakers involved in ongoing efforts to boost vaccine confidence in th…
Scared, powerless, insulted and embarrassed
BACKGROUND: Several studies have highlighted that vaccine hesitancy (VH) is among the most important threats to global health, especially in low- and middle-income countries, including the Philippines. However, there is a dearth of literature exploring family experiences of-or concerns related to-childhood vaccinations that gives voice to vaccine hesitant caregivers (VHCs) of small children. Here, we present insights from VHCs from the Philippine…
Nudging toward vaccination
Qualitative accounts of PrEP discontinuation from the general population in Eswatini
People in receipt of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the prevention of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa often discontinue taking the medication. We conducted 27 semi-structured interviews with men and women who had started PrEP but did not return to the clinic for a refill after a 1, 2 or 3-month period. These 'discontinuation' clients were enrolled in a PrEP demonstration project for the general population in nurse-led, public-sector, primary-care …
Understanding low mobilization for non-communicable diseases among people living with NCDs
Key challenges of health care workers in implementing the integrated management of childhood illnesses (IMCI) program
Background: Several evaluative studies demonstrate that a well-coordinated Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) program can reduce child mortality. However, there is dearth of information on how frontline providers perceive IMCI and how, in their view, the program is implemented and how it could be refined and revitalized.Purpose: To determine the key challenges affecting IMCI implementation from the perspective of health care work…
“We know this will be hard at the beginning, but better in the long term”
Information regarding HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the general population is largely lacking, because the majority of PrEP demonstration projects have focused on key populations. This qualitative study examines barriers and facilitators to PrEP uptake and adherence among the general population in Eswatini, where PrEP is offered through public-sector primary-care clinics. We analysed 106 semi-structured in-depth interviews with healthca…
Expansion of HIV testing in Eswatini
Achieving the United Nations' 90-90-90 goals has proven challenging in most settings and the ambitious 95-95-95 goals seem even more elusive. However, in Eswatini - a lower-middle-income country in sub-Saharan Africa with the highest HIV prevalence in the world - an estimated 92% of people living with HIV know their status. We conducted 26 in-depth interviews with stakeholders from policy, implementation, donor, local advocacy and academic sector…
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Key challenges of health care workers in implementing the integrated management of childhood illnesses (IMCI) program
Background: Several evaluative studies demonstrate that a well-coordinated Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) program can reduce child mortality. However, there is dearth of information on how frontline providers perceive IMCI and how, in their view, the program is implemented and how it could be refined and revitalized.Purpose: To determine the key challenges affecting IMCI implementation from the perspective of health care work…
“We know this will be hard at the beginning, but better in the long term”
Information regarding HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the general population is largely lacking, because the majority of PrEP demonstration projects have focused on key populations. This qualitative study examines barriers and facilitators to PrEP uptake and adherence among the general population in Eswatini, where PrEP is offered through public-sector primary-care clinics. We analysed 106 semi-structured in-depth interviews with healthca…
Expansion of HIV testing in Eswatini
Achieving the United Nations' 90-90-90 goals has proven challenging in most settings and the ambitious 95-95-95 goals seem even more elusive. However, in Eswatini - a lower-middle-income country in sub-Saharan Africa with the highest HIV prevalence in the world - an estimated 92% of people living with HIV know their status. We conducted 26 in-depth interviews with stakeholders from policy, implementation, donor, local advocacy and academic sector…
Scared, powerless, insulted and embarrassed
BACKGROUND: Several studies have highlighted that vaccine hesitancy (VH) is among the most important threats to global health, especially in low- and middle-income countries, including the Philippines. However, there is a dearth of literature exploring family experiences of-or concerns related to-childhood vaccinations that gives voice to vaccine hesitant caregivers (VHCs) of small children. Here, we present insights from VHCs from the Philippine…
Nudging toward vaccination
Qualitative accounts of PrEP discontinuation from the general population in Eswatini
People in receipt of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the prevention of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa often discontinue taking the medication. We conducted 27 semi-structured interviews with men and women who had started PrEP but did not return to the clinic for a refill after a 1, 2 or 3-month period. These 'discontinuation' clients were enrolled in a PrEP demonstration project for the general population in nurse-led, public-sector, primary-care …
Understanding low mobilization for non-communicable diseases among people living with NCDs
Misinformation, infighting, backlash, and an ‘endless’ recovery; policymakers recount challenges and mitigating measures after a vaccine scare in the Philippines
BACKGROUND: Vaccine scares undermine longstanding global health achievements. Remarkably little data has documented the lived experiences of policymakers working amidst vaccine scares and navigating their fallout. As a result, chances and challenges of large-scale national recuperation efforts are poorly understood. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to explore the perspectives of policymakers involved in ongoing efforts to boost vaccine confidence in th…
Human-centred design bolsters vaccine confidence in the Philippines
BACKGROUND: The public's confidence in vaccinations has eroded, and anti-vaccination movements have gained traction around the world, including in the Philippines. 'Salubong', a Filipino term, refers to welcoming someone back into one's life and elicits ideas about friendship and family relationships. We extended this concept to vaccines in efforts to design an intervention that would re-welcome vaccines into homes. METHODS: Using human-centred d…
Cultural Repertoires and Situated Selections as an Alternative Framework to Hegemonic Masculinities
Since the 1980s studies on men have frequently utilized Connell’s framework of hegemonic masculinities. We critically appraise this framework in the context of a population-based HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis study in Eswatini. Our findings highlight that men confidently show variation in their behavior and choices, which manifest across different men and within the same men acting in particular situations and over the life course. This led us to …
We Should Not Be Quiet but We Should Talk
Community leaders play an important role in the acceptance of public health services, but little is known about their willingness to facilitate HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) roll-out in Eswatini. We conducted in-depth interviews ( n = 25) with purposefully selected male and female community leaders in Eswatini. We analysed our data inductively using a thematic analysis approach. Community leaders feel they are important communicators of cul…
Messy but worth it
Human-centred design (HCD) is an approach to problem-solving that prioritises understanding and meeting the needs of the end-users. Researchers and designers practice empathic listening as users share their perspectives, thereby enabling a variety of stakeholders to cocreate effective solutions. While a valuable and, in theory, straightforward process, HCD in practice can be chaotic: Practitioners often struggle to navigate an excess of (often co…
Prompts, Pearls, Imperfections
The impact of ChatGPT and other large language model-based applications on scientific work is being debated across contexts and disciplines. However, despite ChatGPT's inherent focus on language generation and processing, insights regarding its potential for supporting qualitative research and analysis remain limited. In this article, we advocate for an open discourse on chances and pitfalls of AI-supported qualitative analysis by exploring ChatG…
“The targets…are driving the agenda and that probably needs to change”
Overall, stakeholders perceived VAPN implementation to encounter barriers across all implementation levels (global to community). Future VAPN policies should be designed around the barriers and facilitators identified by SSA stakeholders to maximize the implementation of (ethical) HIV VAPN services and increase its impact in sub-Saharan African settings
“If I wasn’t a pastor, I would be telling them about condoms, contraceptives and PrEP”—conflicts, dilemmas and credibility
BACKGROUND: Religious leaders (RLs) form an influential group in Eswatini. This study explores their understanding and acceptance of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), with a view to improve PrEP service delivery for those who would benefit from PrEP the most. METHODS: We conducted online and in-person in-depth interviews with (n=26) purposefully selected RLs (n=12 female and n=14 male) from Eswatini. Data were managed using NVivo V.12 and coded in…
Acceptability of cool roofs
Providing communities with technical information regarding how the cool roof functions and can be maintained may support uptake via acceptability. Desirability of the roof may be achieved via a combination of highlighting the indoor cooling of the roof as reported by users, sharing of results with the community so that they have an insight into the effects of the roof, and feedback regarding the products useability and durability
Women’s healthcare needs and access across the incarceration pathway in Israel
This study emphasizes the urgent need for a trauma-informed, gender-responsive, and continuity-based approach to healthcare within carceral settings. Our findings support the need for integration of prison health services into the national health system and call for system-wide, cross-sectoral, and human rights-based policy frameworks that promote prevention, rehabilitation, and adequate mental and physical healthcare in prison. Integrating priso…
Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink
The research qualitatively explores water salinity's pathways to non-economic losses, their interconnections and contribution to economic losses. We conducted six focus group discussions with 60 participants from 5 coastal villages in Satkhira, Bangladesh. We organise our findings around three types of direct and five types of indirect losses. Of these eight losses, five are interconnected through cascading impacts and five contribute to economic…
Selling spillover
Southeast Asia faces increased risks of zoonotic spillover as a major driver of emerging infectious diseases and pandemics, due to unprecedented environmental change, biodiversity loss and wildlife trade. Within this context, wildlife markets are locations where zoonotic pathogen spillover risks are amplified. However, there is limited understanding of human operational dynamics, hygiene, and the regulatory environment in these markets. We employ…
Vaccine preferences and their role for vaccine confidence and uptake
Vaccine confidence and uptake are influenced by individuals' preferences regarding vaccine composition, quality, or administration pathways. However, literature synthesizing available qualitative insights into individuals' vaccine preferences remains limited. We therefore conducted a meta-ethnographic systematic review of the qualitative literature on vaccine preferences to identify opportunities for enhancing vaccine confidence and uptake. We im…
Medicine (11 obras) · Qualitative research (10 obras) · Nursing (9 obras) · Political science (9 obras) · Sociology (9 obras) · Psychology (7 obras) · Family medicine (6 obras) · Health care (6 obras) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (6 obras) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (5 obras)