Jill Hanass-Hancock
Biographic Data
| ID | 332578 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jill Hanass-Hancock |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jill |
| FAMILY NAME | Hanass-Hancock |
| SIGNATURE | HANASS-HANCOCK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | South African Medical Research Council |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3662-8548 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 31 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Understanding the Relationship Between Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Status Disclosure Across Health Care Settings in Eastern and Southern Africa
HIV status disclosure is an ethical obligation and, in some jurisdictions, a legal requirement that supports treatment adherence. In Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA), where intimate partner violence (IPV) is prevalent, disclosure may have harmful consequences. The objective of this scoping review was to map the relationship between IPV and HIV disclosure across health care settings in ESA. Following PRISMA-ScR guidelines, peer-reviewed English-l…
Co-designing the disability awareness toolkit for disability-inclusive and accessible health and post-GBV clinical services in South Africa
The DAT's evolution highlights the power of co-design in addressing healthcare inequalities. It demonstrates how inclusive, locally grounded, and flexible design processes can produce meaningful quality assurance tools that reflect the diverse realities of service users and providers in unequal contexts
Masibambane (Let Us Work Together), Ladies Chat
Shades of Contemplation
Livelihoods of young women with and without disabilities in KwaZulu-Natal during Covid-19
This paper focuses on young women with and without disabilities and provides insight into the similarities and differences in their experiences
Peer-to-Peer Chain Recruitment for Enrolling Young South African Women into an HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Intervention Study
We Will Die Having Sex”–Gender, Health and Cultural Influences on Sexual Practices Among Older People in South Africa
As the global population's ageing accelerates, especially in low-middle-income countries (LMICs), an increase in age-related and sexual health challenges can be expected. However, a focus on reproductive ages, ageism, taboos, stigma and limited resources, has contributed to a neglect of older adults’ sexuality as broadly defined by the World Health Organization (WHO). We used qualitative methods to explore the attitudes and perceptions of sexuali…
“A frightening experience, especially at our age”
Background: As the global population ages and the HIV pandemic matures, a growing number of older persons aged ≥50 years are becoming increasingly vulnerable to acquiring HIV. Unfortunately, older persons are often neglected and left out of sexual health programs and services. This study explored the experiences of older persons living with and without HIV in accessing prevention and care services and how those experiences translate into the negl…
Intersections between disability, masculinities, and violence
Programmers addressing violence need to engage with men with physical disabilities and consider the intersectionality of masculinities and disability, how these reinforce patriarchal norms and how men with disabilities can be included and enabled to overcome their conflict between disability and masculinities
Women’s Perceptions of HIV- and Sexuality-Related Stigma in Relation to PrEP
Adapting Disability Research Methods and Practices During the Covid-19 Pandemic
People with disabilities are often excluded from research, which may be exacerbated during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. This article provides an overview of key challenges, opportunities, and strategies for conducting disability-inclusive research during the pandemic, drawing on the experience of research teams working across ten countries on disability-focused studies. It covers adaptations that are relevant across the project lifecycle, inclu…
Children living with HIV-related disabilities in a resource-poor community in South Africa
The care offered to children living with HIV (CLHIV) experiencing HIV-related disability is often challenged by caregiver illness, poverty and poor support structures in and around communities. Since caregiver needs directly influences the care offered to CLHIV this paper aimed to explore the experiences of the caregivers of CLHIV in order to inform an appropriate rehabilitation model in South Africa. A qualitative enquiry using in-depth intervie…
Perspectives on ART adherence among Zambian adults living with HIV
Anti-retroviral treatment (ART) has improved the survival of people living with HIV in Africa. Living with chronic HIV comes with new health and functional challenges and the need to manage ART adherence. The Sepo Study applied disability frameworks to better understand living with chronic HIV while using ART. The study followed 35 people (18 women, 17 men) living with HIV and on ART 6 months or longer in private and public health facilities in L…
Preparedness of civil society in Botswana to advance disability inclusion in programmes addressing gender-based and other forms of violence against women and girls with disabilities
Botswana's NGOs and DPOs are well positioned to address violence against women and girls with disabilities, but need to increase their accessibility, staff knowledge and skills and disability inclusion. Training, resource allocation and participation of women with disabilities in NGOs and DPOs is needed to drive this change
HIV-related disability and rehabilitation
Background: Health care workers play an integral role in the rehabilitation and care of people living with HIV who face multiple impairments and often disabilities. The aim of the article was to understand the perceptions and attitudes of health care workers towards caring for people living with HIV, and experiencing disability. Methods: Fifteen health care workers offering care to people living with HIV were interviewed using a semi-structured g…
Perceptions of care and rehabilitation for children living with HIV in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa
Rehabilitation offered to children living with HIV (CLHIV) experiencing disabilities can address participation restrictions and improve their quality of life and day-to-day community and school engagement. This study aimed to explore the perceptions and insights of healthcare professionals and other key stakeholders, such as community care workers, educators and social workers on the care offered to CLHIV experiencing disabilities in a semi-rural…
Educators’ perceptions of learners with intellectual disabilities’ sexual knowledge and behaviour in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Over the past two decades, comprehensive sexuality education has increasingly been recognised as a measure that positively impacts on the sexual behaviour of young people in Africa. Despite this, and a political call to scale-up the use of comprehensive sexuality education in schools in South Africa, learners with disabilities continue to be left behind. Besides contending with negative hegemonic constructs of disabled sexualities, educators of l…
Optimism alongside new challenges
Previous research has demonstrated increased comorbidities related to the chronic effects of HIV. Rehabilitation science offers a useful approach for studying chronic illness. This longitudinal qualitative study used a rehabilitation science approach to explore the experiences over time of women and men living with HIV and on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the high HIV-prevalence setting of Lusaka, Zambia. Thirty-five participants participated i…
Disability and health outcomes - from a cohort of people on long-term anti-retroviral therapy
Human-immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/Acquired immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) remains a major health problem in South Africa - even after two decades since the introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Long-term survival with HIV is associated with new health-related issues and a risk of functional limitation/disability. The aim of this study was to assess functional limitation associated with HIV/AIDS among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in S…
“Knowing I can be helpful makes me feel good inside, it makes me feel essential”
People living with HIV (PLHIV) are living longer lives on antiretroviral therapy and are prone to a wide range of disabilities. Innovative strategies are required to meet the rehabilitation needs of PLHIV, particularly in resource-poor communities where HIV is endemic and access to institution-based rehabilitation is limited. Home-based rehabilitation (HBR) is one such approach, but there is a paucity of research related to HBR programmes for PLH…
Determinants of livelihood in the era of widespread access to ART
We have only just begun to understand the long-term impact of living with chronic HIV on health and livelihood after a decade of widespread access to treatment in southern Africa. This paper explores health and well-being, disability, and livelihood dynamics among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in a public healthcare setting in South Africa. We undertook a cross-sectional survey among a cohort of 1042 people on ART and explored associations betwe…
People with disabilities and income-related social protection measures in South Africa
This calls for more equitable social protection mechanisms that include accessible services, livelihood programmes and disability benefits
These are not luxuries, it is essential for access to life’
The development of poverty alleviation and social protection mechanisms in MICs like South Africa needs to better consider diverse disability-related care and support needs not only to improve access to services such as education and health (National Health Insurance schemes, accessible clinics) but also to increase the effect of disability-specific benefits and employment equity policies
A rehabilitation model as key to comprehensive care in the era of HIV as a chronic disease in South Africa
In the era of widespread access to antiretroviral therapy, people living with HIV survive; however, this comes with new experiences of comorbidities and HIV-related disability posing new challenges to rehabilitation professionals and an already fragile health system in Southern Africa. Public health approaches to HIV need to include not only prevention, treatment and support but also rehabilitation. While some well-resourced countries have develo…
Challenges in providing HIV and sexuality education to learners with disabilities in South Africa
People with disabilities are at increased risk of exposure to HIV, yet they lack access to HIV prevention, treatment care and support including sexuality education. Lack of knowledge, skills and confidence of educators teaching sexuality education to learners with disabilities is related to this increased vulnerability. This study identifies possible challenges educators of learners with disabilities face when teaching sexuality and HIV education…
We Will Die Having Sex”–Gender, Health and Cultural Influences on Sexual Practices Among Older People in South Africa
As the global population's ageing accelerates, especially in low-middle-income countries (LMICs), an increase in age-related and sexual health challenges can be expected. However, a focus on reproductive ages, ageism, taboos, stigma and limited resources, has contributed to a neglect of older adults’ sexuality as broadly defined by the World Health Organization (WHO). We used qualitative methods to explore the attitudes and perceptions of sexuali…
Perceptions of care and rehabilitation for children living with HIV in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa
Rehabilitation offered to children living with HIV (CLHIV) experiencing disabilities can address participation restrictions and improve their quality of life and day-to-day community and school engagement. This study aimed to explore the perceptions and insights of healthcare professionals and other key stakeholders, such as community care workers, educators and social workers on the care offered to CLHIV experiencing disabilities in a semi-rural…
The increasing chronicity of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa
HIV was first described as a "long-wave event" in 1990, well before the advent of antiretroviral therapy (ART). The pandemic was then seen as involving three curves: an HIV curve, an AIDS curve and a curve representing societal impact. Since the mid-2000's, free public delivery of life-saving ART has begun shifting HIV from a terminal disease to a chronic illness for those who can access and tolerate the medications. This increasing chronicity pr…
Of drama, dreams and desire
In the midst of a generalised HIV and AIDS epidemic in southern Africa, the argument for more coordinated and comprehensive youth sexual health interventions is intensifying. Yet the crucial question of how best to provide young people with these skills and knowledge remains a key challenge for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners in our region. Moreover, amongst the available literature on sex education in southern Africa, few authors ha…
Disability and HIV
The Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) region is the epicentre of the global HIV epidemic and also home to a large number of people with disabilities. Both HIV and Disability are significant public health issues. While they are generally viewed as distinct and unrelated phenomena data seems to suggest that they are particularly closely intertwined in ESA. For the first time in history, by using the same disability indicator consistently, the publi…
Tangible skill building and HIV youth prevention intervention in rural South Africa
There have been countless youth programmes throughout Africa resulting in increased knowledge of HIV, but all too often there is a discrepancy between knowledge and behaviour change. According to available literature, successful projects need to consider the context in which young people live, be consistent with community values, and be family inclusive and youth centred. This, however, requires active involvement of communities, families and you…
Challenges in providing HIV and sexuality education to learners with disabilities in South Africa
People with disabilities are at increased risk of exposure to HIV, yet they lack access to HIV prevention, treatment care and support including sexuality education. Lack of knowledge, skills and confidence of educators teaching sexuality education to learners with disabilities is related to this increased vulnerability. This study identifies possible challenges educators of learners with disabilities face when teaching sexuality and HIV education…
The need for a Rehabilitation Model to address the disparities of public healthcare for people living with HIV in South Africa
Rehabilitation in the context of HIV management in Africa is still a neglected field which holds great promise for the improvement of the quality of life as well as integration of people living with HIV back into their communities and homes. However, rehabilitation has not been incorporated into HIV care despite the fact that a large number of people living with HIV experience disability. The dearth of literature and lack of models of care to rol…
HIV-related disabilities
Healthcare workers need support to respond to the increased needs of people living with HIV who have HIV-related disabilities. Responses need to reflect: 1) increase in rehabilitative staff including in community outreach programmes; 2) skills training in HIV-related disability; and 3) psychosocial support for healthcare workers
A rehabilitation model as key to comprehensive care in the era of HIV as a chronic disease in South Africa
In the era of widespread access to antiretroviral therapy, people living with HIV survive; however, this comes with new experiences of comorbidities and HIV-related disability posing new challenges to rehabilitation professionals and an already fragile health system in Southern Africa. Public health approaches to HIV need to include not only prevention, treatment and support but also rehabilitation. While some well-resourced countries have develo…
“Knowing I can be helpful makes me feel good inside, it makes me feel essential”
People living with HIV (PLHIV) are living longer lives on antiretroviral therapy and are prone to a wide range of disabilities. Innovative strategies are required to meet the rehabilitation needs of PLHIV, particularly in resource-poor communities where HIV is endemic and access to institution-based rehabilitation is limited. Home-based rehabilitation (HBR) is one such approach, but there is a paucity of research related to HBR programmes for PLH…
Determinants of livelihood in the era of widespread access to ART
We have only just begun to understand the long-term impact of living with chronic HIV on health and livelihood after a decade of widespread access to treatment in southern Africa. This paper explores health and well-being, disability, and livelihood dynamics among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in a public healthcare setting in South Africa. We undertook a cross-sectional survey among a cohort of 1042 people on ART and explored associations betwe…
People with disabilities and income-related social protection measures in South Africa
This calls for more equitable social protection mechanisms that include accessible services, livelihood programmes and disability benefits
These are not luxuries, it is essential for access to life’
The development of poverty alleviation and social protection mechanisms in MICs like South Africa needs to better consider diverse disability-related care and support needs not only to improve access to services such as education and health (National Health Insurance schemes, accessible clinics) but also to increase the effect of disability-specific benefits and employment equity policies
Educators’ perceptions of learners with intellectual disabilities’ sexual knowledge and behaviour in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Over the past two decades, comprehensive sexuality education has increasingly been recognised as a measure that positively impacts on the sexual behaviour of young people in Africa. Despite this, and a political call to scale-up the use of comprehensive sexuality education in schools in South Africa, learners with disabilities continue to be left behind. Besides contending with negative hegemonic constructs of disabled sexualities, educators of l…
Optimism alongside new challenges
Previous research has demonstrated increased comorbidities related to the chronic effects of HIV. Rehabilitation science offers a useful approach for studying chronic illness. This longitudinal qualitative study used a rehabilitation science approach to explore the experiences over time of women and men living with HIV and on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the high HIV-prevalence setting of Lusaka, Zambia. Thirty-five participants participated i…
Disability and health outcomes - from a cohort of people on long-term anti-retroviral therapy
Human-immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/Acquired immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) remains a major health problem in South Africa - even after two decades since the introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Long-term survival with HIV is associated with new health-related issues and a risk of functional limitation/disability. The aim of this study was to assess functional limitation associated with HIV/AIDS among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in S…
Children living with HIV-related disabilities in a resource-poor community in South Africa
The care offered to children living with HIV (CLHIV) experiencing HIV-related disability is often challenged by caregiver illness, poverty and poor support structures in and around communities. Since caregiver needs directly influences the care offered to CLHIV this paper aimed to explore the experiences of the caregivers of CLHIV in order to inform an appropriate rehabilitation model in South Africa. A qualitative enquiry using in-depth intervie…
Perspectives on ART adherence among Zambian adults living with HIV
Anti-retroviral treatment (ART) has improved the survival of people living with HIV in Africa. Living with chronic HIV comes with new health and functional challenges and the need to manage ART adherence. The Sepo Study applied disability frameworks to better understand living with chronic HIV while using ART. The study followed 35 people (18 women, 17 men) living with HIV and on ART 6 months or longer in private and public health facilities in L…
Preparedness of civil society in Botswana to advance disability inclusion in programmes addressing gender-based and other forms of violence against women and girls with disabilities
Botswana's NGOs and DPOs are well positioned to address violence against women and girls with disabilities, but need to increase their accessibility, staff knowledge and skills and disability inclusion. Training, resource allocation and participation of women with disabilities in NGOs and DPOs is needed to drive this change
HIV-related disability and rehabilitation
Background: Health care workers play an integral role in the rehabilitation and care of people living with HIV who face multiple impairments and often disabilities. The aim of the article was to understand the perceptions and attitudes of health care workers towards caring for people living with HIV, and experiencing disability. Methods: Fifteen health care workers offering care to people living with HIV were interviewed using a semi-structured g…
Perceptions of care and rehabilitation for children living with HIV in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa
Rehabilitation offered to children living with HIV (CLHIV) experiencing disabilities can address participation restrictions and improve their quality of life and day-to-day community and school engagement. This study aimed to explore the perceptions and insights of healthcare professionals and other key stakeholders, such as community care workers, educators and social workers on the care offered to CLHIV experiencing disabilities in a semi-rural…
Intersections between disability, masculinities, and violence
Programmers addressing violence need to engage with men with physical disabilities and consider the intersectionality of masculinities and disability, how these reinforce patriarchal norms and how men with disabilities can be included and enabled to overcome their conflict between disability and masculinities
Women’s Perceptions of HIV- and Sexuality-Related Stigma in Relation to PrEP
Adapting Disability Research Methods and Practices During the Covid-19 Pandemic
People with disabilities are often excluded from research, which may be exacerbated during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. This article provides an overview of key challenges, opportunities, and strategies for conducting disability-inclusive research during the pandemic, drawing on the experience of research teams working across ten countries on disability-focused studies. It covers adaptations that are relevant across the project lifecycle, inclu…
“A frightening experience, especially at our age”
Background: As the global population ages and the HIV pandemic matures, a growing number of older persons aged ≥50 years are becoming increasingly vulnerable to acquiring HIV. Unfortunately, older persons are often neglected and left out of sexual health programs and services. This study explored the experiences of older persons living with and without HIV in accessing prevention and care services and how those experiences translate into the negl…
Livelihoods of young women with and without disabilities in KwaZulu-Natal during Covid-19
This paper focuses on young women with and without disabilities and provides insight into the similarities and differences in their experiences
Medicine (25 works) · Psychology (22 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (20 works) · Nursing (15 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Gerontology (12 works) · Family medicine (10 works) · Health care (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Public health (10 works)