Deborah Baron

Biographic Data

ID3583911
NAMEDeborah Baron
GIVEN NAMESDeborah
FAMILY NAMEBaron
SIGNATUREBARON D
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of the Witwatersrand
ORCID0000-0001-5439-2538
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Applying CFIR to assess multi-level barriers to PrEP delivery in rural South Africa

    Open AccessDeborah Baron, Hannah H Leslie et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2024References: 34

    Despite established efficacy for oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in reducing HIV incidence, multi-level barriers within the health system, clinics, and the processes that shape practice have hindered service delivery and subsequent population-level effects. We applied the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to assess the context of PrEP delivery for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in rural South Africa and ident…

  • Prevalence and Risk Factors of PrEP Use Stigma Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Johannesburg, South Africa and Mwanza, Tanzania Participating in the Empower Trial

    Open AccessRichard J Munthali, Anne Stangl et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2022

    Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa may benefit from pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), yet stigma may limit PrEP acceptance and continuation. We examined factors associated with PrEP use stigma among 307 participants of the EMPOWER trial (2016-2018), an unblinded randomized controlled trial among HIV-negative, AGYW, aged 16-24, in South Africa and Tanzania. The 6-item, brief-PrEP use stigma scale (B-PSS) had high internal…

  • Exploring the feasibility and acceptability of integrating screening for gender-based violence into HIV counselling and testing for adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania and South Africa

    Open Accesson behalf of the EMPOWER study team, M Colombini et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    Most stakeholders found GBV screening acceptable and feasible. Key principles that should be in place for young women to be asked safely about GBV during HIV counselling and testing included respect for confidentiality, a youth-friendly and non-judgmental environment, and a functioning referral network

  • Disclosure of PrEP use by young women in South Africa and Tanzania

    F Scorgie, Nomhle Khoza et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2021

    Investigating how young women disclose oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use is important given evidence that disclosure is associated with higher adherence. We report qualitative results on PrEP disclosure among young women in South Africa and Tanzania who participated in a PrEP demonstration project (EMPOWER). In total, 81 in-depth interviews were conducted with 39 young women aged 16-24 years-25 from Johannesburg and 14 from Mwanza-at appro…

  • You talk about problems until you feel free”

    Open AccessDeborah Baron, F Scorgie et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    Pan African Clinical Trials Registry PACTR202006754762723 , 5 April 2020, retrospectively registered

  • It Was Not My Aim to Sleep There”

    Open AccessF Scorgie, Jonathan Stadler et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2018

  • From fear to resilience

    Open AccessF Scorgie, Deborah Baron et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017

    Adolescents in Hillbrow commonly witnessed and had direct experience of many forms of violence in their environment, and these experiences differed markedly by gender. Interventions that build young peoples' social capital and resilience are essential for reducing violence-related trauma and long-term health and social consequences for adolescents in this community