Alice Armstrong
Biographic Data
| ID | 3613842 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alice Armstrong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alice |
| FAMILY NAME | Armstrong |
| SIGNATURE | ARMSTRONG A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Women's University in Africa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Peer providers delivering health and wellbeing services for adolescents and youth – a scoping review of implementation experience and impact from Eastern and Southern Africa
BACKGROUND: Adolescents and youth in Eastern and Southern Africa face significant health challenges, including high HIV prevalence, requiring comprehensive, youth-responsive healthcare. Peer provider interventions, where young people deliver health services are increasingly implemented, but evidence on effectiveness is fragmented. OBJECTIVES: This scoping review aimed to map evidence on design, implementation, and effectiveness of peer provider-d…
Accelerators for improved health among adolescent mothers in South Africa
BACKGROUND: 30% of girls in Africa are mothers, facing high risk for negative health and educational outcomes. We aimed to identify services with the potential to reduce multiple simultaneous risks for adolescent mothers, described by the UN as 'development accelerators'. METHODS: Adolescent mothers (n=1044) from South Africa completed questionnaires between 2017/2019 and 2020/2023, assessing mental health, HIV risks, violence victimisation, educ…
What’s going on down there? Subtitle sexism and gender representation in Masters of the Universe
This article presents a new methodology for analysing film and television scripts using freely available subtitle files and commonplace spreadsheet tools. It analyses gendered communication patterns in animated television programming and details step-by-step instructions with links to instructional videos. Results obtained using this new methodology are used as part of an ongoing research project on the representation of female characters in the …
Determinants of Antiretroviral Treatment Adherence Among Young Mothers Living with HIV
Adolescent girls living with HIV are at higher risk of poor HIV treatment outcomes than older women living with HIV. However, little is known about how age at first birth influences their adherence to antiretroviral treatment (ART). Using South African data from a cross-sectional study of 311 young mothers living with HIV (N = 311, mean age 19.7 ± 1.92 years, follow-up = 2017-2018), we examined the association between age at first birth (< 18 ver…
Identifying Adolescents at Highest Risk of ART Non-adherence, Using the World Health Organization-Endorsed HEADSS and HEADSS+ Checklists
Brief tools are necessary to identify adolescents at greatest risk for ART non-adherence. From the WHO's HEADSS/HEADSS+ adolescent wellbeing checklists, we identify constructs strongly associated with non-adherence (validated with viral load). We conducted interviews and collected clinical records from a 3-year cohort of 1046 adolescents living with HIV from 52 South African government facilities. We used least absolute shrinkage and selection op…
Effectiveness of community adolescent treatment supporters (Cats) interventions in improving linkage and retention in care, adherence to ART and psychosocial well-being
PACTR201711002755428 . Registered 11 November 2017. Retrospectively registered
‘Sakawa’ Rumours
Parting the Long Grass
In 1991 the United Nations proclaimed 1994 to be the International Year of the Family (IYF) and further called upon member states to discuss various strategies for implementing the IYF objectives. The most important objectives identified for special attention include the stimulation of local, national and international actions as part of a sustained long-term effort to increase awareness of family issues among governments and the private sector. …
Towards a cultural understanding of the interplay between children's and women's rights
School and Sadza
The concept of the best interests of the child in Zimbabwe must be considered not just at the level of the formal law, but also at the level of the ‘living law’ or the practices of the people. The formal law of custody focuses on the nuclear family and favours the mother, while in the living law, the best interests of the child are usually perceived to be congruent with those of the extended family, and the father's family is favoured. This produ…
Struggling over Scarce Resources
Uncovering Reality
The purpose of this article is to identify the specific issues which affect African women in the sphere of marriage and family relations within the framework of Articles 15 and 16 of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women. The discussion requires not only an elaboration of the laws and customs of many African countries but also a general framework in which to understand important concepts such as marriage a…
Maintenance Payments for Child Support in Southern Africa
This article presents some of the legal, social, cultural, and practical constraints facing women who attempt to enforce their right to maintenance (child support) payments in southern Africa. It is based on research by the Women and Law in Southern Africa Trust, a network of women who research women's legal rights in six countries: Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Statutes in all countries in the region provide tha…
Maintenance Statutes in Six Countries in Southern Africa
This article will analyse the legislative provisions relating to financial maintenance for women and children in six countries of southern Africa: Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. These are the six countries involved in the Women and Law in Southern Africa research project, a comparative research project and network of researchers in the region. For the first two-year phase of the project, 1990–1991, the project is s…
Evidence in Rape Cases in Four Southern African Countries
Evidentiary rules applicable to rape and other sexual offence cases, inherited from nineteenth-century England and based on Victorian notions of women's behaviour, are alive and well in twentieth-century southern Africa. These are the cautionary rules which require a trial judge to warn him or herself of the danger of convicting a rape accused without corroboration, or independent evidence supporting the testimony of the complainant. These rules …
Access to Health Care and Family Planning in Swaziland
This article investigates the legal aspects of women's access to health care and family planning in Swaziland. First, the background to health care and family planning is discussed, including health care facilities that are available, the extent of contraceptive use and attitudes toward contraceptives, the problem of backstreet or unauthorized abortions, and sterilization for medical reasons and for fertility regulation. Next, the legal aspects a…
Struggling over Scarce Resources
Uncovering Reality
The purpose of this article is to identify the specific issues which affect African women in the sphere of marriage and family relations within the framework of Articles 15 and 16 of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women. The discussion requires not only an elaboration of the laws and customs of many African countries but also a general framework in which to understand important concepts such as marriage a…
Maintenance Payments for Child Support in Southern Africa
This article presents some of the legal, social, cultural, and practical constraints facing women who attempt to enforce their right to maintenance (child support) payments in southern Africa. It is based on research by the Women and Law in Southern Africa Trust, a network of women who research women's legal rights in six countries: Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Statutes in all countries in the region provide tha…
Towards a cultural understanding of the interplay between children's and women's rights
Access to Health Care and Family Planning in Swaziland
This article investigates the legal aspects of women's access to health care and family planning in Swaziland. First, the background to health care and family planning is discussed, including health care facilities that are available, the extent of contraceptive use and attitudes toward contraceptives, the problem of backstreet or unauthorized abortions, and sterilization for medical reasons and for fertility regulation. Next, the legal aspects a…
Evidence in Rape Cases in Four Southern African Countries
Evidentiary rules applicable to rape and other sexual offence cases, inherited from nineteenth-century England and based on Victorian notions of women's behaviour, are alive and well in twentieth-century southern Africa. These are the cautionary rules which require a trial judge to warn him or herself of the danger of convicting a rape accused without corroboration, or independent evidence supporting the testimony of the complainant. These rules …
Maintenance Statutes in Six Countries in Southern Africa
This article will analyse the legislative provisions relating to financial maintenance for women and children in six countries of southern Africa: Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. These are the six countries involved in the Women and Law in Southern Africa research project, a comparative research project and network of researchers in the region. For the first two-year phase of the project, 1990–1991, the project is s…
Maintenance Payments for Child Support in Southern Africa
This article presents some of the legal, social, cultural, and practical constraints facing women who attempt to enforce their right to maintenance (child support) payments in southern Africa. It is based on research by the Women and Law in Southern Africa Trust, a network of women who research women's legal rights in six countries: Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Statutes in all countries in the region provide tha…
Uncovering Reality
The purpose of this article is to identify the specific issues which affect African women in the sphere of marriage and family relations within the framework of Articles 15 and 16 of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women. The discussion requires not only an elaboration of the laws and customs of many African countries but also a general framework in which to understand important concepts such as marriage a…
School and Sadza
The concept of the best interests of the child in Zimbabwe must be considered not just at the level of the formal law, but also at the level of the ‘living law’ or the practices of the people. The formal law of custody focuses on the nuclear family and favours the mother, while in the living law, the best interests of the child are usually perceived to be congruent with those of the extended family, and the father's family is favoured. This produ…
Struggling over Scarce Resources
Parting the Long Grass
In 1991 the United Nations proclaimed 1994 to be the International Year of the Family (IYF) and further called upon member states to discuss various strategies for implementing the IYF objectives. The most important objectives identified for special attention include the stimulation of local, national and international actions as part of a sustained long-term effort to increase awareness of family issues among governments and the private sector. …
Towards a cultural understanding of the interplay between children's and women's rights
‘Sakawa’ Rumours
Effectiveness of community adolescent treatment supporters (Cats) interventions in improving linkage and retention in care, adherence to ART and psychosocial well-being
PACTR201711002755428 . Registered 11 November 2017. Retrospectively registered
Identifying Adolescents at Highest Risk of ART Non-adherence, Using the World Health Organization-Endorsed HEADSS and HEADSS+ Checklists
Brief tools are necessary to identify adolescents at greatest risk for ART non-adherence. From the WHO's HEADSS/HEADSS+ adolescent wellbeing checklists, we identify constructs strongly associated with non-adherence (validated with viral load). We conducted interviews and collected clinical records from a 3-year cohort of 1046 adolescents living with HIV from 52 South African government facilities. We used least absolute shrinkage and selection op…
Accelerators for improved health among adolescent mothers in South Africa
BACKGROUND: 30% of girls in Africa are mothers, facing high risk for negative health and educational outcomes. We aimed to identify services with the potential to reduce multiple simultaneous risks for adolescent mothers, described by the UN as 'development accelerators'. METHODS: Adolescent mothers (n=1044) from South Africa completed questionnaires between 2017/2019 and 2020/2023, assessing mental health, HIV risks, violence victimisation, educ…
What’s going on down there? Subtitle sexism and gender representation in Masters of the Universe
This article presents a new methodology for analysing film and television scripts using freely available subtitle files and commonplace spreadsheet tools. It analyses gendered communication patterns in animated television programming and details step-by-step instructions with links to instructional videos. Results obtained using this new methodology are used as part of an ongoing research project on the representation of female characters in the …
Determinants of Antiretroviral Treatment Adherence Among Young Mothers Living with HIV
Adolescent girls living with HIV are at higher risk of poor HIV treatment outcomes than older women living with HIV. However, little is known about how age at first birth influences their adherence to antiretroviral treatment (ART). Using South African data from a cross-sectional study of 311 young mothers living with HIV (N = 311, mean age 19.7 ± 1.92 years, follow-up = 2017-2018), we examined the association between age at first birth (< 18 ver…
Peer providers delivering health and wellbeing services for adolescents and youth – a scoping review of implementation experience and impact from Eastern and Southern Africa
BACKGROUND: Adolescents and youth in Eastern and Southern Africa face significant health challenges, including high HIV prevalence, requiring comprehensive, youth-responsive healthcare. Peer provider interventions, where young people deliver health services are increasingly implemented, but evidence on effectiveness is fragmented. OBJECTIVES: This scoping review aimed to map evidence on design, implementation, and effectiveness of peer provider-d…
Political science (11 works) · Law (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (5 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Legal Issues in South Africa (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Medicine (4 works)