Kate Rees
Biographic Data
| ID | 3745947 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kate Rees |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kate |
| FAMILY NAME | Rees |
| SIGNATURE | REES K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0584-0557 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Pre-exposure prophylaxis persistence at two sites in an integrated primary health care programme in South Africa
Introduction: HIV continues to be a public health concern and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has become an important HIV prevention strategy. We examined PrEP persistence over time in two health facilities in Gauteng, South Africa. Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of PrEP persistence between 2018 and 2022 in two government health facilities in Gauteng. Data was manually extracted from the patient medical records and captured into R…
Behaviourally-Informed Two-Way Text Messaging to Improve Return to HIV Care in South Africa
One-way text messaging to re-engage people in HIV care has shown promise, but little is known about two-way messaging. We evaluated a behaviourally-informed two-way text messaging intervention to increase re-engagement in care following missed visits. We conducted an individual-level randomised controlled trial between February and March 2023 in Capricorn District, South Africa. Adults aged ≥ 18 years who had missed an ART visit by > 28 days were…
Factors influencing the implementation of a guideline for re-engagement in HIV care in primary care settings in Johannesburg, South Africa
Re-engagement, which involves bringing individuals who have fallen out of HIV care back into treatment, is important in the ongoing care of individuals with HIV, especially in regions with high prevalence and resource limitations. Despite extensive treatment programs, a significant number of people living with HIV in South Africa disengage from care due to different barriers. To address this, the South African Department of Health (DoH) introduce…
Workplace wellbeing among health care workers providing HIV services in primary care in Johannesburg
Background Burnout among Health Care workers (HCWs) impacts on provider-patient relations and quality of care. Anova Health Institute (Anova) is a large South African non-profit organization and PEPFAR/USAID implementing partner. We conducted a study among HCWs providing HIV-related services in primary care settings in Johannesburg, South Africa, to examine levels of burnout, understand factors affecting workplace wellbeing, and explore strategie…
Exploring healthcare workers’ experiences of managing patients returning to HIV care in Johannesburg, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Retention of patients in HIV care is a critical barrier to reaching the UNAIDS 90-90-90 goals in South Africa. In January 2019, Anova Health Institute launched a campaign to encourage patients who had interrupted antiretroviral therapy to return to care. The Welcome Back campaign included training of health care workers and implementation of Médecins Sans Frontiers Welcome Services principles. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to e…
Supporting retention in HIV care through a holistic, patient-centred approach
Holistic approaches such as case management have a strong potential to improve retention in care and adherence to ART. HIV is a complex disease which impacts different facets of an individual's life, hence requires holistic care to address all facets. Health systems need to transition towards holistic care to ensure that some patients do not slip through the cracks, improve patient outcomes and efficiency
Plotting New Womanhood on Either Side of the Channel
This is a comparison of Ella Hepworth Dixon's 1894 novel, The Story of a Modern Woman, and Marcelle Tinayre's La Rebelle, published in 1905. Arguing that these two examples of British and French New Woman fiction contain striking parallels in their incorporation of young female magazine journalists negotiating romance and reportage and attempting to balance public and private lives, this article suggests that Tinayre's novel reflects and modifies…
Flaubert
Implementing intimate partner violence care in a rural sub-district of South Africa
BACKGROUND: Despite a high burden of disease, in South Africa, intimate partner violence (IPV) is known to be poorly recognised and managed. To address this gap, an innovative intersectoral model for the delivery of comprehensive IPV care was piloted in a rural sub-district. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the initiative from the perspectives of women using the service, service providers, and managers. DESIGN: A qualitative evaluation was conducted. Servi…
Protecting my mother
After 10 years of visiting her mother in nursing homes, Kate Rees analyses the impact of three safeguarding procedures on her mother's welfare. Her experience underlines the finding of the Report on the Consultation on the Review of the ‘No Secrets’ guidance (Department of Health, 2009) ‐ that too often the vulnerable adult, particularly where that adult lacks capacity, is sidelined, and the process works in the interests of the nursing home
Une tortue avec des ailes’
This article considers Flaubert's relationship to the nineteenth-century belief in progress. It focuses on his last, uncompleted novel, Bouvard et Pécuchet (1880). Progress is discussed as a historical force of momentum which can be analysed through the metaphor of the journey. The contention is that Flaubert's writing offers a complex response to the flux of history and is detected in Bouvard et Pécuchet through the structural dualism offered by…
Le Théâtre de Boulevard
By Brigitte Brunet. Paris, Nathan. 2004. vi+152 pp. Pb €16.00. In her play, L'Étiquette (1983), Françoise Dorin plays with the contrast between theatregoers termed intellectuals, (I), and those called ‘cons,’ (C): ‘pratiquement, les I vont dans des théâtres pour I et les C vont dans des théâtres pour C.’ (L'Étiquette (Paris, L'Avant-Scène, 1983), act 1, 34). The theatres themselves may not have such labels, but the dramatists and actors do, sugge…
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Le Théâtre de Boulevard
By Brigitte Brunet. Paris, Nathan. 2004. vi+152 pp. Pb €16.00. In her play, L'Étiquette (1983), Françoise Dorin plays with the contrast between theatregoers termed intellectuals, (I), and those called ‘cons,’ (C): ‘pratiquement, les I vont dans des théâtres pour I et les C vont dans des théâtres pour C.’ (L'Étiquette (Paris, L'Avant-Scène, 1983), act 1, 34). The theatres themselves may not have such labels, but the dramatists and actors do, sugge…
Une tortue avec des ailes’
This article considers Flaubert's relationship to the nineteenth-century belief in progress. It focuses on his last, uncompleted novel, Bouvard et Pécuchet (1880). Progress is discussed as a historical force of momentum which can be analysed through the metaphor of the journey. The contention is that Flaubert's writing offers a complex response to the flux of history and is detected in Bouvard et Pécuchet through the structural dualism offered by…
Protecting my mother
After 10 years of visiting her mother in nursing homes, Kate Rees analyses the impact of three safeguarding procedures on her mother's welfare. Her experience underlines the finding of the Report on the Consultation on the Review of the ‘No Secrets’ guidance (Department of Health, 2009) ‐ that too often the vulnerable adult, particularly where that adult lacks capacity, is sidelined, and the process works in the interests of the nursing home
Implementing intimate partner violence care in a rural sub-district of South Africa
BACKGROUND: Despite a high burden of disease, in South Africa, intimate partner violence (IPV) is known to be poorly recognised and managed. To address this gap, an innovative intersectoral model for the delivery of comprehensive IPV care was piloted in a rural sub-district. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the initiative from the perspectives of women using the service, service providers, and managers. DESIGN: A qualitative evaluation was conducted. Servi…
Flaubert
Plotting New Womanhood on Either Side of the Channel
This is a comparison of Ella Hepworth Dixon's 1894 novel, The Story of a Modern Woman, and Marcelle Tinayre's La Rebelle, published in 1905. Arguing that these two examples of British and French New Woman fiction contain striking parallels in their incorporation of young female magazine journalists negotiating romance and reportage and attempting to balance public and private lives, this article suggests that Tinayre's novel reflects and modifies…
Exploring healthcare workers’ experiences of managing patients returning to HIV care in Johannesburg, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Retention of patients in HIV care is a critical barrier to reaching the UNAIDS 90-90-90 goals in South Africa. In January 2019, Anova Health Institute launched a campaign to encourage patients who had interrupted antiretroviral therapy to return to care. The Welcome Back campaign included training of health care workers and implementation of Médecins Sans Frontiers Welcome Services principles. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to e…
Supporting retention in HIV care through a holistic, patient-centred approach
Holistic approaches such as case management have a strong potential to improve retention in care and adherence to ART. HIV is a complex disease which impacts different facets of an individual's life, hence requires holistic care to address all facets. Health systems need to transition towards holistic care to ensure that some patients do not slip through the cracks, improve patient outcomes and efficiency
Workplace wellbeing among health care workers providing HIV services in primary care in Johannesburg
Background Burnout among Health Care workers (HCWs) impacts on provider-patient relations and quality of care. Anova Health Institute (Anova) is a large South African non-profit organization and PEPFAR/USAID implementing partner. We conducted a study among HCWs providing HIV-related services in primary care settings in Johannesburg, South Africa, to examine levels of burnout, understand factors affecting workplace wellbeing, and explore strategie…
Factors influencing the implementation of a guideline for re-engagement in HIV care in primary care settings in Johannesburg, South Africa
Re-engagement, which involves bringing individuals who have fallen out of HIV care back into treatment, is important in the ongoing care of individuals with HIV, especially in regions with high prevalence and resource limitations. Despite extensive treatment programs, a significant number of people living with HIV in South Africa disengage from care due to different barriers. To address this, the South African Department of Health (DoH) introduce…
Pre-exposure prophylaxis persistence at two sites in an integrated primary health care programme in South Africa
Introduction: HIV continues to be a public health concern and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has become an important HIV prevention strategy. We examined PrEP persistence over time in two health facilities in Gauteng, South Africa. Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of PrEP persistence between 2018 and 2022 in two government health facilities in Gauteng. Data was manually extracted from the patient medical records and captured into R…
Behaviourally-Informed Two-Way Text Messaging to Improve Return to HIV Care in South Africa
One-way text messaging to re-engage people in HIV care has shown promise, but little is known about two-way messaging. We evaluated a behaviourally-informed two-way text messaging intervention to increase re-engagement in care following missed visits. We conducted an individual-level randomised controlled trial between February and March 2023 in Capricorn District, South Africa. Adults aged ≥ 18 years who had missed an ART visit by > 28 days were…
Medicine (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Nursing (7 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · Health care (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Art (3 works)