Tanya Abramsky
Biographic Data
| ID | 5815127 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tanya Abramsky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tanya |
| FAMILY NAME | Abramsky |
| SIGNATURE | ABRAMSKY T |
| AFFILIATIONS | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0271-8492 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Forced vaginal sex and genital immune correlates of HIV risk
BACKGROUND: The likelihood of HIV acquisition is increased following forced vaginal sex. This relates in part to epidemiological and behavioural factors; however, the biological effects of forced vaginal sex, including impacts on immune parameters linked to HIV susceptibility, are poorly understood. Here, we examine biological mediators of HIV susceptibility among female sex workers (FSWs) in Nairobi, Kenya, who recently experienced forced vagina…
To what extent does Together with Gloria! expand the reach of Sasa! Together community programming? A mixed methods evaluation of an edutainment intervention in Kasese, Uganda
TWG expanded overall reach of in-person SASA! Together programming, and reduced geographical disparities in access. Use of multiple radio-stations/broadcasting timeslots allowed many to listen despite competing time-commitments. Future revisions to broaden access and appeal could include communal broadcasts in public places, and the incorporation of characters and storylines to resonate with younger childless men
Implementation of Covid ‐19 Preventive Measures and Staff Well‐Being in a Sample of English Schools 2020‐2021
BACKGROUND: We examined fidelity and feasibility of implementation of COVID-19 preventive measures in schools, and explored associations between adherence to these measures and staff well-being, to inform policy on sustainable implementation and staff wellbeing. METHODS: Surveys were conducted across 128 schools in England with 107 headteachers and 2698 staff-members with reference to autumn term 2020, examining school-level implementation of pre…
A cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a gender transformative intervention on intimate partner violence against women in newly formed neighbourhood groups in Tanzania
INTRODUCTION: Violence against women is a global public health concern; around a quarter of women will experience intimate partner physical or sexual violence during their lifetime. We assessed the impact of a gender transformative intervention for women designed to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV). METHODS: We conducted a cluster randomised controlled trial in Mwanza city, Tanzania, among women in newly formed neighbourhood groups to eval…
Women’s income and risk of intimate partner violence
ClinicalTrials.gov #NCT02592252 , registered retrospectively (13/08/2015)
Examining diffusion to understand the how of Sasa!, a violence against women and HIV prevention intervention in Uganda
ClinicalTrials.gov # NCT00790959 . Registered 13th November 2008
Migration Planning Among Female Prospective Labour Migrants from Nepal
As international female labour migration has increased, so too have efforts to prevent the exploitation of labour migrants. However, evidence to underpin prevention efforts remains limited, with little known about labour migrants’ migration planning processes. Using data from a survey of female prospective labour migrants from Nepal, this article compares socio‐demographics and migration‐planning processes between first‐time and repeat‐migrants. …
Transactional sex and risk for HIV infection in sub‐Saharan Africa
Cost and cost-effectiveness analysis of a community mobilisation intervention to reduce intimate partner violence in Kampala, Uganda
ClinicalTrials.gov # NCT00790959
Ecological pathways to prevention
ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT00790959 . Registered 13th November 2008. The study protocol is available at: http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/13/1/96
The impact of Sasa!, a community mobilisation intervention, on women's experiences of intimate partner violence
NCT00790959
Findings from the Sasa! Study
BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV are important and interconnected public health concerns. While it is recognized that they share common social drivers, there is limited evidence surrounding the potential of community interventions to reduce violence and HIV risk at the community level. The SASA! study assessed the community-level impact of SASA!, a community mobilization intervention to prevent violence and reduce HIV-risk beha…
Working with men to prevent intimate partner violence in a conflict-affected setting
clinicaltrials.gov NCT01803932
Violence Against Women and HIV Risk Behaviors in Kampala, Uganda
This article presents baseline data from the SASA! (this is the Swahili for 'now') Study, a cluster randomized trial of a community-mobilization intervention to prevent violence against women and HIV/AIDS in Kampala, Uganda. Logistic regression was used to explore associations between intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual risk behaviors, among 1,206 ever-partnered men and women (18-49 years). Twenty-seven percent of women reported past-year …
What factors are associated with recent intimate partner violence? findings from the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence
IPV prevention programs should increase focus on transforming gender norms and attitudes, addressing childhood abuse, and reducing harmful drinking. Development initiatives to improve access to education for girls and boys may also have an important role in violence prevention
A systematic review of randomised controlled trials of interventions promoting effective condom use
Associations between maternal experiences of intimate partner violence and child nutrition and mortality
BACKGROUND: If effective interventions are to be used to address child mortality and malnutrition, then it is important that we understand the different pathways operating within the framework of child health. More attention needs to be given to understanding the contribution of social influences such as intimate partner violence (IPV). AIM: To investigate the relationship between maternal exposure to IPV and child mortality and malnutrition usin…
Assessing the incremental effects of combining economic and health interventions
OBJECTIVE: To explore whether adding a gender and HIV training programme to microfinance initiatives can lead to health and social benefits beyond those achieved by microfinance alone. METHODS: Cross-sectional data were derived from three randomly selected matched clusters in rural South Africa: (i) four villages with 2-year exposure to the Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity (IMAGE), a combined microfinance-health training …
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Mobile phone-based smoking cessation is an innovative means of delivering smoking cessation support, which doubles the self-reported quit rate in the short term. It could represent an important, but as yet largely unused, medium to deliver age-appropriate public health measures. The long-term effect of this mobile phone-based smoking cessation support will be established by a large randomised controlled trial currently in recruitment
A combined microfinance and training intervention can reduce HIV risk behaviour in young female participants
OBJECTIVE: To assess effects of a combined microfinance and training intervention on HIV risk behavior among young female participants in rural South Africa. DESIGN: : Secondary analysis of quantitative and qualitative data from a cluster randomized trial, the Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity study. METHODS: Eight villages were pair-matched and randomly allocated to receive the intervention. At baseline and after 2 years,…
Maternal mental health and child nutritional status in four developing countries
Objective: To test the hypothesis that maternal common mental disorders (CMD) are associated with poorer child nutritional status in four developing countries (Ethiopia, India, Vietnam, and Peru). Design: Community based cross sectional survey in 20 sites in each of the four countries. Maternal CMD measured by the self reporting questionnaire 20 items (SRQ20). Potential confounding factors include: household poverty, household composition, matern…
Maternal mental health and child nutritional status in four developing countries
Objective: To test the hypothesis that maternal common mental disorders (CMD) are associated with poorer child nutritional status in four developing countries (Ethiopia, India, Vietnam, and Peru). Design: Community based cross sectional survey in 20 sites in each of the four countries. Maternal CMD measured by the self reporting questionnaire 20 items (SRQ20). Potential confounding factors include: household poverty, household composition, matern…
Associations between maternal experiences of intimate partner violence and child nutrition and mortality
BACKGROUND: If effective interventions are to be used to address child mortality and malnutrition, then it is important that we understand the different pathways operating within the framework of child health. More attention needs to be given to understanding the contribution of social influences such as intimate partner violence (IPV). AIM: To investigate the relationship between maternal exposure to IPV and child mortality and malnutrition usin…
The impact of Sasa!, a community mobilisation intervention, on women's experiences of intimate partner violence
NCT00790959
Violence Against Women and HIV Risk Behaviors in Kampala, Uganda
This article presents baseline data from the SASA! (this is the Swahili for 'now') Study, a cluster randomized trial of a community-mobilization intervention to prevent violence against women and HIV/AIDS in Kampala, Uganda. Logistic regression was used to explore associations between intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual risk behaviors, among 1,206 ever-partnered men and women (18-49 years). Twenty-seven percent of women reported past-year …
Migration Planning Among Female Prospective Labour Migrants from Nepal
As international female labour migration has increased, so too have efforts to prevent the exploitation of labour migrants. However, evidence to underpin prevention efforts remains limited, with little known about labour migrants’ migration planning processes. Using data from a survey of female prospective labour migrants from Nepal, this article compares socio‐demographics and migration‐planning processes between first‐time and repeat‐migrants. …
Maternal mental health and child nutritional status in four developing countries
Objective: To test the hypothesis that maternal common mental disorders (CMD) are associated with poorer child nutritional status in four developing countries (Ethiopia, India, Vietnam, and Peru). Design: Community based cross sectional survey in 20 sites in each of the four countries. Maternal CMD measured by the self reporting questionnaire 20 items (SRQ20). Potential confounding factors include: household poverty, household composition, matern…
A combined microfinance and training intervention can reduce HIV risk behaviour in young female participants
OBJECTIVE: To assess effects of a combined microfinance and training intervention on HIV risk behavior among young female participants in rural South Africa. DESIGN: : Secondary analysis of quantitative and qualitative data from a cluster randomized trial, the Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity study. METHODS: Eight villages were pair-matched and randomly allocated to receive the intervention. At baseline and after 2 years,…
Assessing the incremental effects of combining economic and health interventions
OBJECTIVE: To explore whether adding a gender and HIV training programme to microfinance initiatives can lead to health and social benefits beyond those achieved by microfinance alone. METHODS: Cross-sectional data were derived from three randomly selected matched clusters in rural South Africa: (i) four villages with 2-year exposure to the Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity (IMAGE), a combined microfinance-health training …
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Mobile phone-based smoking cessation is an innovative means of delivering smoking cessation support, which doubles the self-reported quit rate in the short term. It could represent an important, but as yet largely unused, medium to deliver age-appropriate public health measures. The long-term effect of this mobile phone-based smoking cessation support will be established by a large randomised controlled trial currently in recruitment
What factors are associated with recent intimate partner violence? findings from the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence
IPV prevention programs should increase focus on transforming gender norms and attitudes, addressing childhood abuse, and reducing harmful drinking. Development initiatives to improve access to education for girls and boys may also have an important role in violence prevention
A systematic review of randomised controlled trials of interventions promoting effective condom use
Associations between maternal experiences of intimate partner violence and child nutrition and mortality
BACKGROUND: If effective interventions are to be used to address child mortality and malnutrition, then it is important that we understand the different pathways operating within the framework of child health. More attention needs to be given to understanding the contribution of social influences such as intimate partner violence (IPV). AIM: To investigate the relationship between maternal exposure to IPV and child mortality and malnutrition usin…
Violence Against Women and HIV Risk Behaviors in Kampala, Uganda
This article presents baseline data from the SASA! (this is the Swahili for 'now') Study, a cluster randomized trial of a community-mobilization intervention to prevent violence against women and HIV/AIDS in Kampala, Uganda. Logistic regression was used to explore associations between intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual risk behaviors, among 1,206 ever-partnered men and women (18-49 years). Twenty-seven percent of women reported past-year …
Findings from the Sasa! Study
BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV are important and interconnected public health concerns. While it is recognized that they share common social drivers, there is limited evidence surrounding the potential of community interventions to reduce violence and HIV risk at the community level. The SASA! study assessed the community-level impact of SASA!, a community mobilization intervention to prevent violence and reduce HIV-risk beha…
Working with men to prevent intimate partner violence in a conflict-affected setting
clinicaltrials.gov NCT01803932
Transactional sex and risk for HIV infection in sub‐Saharan Africa
Cost and cost-effectiveness analysis of a community mobilisation intervention to reduce intimate partner violence in Kampala, Uganda
ClinicalTrials.gov # NCT00790959
Ecological pathways to prevention
ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT00790959 . Registered 13th November 2008. The study protocol is available at: http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/13/1/96
The impact of Sasa!, a community mobilisation intervention, on women's experiences of intimate partner violence
NCT00790959
Examining diffusion to understand the how of Sasa!, a violence against women and HIV prevention intervention in Uganda
ClinicalTrials.gov # NCT00790959 . Registered 13th November 2008
Migration Planning Among Female Prospective Labour Migrants from Nepal
As international female labour migration has increased, so too have efforts to prevent the exploitation of labour migrants. However, evidence to underpin prevention efforts remains limited, with little known about labour migrants’ migration planning processes. Using data from a survey of female prospective labour migrants from Nepal, this article compares socio‐demographics and migration‐planning processes between first‐time and repeat‐migrants. …
Women’s income and risk of intimate partner violence
ClinicalTrials.gov #NCT02592252 , registered retrospectively (13/08/2015)
A cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a gender transformative intervention on intimate partner violence against women in newly formed neighbourhood groups in Tanzania
INTRODUCTION: Violence against women is a global public health concern; around a quarter of women will experience intimate partner physical or sexual violence during their lifetime. We assessed the impact of a gender transformative intervention for women designed to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV). METHODS: We conducted a cluster randomised controlled trial in Mwanza city, Tanzania, among women in newly formed neighbourhood groups to eval…
Implementation of Covid ‐19 Preventive Measures and Staff Well‐Being in a Sample of English Schools 2020‐2021
BACKGROUND: We examined fidelity and feasibility of implementation of COVID-19 preventive measures in schools, and explored associations between adherence to these measures and staff well-being, to inform policy on sustainable implementation and staff wellbeing. METHODS: Surveys were conducted across 128 schools in England with 107 headteachers and 2698 staff-members with reference to autumn term 2020, examining school-level implementation of pre…
Forced vaginal sex and genital immune correlates of HIV risk
BACKGROUND: The likelihood of HIV acquisition is increased following forced vaginal sex. This relates in part to epidemiological and behavioural factors; however, the biological effects of forced vaginal sex, including impacts on immune parameters linked to HIV susceptibility, are poorly understood. Here, we examine biological mediators of HIV susceptibility among female sex workers (FSWs) in Nairobi, Kenya, who recently experienced forced vagina…
To what extent does Together with Gloria! expand the reach of Sasa! Together community programming? A mixed methods evaluation of an edutainment intervention in Kasese, Uganda
TWG expanded overall reach of in-person SASA! Together programming, and reduced geographical disparities in access. Use of multiple radio-stations/broadcasting timeslots allowed many to listen despite competing time-commitments. Future revisions to broaden access and appeal could include communal broadcasts in public places, and the incorporation of characters and storylines to resonate with younger childless men
Medicine (15 works) · Environmental health (13 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (11 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (11 works) · Demography (9 works) · Nursing (9 works) · Poison control (9 works) · Public health (9 works) · Domestic violence (8 works) · Psychiatry (8 works)