Remco Peters

Dados Biográficos

ID6180511
NOMERemco Peters
PRENOMESRemco
SOBRENOMEPeters
ASSINATURAPETERS R
AFILIAÇÕESUniversity of Leeds
ORCID0000-0003-2795-0869
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR6
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2018
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • Empowering Women’s PrEP Choices

    Open AccessJenny Chen‐Charles, Lindsey de Vos et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025

    Pregnant and breastfeeding women (PBW) are at heightened risk of HIV acquisition. We aimed to explore PBW's preferences of various long-acting PrEP modalities. In-depth interviews were conducted with PBW at three sites: Cape Town, East London (South Africa), and Gaborone (Botswana). We conducted thematic analysis, guided by the Health Belief Model, to examine participants' HIV risk perception during pregnancy and breastfeeding, their perceived in…

  • Modern welfare in the United Kingdom is a universal (dis)credit to Beveridge. Is it time for a basic income

    Open AccessDave Beck, Remco Peters et al.ARTICLESocial Policy and Administration2024

    Universal Credit signalled a revolution in the delivery and costs of welfare provisioning. UC aimed to reduce spending on welfare, but in doing so now threatens the stability of a functioning and cohesive society. Over recent years, and most notably during the COVID‐19 pandemic, it has become ever clearer that adequate social security is vital to the functioning of society, as well as to the health and well‐being of the population. Yet this perio…

  • Comprehensive application of a systems approach to obesity prevention

    Open AccessBai Li, Li Bai et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    A systems approach to obesity prevention is increasingly urged. However, confusion exists on what a systems approach entails in practice, and the empirical evidence on this new approach is unclear. This scoping review aimed to identify and synthesise studies/programmes that have comprehensively applied a systems approach to obesity prevention in intervention development, delivery/implementation, and evaluation. By searching international database…

  • Developing an online food composition database for an Indigenous population in south-western Uganda

    Open AccessGiulia Scarpa, Lea Berrang-Ford et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    Objective: To develop an online food composition database of locally consumed foods among an Indigenous population in south-western Uganda. Design: Using a community-based approach and collaboration with local nutritionists, we collected a list of foods for inclusion in the database through focus group discussions, an individual dietary survey and markets and shops assessment. The food database was then created using seven steps: identification o…

  • Nutrition transition, overweight and obesity among rural-to-urban migrant women in Kenya

    Open AccessRemco Peters, Dickson A Amugsi et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2019

    Objective: To assess the effect of rural-to-urban migration on nutrition transition and overweight/obesity risk among women in Kenya. Design: Secondary analysis of data from nationally representative cross-sectional samples. Outcome variables were women’s BMI and nutrition transition. Nutrition transition was based on fifteen different household food groups and was adjusted for socio-economic and demographic characteristics. Stepwise backward mul…

  • Gender identity and HIV risk among men who have sex with men in Cape Town, South Africa

    Geoffrey Jobson, Alan Tucker et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2018

    Gender identity plays a potentially important role contributing to HIV risk among MSM in South Africa. Where studies have included a focus on gender identity, MSM reporting gender non-conformity have been found to have a higher risk of being HIV positive than other MSM. This article examines HIV risk among gender non-conforming MSM in a sample of 316 MSM in Cape Town, South Africa. Reporting gender non-conformity was associated with higher HIV pr…