J Anitha Menon
Biographic Data
| ID | 6742224 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Anitha Menon |
| GIVEN NAMES | J Anitha |
| FAMILY NAME | Menon |
| SIGNATURE | MENON J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zambia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7388-7509 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 25 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Relationship between substance use and socio-behavioral drivers of poor ART adherence among young people with HIV in Zambia
Despite improved access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Zambia, adherence among young people with HIV (YPHIV) remains suboptimal, compromising treatment effectiveness. YPHIV face unique developmental and socio-behavioral challenges including HIV-related stigma, depression and substance use, which further undermine consistent ART adherence. Alcohol and drug use impair cognitive and emotional functioning, increasing the likelihood of disrupted m…
Factors that influence communication between healthcare providers and sexual minority men in HIV service delivery in Zambia
Studies that have investigated client-provider interactions in HIV service delivery have focused mainly on the views of sexual and gender minorities. This study explored the views of both Healthcare Providers (HCPs) and Sexual Minority Men (SMM) in Zambia about factors that influence client-provider interactions and how this could affect HIV service delivery. We conducted in-depth interviews with 20 HCPs (>25 years old) and 20 SMM (20-34 years ol…
Identity formation from a cross-cultural perspective
Disability inclusion in Zambia’s government Covid-19 policies
These findings underscore persistent structural barriers to equity for people with disabilities during public health crises. It highlights shortcomings by the Government of Zambia in promoting disability inclusion during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is need for improved provisions across all stages of policy design and implementation to strengthen equity and resilience in future public health emergencies
A mixed-method scoping review examining parental perspectives on heavy metal exposure in children
Parents' experiences with children exposed to lead vary by area and remain inadequately understood, particularly in low-income countries. There is an increased need for parental knowledge and active prevention measures regarding heavy metal exposure. The consequences of exposure can be dire, underscoring the urgency and seriousness of this public health issue. Therefore, further study is necessary to clarify the fundamental concepts that inform p…
Successful Goal Attainment
Goal commitment typically relates to successful goal realization. Yet, individuals differ in how much their goals correspond to their implicit motives. We hypothesized that for those adolescents high in a given implicit motive, goal commitment and goal success in the corresponding motive domain (i.e., achievement, affiliation, power) are more closely related than for those low in the implicit motive. Data were assessed in an individualistic (Germ…
Stigmatizing clinical setting erodes physician-patient interaction quality for sexual minority men through perceived HIV stigma and HIV infection concerns in Zambia
This study investigated whether perceived HIV stigma and HIV infection concerns among healthcare providers (HCPs) mediate the association between stigmatizing clinical setting and their interaction quality with sexual minority men (SMM) patients in Zambia. In 2021, a cross-sectional survey was conducted with 91 HCPs offering HIV-related services to SMM in Zambia. Path analysis was conducted to examine the potential mediation effect of “perceived …
At risk but not adequately included
The findings may contribute to the development and enhancement of policies and interventions responsive to the needs of people with disabilities in future pandemics in the Zambian context
The Impacts of Stigma Against Sexual Minority Men Within and Between Various Socioecological Levels
Sexual minority men (SMM) face persistent stigma in Zambia. From a holistic perspective, we aim to explore its impacts within and between multiple socioecological levels, demonstrating how their interactions create a vicious cycle of barriers to the well-being of SMM. In-depth interviews were conducted with 20 purposively recruited SMM from Lusaka, Zambia. All interviews were audio-recorded, after written consent, transcribed verbatim, and iterat…
Factors influencing Covid-19 health protective behaviours in Zambian university students with symptoms of low mood
Students who self-identify as having symptoms of depression have high levels of anxiety. The results suggest that interventions to reduce anxiety and promote self-efficacy might enhance students' COVID-19 protective behaviours. Qualitative data provided insight into the high rates of vaccine hesitancy in this population
Drivers of child marriage in specific settings of Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia – findings from the Yes I Do! baseline study
Multiple intersecting drivers, which were present in different degrees in each country setting, influenced the occurrence of child marriage. We found that child marriage is a manifestation of social norms, particularly related to girls' sexuality, which are intersecting with other factors at individual, social, material, and institutional level - most prominently poverty or economic constraints. Child marriage was, in some cases, a result of girl…
Physician–Patient Interaction Quality Mediates the Association Between HIV-Related Stigma and HIV-Prevention Behaviors Among Sexual Minority Men in Zambia
The Implicit Affiliation Motive, Evaluations of Social Life Events, and Life Satisfaction
Positively and negatively evaluated life events are associated with individuals’ life satisfaction. In the present study, we tested whether the link between individuals’ evaluations of life events in the social domain and their satisfaction with life is moderated by their implicit affiliation motive. Adolescent participants were recruited in Germany and Zambia. First, data on the implicit affiliation motive and life satisfaction were gathered. Ap…
Validation of the National Institute of Health Toolbox Cognition Battery (NIHTB-CB) in Children and Adolescents with and without HIV Infection in Lusaka, Zambia
Being dragged into adulthood? Young people’s agency concerning sex, relationships and marriage in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia
This study aimed to explore how young people exercise agency in rural Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia in relation to sex, relationships and marriage, to inform local programmes aiming to prevent teenage pregnancy and child marriage. In each country, focus group discussions with young people and parents, in-depth interviews with young people and a variety of other participants, and a household survey with young people (15-24 years) were conducted. W…
In the Eye of the Beholder
While a substantial number of studies have shown that perceived parenting plays an important role in identity formation, research employing a multi-informant and cross-cultural approach is still lacking. Attempting to fill this gap, we hypothesized that adolescent-reported parenting mediates the link between parent-reported parenting and identity dimensions (i.e., commitment, in-depth exploration, and reconsideration of commitment) in German and …
Associations between the implicit needs for affiliation and power and identity development in a sample of Zambian adolescents
Research indicates that identity development is impacted by implicit motives. Because research in non-Western cultures is scarce, a sample from Zambia is examined; moreover, because previous research has exclusively focused on communal motives (n Affiliation), agentic motives (n Power) are taken into account additionally. We hypothesized that implicit motives relate to identity development only when adolescents report positive parenting experienc…
Perspectives on ART adherence among Zambian adults living with HIV
Anti-retroviral treatment (ART) has improved the survival of people living with HIV in Africa. Living with chronic HIV comes with new health and functional challenges and the need to manage ART adherence. The Sepo Study applied disability frameworks to better understand living with chronic HIV while using ART. The study followed 35 people (18 women, 17 men) living with HIV and on ART 6 months or longer in private and public health facilities in L…
Types of episodic disability among people living with HIV in Zambia
HIV is increasingly recognized as a chronic illness which may result in episodic disability related to the effects of the virus, side effects of medication, co-morbidities and consequences of aging. Little is known about the episodic disability experiences of people living long-term with HIV in resource-limited countries, which is best understood by following people over time. This qualitative longitudinal study examined the episodic disability e…
Development, implementation and dissemination
Over a million people are living with HIV in Zambia, representing ∼13% of the country’s population. To increase HIV prevention communication, a community-based communication training program, the Parent–Child and Couples Communication Workshop, was developed from pilot data and culturally tailored for dissemination in Zambia. Workshop trainees (N = 195) were 18 years of age or more and community educators and counselors in the Copperbelt and Sout…
Optimism alongside new challenges
Previous research has demonstrated increased comorbidities related to the chronic effects of HIV. Rehabilitation science offers a useful approach for studying chronic illness. This longitudinal qualitative study used a rehabilitation science approach to explore the experiences over time of women and men living with HIV and on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the high HIV-prevalence setting of Lusaka, Zambia. Thirty-five participants participated i…
Use of Western Neuropsychological Test Battery in Detecting HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders (Hand) in Zambia
Experiences of work among people with disabilities who are HIV-positive in Zambia
This paper focuses on accounts of how having a disability and being HIV-positive influences experiences of work among 21 people (12 women, 9 men) in Lusaka, Zambia. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted in English, Bemba, Nyanja, or Zambian sign language. Descriptive and thematic analyses were conducted. Three major themes were generated. The first, a triple burden, describes the burden of having a disability, being HIV-positive, and…
Guantanamo Torture Litigation
Journal Article Guantánamo Torture Litigation Get access Jaykumar A. Menon Jaykumar A. Menon * * Research Fellow, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, based at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. JD Columbia Law School, Master of International Affairs, Columbia University, BA Brown University. The author has litigated torture cases on behalf of the Center for Constitutional Rights, a nonprofit organization which served as co-cou…
Stress in Doctors
This study had the objective of explored the stressful aspects of a doctor's job at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka, Zambia. Stress can have a serious effect on the work output of a doctor and on their physical and mental health. The data were collected from 41 doctors at UTH using the Perceived Stress Scale and a stress check list. The results revealed that out of the list of 14 possible stressors, Zambian doctors in this sample…
Guantanamo Torture Litigation
Journal Article Guantánamo Torture Litigation Get access Jaykumar A. Menon Jaykumar A. Menon * * Research Fellow, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, based at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. JD Columbia Law School, Master of International Affairs, Columbia University, BA Brown University. The author has litigated torture cases on behalf of the Center for Constitutional Rights, a nonprofit organization which served as co-cou…
Stress in Doctors
This study had the objective of explored the stressful aspects of a doctor's job at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka, Zambia. Stress can have a serious effect on the work output of a doctor and on their physical and mental health. The data were collected from 41 doctors at UTH using the Perceived Stress Scale and a stress check list. The results revealed that out of the list of 14 possible stressors, Zambian doctors in this sample…
Guantanamo Torture Litigation
Journal Article Guantánamo Torture Litigation Get access Jaykumar A. Menon Jaykumar A. Menon * * Research Fellow, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, based at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. JD Columbia Law School, Master of International Affairs, Columbia University, BA Brown University. The author has litigated torture cases on behalf of the Center for Constitutional Rights, a nonprofit organization which served as co-cou…
Experiences of work among people with disabilities who are HIV-positive in Zambia
This paper focuses on accounts of how having a disability and being HIV-positive influences experiences of work among 21 people (12 women, 9 men) in Lusaka, Zambia. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted in English, Bemba, Nyanja, or Zambian sign language. Descriptive and thematic analyses were conducted. Three major themes were generated. The first, a triple burden, describes the burden of having a disability, being HIV-positive, and…
Use of Western Neuropsychological Test Battery in Detecting HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders (Hand) in Zambia
Optimism alongside new challenges
Previous research has demonstrated increased comorbidities related to the chronic effects of HIV. Rehabilitation science offers a useful approach for studying chronic illness. This longitudinal qualitative study used a rehabilitation science approach to explore the experiences over time of women and men living with HIV and on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the high HIV-prevalence setting of Lusaka, Zambia. Thirty-five participants participated i…
Perspectives on ART adherence among Zambian adults living with HIV
Anti-retroviral treatment (ART) has improved the survival of people living with HIV in Africa. Living with chronic HIV comes with new health and functional challenges and the need to manage ART adherence. The Sepo Study applied disability frameworks to better understand living with chronic HIV while using ART. The study followed 35 people (18 women, 17 men) living with HIV and on ART 6 months or longer in private and public health facilities in L…
Types of episodic disability among people living with HIV in Zambia
HIV is increasingly recognized as a chronic illness which may result in episodic disability related to the effects of the virus, side effects of medication, co-morbidities and consequences of aging. Little is known about the episodic disability experiences of people living long-term with HIV in resource-limited countries, which is best understood by following people over time. This qualitative longitudinal study examined the episodic disability e…
Development, implementation and dissemination
Over a million people are living with HIV in Zambia, representing ∼13% of the country’s population. To increase HIV prevention communication, a community-based communication training program, the Parent–Child and Couples Communication Workshop, was developed from pilot data and culturally tailored for dissemination in Zambia. Workshop trainees (N = 195) were 18 years of age or more and community educators and counselors in the Copperbelt and Sout…
In the Eye of the Beholder
While a substantial number of studies have shown that perceived parenting plays an important role in identity formation, research employing a multi-informant and cross-cultural approach is still lacking. Attempting to fill this gap, we hypothesized that adolescent-reported parenting mediates the link between parent-reported parenting and identity dimensions (i.e., commitment, in-depth exploration, and reconsideration of commitment) in German and …
Associations between the implicit needs for affiliation and power and identity development in a sample of Zambian adolescents
Research indicates that identity development is impacted by implicit motives. Because research in non-Western cultures is scarce, a sample from Zambia is examined; moreover, because previous research has exclusively focused on communal motives (n Affiliation), agentic motives (n Power) are taken into account additionally. We hypothesized that implicit motives relate to identity development only when adolescents report positive parenting experienc…
The Implicit Affiliation Motive, Evaluations of Social Life Events, and Life Satisfaction
Positively and negatively evaluated life events are associated with individuals’ life satisfaction. In the present study, we tested whether the link between individuals’ evaluations of life events in the social domain and their satisfaction with life is moderated by their implicit affiliation motive. Adolescent participants were recruited in Germany and Zambia. First, data on the implicit affiliation motive and life satisfaction were gathered. Ap…
Validation of the National Institute of Health Toolbox Cognition Battery (NIHTB-CB) in Children and Adolescents with and without HIV Infection in Lusaka, Zambia
Being dragged into adulthood? Young people’s agency concerning sex, relationships and marriage in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia
This study aimed to explore how young people exercise agency in rural Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia in relation to sex, relationships and marriage, to inform local programmes aiming to prevent teenage pregnancy and child marriage. In each country, focus group discussions with young people and parents, in-depth interviews with young people and a variety of other participants, and a household survey with young people (15-24 years) were conducted. W…
The Impacts of Stigma Against Sexual Minority Men Within and Between Various Socioecological Levels
Sexual minority men (SMM) face persistent stigma in Zambia. From a holistic perspective, we aim to explore its impacts within and between multiple socioecological levels, demonstrating how their interactions create a vicious cycle of barriers to the well-being of SMM. In-depth interviews were conducted with 20 purposively recruited SMM from Lusaka, Zambia. All interviews were audio-recorded, after written consent, transcribed verbatim, and iterat…
Factors influencing Covid-19 health protective behaviours in Zambian university students with symptoms of low mood
Students who self-identify as having symptoms of depression have high levels of anxiety. The results suggest that interventions to reduce anxiety and promote self-efficacy might enhance students' COVID-19 protective behaviours. Qualitative data provided insight into the high rates of vaccine hesitancy in this population
Drivers of child marriage in specific settings of Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia – findings from the Yes I Do! baseline study
Multiple intersecting drivers, which were present in different degrees in each country setting, influenced the occurrence of child marriage. We found that child marriage is a manifestation of social norms, particularly related to girls' sexuality, which are intersecting with other factors at individual, social, material, and institutional level - most prominently poverty or economic constraints. Child marriage was, in some cases, a result of girl…
Physician–Patient Interaction Quality Mediates the Association Between HIV-Related Stigma and HIV-Prevention Behaviors Among Sexual Minority Men in Zambia
Successful Goal Attainment
Goal commitment typically relates to successful goal realization. Yet, individuals differ in how much their goals correspond to their implicit motives. We hypothesized that for those adolescents high in a given implicit motive, goal commitment and goal success in the corresponding motive domain (i.e., achievement, affiliation, power) are more closely related than for those low in the implicit motive. Data were assessed in an individualistic (Germ…
Stigmatizing clinical setting erodes physician-patient interaction quality for sexual minority men through perceived HIV stigma and HIV infection concerns in Zambia
This study investigated whether perceived HIV stigma and HIV infection concerns among healthcare providers (HCPs) mediate the association between stigmatizing clinical setting and their interaction quality with sexual minority men (SMM) patients in Zambia. In 2021, a cross-sectional survey was conducted with 91 HCPs offering HIV-related services to SMM in Zambia. Path analysis was conducted to examine the potential mediation effect of “perceived …
At risk but not adequately included
The findings may contribute to the development and enhancement of policies and interventions responsive to the needs of people with disabilities in future pandemics in the Zambian context
Factors that influence communication between healthcare providers and sexual minority men in HIV service delivery in Zambia
Studies that have investigated client-provider interactions in HIV service delivery have focused mainly on the views of sexual and gender minorities. This study explored the views of both Healthcare Providers (HCPs) and Sexual Minority Men (SMM) in Zambia about factors that influence client-provider interactions and how this could affect HIV service delivery. We conducted in-depth interviews with 20 HCPs (>25 years old) and 20 SMM (20-34 years ol…
Identity formation from a cross-cultural perspective
Disability inclusion in Zambia’s government Covid-19 policies
These findings underscore persistent structural barriers to equity for people with disabilities during public health crises. It highlights shortcomings by the Government of Zambia in promoting disability inclusion during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is need for improved provisions across all stages of policy design and implementation to strengthen equity and resilience in future public health emergencies
A mixed-method scoping review examining parental perspectives on heavy metal exposure in children
Parents' experiences with children exposed to lead vary by area and remain inadequately understood, particularly in low-income countries. There is an increased need for parental knowledge and active prevention measures regarding heavy metal exposure. The consequences of exposure can be dire, underscoring the urgency and seriousness of this public health issue. Therefore, further study is necessary to clarify the fundamental concepts that inform p…
Relationship between substance use and socio-behavioral drivers of poor ART adherence among young people with HIV in Zambia
Despite improved access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Zambia, adherence among young people with HIV (YPHIV) remains suboptimal, compromising treatment effectiveness. YPHIV face unique developmental and socio-behavioral challenges including HIV-related stigma, depression and substance use, which further undermine consistent ART adherence. Alcohol and drug use impair cognitive and emotional functioning, increasing the likelihood of disrupted m…
Psychology (18 works) · Medicine (14 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (10 works) · Public health (10 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Family medicine (8 works) · Nursing (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works)