Leagajang Kgakole

Biographic Data

ID6806713
NAMELeagajang Kgakole
GIVEN NAMESLeagajang
FAMILY NAMEKgakole
SIGNATUREKGAKOLE L
AFFILIATIONSCommunity Information, Empowerment and Transparency
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX1

  • Community perceptions of causes of violence against young women in Botswana

    Iván Sarmiento, Michaela Field et al.ARTICLEVulnerable Children and Youth…2023References: 5

    Violence against young women is a problem worldwide. Understanding its causes in a particular setting can inform context-specific interventions. We used Fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM), a visual method for collating local knowledge about causes of health outcomes, to explore community views of factors that cause or prevent violence against young women in rural communities in southeast Botswana. In three communities, groups of young men, young women…

  • Community perceptions about causes of suicide among young men in Botswana

    Iván Sarmiento, Leagajang Kgakole et al.ARTICLEVulnerable Children and Youth…2023Cited by: 1References: 4

    Suicide is common in Botswana, particularly among young men. Fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM) can support participatory research by depicting local stakeholder knowledge about causes of health outcomes. This study used FCM to explore local perceptions about causes of suicide among young men in rural communities close to the capital, Gaborone. In nine sessions, groups of young men, young women, older men, and older women separately mapped their knowl…

  • Acceptability and challenges of introducing an educational audio-drama about gender violence and HIV prevention into schools in Botswana

    Anne Cockcroft, Nobantu Marokoane et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2019

    Structural interventions for HIV prevention are typically complex and evaluation should include measurement of implementation. In a trial of a structural intervention for HIV prevention in Botswana we trained teachers to use an audio-drama about gender violence and HIV (BVV). We measured the use of BVV by the trained teachers, and the factors related. In three-day workshops we trained guidance teachers in primary and secondary schools to use the …

  • Can social network analysis help to include marginalised young women in structural support programmes in Botswana? A mixed methods study

    Open AccessDavid Loutfi, Neil Andersson et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2019

    Since marginalised young women seek support from others like themselves, outreach programs could use networks of women to identify and engage those who most need help from government structural support programs. Methods that rely on social networks alone may be insufficient, and so a combination of approaches, including, for instance, peers, door-to-door recruitment, and key community informants, should be explored as a strategy for reaching marg…

  • Access of choice-disabled young women in Botswana to government structural support programmes

    Anne Cockcroft, Nobantu Marokoane et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2018

    Structural factors like poverty, poor education, gender inequality, and gender violence are important in the HIV epidemic in southern Africa. Such factors constrain many people from making choices to protect themselves against HIV. The INSTRUCT cluster randomised controlled trial of a structural intervention for HIV prevention includes workshops for young women which link them with existing government structural support programmes. Fieldworkers i…