Witness Mapanga

Biographic Data

ID7549747
NAMEWitness Mapanga
GIVEN NAMESWitness
FAMILY NAMEMapanga
SIGNATUREMAPANGA W
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of the Witwatersrand
ORCID0000-0001-8719-3084
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Food insecurity and coping strategies associate with higher risk of anxiety and depression among South African households with children

    Open AccessSiphiwe N Dlamini, Asanda Mtintsilana et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2024

    Objective: To investigate food insecurity and related coping strategies, and their associations with the risk of anxiety and depression, among South African households with children. Design: Nationally representative cross-sectional study. Tools for assessing food insecurity, coping strategies, risk of anxiety and depression were assessed from the Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project, Coping Strategies Index, Generalised Anxiety Diso…

  • Exploring the national prevalence of mental health risk, multimorbidity and the associations thereof

    Open AccessAshleigh Craig, Witness Mapanga et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Objective and methods: South Africans were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and resultant economic hardships. As a result, mental health within this region may have worsened. Therefore, using large scale nationally representative data, we repeated the cross-sectional panel study to investigate mental health risk post COVID-19 to explore mental health and multimorbidity and to examine the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) …

  • The South African breast cancer and HIV outcomes study

    Open AccessWitness Mapanga, Oluwatosin A Ayeni et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    The South African Breast Cancer and HIV Outcomes prospective cohort (SABCHO) study was established to investigate survival determinants among HIV-positive and HIV-negative SA women with breast cancer. This paper describes common and unique characteristics of the cancer centres and their participants, examining disparities in pathways to diagnosis, treatment resources and approaches adopted to mitigate resource constraints. The Johannesburg (Jhb),…

  • Perspectives on common chronic diseases in adult cancer patients in South Africa

    Open AccessMaureen Joffe, Oluwatosin A Ayeni et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2023

    There is a rising noncommunicable disease (NCD) burden in low- and middle-income countries. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) bears a higher burden than the global average with South Africa (SA) enduring the highest regional burden. SA among other southern African countries also bears a high prevalence of HIV and other chronic communicable diseases. Having a perspective on common chronic diseases in the ever-increasing numbers of adult cancer patients in …

  • Socioeconomic position, perceived weight, lifestyle risk, and multimorbidity in young adults aged 18 to 35 years

    Open AccessAshleigh Craig, Asanda Mtintsilana et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    This study confirmed poorer health outcomes in those who perceived themselves as overweight. The findings from this study further emphasise the importance of targeted intervention strategies directed at raising weight-related awareness and potentiating risk factors, specifically in those who reside in lower economic developed countries

  • Food insecurity and coping strategies and their association with anxiety and depression

    Open AccessSiphiwe N Dlamini, Ashleigh Craig et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2023

    Objective: To investigate food insecurity and related coping strategies among South African households and their associations with anxiety and depression. Design: Cross-sectional study. Food insecurity and coping strategies were assessed using a modified Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project and the Coping Strategies Index questionnaires. The Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 were used to assess anxiety…

  • The prevalence of probable depression and probable anxiety, and associations with adverse childhood experiences and socio-demographics

    Open AccessAshleigh Craig, Tamsen J Rochat et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Objective and methods Mental health problems among adults are a growing public health concern, and middle-income countries such as South Africa are disproportionally affected. Using a large scale nationally representative weighted survey, we assessed the prevalence of probable depression, probable anxiety, and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and explored associations between probable depression, probable anxiety, ACEs, socio-economic status…

  • Characteristics, enablers and barriers affecting entrepreneurial behaviour for academics in low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessAlfred Farrell, Witness Mapanga et al.ARTICLEDevelopment Southern Africa2022

    In the Fourth Industrial Revolution, academics should enhance entrepreneurial capacity to leverage digital-based advances and knowledge capital to support academic economic growth. A scoping review based on the Joanna Briggs Institute’s guiding principles, using Krueger’s intention-based entrepreneurship model as the theoretical framework, was undertaken to determine the extent of the literature related to characteristics, attributes, behaviours,…

  • Attitudes toward tobacco cessation and lung cancer screening in two South African communities

    Open AccessGrace Clarke Hillyer, Witness Mapanga et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2020

    Among men in South Africa, the prevalence of tobacco smoking is as high as 33%. Although smoking is responsible for most lung cancer in South Africa, occupational and environmental exposures contribute greatly to risk. We conducted a tobacco and lung cancer screening needs assessment and administered surveys to adults who smoked >100 cigarettes in their lifetime in Johannesburg (urban) and Kimberley (rural). We compared tobacco use, risk exposure…