Nicola Christofides

Dados Biográficos

ID1445658
NOMENicola Christofides
PRENOMESNicola
SOBRENOMEChristofides
ASSINATURACHRISTOFIDES N
AFILIAÇÕESUniversity of the Witwatersrand
ORCID0000-0002-3559-6401
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS44
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES29
TOTAL COMO AUTOR44
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO1999
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H3

  • Career trajectories of master of public health graduates from South African universities

    Open AccessVirginia Zweigenthal, Nicola Christofides et al.ARTICLEHuman Resources for Health2026

  • Attempted Femicide

    Open AccessRachel Jewkes, Shibe Mhlongo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2026

    Purpose Women often do not recognize when they experience attempted femicide, so another way of measuring it is needed for research. We examined narrative accounts of femicide attempts, and analysed data to determine whether we could systematically expand the definition of attempted femicide, for the purposes of research. Methods We recruited a non-probability sample of 3742 women into the Fedisa ModikologoStudy. They were 18–45 years and had exp…

  • Children’s Voices Matter

    Open AccessHannabeth Franchino-Olsen, Pam Maluleke et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2026Referências: 14

    Young children should be included in research that investigates their life experiences, as this honors their rights to inclusion and allows their voices to be heard. This paper summarizes key themes, takeaways, and recommendations gathered from a multi-year research study regarding how to include young children in violence against children research, where feedback on the scope, methods, and consequences was sought from child participants and stud…

  • Perceptions of South Africa’s master of public health graduates on the degree’s contribution to their leadership at work and in society

    Open AccessVirginia Zweigenthal, Nicola Christofides et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Introduction: Integrating public health functions into national health systems is essential to enhance population health. The Master of Public Health (MPH) degree is an important foundation for public health practice in low-and middle-income countries such as South Africa. However, insufficient evidence on individual motivations for undertaking the MPH and the perceptions of graduates on the utility of the degree at work and in society and its co…

  • Gender beliefs and norms underlying intimate partner violence stigma among women living in Botswana

    Open AccessAri R Ho-Foster, Mercilene Machisa et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Gender inequitable beliefs, blaming attitudes, externalised and internalised stigma are commonly recognised barriers for intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors seeking help. However, the measurement of IPV stigma, its associations with inequitable gender beliefs and impacts on survivor disclosure, help-seeking behaviours, and mental health outcomes remain understudied. We explored women’s agreement with statements about gendered power dynamics…

  • What Are the Mechanisms Underpinning Intergenerational Transmission of Violence Perpetration? A Realist Review

    Open AccessFranziska Meinck, Mengyao Lu et al.ARTICLETrauma Violence & Abuse2025

    Successive generations are more likely to carry out acts of violence in households where an individual has either perpetrated or been subjected to violence. While research to date has mostly concentrated on direct associations between violence experience or perpetration in generation 1 and violence perpetration in generation 2, there is limited evidence regarding the underlying mechanisms of the transmission of intergenerational violence perpetra…

  • Service delivery characteristics preferences and trade-offs for long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis among female students in tertiary institutions in South Africa

    Open AccessPatience Shamu, Saiqa Mullick et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2025

    Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention promises women more control over HIV prevention. To alleviate low PrEP uptake, rolling out long-acting PrEP methods could increase uptake in women's preferred ways. The study sought to determine injectable PrEP service delivery characteristics that effectively meet young women's service needs. In 2023, we conducted a discrete choice experiment in South African tertiary institutions. We recru…

  • How Does the Mother-Daughter Relationship Explain Patterns of Intergenerational Violence? Findings from a Multigenerational Study in South Africa

    Open AccessN Woollett, Pamela Maluleke et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2025Referências: 6

    Interpersonal violence is a pervasive experience for women and girls in South Africa. Interpersonal violence occurs early in development and is sustained over the life course with risks of replication across generations. Most children in South Africa are raised by women as fathers are frequently absent, rendering this caregiving relationship particularly significant. We aimed to understand how the mother/caregiver-daughter relationship may impact…

  • “I’ve accepted it because at the end of the day there is nothing, I can do about it”

    Open AccessMpho Silima, Nicola Christofides et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    In South Africa, Mental Health (MH), HIV, and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) form a syndemic, that disproportionately affects women. These challenges are often co-occurring and create complex adversities for women. Recognising these intersections and the broader socio-cultural dynamics at play is crucial to understanding the layered experiences of these women and developing effective interventions. This research explores the experiences of the w…

  • Co-occurring Intimate Partner Violence, Mental Health, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and Parenting Among Women

    Open AccessMpho Silima, Nicola Christofides et al.ARTICLETrauma Violence & Abuse2024

    Little research exists on the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-intimate partner violence (IPV)-mental health (MH) syndemic impact on parenting. The objective of this scoping review is to identify and summarize the available evidence regarding the syndemic relationship between HIV or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), IPV, and poor MH among mothers and caregivers who identify as women. We conducted the review according to the Joanna Bri…

  • Moving towards social inclusion

    Open AccessAviva Tugendhaft, Nicola Christofides et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2024

    BACKGROUND: Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) in the context of limited resources will require prioritising the most vulnerable and ensuring health policies and services are responsive to their needs. One way of addressing this is through the engagement of marginalised voices in the priority setting process. Public engagement approaches that enable group level deliberation as well as individual level preference capturing might be valuable…

  • Pathways to transactional sex among peri-urban South African women

    Open AccessSarah Magni, Abigail M Hatcher et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2024

    Transactional sex increases sub-Saharan African women's risk of HIV acquisition.We quantitatively explored the pathways contributing towards women's future engagement in transactional sex with casual partners and khwapheni (secret concurrent sex partners).We conducted secondary data analysis from a cluster randomised controlled trial in urban informal settlements in eThekwini Municipality.,South Africa.Data were collected at enrolment (t0) and 24…

  • Perceptions of the attributes of new long-acting HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis formulations compared with a daily, oral dose among South African young women

    Open AccessPatience Shamu, Saiqa Mullick et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2024

    Oral PrEP is highly effective against the acquisition of HIV but is underutilised by young women. New options, like the monthly dapivirine vaginal ring (DVR) and injectable long-acting cabotegravir (CAB-LA), are emerging. However, little is known about young women's perceptions of these alternatives. This qualitative study explored perceptions of the attributes of PrEP technologies in South Africa. Young women accessing sexual health services wer…

  • Addressing unmet social needs for improved maternal and child nutrition

    Open AccessAgnes Erzse, Cosmas Desmond et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2024

    Maternal and child malnutrition persists globally, despite existing healthcare and social protection systems. Socio-economic disadvantages contribute to high malnutrition rates, particularly in poor urban communities where many disadvantaged mothers cannot fully benefit from services. To address these disparities, a novel social needs framework has been proposed, emphasising the importance of addressing individuals' unmet needs to enhance the ben…

  • Identifying pregnant and postpartum women’s priorities for enhancing nutrition support through social needs programmes in a resource-constrained urban community in South Africa

    Open AccessAgnes Erzse, Cosmas Desmond et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    Women expressed strong views about which programmes should be prioritised to support mothers and pregnant women in addressing their social needs and improving nutrition. Key areas included providing support with job searching and entrepreneurship, accessing childcare and the healthy foods recommended at clinics, as well as finding information on available community and government services. Leveraging multisectoral collaboration, aligned policy ob…

  • ‘Through the drawings…they are able to tell you straight’

    Open AccessN Woollett, Nicola Christofides et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Arts-based methods are underutilized in violence research and may offer improved means of understanding these phenomena; but little is known about their value, especially in low-resource settings. A pilot study using a cross sectional sample was conducted in rural South Africa to determine the feasibility and acceptability of using arts-based methods in research with adults and children, in preparation for a longitudinal multigenerational cohort …

  • Pooled analysis of the association between food insecurity and violence against women

    Open AccessRachel Jewkes, Esnat Chirwa et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2023

    Background: Intimate partner violence impacts relationships across the socioeconomic spectrum, nonetheless its prevalence is reported to be highest in areas that are most socio-economically deprived. Poverty has direct and indirect impacts on intimate partner violence (IPV) risk, however, one of the postulated pathways is through food insecurity. The aim of this paper is to describe the association between food insecurity (household hunger) and w…

  • Interrupting the intergenerational cycle of violence

    Open AccessFranziska Meinck, N Woollett et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    Background Violence is a global social and human rights issue with serious public health implications across the life-course. Interpersonal violence is transmitted across generations and there is an urgent need to understand the mechanisms of this transmission to identify and inform interventions and policies for prevention and response. We lack an evidence-base for understanding the underlying mechanisms of the intra- and intergenerational trans…

  • Intimate partner violence and HIV treatment adherence in urban South Africa

    Open AccessAbigail M Hatcher, Janet M Turan et al.ARTICLESSM - Mental Health2022

    Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has potential to eliminate perinatal HIV infections, but adherence to ART in late pregnancy and postpartum is often suboptimal. Intimate partner violence (IPV) may influence non-adherence among perinatal women living with HIV (WWH), but few quantitative studies have examined this over time or explored mechanisms for this association. Methods: 133). Trained nurse researchers administered questionnaires at f…

  • The HIV Cascade of Care and Service Utilisation at Sex Work Programmes Among Female Sex Workers in South Africa

    Open AccessMaya Jaffer, Nicola Christofides et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2022

    Female sex workers (FSWs) in South Africa experience a uniquely high prevalence of HIV. We describe the HIV cascade of care (CoC) in FSWs in South Africa, and explored service utilisation at sex work programmes. A cross-sectional, study enrolled FSWs across 12 sites in South Africa. Participants were recruited using chain-referral method. Inclusion criteria: ≥ 18 years, cis-gender female, sold/transacted in sex, HIV positive. 1862 HIV positive FS…

  • Gendered syndemic of intimate partner violence, alcohol misuse, and HIV risk among peri-urban, heterosexual men in South Africa

    Open AccessAbigail M Hatcher, A Gibbs et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2022Citada por: 12Referências: 52

    Men whose sexual behaviors place them at risk of HIV often exhibit a "cluster" of risky behaviors, including alcohol misuse and violence against women. Called the "Substance Abuse, Violence and AIDS (SAVA) syndemic," this intersecting set of issues is poorly understood among heterosexual men in sub-Saharan Africa. We conducted a baseline survey with a cohort of men in an informal, peri-urban settlement near Johannesburg during the period of Jan -…

  • “Knowledge I seek because culture doesn’t work anymore … It doesn’t work, death comes”

    Open AccessJane Simmonds, Charles Parry et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    This study highlights the need for interventions that focus on improving gogos' knowledge about sexual reproductive health in addition to providing them with the skills to talk about sex, sexuality and HIV and AIDS with children in their care

  • Deliberative engagement methods on health care priority-setting in a rural South African community

    Open AccessAviva Tugendhaft, Karen Hofman et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2021

    Public engagement in priority-setting for health is increasingly recognized as a means to ensure more ethical, inclusive and legitimate decision-making processes, especially in the context of Universal Health Coverage where demands outweigh the available resources and difficult decisions need to be made. Deliberative approaches are often viewed as especially useful in considering social values and balancing trade-offs, however, implementation of …

  • HIV non-testing, perpetration of violence against women, and sexual risk-behaviour

    Open AccessTeurai Rwafa-Ponela, Ruari‐santiago Mcbride et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2021

    Despite HIV testing having improved globally, men remain disproportionately less likely to test for HIV. While violence against women (VAW) and HIV risk have a strong association among women, few studies explore men around VAW perpetration, risky-sexual behaviour, and HIV testing. Males aged 18-42 years were recruited from a peri-urban settlement near Johannesburg, South Africa. Data were from an endline of a trial. We used logistic regression to…

  • Prevalence and factors associated with PTSD among female urban slum dwellers in Ibadan, Nigeria

    Open AccessOlutoyin Sekoni, Sumaya Mall et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    The prevalence of PTSD among women living in Ibadan slums was relatively low. Both child sexual abuse and intimate partner violence can be prevented. We also recommend longitudinal studies to better understand risk and protective factors