Leickness C Simbayi

Dados Biográficos

ID281213
NOMELeickness C Simbayi
PRENOMESLeickness C
SOBRENOMESimbayi
ASSINATURASIMBAYI L C
AFILIAÇÕESHuman Sciences Research Council
ORCID0000-0001-6136-4092
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS77
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES177
TOTAL COMO AUTOR77
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO1986
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H7

  • Piloting the feasibility of a population-based joint TB-HIV survey in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, 2019

    Open AccessPelagia Murangandi, Olanrewaju Oladimeji et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    South Africa bears a high burden of infectious diseases, including intersecting epidemics of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB). Among people living with HIV, TB is the predominant cause of death. Since 2002, South Africa has conducted six national population-based HIV surveys, and its first national TB prevalence survey between 2017 and 2019. Given the epidemiologic overlap of these conditions and dwindling resources, a joi…

  • Seroprevalence survey of anti-Sars-CoV-2 antibody and associated factors in South Africa

    Open AccessSizulu Moyo, Leickness C Simbayi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Population-based serological testing is important to understand the epidemiology and estimate the true cumulative incidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to inform public health interventions. This study reports findings of a national household population SARS-CoV-2 serosurvey in people 12 years and older in South Africa. This cross-sectional multi-stage random stratified cluster survey undertaken from November 2…

  • The HIV Epidemic in South Africa

    Open AccessKhangelani Zuma, Leickness Simbayi et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    South Africa has the largest number of people living with HIV worldwide. South Africa has implemented five population-based HIV prevalence surveys since 2002 aimed at understanding the dynamics and the trends of the epidemic. This paper presents key findings from the fifth HIV prevalence, incidence, and behaviour survey conducted in 2017 following policy, programme, and epidemic change since the prior survey was conducted in 2012. A cross-section…

  • Is There Risk Compensation among HIV Infected Youth and Adults 15 Years and Older on Antiretroviral Treatment in South Africa? Findings from the 2017 National HIV Prevalence, Incidence, Behaviour and …

    Open AccessNompumelelo Zungu, Musawenkosi Mabaso et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    In this paper, risk compensation among individuals on antiretroviral therapy (ART), using the 2017 South African national survey on HIV, is explored. A multi-stage stratified cluster random sampling approach was used to realize 11,130 participants 15 years and older. Logistic regression analysis assessed the association between multiple sexual partners, condom use at last sexual encounter, consistency of condom usage and potential explanatory var…

  • Developing and validating the Multidimensional Sexual Identity Stigma Scale among men who have sex with men in South Africa

    Open AccessCarolyn Brown, Patrick S Sullivan et al.ARTICLEStigma and Health2021

  • Factors associated with external HIV-related stigma and psychological distress among people living with HIV in South Africa

    Open AccessNolusindiso Ncitakalo, Musawenkosi Mabaso et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2021

    The findings suggest a need to reinvigorate stigma-reduction interventions in the national HIV response with emphasis on HIV awareness and education campaigns. In addition, HIV testing services should be reinforced through communication strategies targeted against HIV stigmatization, discrimination and fear. There is also a need to continuously engage PLHIV in programs through counselling and support interventions for acceptance of HIV positive s…

  • Socio-economic differences in the uptake of HIV testing and associated factors in South Africa

    Open AccessSean Jooste, Musawenkosi Mabaso et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    HIV testing interventions should target males, residents in rural formal areas, those with no or low education and those that consume alcohol in low SES households, including Whites and Indians/Asians from high SES households in order to bridge socio-economic disparities in the uptake of HIV testing. This should entail expanding HIV testing beyond traditional centres for voluntary counselling and testing through outreach efforts, including mobile…

  • Association Between ART Adherence and Mental Health

    Open AccessEdmore Marinda, Nompumelelo Zungu et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021

  • HIV Prevalence and Associated Factors Among Men in South Africa 30 Years into the Epidemic

    Open AccessTawanda Makusha, Musawenkosi Mabaso et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021

  • Towards achieving the 90–90–90 HIV targets

    Open AccessEdmore Marinda, Leickness Simbayi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    South Africa appears to be on track to achieve the first 90 indicator by 2020. However, it is behind on the second 90 indicator with ART coverage that was ~ 20-percentage points below the target among people who knew their HIV status, this indicates deficiencies around linkage to and retention on ART. Overall viral suppression among those on ART is approaching the target at 87.4%, but this must be interpreted in the context of low reported ART co…

  • The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework

    Open AccessAnne Stangl, Valerie A Earnshaw et al.ARTICLEBMC Medicine2019

    Stigma is a well-documented barrier to health seeking behavior, engagement in care and adherence to treatment across a range of health conditions globally. In order to halt the stigmatization process and mitigate the harmful consequences of health-related stigma (i.e. stigma associated with health conditions), it is critical to have an explicit theoretical framework to guide intervention development, measurement, research, and policy. Existing st…

  • HIV prevalence in South Africa through gender and racial lenses

    Open AccessMusawenkosi Mabaso, Lehlogonolo Makola et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2019

    Gender and racial disparities rooted in structural and contextual inequalities remain important factors for the maintenance of the generalized HIV epidemic in the country. HIV prevention interventions need to cut across all strata of society but also target risk factors salient for specific groups. Alleviating vulnerability to HIV along gender and racial lines should also be viewed as part of a broader public health strategy

  • Determinants of HIV infection among adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 years in South Africa

    Open AccessMusawenkosi Mabaso, Zinhle Sokhela et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    These findings support the need to design combination prevention interventions which simultaneously address socio-economic drivers of the HIV epidemic, promote education, equity and access to schooling, and target age-disparate partnerships, inconsistent condom use and risky alcohol consumption

  • Prevalence of psychological distress and its association with socio-demographic and HIV-risk factors in South Africa

    Open AccessJacqueline Mthembu, Musawenkosi Mabaso et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2017

    There is a need to develop strategies to alleviate psychological distress in the general population, with a particular focus on those who may be more vulnerable to distress such as females, the aged, excessive alcohol users, the unemployed, people living with HIV and those residing in urban areas as identified in the current findings

  • Alcohol Use, Socioeconomic Status and Risk of HIV Infections

    Open AccessCharlotte Probst, Leickness C Simbayi et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2017

  • Intimate partner violence as a factor associated with risky sexual behaviours and alcohol misuse amongst men in South Africa

    Jacqueline Mthembu, J C Mthembu et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2016

    Globally intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health problem that can be perpetrated by both males and females, although males are more likely to inflict severe IPV-related injuries on their female partners. In low- and middle-income countries like South Africa, few studies have conducted research to determine whether IPV perpetration by men may be a risk factor for engaging in other risk behaviours. The aim of this study is to determine w…

  • New insights into HIV epidemic in South Africa

    Khangelani Zuma, Olive Shisana et al.ARTICLEAfrican Journal of AIDS Research2016

    This article presents key findings from the 2012 HIV prevalence, incidence and behaviour survey conducted in South Africa and explores trends in the HIV epidemic. A representative household based survey collected behavioural and biomedical data among people of all ages. Chi-squared test for association and formal trend tests (2002, 2005, 2008 and 2012) were used to test for associations and trends in the HIV epidemic across the four surveys. In 2…

  • HIV risk perception and behavior among medically and traditionally circumcised males in South Africa

    Open AccessNompumelelo Zungu, N P Zungu et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    There is a need to strengthen and improve the quality of the counselling component of VMMC with the focus on education about the real and present risk for HIV infection associated with multiple sexual partners and alcohol abuse following circumcision

  • Predictors of knowledge about tuberculosis

    Open AccessPamela Naidoo, Leickness Simbayi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    To reduce the burden of tuberculosis in South Africa, media campaigns targeting both rural and urban communities should include conveying accurate information about the disease. Policy makers should also address structural barriers that vulnerable communities face

  • HIV Serostatus Disclosure to Sexual Partners Among Sexually Active People Living with HIV in South Africa

    Open AccessLeickness C Simbayi, Nompumelelo Zungu et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2016

  • Sexual Risk Behaviors

    Open AccessLeickness C SimbayiCHAPTERInternational Encyclopedia of the…2015

  • Alcohol Expectancies and Inhibition Conflict as Moderators of the Alcohol–Unprotected Sex Relationship

    Open AccessSusan M Kiene, Leickness C Simbayi et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2015

  • Antiretroviral Treatment and Sexual Risk Behavior in South Africa

    Open AccessKathryn A Risher, Kathryn Risher et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2015

  • Covariates of condom use in South Africa

    Leickness C Simbayi, Gladys Matseke et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2014

    Condom use has increased significantly over the past decade among all adult age groups in South Africa, and it is widely believed to have played a major role in the recent significant decline in HIV incidence in the country, especially among young people. This study investigated the demographic, behavioural and psychosocial correlates of condom use at last sex among a national random probability sample of sexually experienced respondents aged 15 …

  • Exploring risk and protective mechanisms associated with HIV infection among adolescents in South Africa

    Pamela Naidoo, Geri R Donenberg et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2014

    This study explored South African adolescents’ perceived risk and protection for HIV infection. Adolescents (N=28) with a mean age of 14.6 years receiving mental health care participated in Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) to engage in an in-depth exploration of their perceived risk and protective mechanisms for HIV prevention. The data were analysed using thematic content analysis. Themes that emerged from the FGDs associated with risk for HIV inf…