Catherine Macphail
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 297221 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Catherine Macphail |
| PRENOMES | Catherine |
| SOBRENOME | Macphail |
| ASSINATURA | MACPHAIL C |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0614-0157 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 66 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 280 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 66 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1999 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Barriers for uptake of Covid antivirals in multicultural communities – Exploring health service provider’s reflections on inequities
Timely access to COVID-19 antivirals is essential for high-risk populations; however, access remains inequitable for many multicultural communities. This study aims to capture the perspectives and experiences of frontline and multicultural support workers on barriers and enablers to antiviral access for members of multicultural communities in New South Wales (NSW) during COVID-19. We conducted three focus groups with 13 frontline and multicultura…
Barriers and Facilitators to Oral HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Use in Australia
Oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly effective, yet various barriers limit its potential as a HIV prevention strategy. This scoping review aimed to identify and quantify determinants of oral PrEP initiation and continuation among community members, and provision by healthcare providers in Australia and comparable countries (UK, Canada, and New Zealand). Three databases were searched in January 2025 for original studies published bet…
Victim-Survivor Orientated Technology-Based Interventions to Address e-DFV
Sexual health in a new cultural context
A large number of international students enrol in Australian higher education and contribute to Australia’s multicultural population. Diverse cultural backgrounds and life experiences impact international students’ knowledge of sexual health and healthy relationships. Along with unfamiliarity of the Australian healthcare system, this may place international students at risk of poor sexual health. We explored the sexual health priorities of intern…
Youth Attitudes to Domestic and Family Violence
Domestic and family violence (DFV) has been described as a “national emergency” in Australia, with a suite of policies and interventions introduced over the past decade to better support women and their children. Within these frameworks, young people have been identified as agents of change for primary prevention; however, little is known about their attitudes and knowledge of DFV. This scoping review thus sought to establish the attitudes and kn…
You Can’t Meet Everyone's Needs After-Hours”
Domestic and family violence is a significant issue in the Murrumbidgee region of New South Wales, Australia, mirroring national and international concerns about gender-based violence. Generally, there are known barriers associated with providing domestic and family violence (DFV) services in rural and remote communities; however, little research has considered the specific service needs and service barriers in the after-hours period. This is cru…
White and non-White Australian mental health care practitioners’ desirable responding, cultural competence, and racial/ethnic attitudes
The findings highlight that the current one-size-fits-all and skills-development approach to cultural competence training ignores the significant role that practitioner diversity and differences play. The recommendations from this study can inform clinical educators and supervisors about the importance of continuing professional development relevant to practitioners' age, racial/ethnic background and practitioner engagement with prior cultural co…
Social capital and wellbeing among Australian adults’ during the Covid-19 pandemic
This study describes the lived-experiences of the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on Australians' social capital and wellbeing. The findings highlight the need for interventions to increase social support, social cohesion, and social connectedness, especially among Australians from low socioeconomic areas, to enhance their overall wellbeing
The impact of conditional cash transfers for HIV prevention on peer relationships
CCTs are currently being explored for HIV prevention among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Southern Africa. However, little is known about how CCT geared towards adolescents' influence peer relationships, despite evidence that peer relationships form a critical part of development in adolescence. This article presents findings from a qualitative study that explored CCT recipients' and non-recipients' perspectives on the impact of CCTs …
The sky is the limit; I am going there”
Young women in South Africa face elevated risk of HIV infection compared to male peers. Cash transfers may mitigate their risk for HIV; however, there is limited understanding of mechanisms of impact. We explored hope as one potential mechanism. Longitudinal qualitative analysis was used to explore how cash transfer recipients in the HPTN 068 study conceptualised hope and how the intervention influenced their hope over time. We found the interven…
Food pedagogy-key elements for urban health and sustainability
Key aspects of food-related activities for developing a conceptual framework of food pedagogies - Perspectives from community food leaders in Australia
Globally, food is recognized as an issue in urban areas regarding diet-related diseases, unhealthy food environments, disconnection from culture and social relations, and environmental unsustainability. Concurrently, food also has a critical role in addressing the complex challenges cities are facing. Food pedagogies has emerged as a key element in tackling these food-related issues. However, pedagogical aspects of food are yet to be broadly expl…
Well‐being and social determinants of health among Australian adults
The social determinants of health affect an individual's capacity to cope during a crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic which could potentially impact their well-being. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between well-being and the social determinants of health among Australian adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study of adults residing in Australia was conducted using SurveyMonkey between 20 August and 14 Oc…
Marginal material or key data? Understanding community attitudes to a survey about domestic and family violence
Objectives This article examined “marginalia”—participants’ unsolicited additions to a survey conducted in regional Australia examining community attitudes to domestic and family violence. Methods Using mixed methods analysis, we examined whether there were any specific demographic or attitudinal characteristics associated with leaving marginalia on our survey. We used NVivo to thematically organize the types and content of marginalia provided by…
Australian mental health care practitioners’ construing of non-White and White people
The results reinforce the need for mental health care workers to develop cultural competence with a focus on developing awareness of the impact of frameworks of Whiteness on the experiences of non-White people. This is central to the development of a therapeutic alliance where clients feel understood and assured that their mental health concerns will not be constructed (and treated) through a framework that constrains both White and non-White peo…
The effects of a cash transfer intervention on sexual partnerships and HIV in the HPTN 068 study in South Africa
Evidence on cash transfer interventions for HIV prevention in adolescent girls and young women is unclear and indicates that they may not work uniformly in all settings. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 22 girls and young women post-intervention to determine how a cash transfer study (HPTN 068) in South Africa was perceived to influence sexual behaviours and to explore mechanisms for these changes. Participants described how the interve…
Fostering gender equality and alternatives to violence
Gender-based violence and violence against children are significant problems in South Africa. Community mobilisation and gender-transformative programming are promising approaches to address and reduce violence. A quantitative evaluation of One Man Can, a gender-transformative community mobilisation programme in South Africa, found mixed results in increasing gender-equitable behaviours and reducing violence. To better understand these findings, …
Friendships Among Young South African Women, Sexual Behaviours and Connections to Sexual Partners (HPTN 068)
Self-Esteem as an Indicator of Transactional Sex Among Young Women in Rural South Africa (HPTN 068)
Community collective efficacy is associated with reduced physical intimate partner violence (IPV) incidence in the rural province of Mpumalanga, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a human rights violation and is associated with a variety of adverse physical and mental health outcomes. Collective efficacy, defined as mutual trust among community members and willingness to intervene on the behalf of the common good, has been associated with reduced neighbourhood violence. Limited research has explored whether community collective efficacy is associated with reduced incidence of …
Cash Transfers, Young Women’s Economic Well-Being, and HIV Risk
Social determinants in the sexual health of adolescent Aboriginal Australians
Context matters
Understanding men’s networks and perceptions of leadership to promote HIV testing and treatment in Agincourt, South Africa
Understanding informal leadership in high HIV prevalence settings is important for the success of popular opinion leader (POL) and other HIV testing and treatment promotion strategies which aim to leverage the influence of these leaders. We conducted a study in Mpumalanga province, South Africa, in which we aimed to: (1) describe men's personal networks and key social relationships; and (2) describe the types of individuals men identify as leader…
Using surrogate vaccines to assess feasibility and acceptability of future HIV vaccine trials in men
Recruitment and retention of men into vaccine trials is feasible and acceptable in our setting. Findings from this surrogate vaccine trial show a high willingness to participate in future HIV vaccine trials. While access to potentially effective vaccines is important, quality health services are an equally compelling incentive for enrolment
Peer education, gender and the development of critical consciousness
I think condoms are good but, aai, I hate those things
Process guidelines for establishing Intercoder Reliability in qualitative studies
Qualitative interviews are increasingly being utilized within the context of intervention trials. While there is emerging assistance for conducting and reporting qualitative analysis, there are limited practical resources available for researchers engaging in a group coding process and interested in ensuring adequate Intercoder Reliability (ICR); the amount of agreement between two or more coders for the codes applied to qualitative text. Assessi…
Evaluating HIV/STD Interventions in Developing Countries
HIV continues to spread unabated in many developing countries. Here we consider the interventions that are currently in place and critically discuss the methods that are being used to evaluate them as reported in the published literature. In recent years there has been a move away from highly individual-oriented interventions towards more participatory approaches that emphasise techniques such as community-led peer education and group discussions…
Orphanhood and Completion of Compulsory School Education Among Young People in South Africa
We examined the association of orphanhood and completion of compulsory school education among young people in South Africa. In South Africa, school attendance is compulsory through grade 9, which should be completed before age 16. However, family and social factors such as orphanhood and poverty can hinder educational attainment. Participants were 10,452 16–24‐year‐olds who completed a South African national representative household survey. Overa…
Development, validation, and performance of a scale to measure community mobilization
Context matters
Sexual Violence and Reproductive Health Outcomes Among South African Female Youths
Objectives. We studied whether female youths from communities with higher sexual violence were at greater risk of negative reproductive health outcomes. Methods. We used data from a 2003 nationally representative household survey of youths aged 15–24 years in South Africa. The key independent variable was whether a woman had ever been threatened or forced to have sex. We aggregated this variable to the community level to determine, with control f…
Well‐being and social determinants of health among Australian adults
The social determinants of health affect an individual's capacity to cope during a crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic which could potentially impact their well-being. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between well-being and the social determinants of health among Australian adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study of adults residing in Australia was conducted using SurveyMonkey between 20 August and 14 Oc…
Marginal material or key data? Understanding community attitudes to a survey about domestic and family violence
Objectives This article examined “marginalia”—participants’ unsolicited additions to a survey conducted in regional Australia examining community attitudes to domestic and family violence. Methods Using mixed methods analysis, we examined whether there were any specific demographic or attitudinal characteristics associated with leaving marginalia on our survey. We used NVivo to thematically organize the types and content of marginalia provided by…
Desire, belonging and absence in rural places
One of the more popular and enduring characters introduced by the British sketch comedy Little Britain (2003-2006) was Daffyd Thomas, a 25-year-old gay man living in the fictional village of Llandewi Breffi, Wales. The comedy played to Daffyd's claim to be 'the only gay in the village' (shown to be blatantly untrue), his apparent homophobia and his attention-seeking behaviour, as evident in his over-the-top dress sense. Yet, what made the comedy …
Perceptions of Sexual Risk Compensation Following Posttrial HIV Vaccine Uptake Among Young South Africans
Concerns about the impact of risk compensation on advances in biomedical human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention technologies have been documented. We conducted an exploratory qualitative study using focus group discussions with young South African men and women (aged 18 to 24 years) to explore perceptions of risk compensation with regard to a hypothetical posttrial HIV vaccine. During the discussions, participants expressed their disquiet …
Evaluating HIV/STD Interventions in Developing Countries
HIV continues to spread unabated in many developing countries. Here we consider the interventions that are currently in place and critically discuss the methods that are being used to evaluate them as reported in the published literature. In recent years there has been a move away from highly individual-oriented interventions towards more participatory approaches that emphasise techniques such as community-led peer education and group discussions…
I think condoms are good but, aai, I hate those things
Peer education, gender and the development of critical consciousness
Potential for an intervention based on male circumcision in a South African town with high levels of HIV infection
The study aims to investigate the potential for an intervention based on male circumcision in a South African town with a high level of HIV infection. It draws on two cross-sectional studies conducted in August 2000 among a sample of 606 male adults aged 13-59 years, and in August 1999 among a sample of 723 male youth aged 14-24 years. A qualitative study was further conducted on perceptions and attitudes towards male circumcision using focus gro…
Challenging dominant norms of masculinity for HIV prevention
Within South Africa there is a growing HIV epidemic, particularly among young heterosexual people. A recent report (NMF/HSRC, 2002) indicates that levels of HIV infection among young people aged 15-24 years are 9.3% although other studies in more specific locations have shown levels to be higher than this. One of the best means of developing successful and innovative HIV prevention programmes for young people is to enhance our understandings of y…
Young people's sexual health in South Africa
OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of HIV infection, HIV risk factors, and exposure to national HIV prevention programs, and to identify factors associated with HIV infection among South African youth, aged 15-24 years. DESIGN: A cross-sectional, nationally representative, household survey. METHODS: From March to August 2003 we conducted a national survey of HIV prevalence and sexual behavior among 11 904 15-24 year olds. Multivariable model…
Youth-Driven HIV Prevention Programmes in South Africa
The community-level attributes of two youth HIV prevention initiatives in a single community are examined using the concepts of social capital, empowerment and critical consciousness. The school-based peer education programme and youth-initiated public clinic ‘add-on’ facility for the treatment of adolescent sexually transmitted diseases had differing experiences in terms of implementation, community acceptance, sustainability and achieving their…
Association Between Knowing Someone Who Died of Aids and Behavior Change Among South African Youth
Keep them in school
OBJECTIVE: To identify risk factors for HIV infection among young women aged 15-24 years reporting one lifetime partner in South Africa. Design In 2003, we conducted a nationally representative household survey of sexual behaviour and HIV testing among 11 904 young people aged 15-24 years in South Africa. This analysis focuses on the subset of sexually experienced young women with only one reported lifetime sex partner (n = 1708). METHODS: Using …
Factors Associated with HIV Testing Among Public Sector Clinic Attendees in Johannesburg, South Africa
Consistent Condom Use in South African Youth’s Most Recent Sexual Relationships
Orphanhood and Completion of Compulsory School Education Among Young People in South Africa
We examined the association of orphanhood and completion of compulsory school education among young people in South Africa. In South Africa, school attendance is compulsory through grade 9, which should be completed before age 16. However, family and social factors such as orphanhood and poverty can hinder educational attainment. Participants were 10,452 16–24‐year‐olds who completed a South African national representative household survey. Overa…
Early Coital Debut and Associated HIV Risk Factors Among Young Women and Men in South Africa
CONTEXT: Young people in South Africa are at high risk of HIV infection.Because first sexual experiences may influence a young person's HIV risk,a better understanding of coital debut is needed
Factors associated with HIV testing among sexually active South African youth aged 15–24 years
HIV infection is high among South African youth but most report being unaware of their HIV status. We explored the correlates of HIV testing using data from youth aged 15-24 years old who reported being sexually experienced during a national survey conducted in South Africa in 2003 (N=7665). Among sexually experienced youth, 32.7% of females and 17.7% of males reported having been tested for HIV. In multivariable analysis, ever being pregnant (OR…
Managing men
Women in sub-Saharan Africa are at high risk of HIV infection and may struggle to negotiate condom use. This has led to a focus on the development of female-controlled barrier methods such as the female condom, microbicides and the diaphragm. One of the advantages of such products is their contribution to female empowerment through attributes that make covert use possible. We used focus groups to discuss covert use of barrier methods with a sampl…
Sexual Violence and Reproductive Health Outcomes Among South African Female Youths
Objectives. We studied whether female youths from communities with higher sexual violence were at greater risk of negative reproductive health outcomes. Methods. We used data from a 2003 nationally representative household survey of youths aged 15–24 years in South Africa. The key independent variable was whether a woman had ever been threatened or forced to have sex. We aggregated this variable to the community level to determine, with control f…
Continued High Risk Sexual Behavior Following Diagnosis with Acute HIV Infection in South Africa and Malawi
Can Money Prevent the Spread of HIV? A Review of Cash Payments for HIV Prevention
If I buy the Kellogg's then he should [buy] the milk’
Ideals of masculinity and femininity may limit South African women's decision making power in relationships and increase their risk of HIV infection. We conducted 30 in-depth interviews with 18-24-year-old women in inner-city Johannesburg with the aim of understanding young women's expectations of intimate relationships with men, their perceptions of gender and power and how this influences HIV risk. We found that the majority of young women repo…
Perceptions of Sexual Risk Compensation Following Posttrial HIV Vaccine Uptake Among Young South Africans
Concerns about the impact of risk compensation on advances in biomedical human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention technologies have been documented. We conducted an exploratory qualitative study using focus group discussions with young South African men and women (aged 18 to 24 years) to explore perceptions of risk compensation with regard to a hypothetical posttrial HIV vaccine. During the discussions, participants expressed their disquiet …
Using HPV vaccination for promotion of an adolescent package of care
There is generally support for the delivery of adolescent preventive health services. Despite national priorities to address adolescent health needs, our data suggest that national policies might not always be appropriate for vastly different local situations. While decisions about interventions to include have traditionally been made at country level, our results suggest that local context needs to be taken account of. We suggest low resource st…
Acceptability and Feasibility of Cash Transfers for HIV Prevention Among Adolescent South African Women
Validity of the patient health questionnaire-9 to screen for depression in a high-HIV burden primary healthcare clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa
Feasibility and acceptability of Project Connect
Given the importance of couples to the transmission of HIV, interventions focusing on both members of a partnership can play an important role in its prevention. We adapted and pilot-tested Project Connect, an evidence-based HIV prevention intervention for couples, to determine its acceptability and feasibility among a sample of young urban South African couples. We recruited couples from a clinic in inner-city Johannesburg to take part in the st…
Concerns about partner infidelity are a barrier to adoption of HIV-prevention strategies among young South African couples
As part of a larger study to examine the feasibility and acceptability of a couples-based HIV-prevention intervention, we conducted formative in-depth interviews with 10 couples to explore topics such as challenges in practising safer sex, HIV-prevention strategies, gender power and violence, and issues of trust and infidelity. In this study, both men and women perceived infidelity as ubiquitous in their social context and were therefore unable t…
Medicine (51 obras) · Psychology (41 obras) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (40 obras) · Sociology (33 obras) · Environmental health (29 obras) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (29 obras) · Population (28 obras) · Social Psychology (28 obras) · Demography (26 obras) · Public health (26 obras)