Khumbulani Hlongwana
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 331128 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Khumbulani Hlongwana |
| PRENOMES | Khumbulani |
| SOBRENOME | Hlongwana |
| ASSINATURA | HLONGWANA K |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1777-0402 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2007 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
“It Changes You: ” The Medium-Term Effects of Managing Patients With Covid-19 On Health Care Workers in a Covid-19 Isolation Centre, South Africa
COVID-19 is a highly transmissible viral infection that caused a substantial global health burden with over 700 million and 4 million cases recorded globally and in South Africa, respectively, by the year 2024. The spread of COVID-19 soon became a crisis that necessitated deviations in the standard of care in health facilities, thus placing health care workers (HCWs) under added physical and emotional pressure. This study explored the medium-term…
Mapping global evidence on compassion fatigue among healthcare workers during Covid-19: Insights and implications for future preparedness – a scoping review
Background: Compassion fatigue (CF) is a critical occupational hazard for healthcare workers (HCWs), intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic, with implications for well-being, retention, and quality of care. We aimed to map the global evidence on CF prevalence, risk factors, effects, interventions, and research gaps among HCWs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A scoping review of 56 studies from 21 countries (2020-2025) was conducted following …
Food handlers’ insights into the barriers and facilitators to safe food handling in charitable food assistance programs in eThekwini District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
These findings underscore the complex interplay between structural and organizational factors that influence food safety and highlight the need for policy interventions and capacity-building strategies to safeguard food quality in charitable food settings. While cultural and socio-demographic factors such as gender, age, and lived experiences of food handlers were recorded, their influence on food safety practices was not explored in depth and wa…
The Prevalence of Compassion Fatigue among Oncology Healthcare Professionals in Three Public Healthcare Facilities in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Compassion fatigue (CF) is a serious global challenge among healthcare professionals dealing with diseases with poor health outcomes in clinical settings. Chronic exposure to the suffering of others is inevitable in the oncology setting and remains one of the main contributors to CF. Therefore, this study determined the prevalence of CF among oncology healthcare professionals (OHPs) in three public healthcare facilities in KwaZulu-Natal, South Af…
Facilitators and Barriers to HPV Self-Sampling as a Cervical Cancer Screening Option among Women Living with HIV in Rural Uganda
Background : There is a paucity of studies exploring women living with HIV's (WLWH) experiences relating to human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling as cervical cancer (CC) screening approach, either at the clinic or at the home setting, using qualitative methods. Our study explored facilitators and barriers to HPV self-sampling as a CC screening approach among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected women, as supported by the new WHO guideli…
Motivators and Influencers of Adolescent Girls’ Decision Making Regarding Contraceptive Use in Four Districts of Zambia
Low contraceptive use in sub-Saharan Africa, and Zambia specifically, negates the potential benefits of contraception in preventing unwanted and early pregnancies. This study aimed to explore and understand the motivators and influencers of adolescent girls' contraceptive decision making. Using thematic analysis, we analysed qualitative data from seven focus group discussions and three key informant interviews with adolescent girls aged 15 to 19 …
Why Am I Even Here If I Can’t Save the Patients?”: The Frontline Healthcare Workers’ Experience of Burnout during Covid-19 Pandemic in Mthatha, South Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic brought about a rapid change in the work environment of healthcare workers who are the backbone of efficient healthcare services, thereby rendering them vulnerable to increased burnout risks. This study provides strategic information for policymakers and managers on developing and strengthening welfare policies to promote and protect frontline health workers' well-being and work functioning
Understanding adolescent girls’ experiences with accessing and using contraceptives in Zambia
The multifactorial interaction relating to adolescents' personal experience, their community and the environment in which they access contraceptive services all contribute to their overall experience and influence their contraceptive decisions. Therefore, qualitative studies exploring adolescents' experiences with accessing and using contraceptives are vital for tailoring interventions responsive to the contraceptive needs of this age group
Improving Timely Access to Diagnostic and Treatment Services for Lung Cancer Patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Priority-Setting through Nominal Group Techniques
The inadequacy of supportive systems for access to healthcare services negates the government efforts to curb the rising lung cancer-related fatalities in South Africa
Lung Cancer Patients’ Conceptualization of Care Coordination in Selected Public Health Facilities of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
An integrated care coordination setup is essential to create and sustain a high-performance health care system. These findings make a case for developing, implementing, and evaluating interventions to enhance the quality of cancer care for patients and ultimately improve health outcomes for patients in KwaZulu-Natal. This study will provide comprehensive data to inform professionals, policymakers, and related decisionmakers to manage and improve …
Men’s conceptualization of gender-based violence directed to women in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, South Africa
The study results provided important insights on how men conceptualize GBV in Alexandra Township, South Africa. These results revealed that socio-economic conditions, alongside some gender stereotypes are pervasive and shape how men view GBV in Alexandra Township. This evidence is necessary for developing interventions aimed at curbing GBV and may also be suggestive of the need to redesign programmes targeting men, so that certain stereotypes can…
Exploring the mechanism through which a child-friendly storybook addresses barriers to child-participation during HIV care in primary healthcare settings in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
This study provided evidence on how the Talk tool storybook addresses barriers to child-participation in the HIV care process. The evidence generated from this study is compelling enough to recommend the scale-up of this innovation in low-resource settings
Health systems influence on the pathways of care for lung cancer in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review
User-provider experiences of the implementation of KidzAlive-driven child-friendly spaces in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Child-friendly spaces promote HIV positive children's right to participation and agency in accessing care. However, more rigorous quantitative evaluation is required to determine their impact on children's HIV-related health outcomes
Towards the implementation of malaria elimination policy in South Africa: The stakeholders’ perspectives
BACKGROUND: The past decade has seen substantial global reduction in malaria morbidity and mortality due to increased international funding and decisive steps by the international malaria community to fight malaria. South Africa has been declared ready to institute malaria elimination. However, research on the factors that would affect this policy implementation is inadequate. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the stakeholders' understanding of the malar…
HIV/Aids through the lens of Christianity: Perspectives from a South African urban support group
HIV is one of the most obscure viruses that humankind has had to face in recent times. Compounding this obscurity are often contesting perspectives on what it means to be HIV infected, and these perspectives are largely constituted by people's rationalisation of complex situations or experiences. Using qualitative research methods and ethnography in particular, this paper reflects on a broad understanding of what it means to live with HIV in the …
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HIV/Aids through the lens of Christianity: Perspectives from a South African urban support group
HIV is one of the most obscure viruses that humankind has had to face in recent times. Compounding this obscurity are often contesting perspectives on what it means to be HIV infected, and these perspectives are largely constituted by people's rationalisation of complex situations or experiences. Using qualitative research methods and ethnography in particular, this paper reflects on a broad understanding of what it means to live with HIV in the …
Towards the implementation of malaria elimination policy in South Africa: The stakeholders’ perspectives
BACKGROUND: The past decade has seen substantial global reduction in malaria morbidity and mortality due to increased international funding and decisive steps by the international malaria community to fight malaria. South Africa has been declared ready to institute malaria elimination. However, research on the factors that would affect this policy implementation is inadequate. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the stakeholders' understanding of the malar…
Health systems influence on the pathways of care for lung cancer in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review
User-provider experiences of the implementation of KidzAlive-driven child-friendly spaces in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Child-friendly spaces promote HIV positive children's right to participation and agency in accessing care. However, more rigorous quantitative evaluation is required to determine their impact on children's HIV-related health outcomes
Exploring the mechanism through which a child-friendly storybook addresses barriers to child-participation during HIV care in primary healthcare settings in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
This study provided evidence on how the Talk tool storybook addresses barriers to child-participation in the HIV care process. The evidence generated from this study is compelling enough to recommend the scale-up of this innovation in low-resource settings
Improving Timely Access to Diagnostic and Treatment Services for Lung Cancer Patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Priority-Setting through Nominal Group Techniques
The inadequacy of supportive systems for access to healthcare services negates the government efforts to curb the rising lung cancer-related fatalities in South Africa
Lung Cancer Patients’ Conceptualization of Care Coordination in Selected Public Health Facilities of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
An integrated care coordination setup is essential to create and sustain a high-performance health care system. These findings make a case for developing, implementing, and evaluating interventions to enhance the quality of cancer care for patients and ultimately improve health outcomes for patients in KwaZulu-Natal. This study will provide comprehensive data to inform professionals, policymakers, and related decisionmakers to manage and improve …
Men’s conceptualization of gender-based violence directed to women in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, South Africa
The study results provided important insights on how men conceptualize GBV in Alexandra Township, South Africa. These results revealed that socio-economic conditions, alongside some gender stereotypes are pervasive and shape how men view GBV in Alexandra Township. This evidence is necessary for developing interventions aimed at curbing GBV and may also be suggestive of the need to redesign programmes targeting men, so that certain stereotypes can…
The Prevalence of Compassion Fatigue among Oncology Healthcare Professionals in Three Public Healthcare Facilities in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Compassion fatigue (CF) is a serious global challenge among healthcare professionals dealing with diseases with poor health outcomes in clinical settings. Chronic exposure to the suffering of others is inevitable in the oncology setting and remains one of the main contributors to CF. Therefore, this study determined the prevalence of CF among oncology healthcare professionals (OHPs) in three public healthcare facilities in KwaZulu-Natal, South Af…
Facilitators and Barriers to HPV Self-Sampling as a Cervical Cancer Screening Option among Women Living with HIV in Rural Uganda
Background : There is a paucity of studies exploring women living with HIV's (WLWH) experiences relating to human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling as cervical cancer (CC) screening approach, either at the clinic or at the home setting, using qualitative methods. Our study explored facilitators and barriers to HPV self-sampling as a CC screening approach among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected women, as supported by the new WHO guideli…
Motivators and Influencers of Adolescent Girls’ Decision Making Regarding Contraceptive Use in Four Districts of Zambia
Low contraceptive use in sub-Saharan Africa, and Zambia specifically, negates the potential benefits of contraception in preventing unwanted and early pregnancies. This study aimed to explore and understand the motivators and influencers of adolescent girls' contraceptive decision making. Using thematic analysis, we analysed qualitative data from seven focus group discussions and three key informant interviews with adolescent girls aged 15 to 19 …
Why Am I Even Here If I Can’t Save the Patients?”: The Frontline Healthcare Workers’ Experience of Burnout during Covid-19 Pandemic in Mthatha, South Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic brought about a rapid change in the work environment of healthcare workers who are the backbone of efficient healthcare services, thereby rendering them vulnerable to increased burnout risks. This study provides strategic information for policymakers and managers on developing and strengthening welfare policies to promote and protect frontline health workers' well-being and work functioning
Understanding adolescent girls’ experiences with accessing and using contraceptives in Zambia
The multifactorial interaction relating to adolescents' personal experience, their community and the environment in which they access contraceptive services all contribute to their overall experience and influence their contraceptive decisions. Therefore, qualitative studies exploring adolescents' experiences with accessing and using contraceptives are vital for tailoring interventions responsive to the contraceptive needs of this age group
Food handlers’ insights into the barriers and facilitators to safe food handling in charitable food assistance programs in eThekwini District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
These findings underscore the complex interplay between structural and organizational factors that influence food safety and highlight the need for policy interventions and capacity-building strategies to safeguard food quality in charitable food settings. While cultural and socio-demographic factors such as gender, age, and lived experiences of food handlers were recorded, their influence on food safety practices was not explored in depth and wa…
“It Changes You: ” The Medium-Term Effects of Managing Patients With Covid-19 On Health Care Workers in a Covid-19 Isolation Centre, South Africa
COVID-19 is a highly transmissible viral infection that caused a substantial global health burden with over 700 million and 4 million cases recorded globally and in South Africa, respectively, by the year 2024. The spread of COVID-19 soon became a crisis that necessitated deviations in the standard of care in health facilities, thus placing health care workers (HCWs) under added physical and emotional pressure. This study explored the medium-term…
Mapping global evidence on compassion fatigue among healthcare workers during Covid-19: Insights and implications for future preparedness – a scoping review
Background: Compassion fatigue (CF) is a critical occupational hazard for healthcare workers (HCWs), intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic, with implications for well-being, retention, and quality of care. We aimed to map the global evidence on CF prevalence, risk factors, effects, interventions, and research gaps among HCWs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A scoping review of 56 studies from 21 countries (2020-2025) was conducted following …
Medicine (13 obras) · Nursing (9 obras) · Public health (9 obras) · Family medicine (8 obras) · Health care (8 obras) · Qualitative research (8 obras) · Environmental health (7 obras) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (5 obras) · Biostatistics (5 obras) · Sociology (5 obras)