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Henry J, Azariah F, Hughsam M, Skeen S, Tomlinson M, Busakhwe C, et al.
Glob Ment Health (Camb) . 2024 Nov; 11:e111. PMID: 39588204
Adolescence is a critical developmental period marked by significant changes, increasing the risk of mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. Understanding how youth engage with mental health resources...
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Katzen L, Reid S, Laurenzi C, Tomlinson M
BMC Prim Care . 2024 Jul; 25(1):272. PMID: 39060967
Background: Community health worker programmes have the potential to contribute critically towards universal health coverage. However, CHWs globally have often continued to operate on the periphery of the health care...
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Laurenzi C, Mwamba C, Busakhwe C, Mutambo C, Mupakile E, Toska E
Soc Sci Med . 2024 Jul; 356:117133. PMID: 39032194
Adolescent girls and young women ages 15-24 experience high rates of gender-based violence (GBV), underpinned by gender and social norms that shape their transitions to adulthood. For interventions that seek...
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Mawoyo T, Steventon Roberts K, Laurenzi C, Skeen S, du Toit S, Hisham R, et al.
AIDS Care . 2024 May; 36(sup1):126-136. PMID: 38709951
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in high death rates globally, and over 10.5 million children lost a parent or primary caregiver. Because HIV-related orphanhood has been associated with elevated HIV risk,...
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Laurenzi C, Operario D, Mutambo C, Mupakile E, Banda B, Ngakongwa F, et al.
Glob Health Sci Pract . 2023 Oct; 11(5). PMID: 37903574
Adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa are at high risk of HIV, unintended pregnancy, and early motherhood. These intersecting risks can adversely affect their developmental trajectories and lifelong...
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Katzen L, Skeen S, Dippenaar E, Laurenzi C, Notholi V, le Roux K, et al.
Res Sq . 2023 Oct; PMID: 37841874
Deploying Community Health Workers is a crucial strategy to improve health at a community level in low and middle income countries. While there is substantial evidence for CHW effectiveness, there...
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Cluver L, Shenderovich Y, Seslija M, Zhou S, Toska E, Armstrong A, et al.
AIDS Behav . 2023 Aug; 28(1):141-153. PMID: 37589806
Brief tools are necessary to identify adolescents at greatest risk for ART non-adherence. From the WHO's HEADSS/HEADSS+ adolescent wellbeing checklists, we identify constructs strongly associated with non-adherence (validated with viral...
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Toska E, Saal W, Chen Charles J, Wittesaele C, Langwenya N, Jochim J, et al.
PLoS One . 2022 Dec; 17(12):e0278163. PMID: 36480550
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a visionary and multi-sectoral agenda for human development. With less than a decade left to reach these targets, it is important to identify those...
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Kelly J, Gittings L, Laurenzi C, Glinski C, Mangqalaza H, Ralayo N, et al.
Psychol Health Med . 2022 Aug; 27(sup1):155-166. PMID: 36004413
While substantial research has emerged from the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as from studies with adolescent populations, there has been a dearth of research focused in South...
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Cluver L, Sherr L, Toska E, Zhou S, Mellins C, Omigbodun O, et al.
Lancet Child Adolesc Health . 2022 Jun; 6(8):582-592. PMID: 35750063
Adolescents are a crucial generation, with the potential to bring future social and economic success for themselves and their countries. More than 90% of adolescents living with HIV reside in...