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Jaco Dreyer

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Articles 31
Citations 548
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Public Health
Infectious Diseases
General Medicine
Top 10 Co-Authors
Maryam Shahmanesh
Janet Seeley
Kathy Baisley
Natsayi Chimbindi
Guy Harling
Thembelihle Zuma
Nuala McGrath
Theresa Smit
Nondumiso Mthiyane
Lorraine Sherr
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BMC Public Health
BMJ Open
Lancet HIV
Int J Epidemiol
Lancet Glob Health
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Recent Articles
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eYoung men's experiences of violence and poverty and the relationship to sexually transmissible HIV: a cross sectional study from rural South Africa
Gibbs A, Chirwa E, Harling G, Chimbindi N, Dreyer J, Herbst C, et al.
medRxiv . 2024 Sep; PMID: 39314958
Background: Young (ages 18-35 years) men are inadequately engaged in HIV prevention and treatment globally, including in South Africa, increasing the likelihood of them having sexually transmissible HIV (i.e. living...
2.
Incident pregnancy and mental health among adolescent girls and young women in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: an observational cohort study
Mebrahtu H, Chimbindi N, Zuma T, Dreyer J, Mthiyane N, Seeley J, et al.
Int J Adolesc Youth . 2024 Jul; 29(1). PMID: 39035705
Pregnancy can place adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) at risk of poor mental health. However, evidence linking youth pregnancy to mental health in resource-limited settings is limited, especially where...
3.
A mixed methods process evaluation: understanding the implementation and delivery of HIV prevention services integrated within sexual reproductive health (SRH) with or without peer support amongst adolescents and young adults in rural KwaZulu-Natal,...
Zuma T, Busang J, Hlongwane S, Chidumwa G, Gumede D, Luthuli M, et al.
Trials . 2024 Jul; 25(1):448. PMID: 38961492
Background: Combination prevention interventions, when integrated with community-based support, have been shown to be particularly beneficial to adolescent and young peoples' sexual and reproductive health. Between 2020 and 2022, the...
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Effectiveness of integrating HIV prevention within sexual reproductive health services with or without peer support among adolescents and young adults in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Isisekelo Sempilo): 2 × 2 factorial, open-label, randomised...
Shahmanesh M, Chimbindi N, Busang J, Chidumwa G, Mthiyani N, Herbst C, et al.
Lancet HIV . 2024 Jun; 11(7):e449-e460. PMID: 38925731
Background: Approximately 200 000 South Africans acquired HIV in 2021 despite the availability of universal HIV test and treat and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The aim of this study was to...
5.
Uptake of multi-level HIV interventions and HIV-related behaviours among young people in rural South Africa
Mthiyane N, Shahmanesh M, Copas A, Chimbindi N, Dreyer J, Zuma T, et al.
PLOS Glob Public Health . 2024 May; 4(5):e0003258. PMID: 38820546
Combination HIV prevention packages have reduced HIV incidence and improved HIV-related outcomes among young people. However, there is limited data on how package components interact to promote HIV-related prevention behaviours....
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Prevalence of Curable Sexually Transmitted Infections in a Population-Representative Sample of Young Adults in a High HIV Incidence Area in South Africa
Jarolimova J, Chidumwa G, Chimbindi N, Okesola N, Dreyer J, Smit T, et al.
Sex Transm Dis . 2023 Nov; 50(12):796-803. PMID: 37944161
Background: Recent population-representative estimates of sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevalence in high HIV burden areas in southern Africa are limited. We estimated the prevalence and associated factors of 3 STIs...
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The met and unmet health needs for HIV, hypertension, and diabetes in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: analysis of a cross-sectional multimorbidity survey
Singh U, Olivier S, Cuadros D, Castle A, Moosa Y, Zulu T, et al.
Lancet Glob Health . 2023 Aug; 11(9):e1372-e1382. PMID: 37591585
Background: The convergence of infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases in South Africa is challenging to health systems. In this analysis, we assessed the multimorbidity health needs of individuals and communities...
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Thetha Nami ngithethe nawe (Let's Talk): a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial of social mobilisation by peer navigators into community-based sexual health and HIV care, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), to reduce sexually transmissible...
Busang J, Zuma T, Herbst C, Okesola N, Chimbindi N, Dreyer J, et al.
BMC Public Health . 2023 Aug; 23(1):1553. PMID: 37582746
Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) through universal test and treat (UTT) and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) substantially reduces HIV-related mortality and incidence. Effective ART based prevention has not translated into population-level...
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Evaluating use of mass-media communication intervention 'MTV-Shuga' on increased awareness and demand for HIV and sexual health services by adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: an observational study
Chimbindi N, Mthiyane N, Chidumwa G, Zuma T, Dreyer J, Birdthistle I, et al.
BMJ Open . 2023 May; 13(5):e062804. PMID: 37208144
Objective: To investigate the effect of exposure to MTV Shuga:Down South' (MTVShuga-DS) during the scale-up of combination HIV-prevention interventions on awareness and uptake of sexual reproductive health (SRH) and HIV-prevention...
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Adaptation and pre-test of a shortened Stepping Stones and Creating Futures intervention focused on HIV for young men in rural South Africa
Gibbs A, Gumede D, Adeagbo O, Sikweyiya Y, Chirwa E, Mkhwanazi S, et al.
PLOS Glob Public Health . 2023 Mar; 3(2):e0001632. PMID: 36963059
Men's engagement in HIV prevention and treatment is suboptimal, including in South Africa. We sought to address this through adapting an evidence-based intervention, Stepping Stones and Creating Futures (SSCF), to...