Richard Matzopoulos
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Hodgson A, Bantjes J, Pirkis J, Hawton K, Basera W, Matzopoulos R
BMJ Glob Health
. 2025 Jan;
10(1.
PMID: 39828434
Background: Alcohol use is a well-established potentially modifiable risk factor for suicide, yet few studies have investigated the impact of alcohol restrictions on suicide rates, particularly in low- and middle-income...
2.
Prinsloo M, Mhlongo S, Roomaney R, Marineau L, Mamashela T, Dekel B, et al.
Glob Health Action
. 2024 Aug;
17(1):2377828.
PMID: 39145429
Background: Injuries, often preventable, prompted urgent action within the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to improve global health. South Africa (SA) has high rates of injury...
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Abrahams N, Mhlongo S, Chirwa E, Dekel B, Ketelo A, Lombard C, et al.
Lancet Child Adolesc Health
. 2024 Jun;
8(8):589-599.
PMID: 38944051
Background: Population-based statistics on deaths from child abuse and neglect are only routinely available in countries that have reliable national statistics on child murder. For low-income and middle-income countries, relatively...
4.
Matzopoulos R, Marineau L, Mhlongo S, Ketelo A, Prinsloo M, Dekel B, et al.
BMJ Glob Health
. 2024 Apr;
9(4).
PMID: 38599664
Not much is known about the perpetrators of male homicide in South Africa, which has rates seven times the global average. For the country's first ever male homicide study we...
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Williams P, Prinsloo M, Peden M, Neethling I, Mhlongo S, Maqungo S, et al.
JMIR Res Protoc
. 2024 Mar;
13:e52949.
PMID: 38466974
Background: The burden of alcohol use among patients with trauma and the relative injury risks is not routinely measured in South Africa. Given the prominent burden of alcohol on hospital...
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Abrahams N, Mhlongo S, Chirwa E, Dekel B, Ketelo A, Lombard C, et al.
PLoS Med
. 2024 Jan;
21(1):e1004330.
PMID: 38236895
Background: In most countries, reliable national statistics on femicide, intimate partner femicide (IPF), and non-intimate partner femicide (NIPF) are not available. Surveys are required to collect robust data on this...
7.
Prinsloo M, Williams P, Neethling I, Mhlongo S, Maqungo S, Peden M, et al.
Digit Health
. 2023 Dec;
9:20552076231218138.
PMID: 38053735
Introduction: Alcohol consumption is a key driver of the burden of violence and injury in South Africa (SA). Hence, we aim to validate various alcohol assessment tools against a blood...
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Matzopoulos R, Prinsloo M, Mhlongo S, Marineau L, Cornell M, Bowman B, et al.
PLOS Glob Public Health
. 2023 Nov;
3(11):e0002595.
PMID: 37992033
South Africa has an overall homicide rate six times the global average. Males are predominantly the victims and perpetrators, but little is known about the male victims. For the country's...
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Jabar A, Oni T, London L, Cois A, Matzopoulos R
BMJ Open
. 2022 Sep;
12(9):e048129.
PMID: 36180122
Objectives: The Cardiff Model of data sharing for violence prevention is premised on the idea that the majority of injury cases presenting at health facilities as a result of interpersonal...
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Green G, Swartz A, Tembo D, Cooper D, George A, Matzopoulos R, et al.
Glob Public Health
. 2022 Aug;
18(1):2103581.
PMID: 35938416
Violence in the community can impact access to health care. This scoping review examines the impact of urban violence upon youth (aged 15-24) access to sexual and reproductive health and...