Women and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa

Ramjee, Gita; Abbai, Nathlee; Naidoo, Sarita

doi:10.4236/ojog.2015.57056

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“…The study highlighted variations among the different PTC levels in the way they were structured, and in their approaches to formulary management. Concerns are important to address given the high prevalence of infectious diseases as well as non-communicable diseases in South Africa, including hypertension and obesity, which is growing adding to the cost public health cost burden [29][30][31][32][33][34]. Encouragingly, the activities of the PTCs in the Gauteng Province were similar to the stipulations in both WHO [23] and the Provincial Guidelines [24].…”

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Structure and activities of pharmacy and therapeutics committees among public hospitals in South Africa; findings and implications

Matlala

Gous

Godman

et al. 2017

Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology

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The WHO identified Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committees (PTCs) as a pivotal model to promote rational medicine use in hospitals. This matches a key South African (SA) government objective to establish PTCs in all hospitals to ensure rational, efficient and cost-effective use of medicines. However, documentation on the functionality of PTCs in public hospitals in SA is limited. Areas covered: This study aimed to address this. A 3-phased mixed methods approach involving questionnaires, observations of PTC meetings and semi-structured interviews was used. The findings were converged during the interpretation phase. Expert commentary: Most professionals were represented in the PTCs, with variations across hospitals. Membership of PTCs included a pharmacist, who in the majority of cases was the secretary. PTC activities included dissemination of decisions (100%) and formulary management (89.5%). However, reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and medication errors was typically poor at all hospital levels. Lack of expertise of pharmacoeconomic analysis and evidence-based decision-making in formulary management was identified as a key challenge in formulary management. In conclusion, future programmes should strengthen PTCs in specialised aspects of formulary management. Further training in the principles of pharmacovigilance is needed to enhance ADR reporting, as well as to ensure compliance with both WHO and provincial guidelines.

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Structure and activities of pharmacy and therapeutics committees among public hospitals in South Africa; findings and implications

Matlala

Gous

Godman

et al. 2017

Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology

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“…This scoping review aims to map evidence on the types of specimens and laboratory assays used in self-sampling interventions for STIs in women. Since research has shown that women, particularly those in LMICs, are disproportionately affected by this pandemic (21), this research will focus on STIs studies in women. Studies that include research on selfsampling interventions for STIs will be included.…”

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Self-Sampling Interventions for Sexually Transmitted Infections in Women: A Scoping Review Protocol

Jaya

Mashamba-Thompson

Parboosing

2020

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Background: Research shows a high prevalence of sexual transmitted infections (STIs) among sexually active women throughout the world. Patient self-testing and self-sampling strategies are pivotal to facilitate rapid diagnosis of disease among key populations. The main objective of this study is to map evidence on self-sampling methods utilised to facilitate STIs diagnosis among women. Methods: We propose to conduct a scoping review, which will be guided by Arksey and O’Malley framework, Levac et al, 2010 and the Joanna Briggs Institution 2015 recommendations. We will conduct a database search for relevant peer-reviewed articles to answer our research question. We will search the following databases: PubMed, Google Scholar, Journal Storage, Science Direct, Web of Science, and MEDLINE (via EBSCOHost). We will also search for grey literature from World Health Organisation (WHO) and Department of Health websites. We will present the results of the review following the Preferred Resulting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR). We will employ Nvivo version 12 for thematic content analysis of the included studies. We will conduct quality appraisal of the included studies using the Mixed Method Appraisal Tool (MMAT)-version 2018.Discussion: It is anticipated that findings of this scoping review will highlight gaps for further investigation to address the global burden of STIs. This could assist policy makers and developers of diagnostic equipment to develop evidence-based interventions to enable self-sampling and early diagnosis of STIs among women. Systematic Review Registration Submitted to Open Science Framework on 25 July 2020.

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“…Upon such cross-validation, this tool could be used for the evaluation of intervention trials aimed at increasing condom use toward reducing the risk of HIV, since persistent condom use reduces the risk of contracting HIV (e.g. Mansergh et al, 2015 ; Ramjee et al, 2015 ; Smith et al, 2015 ).…”

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“…Studies show that persistent condom use reduces the risk of contracting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (Mansergh, Herbst, Mimiaga, & Holman, 2015 ; Ramjee, Abbai, & Naidoo, 2015 ; Smith, Herbst, Zhang, & Rose, 2015 ; Weller & Davis-Beaty, 2002 ); hence, this is a major way to prevent HIV, worldwide. However, the precise prevalence of condom use is hard to determine since studies differ in their method of assessment, sampling, culture, age, gender, risk group, and epoch, amongst other factors.…”

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A new measurement of an indirect measure of condom use and its relationships with barriers

Levy

Gidron

Olley

2017

SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS

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One of the challenges facing researchers in the domain of human immunodeficiency virus prevention is the assessment of condom use in an unbiased self-reported manner. The current study presents the development and preliminary validation of an indirect condom use test (I-CUTE), designed to assess condom use tendencies and to overcome self-report biases. Two samples were included using correlational designs. In sample 1, 88 students from European university completed the I-CUTE with questionnaires of condom use barriers, social desirability, and condom use negotiation self-efficacy. In sample 2, 212 students from sub-Saharan universities completed the I-CUTE with questionnaires of condom use barriers and knowledge. The I-CUTE included 17 pictures of human figures in relation to condom use, where participants had to choose one of the four a-priori given sentences reflecting the figures’ thoughts. This represented a semi-projective, yet standardized test. In sample 1, I-CUTE scores were inversely related to barriers, positively correlated with condom use negotiation self-efficacy and unrelated to social desirability. In sample 2, I-CUTE scores were inversely related to barriers and unrelated to knowledge scores. In a multiple regression, condom use barriers had a unique contribution to explaining variance in I-CUTE scores, beyond the contribution of background variables and knowledge. These results support the preliminary reliability and validity of the I-CUTE tool in a variety of cultures, and reveal its lack of bias by social desirability and the importance of condom use barriers in condom use tendencies.

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Women and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa

Cited by 25 publications

References 112 publications

Structure and activities of pharmacy and therapeutics committees among public hospitals in South Africa; findings and implications

Structure and activities of pharmacy and therapeutics committees among public hospitals in South Africa; findings and implications

Self-Sampling Interventions for Sexually Transmitted Infections in Women: A Scoping Review Protocol

A new measurement of an indirect measure of condom use and its relationships with barriers

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