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Abigail M. Hatcher is affiliated with the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. Their research spans multiple intersecting fields, including Social Sciences, Health Professions, and Medicine, with a significant focus on General Health Professions, Health, Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology, and Infectious Diseases.

Their scholarly output concentrates on topics such as Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Intimate Partner and Family Violence, Sex Work and Related Issues, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Child Abuse and Trauma, and Global Maternal and Child Health.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Abigail M. Hatcher are the following:

  • Systematic review of food insecurity and violence against women and girls: Mixed methods findings from low- and middle-income settings, 2022, PLOS Global Public Health
  • Economic empowerment and intimate partner violence: a secondary data analysis of the cross-sectional Demographic Health Surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2021, BMC Women's Health
  • Effectiveness of a multi-level intervention to reduce men's perpetration of intimate partner violence: a cluster randomised controlled trial, 2020, Trials
  • Trauma-informed art and play therapy: Pilot study outcomes for children and mothers in domestic violence shelters in the United States and South Africa, 2020, Child Abuse & Neglect
  • The Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action Text Message-Based mHealth Intervention for Maternal Care in South Africa: Qualitative User Study, 2020, JMIR Human Factors

Their collaborations include frequent co-authorship with the following researchers:

  • Heidi Stöckl
  • Nicola Christofides
  • Elizabeth A. Bukusi
  • Janet M. Turan
  • Andrew Gibbs

Abigail M. Hatcher has published extensively in several well-known academic venues, including:

  • UNC Libraries
  • AIDS and Behavior
  • AIDS
  • PLoS ONE
  • Trials

Best Publications

  • Conceptual framework for understanding the bidirectional links between food insecurity and HIV/AIDS

    Sheri D Weiser;Sera L Young;Sera L Young;Craig R Cohen;Margot B Kushel

  • Framing Mechanisms Linking HIV-Related Stigma, Adherence to Treatment, and Health Outcomes.

    Bulent Turan;Abigail M. Hatcher;Sheri D. Weiser;Mallory O. Johnson

  • Intimate partner violence and engagement in HIV care and treatment among women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Abigail M. Hatcher;Elizabeth M. Smout;Janet M. Turan;Nicola Christofides

  • Impact of a Gender-Transformative HIV and Antiviolence Program on Gender Ideologies and Masculinities in Two Rural, South African Communities.

    Shari L. Dworkin;Abigail M. Hatcher;Chris Colvin;Dean Peacock

  • Men’s Perceptions of Women’s Rights and Changing Gender Relations in South Africa Lessons for Working With Men and Boys in HIV and Antiviolence Programs

    Shari L. Dworkin;Christopher Colvin;Abbey Hatcher;Dean Peacock

  • Predictors of linkage to care following community-based HIV counseling and testing in rural Kenya

    Abigail M. Hatcher;Janet M. Turan;Janet M. Turan;Hannah H. Leslie;Lucy W. Kanya

  • Social context and drivers of intimate partner violence in rural Kenya: implications for the health of pregnant women

    Abigail M. Hatcher;Patrizia Romito;Merab Odero;Elizabeth A. Bukusi

  • The Role of HIV-Related Stigma in Utilization of Skilled Childbirth Services in Rural Kenya: A Prospective Mixed-Methods Study

    Janet M. Turan;Abigail H. Hatcher;José Medema-Wijnveen;Maricianah Onono

  • 'One Man Can': shifts in fatherhood beliefs and parenting practices following a gender-transformative programme in Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Wessel van den Berg;Lynn Hendricks;Abigail Hatcher;Dean Peacock

  • Intimate partner violence among rural South African men: alcohol use, sexual decision-making, and partner communication.

    Abigail M. Hatcher;Christopher J. Colvin;Nkuli Ndlovu;Shari L. Dworkin

  • Bidirectional links between HIV and intimate partner violence in pregnancy: implications for prevention of mother-to-child transmission

    Abigail M Hatcher;Nataly Woollett;Christina C Pallitto;Keneuoe Mokoatle

  • Promoting critical consciousness and social mobilization in HIV/AIDS programmes: lessons and curricular tools from a South African intervention

    Abigail Hatcher;Jacques de Wet;Christopher Philip Bonell;Vicki Strange

  • Facilitating HIV status disclosure for pregnant women and partners in rural Kenya: a qualitative study

    Melonie M Walcott;Abigail M Hatcher;Abigail M Hatcher;Zachary Kwena;Janet M Turan

  • Responses to and Resources for Intimate Partner Violence Qualitative Findings From Women, Men, and Service Providers in Rural Kenya

    Merab Odero;Abigail M. Hatcher;Abigail M. Hatcher;Chenoia Bryant;Maricianah Onono

  • Economic empowerment and intimate partner violence: a secondary data analysis of the cross-sectional Demographic Health Surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Heidi Stöckl;Heidi Stöckl;Anushé Hassan;Meghna Ranganathan;Abigail M. Hatcher;Abigail M. Hatcher

  • Process evaluation of the Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity (IMAGE) in rural South Africa

    James Hargreaves;James Hargreaves;Abigail Hatcher;Abigail Hatcher;Vicki Strange;Godfrey Phetla

  • Pathways From Food Insecurity to Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Among Peri-Urban Men in South Africa

    Abigail M. Hatcher;Abigail M. Hatcher;Heidi Stöckl;Ruari-Santiago McBride;Mzwakhe Khumalo

  • Sexual relationship power and depression among HIV-infected women in Rural Uganda.

    Abigail M. Hatcher;Abigail M. Hatcher;Alexander Chung-Yu Tsai;Elias Kumbakumba;Shari L. Dworkin

  • Uncovering tensions and capitalizing on synergies in HIV/AIDS and antiviolence programs.

    Shari L. Dworkin;Megan S. Dunbar;Suneeta Krishnan;Abigail M. Hatcher

  • Gendered syndemic of intimate partner violence, alcohol misuse, and HIV risk among peri-urban, heterosexual men in South Africa.

    Abigail M. Hatcher;Abigail M. Hatcher;Andrew Gibbs;Ruari-Santiago McBride;Dumisani Rebombo

Frequent Co-Authors

Shari L. Dworkin
Shari L. Dworkin University of Washington
Lynae A. Darbes
Lynae A. Darbes University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Torsten B. Neilands
Torsten B. Neilands University of California, San Francisco
Mallory O. Johnson
Mallory O. Johnson University of California, San Francisco
Lucie Cluver
Lucie Cluver University of Oxford
Bulent Turan
Bulent Turan University of Alabama at Birmingham

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