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Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 58 Citations 11,209 280 World Ranking 1015 National Ranking 507

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Public health
  • Internal medicine

Audrey Pettifor mainly investigates Demography, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, Young adult, Public health and Gynecology. Her Demography research includes themes of Odds ratio, Condom, Reproductive health, Women in development and Developing country. The study incorporates disciplines such as Cohort study, Immunology and Heterosexuality in addition to Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Her research in Young adult tackles topics such as Pediatrics which are related to areas like Hazard ratio, Rural health, Incidence and Socioeconomic status. Her Public health research includes elements of Psychological intervention, Social issues and Cash transfers. While the research belongs to areas of Gynecology, Audrey Pettifor spends her time largely on the problem of Family medicine, intersecting her research to questions surrounding Teenage pregnancy, Health policy, Emergency contraception and Partner notification.

Her most cited work include:

  • Young people's sexual health in South Africa: HIV prevalence and sexual behaviors from a nationally representative household survey (541 citations)
  • Sexual Power and HIV Risk, South Africa (315 citations)
  • Rethinking the heterosexual infectivity of HIV-1: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (287 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Her primary areas of investigation include Demography, Psychological intervention, Public health, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and Young adult. The various areas that she examines in her Demography study include Condom, Confidence interval, Transactional sex, Developing country and Cohort. Her studies deal with areas such as Family planning, Gynecology and Reproductive health as well as Condom.

Her studies in Psychological intervention integrate themes in fields like Intervention, Poverty, Gerontology and Environmental health. Audrey Pettifor has researched Public health in several fields, including Cash transfers and Psychiatry. Her Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Social issues and Immunology.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Demography (61.54%)
  • Psychological intervention (37.18%)
  • Public health (29.17%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2019-2021)?

  • Demography (61.54%)
  • Psychological intervention (37.18%)
  • Public health (29.17%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Her primary scientific interests are in Demography, Psychological intervention, Public health, Intervention and Health psychology. Her Demography study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Transmission, Transactional sex, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and Cohort. The Psychological intervention study combines topics in areas such as Condom, Odds ratio, Psychosocial and Confidence interval.

Her study explores the link between Public health and topics such as Viral load that cross with problems in Medical record. Audrey Pettifor has included themes like Cash, Environmental health, Depression and Reproductive health in her Intervention study. Audrey Pettifor interconnects Incidence, Poisson regression and HIV and pregnancy in the investigation of issues within Health psychology.

Between 2019 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Multiple COVID-19 Clusters on a University Campus — North Carolina, August 2020 (29 citations)
  • The effects of a cash transfer intervention on sexual partnerships and HIV in the HPTN 068 study in South Africa. (13 citations)
  • The effects of a cash transfer intervention on sexual partnerships and HIV in the HPTN 068 study in South Africa. (13 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Public health
  • Internal medicine

Audrey Pettifor spends much of her time researching Demography, Intervention, Condom, Psychological intervention and Public health. Her Demography research integrates issues from Hiv risk, Confidence interval, Mediation, Transactional sex and Cohort. Her Intervention study incorporates themes from Mental health, Environmental health, Depression and Reproductive health.

Her research integrates issues of Cash transfers and Sexual risk in her study of Environmental health. As a part of the same scientific family, she mostly works in the field of Reproductive health, focusing on Cash and, on occasion, Gerontology, Receipt and Empowerment. Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Young adult, Relative risk and Psychiatry.

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Best Publications

Young people's sexual health in South Africa: HIV prevalence and sexual behaviors from a nationally representative household survey

Audrey E Pettifor;Helen V Rees;Immo Kleinschmidt;Annie E Steffenson.
AIDS (2005)

796 Citations

Sexual Power and HIV Risk, South Africa

Audrey E. Pettifor;Diana M. Measham;Helen V. Rees;Nancy S. Padian.
Emerging Infectious Diseases (2004)

505 Citations

Rethinking the heterosexual infectivity of HIV-1: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Kimberly A Powers;Charles Poole;Audrey E Pettifor;Myron S Cohen.
Lancet Infectious Diseases (2008)

464 Citations

Early age of first sex: a risk factor for HIV infection among women in Zimbabwe.

Audrey E Pettifor;Ariane van der Straten;Megan S Dunbar;Megan S Dunbar;Stephen C Shiboski.
AIDS (2004)

447 Citations

HIV and sexual behaviour among young South Africans: a national survey of 15-24 year olds.

Pettifor Ae;Rees Hv;Steffenson A;Hlongwa-Madikizela L.
(2004)

402 Citations

The role of acute and early HIV infection in the spread of HIV and implications for transmission prevention strategies in Lilongwe Malawi: a modelling study.

Kimberly A. Powers;Azra C. Ghani;William C. Miller;Irving F. Hoffman.
The Lancet (2011)

333 Citations

Predictors of Condom Use Among Young Adults in South Africa: The Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit National Youth Survey

Ellen Setsuko Hendriksen;Audrey Pettifor;Sung Jae Lee;Thomas J. Coates.
American Journal of Public Health (2007)

270 Citations

Can money prevent the spread of HIV? A review of cash payments for HIV prevention

Audrey Pettifor;Catherine MacPhail;Nadia Nguyen;Molly Rosenberg.
Aids and Behavior (2012)

210 Citations

The effect of a conditional cash transfer on HIV incidence in young women in rural South Africa (HPTN 068): a phase 3, randomised controlled trial

Audrey Pettifor;Catherine MacPhail;Catherine MacPhail;James P Hughes;James P Hughes;Amanda Selin.
The Lancet Global Health (2016)

200 Citations

Early coital debut and associated HIV risk factors among young women and men in South Africa.

Audrey E Pettifor;Katie O'Brien;Catherine MacPhail;William C Miller.
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health (2009)

197 Citations

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