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Catherine Mathews is affiliated with the South African Medical Research Council in South Africa and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and health professions. Their work spans several subfields including general health professions, infectious diseases, clinical psychology, epidemiology, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The primary topics of Mathews's research include adolescent sexual and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS research and interventions, global maternal and child health, HIV, drug use, sexual risk, COVID-19 and mental health, poverty, education and child welfare, as well as food security and health in diverse populations.

Notable recent publications include:

  • What is the evidence for transmission of COVID-19 by children in schools? A living systematic review (2020, Journal of Global Health)
  • Intersections between COVID-19 and socio-economic mental health stressors in the lives of South African adolescent girls and young women (2022, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
  • "As a Young Pregnant Girl... The Challenges You Face": Exploring the Intersection Between Mental Health and Sexual and Reproductive Health Amongst Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa (2020, AIDS and Behavior)
  • "Condoms Are Boring": Navigating Relationship Dynamics, Gendered Power, and Motivations for Condomless Sex Amongst Adolescents and Young People in South Africa (2021, International Journal of Sexual Health)
  • Perceptions of contraception services among recipients of a combination HIV-prevention interventions for adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: a qualitative study (2020, Reproductive Health)

Frequent publication venues for Mathews's work include:

  • AIDS and Behavior
  • South African Medical Journal
  • Research Square
  • BMC Public Health
  • Reproductive Health

Collaborations have been significant in Mathews's research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Kim Jonas
  • Zoe Duby
  • Darshini Govindasamy
  • Tracy McClinton Appollis
  • Caroline Kuo

Overall, the research output of Catherine Mathews represents a multidisciplinary approach focused mainly on improving health outcomes for adolescents and young women within contexts affected by infectious diseases and social determinants of health. The work highlights intersections of mental health, sexual and reproductive health, and socioeconomic factors.

Best Publications

  • A systematic review of interventions for preventing adolescent intimate partner violence

    Petra De Koker;Petra De Koker;Catherine Mathews;Catherine Mathews;Melanie Zuch;Melanie Zuch;Sheri Bastien

  • Strategies for partner notification for sexually transmitted infections, including HIV

    Adel Ferreira;Taryn Young;Catherine Mathews;Moleen Zunza

  • School-based interventions for preventing HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and pregnancy in adolescents.

    Amanda-Jane Mason-Jones;David Sinclair;Catherine Mathews;Ashraf Kagee

  • A systematic review of the role of school-based healthcare in adolescent sexual, reproductive, and mental health.

    Amanda J Mason-Jones;Amanda J Mason-Jones;Amanda J Mason-Jones;Carolyn Crisp;Mariette Momberg;Joy Koech

  • A systematic review of strategies for partner notification for sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS:

    Catherine Mathews;Nicol Coetzee;Merrick Zwarenstein;Carl Lombard

  • I am not ``umqwayito'': A qualitative study of peer pressure and sexual risk behaviour among young adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa

    Terry-Ann Selikow;Nazeema Ahmed;Alan J. Flisher;Catherine Mathews

  • A systematic review of qualitative evidence on factors enabling and deterring uptake of HIV self-testing in Africa.

    Bernard Njau;Bernard Njau;Christopher Covin;Esther Lisasi;Damian Damian;Damian Damian

  • Handheld computers for survey and trial data collection in resource-poor settings: development and evaluation of PDACT, a Palm Pilot interviewing system.

    Christopher J. Seebregts;Merrick Zwarenstein;Merrick Zwarenstein;Merrick Zwarenstein;Catherine Mathews;Catherine Mathews;Lara Fairall

  • HIV education in South African schools: The dilemma and conflicts of educators

    Nazeema Ahmed;Alan J. Flisher;Catherine Mathews;Wanjiru Mukoma

  • HIV risk behaviours and their relationship to intimate partner violence (IPV) among men who have multiple female sexual partners in Cape Town, South Africa.

    Loraine Townsend;Rachel Jewkes;Catherine Mathews;Catherine Mathews;Lisa Grazina Johnston

  • Mental Health Inequalities in Adolescents Growing Up in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Cross-Sectional Survey, SHaW Study.

    Jayati Das-Munshi;Crick Lund;Catherine Mathews;Charlotte Clark

  • Strategies for partner notification for sexually transmitted diseases

    Catherine Mathews;Nicol Coetzee;Merrick Zwarenstein;Carl Lombard

  • Process evaluation of the teacher training for an AIDS prevention programme

    Nazeema Ahmed;Alan J. Flisher;Catherine Mathews;Catherine Mathews;Shahieda Jansen

  • Alcohol and Other Drug Use during Pregnancy among Women Attending Midwife Obstetric Units in the Cape Metropole, South Africa

    Petal Petersen Williams;Esmé Jordaan;Catherine Mathews;Carl Lombard

  • Factors associated with teachers' implementation of HIV/AIDS education in secondary schools in Cape Town, South Africa

    Mathews C;Boon H;Flisher Aj;Schaalma Hp

  • Participation of the school community in AIDS education: An evaluation of a high school programme in South Africa

    L Kuhn;M Steinberg;C Mathews

  • Disclosure of HIV status to sex partners among HIV-infected men and women in Cape Town, South Africa.

    Lung Vu;Katherine Andrinopoulos;Catherine Mathews;Catherine Mathews;Mickey Chopra

  • Adolescent methamphetamine use and sexual risk behaviour in secondary school students in Cape Town, South Africa

    Andreas Plüddemann;Alan J. Flisher;Catherine Mathews;Tara Carney

  • Changes in Risk Behavior Among HIV-Positive Patients During Their First Year of Antiretroviral Therapy in Cape Town South Africa

    Thomas P. Eisele;Catherine Mathews;Catherine Mathews;Mickey Chopra;Mickey Chopra;Mark N. Lurie

  • Linkage to HIV care from a mobile testing unit in South Africa by different CD4 count strata.

    Darshini Govindasamy;Nienke van Schaik;Katharina Kranzer;Robin Wood

  • Effects of PREPARE, a Multi-component, School-Based HIV and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Prevention Programme on Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviour and IPV: Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

    Catherine Mathews;Catherine Mathews;Sander M. Eggers;Loraine Townsend;Loraine Townsend;Leif E. Aarø;Leif E. Aarø

Frequent Co-Authors

Leif Edvard Aarø
Leif Edvard Aarø Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Seth C. Kalichman
Seth C. Kalichman University of Connecticut
Mark N. Lurie
Mark N. Lurie Brown University
Linda L. Caldwell
Linda L. Caldwell Pennsylvania State University
Charles D. H. Parry
Charles D. H. Parry South African Medical Research Council
Hein de Vries
Hein de Vries Maastricht University
Mickey Chopra
Mickey Chopra World Bank
Sylvia Kaaya
Sylvia Kaaya Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Leickness C. Simbayi
Leickness C. Simbayi Human Sciences Research Council
Simon Lewin
Simon Lewin South African Medical Research Council

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