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Leickness C. Simbayi is affiliated with the Human Sciences Research Council in South Africa. Their research spans several fields within health sciences, focusing extensively on medicine and health professions. Their work particularly emphasizes infectious diseases, general health professions, and epidemiology, alongside interests in economics and econometrics, and social psychology.

Simbayi's main areas of research address topics related to HIV/AIDS research and interventions, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, and HIV, drug use, and sexual risk. Other notable themes in their work include HIV/AIDS impact and responses, LGBTQ health, identity, and policy, as well as food security and health in diverse populations. They have also contributed to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research.

Some of Simbayi's recent papers include:

  • The HIV Epidemic in South Africa: Key Findings from 2017 National Population-Based Survey, 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Towards achieving the 90-90-90 HIV targets: results from the south African 2017 national HIV survey, 2020, BMC Public Health
  • Culture Matters in Communicating the Global Response to COVID-19, 2020, Preventing Chronic Disease
  • Factors associated with external HIV-related stigma and psychological distress among people living with HIV in South Africa, 2021, SSM - Population Health
  • Socio-economic differences in the uptake of HIV testing and associated factors in South Africa, 2021, BMC Public Health

Simbayi regularly collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Musawenkosi Mabaso
  • Sean Jooste
  • Khangelani Zuma
  • Sizulu Moyo
  • Nompumelelo Zungu

Their publications frequently appear in venues such as:

  • AIDS Research and Therapy
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • BMC Public Health
  • PLoS ONE
  • AIDS and Behavior

Leickness Simbayi's body of work demonstrates a focus on public health issues particularly related to HIV/AIDS and adolescent health within the South African context. Their research contributes to understanding and addressing complex health challenges including stigma, testing uptake, and broader socio-economic factors impacting health outcomes.

Best Publications

  • South African National HIV Prevalence, Incidence and Behaviour Survey, 2012

    O. Shisana;T. Rehle;L.C. Simbayi;K. Zuma

  • The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development, and policy on health-related stigmas

    Anne L. Stangl;Valerie A. Earnshaw;Carmen H. Logie;Wim van Brakel

  • South African National HIV Prevalence, HIV Incidence, Behaviour and Communication Survey, 2005

    L. Simbayi;K. Zuma;S. Moyo;E. Marinda

  • HIV testing attitudes AIDS stigma and voluntary HIV counselling and testing in a black township in Cape Town South Africa.

    S C Kalichman;L C Simbayi

  • South African national HIV prevalence, incidence, behaviour and communication survey, 2008: a turning tide among teenagers?

    O. Shisana;T. Rehle;L.C. Simbayi;K. Zuma

  • Internalized stigma, discrimination, and depression among men and women living with HIV/AIDS in Cape Town, South Africa.

    Leickness C. Simbayi;Seth C. Kalichman;Anna Strebel;Allanise Cloete

  • Alcohol Use and Sexual Risks for HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: Systematic Review of Empirical Findings

    Seth C. Kalichman;Leickness C. Simbayi;Michelle Kaufman;Demetria Cain

  • Nelson Mandela / HSRC study of HIV/AIDS. South African national HIV prevalence behavioural risks and mass media. Household survey 2002.

    O. Shisana;L C Simbayi

  • Measuring AIDS stigmas in people living with HIV/AIDS: the Internalized AIDS-Related Stigma Scale

    Seth C Kalichman;Leickness C Simbayi;Allanise Cloete;Phumelele P Mthembu

  • Development of a brief scale to measure AIDS-related stigma in South Africa.

    Seth C. Kalichman;Leickness C. Simbayi;Sean Jooste;Yoesrie Toefy

  • Traditional beliefs about the cause of AIDS and AIDS-related stigma in South Africa.

    S.C. Kalichman;L. Simbayi

  • Disclosure of HIV status to sex partners and sexual risk behaviours among HIV-positive men and women, Cape Town, South Africa

    Leickness C. Simbayi;Seth C. Kalichman;Anna Strebel;Allanise Cloete

  • HIV/AIDS and ‘othering’ in South Africa: The blame goes on

    George Petros;Collins O Airhihenbuwa;Leickness Simbayi;Shandir Ramlagan

  • Social constructions of gender roles gender-based violence and HIV / AIDS in two communities of the Western Cape South Africa.

    Anna Strebel;Mary Crawford;Tamara Shefer;A Cloete

  • Associations of poverty, substance use, and HIV transmission risk behaviors in three South African communities.

    Seth C. Kalichman;Leickness C. Simbayi;Ashraf Kagee;Yoesrie Toefy

  • South African National HIV Prevalence, Incidence, Behaviour and Communication Survey, 2017: towards achieving the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets

    L. Simbayi;K. Zuma;N. Zungu;S. Moyo

  • New insights into HIV epidemic in South Africa: key findings from the National HIV Prevalence, Incidence and Behaviour Survey, 2012

    Khangelani Zuma;Olive Shisana;Thomas M. Rehle;Leickness C. Simbayi

  • The HIV Epidemic in South Africa: Key Findings from 2017 National Population-Based Survey

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  • Gender attitudes, sexual violence, and HIV/AIDS risks among men and women in Cape Town, South Africa

    Seth C. Kalichman;Leickness C. Simbayi;Michelle Kaufman;Demetria Cain

  • The South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2012: SANHANES-1: the health and nutritional status of the nation

    O. Shisana;D. Labadarios;T. Rehle;L. Simbayi

  • South African national HIV prevalence incidence behaviour and communication survey 2008: the health of our children.

    O. Shisana;L.C. Simbayi;T. Rehle;N.P. Zungu

Frequent Co-Authors

Demetria Cain
Demetria Cain City University of New York
Michael P. Carey
Michael P. Carey Brown University
Seth C. Kalichman
Seth C. Kalichman University of Connecticut
Karl Peltzer
Karl Peltzer Asian University
Kate B. Carey
Kate B. Carey Brown University
Catherine Mathews
Catherine Mathews South African Medical Research Council
Lisa A. Eaton
Lisa A. Eaton University of Connecticut
Ashraf Kagee
Ashraf Kagee Stellenbosch University
Mary Crawford
Mary Crawford University of Connecticut

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