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K. Govender

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h-index: 35
Works: 166
Citations: 3,258

Most-cited papers

A Cross-Country Network Analysis of Adolescent Resilience.
J. Höltge, L. Theron, R. Cowden, K. Govender +25 more
2020Journal of Adolescent Health82 citations
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Beyond the Disease: Contextualized Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Children and Young People Living in Eastern and Southern Africa
K. Govender, R. Cowden, P. Nyamaruze, R. Armstrong +1 more
2020Frontiers in Public Health72 citations Open access
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An exploratory analysis of factors associated with depression in a vulnerable group of young people living in informal settlements in South Africa
A. Gibbs, K. Govender, R. Jewkes
2018Global Public Health62 citations
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Trends in HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Incidence in a Hyperendemic Area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
A. Kharsany, C. Cawood, Lara Lewis, N. Yende-Zuma +17 more
2019JAMA Network Open58 citations Open access
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Population Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in a high HIV burden district in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Implications for HIV epidemic control
A. Kharsany, L. Mckinnon, Lara Lewis, C. Cawood +8 more
2020International Journal of Infectious Diseases55 citations Open access
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Effects of Migration on Risky Sexual Behavior and HIV Acquisition in South Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, 2000–2017
Armstrong Dzomba, A. Tomita, K. Govender, F. Tanser
2018Aids and Behavior55 citations Open access
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South African Health Review
Mark Blecher, Jonatan Davén, G. Meyer-Rath, S. Silal +249 more
202248 citations
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HIV incidence and associated risk factors in adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: A population-based cohort study
Lara Lewis, A. Kharsany, H. Humphries, B. Maughan-Brown +5 more
2022PLoS ONE46 citations Open access
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Evaluating DREAMS HIV prevention interventions targeting adolescent girls and young women in high HIV prevalence districts in South Africa: protocol for a cross-sectional study
G. George, C. Cawood, A. Puren, D. Khanyile +11 more
2020BMC Women's Health43 citations Open access
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Announcing the availability of oral HIV self-test kits via text message to increase HIV testing among hard-to-reach truckers in Kenya: a randomized controlled trial
E. Kelvin, G. George, Samuel Kinyanjui, E. Mwai +6 more
2019BMC Public Health40 citations Open access
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Quality of antenatal care services in Rwanda: assessing practices of health care providers
A. A. Rurangirwa, I. Mogren, J. Ntaganira, K. Govender +1 more
2018BMC Health Services Research40 citations Open access
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Factors Influencing the Intention and Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccines on the African Continent: A Scoping Review
Damian Naidoo, A. Meyer-Weitz, K. Govender
2023Vaccines35 citations Open access
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Determining HIV risk for Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) in relationships with “Blessers” and age-disparate partners: a cross-sectional survey in four districts in South Africa
G. George, S. Beckett, T. Reddy, K. Govender +3 more
2022BMC Public Health33 citations Open access
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Increasing HIV testing demand among Kenyan truck drivers and female sex workers
E. Kelvin, G. George, E. Mwai, Samuel Kinyanjui +9 more
201933 citations Open access
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Effects of a Short Message Service (SMS) Intervention on Reduction of HIV Risk Behaviours and Improving HIV Testing Rates Among Populations located near Roadside Wellness Clinics: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique
K. Govender, S. Beckett, W. Masebo, C. Braga +4 more
2019Aids and Behavior30 citations
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Costing analysis of an SMS-based intervention to promote HIV self-testing amongst truckers and sex workers in Kenya
G. George, T. Chetty, M. Strauss, Silas Inoti +9 more
2018PLoS ONE30 citations Open access
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Greater risk for more money: the economics of negotiating condom use amongst sex workers in South Africa
G. George, S. Nene, S. Beckett, D. Durevall +2 more
2019AIDS Care29 citations
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The role of schooling and comprehensive sexuality education in reducing HIV and pregnancy among adolescents in South Africa
G. George, S. Beckett, T. Reddy, K. Govender +3 more
2022Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes27 citations Open access
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Association of HIV Intervention Uptake With HIV Prevalence in Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa
K. Govender, S. Beckett, T. Reddy, R. Cowden +5 more
2022JAMA Network Open26 citations Open access
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Coital frequency and condom use in age-disparate partnerships involving women aged 15 to 24: evidence from a cross-sectional study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
G. George, B. Maughan-Brown, S. Beckett, M. Evans +4 more
2019BMJ Open26 citations Open access
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Addressing COVID-19 vulnerabilities: How do we achieve global health security in an inequitable world
Annamarie Bindenagel Šehović, K. Govender
2021Global Public Health24 citations Open access
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Culturally Relevant Resilience: A Psychometric Meta-Analysis of the Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM).
R. Renbarger, R. N. Padgett, R. Cowden, K. Govender +7 more
2020Journal of Research on Adolescence23 citations
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Sexual Risk Behavior: a Multi-System Model of Risk and Protective Factors in South African Adolescents
K. Govender, R. Cowden, K. O. Asante, G. George +1 more
2019Prevention Science21 citations
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Intimate partner violence during pregnancy in relation to non-psychotic mental health disorders in Rwanda: a cross-sectional population-based study
A. A. Rurangirwa, I. Mogren, J. Ntaganira, K. Govender +1 more
2018BMJ Open21 citations Open access
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Effect of ART scale-up and female migration intensity on risk of HIV acquisition: results from a population-based cohort in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Armstrong Dzomba, A. Tomita, A. Vandormael, K. Govender +1 more
2019BMC Public Health20 citations Open access
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Impact of HIV testing and treatment services on risky sexual behaviour in the uMgungundlovu District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a cross-sectional study
G. George, S. Beckett, C. Cawood, D. Khanyile +2 more
2019AIDS Research and Therapy18 citations Open access
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Factors associated with HIV in younger and older adult men in South Africa: findings from a cross-sectional survey
K. Govender, S. Beckett, G. George, Lara Lewis +4 more
2019BMJ Open18 citations Open access
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Experiences of intimate relationships, stigma, social support and treatment adherence among HIV-positive adolescents in Chiredzi district, Zimbabwe
Christopher Jimu, K. Govender, Roselyn Kanyemba, Marie-Jeanne Offosse Ngbesso
2021African journal of AIDS research : AJAR17 citations
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COVID-19 vaccines for children and adolescents in Africa: aligning our priorities to situational realities
K. Govender, P. Nyamaruze, N. McKerrow, A. Meyer-Weitz +1 more
2022BMJ Global Health16 citations Open access
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Preferences, beliefs, and attitudes about oral fluid and blood-based HIV self-testing among truck drivers in Kenya choosing not to test for HIV
J. Mantell, A. Khalifa, Stephanie N. Christian, M. Romo +5 more
2022Frontiers in Public Health15 citations Open access
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“I like the way I am, but I feel like I could get a little bit bigger”: Perceptions of body image among adolescents and youth living with HIV in Durban, South Africa
P. Nyamaruze, K. Govender
2020PLoS ONE15 citations Open access
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A systematic review of the South African work on the well-being of young people (2000–2016)
K. Govender, A. Bhana, Kerry D. McMurray, Jane-Frances Kelly +4 more
2018South African journal of psychology = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir sielkunde15 citations Open access
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Risk Compensation Following Medical Male Circumcision: Results from a 1-Year Prospective Cohort Study of Young School-Going Men in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
K. Govender, Gavin George, S. Beckett, C. Montague +1 more
2018International Journal of Behavioral Medicine15 citations
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HIV Focused Sexual Risk-Reduction Interventions Targeting Adolescent Boys and Young Men in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review
Roselyn Kanyemba, K. Govender, Armstrong Dzomba, Tivani P Mashamba +1 more
2023Aids and Behavior14 citations Open access
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Conceptual pathways to HIV risk in Eastern and Southern Africa
R. Cowden, L. Tucker, K. Govender
2020Preventing HIV Among Young People in Southern and Eastern Africa14 citations Open access
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Investigating the Interrelations Between Systems of Support in 13- to 18-Year-Old Adolescents: A Network Analysis of Resilience Promoting Systems in a High and Middle-Income Country.
J. Höltge, L. Theron, Angelique van Rensburg, R. Cowden +2 more
2021Child Development13 citations Open access
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Barriers and facilitators to HIV viral load suppression among adolescents living with HIV in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A qualitative study
O. Mukuku, K. Govender, S. Wembonyama
2025PLoS ONE12 citations Open access
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The Social Ecological Model: A Framework for Understanding COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake among Healthcare Workers—A Scoping Review
Damian Naidoo, A. Meyer-Weitz, K. Govender
2023Vaccines12 citations Open access
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Living a private lie: intersectional stigma, depression and suicidal thoughts for selected young key populations living with HIV in Zambia
J. Zulu, Henna Budhwani, Bo Wang, Anitha Menon +5 more
2024BMC Public Health11 citations Open access
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Self-esteem and antiretroviral therapy adherence among young people living with HIV: An exploratory serial mediation analysis
P. Nyamaruze, K. Govender, R. Cowden
2021South African Journal of Science11 citations Open access
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Depression and sexual risk behavior among long-distance truck drivers at roadside wellness clinics in Kenya
M. Romo, G. George, J. Mantell, E. Mwai +5 more
2019PeerJ11 citations Open access
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Preventing HIV Among Young People in Southern and Eastern Africa
K. Govender, N. Poku
202010 citations Open access
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Depression symptoms, HIV testing, linkage to ART, and viral suppression among women in a high HIV burden district in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A cross-sectional household study
K. Govender, D. Durevall, R. Cowden, S. Beckett +5 more
2020Journal of Health Psychology10 citations Open access
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Recently formed age-disparate partnerships are associated with elevated HIV-incidence among young women in South Africa
B. Maughan-Brown, A. Venkataramani, A. Kharsany, S. Beckett +5 more
2020AIDS (London)10 citations Open access
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Validation of the Perceived Sense of School Membership Scale: A South African Version
R. Cowden, K. Govender, Kwaku Oppong Asante, C. Reardon +1 more
201810 citations
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Children and young women in eastern and southern Africa are key to meeting 2030 HIV targets: time to accelerate action.
K. Govender, P. Nyamaruze, R. Cowden, Y. Pillay +1 more
2023The Lancet HIV9 citations
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Magnitude and characteristics of unsuppressed HIV viral load in children and adolescents on antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
O. Mukuku, K. Govender, S. Wembonyama, Yannick Nkiambi Kiakuvue
2025The Lancet HIV8 citations
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Early and unintended pregnancy in Eastern and Southern Africa: analysis of adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights policies
S. Choonara, Roseline Hwati, Morris Tayebwa, K. Govender
2024BMJ Global Health8 citations Open access
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Predictors of migration in an HIV hyper-endemic rural South African community: evidence from a population-based cohort (2005–2017)
Armstrong Dzomba, Hae-Young Kim, A. Tomita, A. Vandormael +2 more
2022BMC Public Health8 citations Open access
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The Impact on HIV Testing Over 6 Months When Free Oral HIV Self-Test Kits Were Available to Truck Drivers in Kenya: A Randomized Controlled Trial
E. Kelvin, G. George, M. Romo, J. Mantell +4 more
2021Frontiers in Public Health8 citations Open access
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