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R. Desai

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R. Desai — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 9
Works: 22
Citations: 145

Most-cited papers

Cigarette smoking and reasons for leaving school among school dropouts in South Africa
R. Desai, L. Mercken, R. Ruiter, J. Schepers +1 more
2018BMC Public Health27 citations Open access
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Understanding Why Youth Drop Out of School in South Africa
R. Desai, Ansuyah Magan, Robert A. C. Ruiter, Priscilla Reddy +1 more
2024SAGE Open16 citations Open access
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Culturally relevant COVID-19 vaccine acceptance strategies in sub-Saharan Africa
O. Ajeigbe, Getachew Arage, Michael Besong, W. Chacha +17 more
2022Lancet Global Health16 citations Open access
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Age at the onset of tobacco smoking in South Africa: a discrete-time survival analysis of the prognostic factors
A. Fagbamigbe, R. Desai, R. Sewpaul, N. Kandala +2 more
2020Archives of Public Health16 citations Open access
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"You Travel Faster Alone, but Further Together": Learning From a Cross Country Research Collaboration From a British Council Newton Fund Grant
P. Reddy, R. Desai, S. Sifunda, K. Chalkidou +3 more
2018International Journal of Health Policy and Management14 citations Open access
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The association between biopsychosocial factors and disability in a national health survey in South Africa
P. Naidoo, R. Sewpaul, A. Nyembezi, P. Reddy +3 more
2017Psychology, Health & Medicine10 citations
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Social network determinants of alcohol and tobacco use: A qualitative study among out of school youth in South Africa
R. Desai, R. Ruiter, Ansuyah Magan, P. Reddy +1 more
2020PLoS ONE9 citations Open access
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Reasons for Leaving School and Alcohol Use Among Out of School Youth in South Africa
R. Desai, L. Mercken, R. Ruiter, J. Schepers +1 more
2019Health Psychology Bulletin9 citations Open access
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Tackling smoking among out of school youth in South Africa: An analysis of friendship ties
R. Desai, Robert A. C. Ruiter, J. Schepers, S. P. Reddy +1 more
2019Addictive Behaviors Reports9 citations Open access
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Adolescent social media use and mental health in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol of current research
R. Desai, Lauren Stuart, W. Mapanga, C. Hart +1 more
2025BMJ Open7 citations Open access
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A study Comparing Text-Based WhatsApp and Face-to-Face Interviews to Understand Early School Dropout
R. Desai, Ansuyah Magan, I. Maposa, R. Ruiter +2 more
2022Youth & Society6 citations Open access
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Advocating for an integrated healthcare model for women of reproductive age in low- and middle-income countries
Lauren Stuart, R. Desai, C. Hart, Shane A. Norris
2025Critical Public Health2 citations Open access
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Examining maternal health literacy as a mediator of the relationship between social vulnerability and caregiving practices for improving infant development
Lauren Stuart, Claire M. Hart, R. Desai, SA Norris +3 more
2025BMC Public Health1 citations Open access
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Examining breastfeeding self-efficacy as a mediator between maternal food insecurity and breastfeeding practices in Soweto, South Africa
C. Hart, R. Desai, Lauren Stuart, Shane A. Norris +1 more
2025South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition1 citations Open access
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Behavioural Risk Factors For Non-Communicable Diseases Among In-School and Out-of-School Adolescents In Jos North Local Government Area, Plateau State
Y. SodipoOlutomi, H. Agbo, E. Envuladu, A. Zoakah +119 more
2023Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health Reports1 citations Open access
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Testing the acceptability and feasibility of video observational methodology to measure parent-adolescent communication and interaction
Fortunate Lekhuleni, R. Desai, B. Coetzee, R. Pearson +1 more
2023Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry1 citations Open access
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Out of school youth
R. Desai, R. Letschert, R. Ruiter, L. Mercken +1 more
20191 citations
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Boikoetliso Ba Boko (‘exercising the mind’): protocol for a mixed methods feasibility and acceptability study of a prototype mental health intervention for adolescents and young people with anxiety and depression
C. Hart, R. Desai, Lauren Stuart, Shane A. Norris
2025Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry0 citations Open access
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Out of school youth : exploring the social and cognitive correlates of early school leaving and alcohol and tobacco use
R. Desai
20190 citations Open access
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Serum cotinine by socioeconomic status and exposure to second hand smoke in a national sample of South Africans
R. Sewpaul, P. Reddy, R. Desai
20180 citations Open access
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SOCIAL CAPITAL AND WATERPIPE SMOKING IN A SOUTH AFRICAN UNIVERSITY
R. Desai
20140 citations
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Examining breastfeeding self-eﬃcacy as a mediator between maternal food insecurity and breastfeeding practices in Soweto, South Africa
C. Hart, R. Desai, Lauren Stuart, Shane A. Norris +1 more
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