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| Naeemah AbrahamsSummaryAffiliation: Medical Research Council Country: South Africa Publications
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Interpersonal violence: an important risk factor for disease and injury in South AfricaRosana Norman
University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Herston, Queensland 4006, Australia
Popul Health Metr 8:32. 2010..This study aimed to comprehensively quantify the excess disease burden attributable to exposure to interpersonal violence as a risk factor for disease and injury in South Africa...- Sexual violence against intimate partners in Cape Town: prevalence and risk factors reported by menNaeemah Abrahams
Gender and Health Research Group, South African Medical Research Council, PO Box 19070 Tygerberg 7505, South Africa
Bull World Health Organ 82:330-7. 2004..To describe the prevalence of and risk factors for the perpetration of sexual violence by men against female intimate partners... - Effects of South African men's having witnessed abuse of their mothers during childhood on their levels of violence in adulthoodNaeemah Abrahams
Gender and Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council, PO Box 19070, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa
Am J Public Health 95:1811-6. 2005..We sought to assess the effects of witnessing violence against their mothers in childhood on men's use of violence in a range of settings in adulthood... 
Intersections of 'sanitation, sexual coercion and girls' safety in schools'Naeemah Abrahams
Gender and Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa
Trop Med Int Health 11:751-6. 2006..To explore safety for girls in schools, particularly how girls perceive and negotiate dangers and risks associated with the use of toilets...- Intimate partner violence: prevalence and risk factors for men in Cape Town, South AfricaNaeemah Abrahams
Gender and Health Unit, Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa
Violence Vict 21:247-64. 2006..16), and conflict about his infidelity (OR = 2.81). The study shows that ideas supportive of gender inequality and normative use of violence in different settings are major underlying factors for men's violence against partners... - Intimate femicide-suicide in South Africa: a cross-sectional studyShanaaz Mathews
Gender and Health Unit, Medical Research Council, South Africa
Bull World Health Organ 86:552-58. 2008..To examine the incidence and patterns of intimate femicide-suicide in South Africa and to describe the factors associated with an increase in the risk of suicide after intimate femicide (i.e. the killing of an intimate female partner)... - Mortality of women from intimate partner violence in South Africa: a national epidemiological studyNaeemah Abrahams
Gender and Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council Cape Town, South Africa
Violence Vict 24:546-56. 2009..The national IPV mortality rate was more than twice that found in the United States. The study highlights the value of collecting reliable data across the globe to develop interventions for advocacy of which gender equity is critical... 
Injury patterns of female homicide victims in South AfricaShanaaz Mathews
Gender and Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
J Trauma 67:168-72. 2009..The objective of this article is to describe the incidence of female homicides and their related injury patterns with reference to autopsy practices in South Africa...- Alcohol use and its role in female homicides in the Western Cape, South AfricaShanaaz Mathews
Gender and Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 70:321-7. 2009..The aim of this article is to describe the patterns of blood alcohol concentration (BAC) at the time of death for female homicide victims and to explore the factors associated with having an elevated BAC... - Forensic medicine in South Africa: associations between medical practice and legal case progression and outcomes in female murdersNaeemah Abrahams
Gender and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
PLoS ONE 6:e28620. 2011.... - Guns and gender-based violence in South AfricaNaeemah Abrahams
Gender and Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, W Cape
S Afr Med J 100:586-8. 2010..Violence is a common feature of South African society. A firearm in the home is a risk factor in intimate partner violence, but this has not been readily demonstrated in South Africa because of a lack of data... - Impact of telephonic psycho-social support on adherence to post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) after rapeNaeemah Abrahams
Gender and Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
AIDS Care 22:1173-81. 2010..Further research to understand reasons for non-adherence is needed before further interventions are developed... - The epidemiology and the pathology of suspected rape homicide in South AfricaNaeemah Abrahams
Gender and Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council, PO Box 19070, Tygerberg 7405, Cape Town, South
Forensic Sci Int 178:132-8. 2008..To describe the epidemiology and forensic management of suspected rape homicide in South Africa, with the aim of promoting the recognition of this form of violence against women amongst forensic pathologists during post-mortem examination... - Intimate partner femicide in South Africa in 1999 and 2009Naeemah Abrahams
Gender and Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa
PLoS Med 10:e1001412. 2013..Female homicide studies with data on the perpetrator-victim relationship can provide insights. We compare the results of two South African national studies of female homicide with similar sampling done 10 y apart... - Estimating the burden of disease attributable to interpersonal violence in South Africa in 2000Rosana Norman
Burden of Disease Research Unit, Medical Research Council of South African, Tygerberg, Cape Town
S Afr Med J 97:653-6. 2007 - Managing and resisting stigma: a qualitative study among people living with HIV in South AfricaNaeemah Abrahams
Gender and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, PO Box 19070, Tygerberg 7405, Cape Town, South Africa
J Int AIDS Soc 15:17330. 2012..This study explored experiences of being HIV-positive and how people manage stigma in their daily social interactions... - Barriers to post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) completion after rape: a South African qualitative studyNaeemah Abrahams
Gender and Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
Cult Health Sex 12:471-84. 2010..Further research is needed to support the development of interventions that acknowledge the complex barriers to adherence of PEP after rape... - Indigenous healing practices and self-medication amongst pregnant women in Cape Town, South AfricaNaeemah Abrahams
Gender and Health Research Group, South African Medical Research Council, P O Box 19070, Tygerberg 7505, Cape Town, South Africa
Afr J Reprod Health 6:79-86. 2002..There is, therefore, an urgent need to bridge the gap between orthodox and indigenous medical systems through reciprocal learning and by acknowledging each other's roles... - Services for child sexual abuse lackingNaeemah Abrahams
S Afr Med J 98:494. 2008 - Perpetration of violence against intimate partners: health care implications from global dataJacquelyn C Campbell
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21231-3529, USA
CMAJ 179:511-2. 2008