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Zodwa Mgengwana-Mbakaza

ORCID: 0000-0003-3097-9785
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Research Areas
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

Médecins Sans Frontières
 2019

 Peer Mentorship via Mobile Phones for Newly Diagnosed HIV-Positive Youths in Clinic Care in Khayelitsha, South Africa: Mixed Methods Study
OPENALEX - Publications 
Damian Hacking Zodwa Mgengwana-Mbakaza Tali Cassidy Pumeza Runeyi Laura Triviño Durán and 2 more Ruth Henwood Mathys Andrew Boulle

Youths in South Africa are poor utilizers of HIV health services. Medecins Sans Frontieres has been piloting youth-adapted services at a youth clinic Khayelitsha, including peer virtual mentorship program over mobile phones, piloted from March 2015 to May 2016.The objective this study was evaluate the effect on engagement with and explore acceptability both mentors mentees.Antiretroviral initiation, retention care (RIC), viral load suppression were compared between youths engaged two matched...

10.2196/14012 article EN cc-by Journal of Medical Internet Research 2019-08-31
 Peer Mentorship via Mobile Phones for Newly Diagnosed HIV-Positive Youths in Clinic Care in Khayelitsha, South Africa: Mixed Methods Study (Preprint)
OPENALEX - Publications 
Damian Hacking Zodwa Mgengwana-Mbakaza Tali Cassidy Pumeza Runeyi Laura Triviño Durán and 2 more Ruth Henwood Mathys Andrew Boulle

<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Youths in South Africa are poor utilizers of HIV health services. Medecins Sans Frontieres has been piloting youth-adapted services at a youth clinic Khayelitsha, including peer virtual mentorship program over mobile phones, piloted from March 2015 to May 2016. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> The objective this study was evaluate the effect on engagement with and explore acceptability both mentors mentees. <title>METHODS</title> Antiretroviral initiation,...

10.2196/preprints.14012 preprint EN 2019-05-04
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