Gender and Health Research Unit

Publications

• Abrahams N, Jewkes R, Laubscher R, Hoffman M. (2006) Intimate partner violence: prevalence and risk factors for men in Cape Town, South Africa. Violence and Victims  21(2),247-264.
• Jewkes R, Nduna M, Levin J, Jama N, Dunkle K, Khuzwayo N, Koss M, Puren A, Wood K, Duvvury N.  A cluster randomised controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of Stepping Stones in preventing HIV infections and promoting safer sexual behaviour amongst youth in the rural Eastern Cape, South Africa: trial design, methods and baseline findings. Tropical Medicine and International Health 2006; 11:3-16.
• Christofides N, Muirhead D, Jewkes R, Penn-Kekana L, Conco ND Patient experiences of post-sexual assault services and their preferences for how services should be delivered in South Africa.  British Medical Journal 2006; 332(7535):209-23.
• Jewkes R, Dunkle K, Koss MP, Levin J, Nduna M, Jama N, Sikweyiya Y. Rape perpetration by young, rural South African men: prevalence, patterns and risk factors. Social Science and Medicine. (2006); 63: 2949-61
• Jewkes R Beyond stigma: changing social responses to HIV in South Africa. The Lancet 2006; 368(9534):430.
• Mathews S. Criminalising HIV transmission- is this good public health? South African Medical Journal 2006; 96 (4): 312-314
• Abrahams N, Mathews S, Ramela P. Intersections of ‘sanitation, sexual coercion and girls safety in schools’. Tropical Medicine and International Health 2006; 11(5): 751-756.
• Jewkes R Response to Pettifor et al AIDS 2005. AIDS 2006; 20(6), 952-3.
• Dunkle K, Jewkes R Nduna M, Levin J, Jama N, Khuzwayo N, Koss MP, Duvvury N Perpetration of partner violence and HIV risk behaviour among young men in the rural Eastern Cape AIDS 2006; 20: 2017-14.
• Jewkes R, Dunkle K, Nduna M, Levin J, Jama N, Khuzwayo N, Koss M, Puren A, Duvvury N. Factors associated with HIV sero-positivity in young, rural South African men, International Journal of Epidemiology 2006; 35: 1455-1460.
• Jewkes R, Dunkle K, Nduna M, Levin J, Jama N, Khuzwayo N, Koss M, Puren A, Duvvury N, Factors associated with HIV sero-status in young rural South African women: connections between intimate partner violence and HIV International Journal of Epidemiology 2006; 35(6
  0: 1461-8.
• Garcia-Moreno C, Jansen HAFM, Ellsberg M, Heise L, Watts C on behalf of the WHO multi-country study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence against Women Study Team [including Jewkes R]. Prevalence of intimate partner violence: findings from the WHO multi-country study on women’s health and domestic violence. The Lancet 2006; 368: 1260-69.
  Dunkle KL, Jewkes RK, Nduna M, Jama N, Levin JB, Sikweyiya Y, Koss MP. Transactional sex and economic exchange with partners among young South African men in the rural Eastern Cape: prevalence, predictors and associations with gender-based violence. Social Science and Medicine (in press)
  Wood K, Jewkes R. (2006) Blood Blockages and Scolding Nurses: Barriers to Adolescent Contraceptive Use in South Africa . Reproductive Health Matters 14(7), 109-118.
• Jewkes R (2006) Problematizando el stigma y la exclusion: reflexiones etnograficas sobre el stigma del VIH y el genero en Sudafrica. Caceres C, Careaga G, Frasca T, Pecheny M (eds) Sexualidad, stigma y drechose humanos. Desafios para el acceso a la salud en America Latina. FASPA/UPCH, Lima. p.357-376
• Jewkes R, Rose-Junius H, Penn-kekana L “In my culture children have no status and if you are a girl child you have even less status”: Reflections on gender in the  social context of child rape in Namibia. In: Hubbard D, LaFont S. Gender & sexuality in Namibia. (2007)
• Jewkes R. (2005) Non-consensual sex among South African youth: Prevalence of coerced sex and discourses of control and desire. Jejeebhoy S Sex without consent. Young people in developing countries. Zed books, London.  p.86-96
• Outwater A, Abrahams N & Campbell J. Women in South Africa: Intentional Violence and HIV/AIDS, Intersections and Prevention. Journal of Black Studies 2005; 35: 135-154
• Christofides N, Jewkes R, Webster N, Penn-Kekana L, Abrahams N, Martin L “Other patients are really in need of medical attention”- the quality of sexual assault services in South Africa. World Health Bulletin 2005;83 :495-502.
• Jewkes R, Penn-Kekana L, Rose-Junius H (2005) “If they rape me, I can’t blame them”: reflections on the social context of child sexual abuse in South Africa and Namibia. Social Science and Medicine 61, 1809-1820.
• Burazeri G, Roshi E, Jewkes R, Jordan S, Bjegovic V, Laaser U (2005) Empowered women and rural men: factors associated with physical intimate partner violence in a cross-sectional study of married woman in Albania. British Medical Journal 331, 197-201.
• Abrahams N, Jewkes R. What is the impact of witnessing mother abuse during childhood on South African men’s violence as adults? American Journal of Public Health 2005;95:1811-1816.
• Jewkes R, Rees H, Dickson K, Brown H, Levin J The impact of age on the epidemiology of incomplete abortions in South Africa after legislative  change. BJOG. 2005 Mar;112(3):355-9.
• Jewkes R , Rees H Dramatic decline in abortion mortality due to the Choice in termination of Pregnancy Act. South African Medical Journal 2005; 95: 250.
• Jewkes R, Gumede T, Westaway M, Levin J, Dickson-Tetteh K,  Brown H, Rees H (2005) Why are women still aborting outside designated facilities in metropolitan South Africa? British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 112, 1236-42.
• Jewkes R. (2005) Non-consensual sex among South African youth: Prevalence of coerced sex and discourses of control and desire. Jejeebhoy S Sex without consent. Young people in developing countries. Zed books, London.  p.86-96
• Dyer SJ, Abrahams N, Mokoena NE, Lombard C  & van der Spuy ZM. Psychological distress among women suffering from couple infertility in South Africa – a quantitative assessment. Human Reproduction. 2005 20(7) (pp. 1938-43)
• Jewkes R A prescription for gender, health and human rights. (book review) Global Prescriptions: Gendering Health and Human Rights by Rosalind Pollack Petchesky. The Lancet 2004; 363:91
• N Abrahams, R. Jewkes, M. Hoffman, R. Laubscher (2004) Sexual violence against intimate partners in Cape Town: prevalence and risk factors reported by men. Bulletin of the World Health Organisation 82: 330-337.
• Dunkle KL, Jewkes RK, Brown HC, Gray GE, McIntryre JA, Harlow SD. (2004) Gender-Based Violence, Relationship Power and Risk of Prevalent HIV Infection among Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in Soweto, South Africa. The Lancet 363: 1415-1421.
• Dunkle KL, Jewkes RK, Brown HC, Gray GE, McIntyre JA, Harlow SD. (2004) Transactional sex among women in Soweto, South Africa: prevalence, risk factors and association with HIV infection.  Social Science & Medicine 59, 1581-1592.
• Dunkle KL, Jewkes RK, Brown HC, et al. 2004 Prevalence and patterns of gender-based violence and revictimization among women attending antenatal clinics in Soweto, South Africa. American Journal of Epidemiology  160, 230-9.
• Wood K, Jewkes R. (2005) ‘Dangerous’ love: reflections on violence among Xhosa township youth. In: Cornwall A (ed) Readings in Gender in Africa, Indiana University Press, Bloomington.pp.95-102.
• Abrahams N, Adhikari R, Bhagwat IP, Christofides N, Djibuti M, Dyalchand A et al Changing the debate about health research for development. International Health Research Awards Recipients. J Public Health Policy. 2004;25(3-4):259-87.
• Dyer SJ, Abrahams N, Mokoena NE & van der Spuy ZM.’You are a man because you have children’: Experiences, reproductive health knowledge and treatment-seeking behaviour among men suffering from couple infertility. Human Reproduction 2004. 19 (4) (pp960 -67).
  Jewkes R (2004) Child sexual abuse and HIV infection. In: Richter L, Dawes A & Higson-Smith C (eds) The sexual abuse of young children in Southern Africa. HSRC, Cape Town.  p.130-142.
• Abrahams N, Martin LJ & Vetten L. (2004) An overview of gender-based violence in South Africa and South African responses. In S Suffla, A Van Niekerk, N Duncan (Eds),  Crime , violence and Injury prevention in South Africa. Developments and Challenges (pp40 -64), Medical Research Council – University of South Africa.
• Jewkes R (2004) Evaluating community development initiatives in health promotion. In: Thorogood M & Coombes Y (eds)(second edition) Evaluating health promotion: practice & methods. Oxford University Press. Pp.123-134
• Jewkes R (2004) Evaluation interventions to prevent intimate partner violence In: Thorogood M & Coombes Y (eds) (second edition) Evaluating health promotion: practice & methods. Oxford University Press. Pp111-121
• Jewkes R (2004) Child sexual abuse and HIV infection. In: Richter L, Dawes A & Higson-Smith C (eds) The sexual abuse of young children in Southern Africa. HSRC, Cape Town.  p.130-142.
• Jewkes R (2004) Evaluating community development initiatives in health promotion. In: Thorogood M & Coombes Y (eds)(second edition) Evaluating health promotion: practice & methods. Oxford University Press. Pp.123-134
• Jewkes R (2004) Evaluation interventions to prevent intimate partner violence In: Thorogood M & Coombes Y (eds) (second edition) Evaluating health promotion: practice & methods. Oxford University Press. Pp111-121
• Jewkes R, Sen P, Garcia Moreno C.  (2002) Sexual Violence. In: Krug EG et al (Eds) World Health Report on Violence and Health. World Health Organization, Geneva, 2002..pp 148-181.
• Jewkes R, Levin J, Penn-Kekana L. Gender inequalities, intimate partner violence and HIV preventive practices: findings of a South African cross-sectional study. Social Science & Medicine. 2003, 56(1), 125-34
• Brown H, Jewkes R, Dickson Tetteh K, Levin J, Rees H. Management of incomplete abortion in South African public hospitals. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2003; 110: 371-7.
• Dickson Tetteh K, Jewkes R, Brown H, Levin J, Rees H, Mavuya L (2003) Implementation of South Africa’s 1996 Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act: service provision after three years. Studies in Family Planning 34(4), 277-284 
• Jewkes R, Levin J, Bradshaw D, Mbananga N. Rape of girls in  South Africa. The Lancet. 2002;359:319-320.
• Jewkes R Domestic violence: how can it be prevented? (Editorial) British Medical Journal 2002; 324:253-4
• Jewkes R. Intimate partner violence: causation and primary prevention. The Lancet 2002;359:1423-29.
• Jewkes R, Abrahams N The epidemiology of rape and sexual coercion in South Africa: an overview. Social Science & Medicine 2002; 55:153-166.
• Jewkes R Preventing sexual violence: a rights based approach. The Lancet 2002;360:1092-3
• Jewkes R, Martin L, Penn-Kekana L. The virgin cleansing myth: cases of child rape are not exotic. The Lancet 2002;359:711.
• Jewkes R, Wagman J. Ethical controversies in domestic violence in South Africa. Ethical Issues. In Lavery JV, Wahl E, Grady C, Emanuel EJ (eds). International Biomedical Research: A Case Book. New York: Oxford University Press.  (in press)
• Jewkes R, Rose-Junius H, Penn-kekana L “In my culture children have no status and if you are a girl child you have even less status”: Reflections on gender in the  social context of child rape in Namibia. In: Hubbard D, LaFont S. Gender & sexuality in Namibia. (in press)
• Wood K, Jewkes R. ‘Dangerous’ love: reflections on violence among Xhosa township youth. In: Cornwall A (ed) Readings in Gender in Africa, International African Institute Press, London. (in press)
• Jewkes R, Penn-Kekana L, Levin J. Risk factors for domestic violence: findings from a South African cross-sectional study. Social Science and Medicine 2002; 55, 1603-1618
• Jacobs T, Jewkes R Vezimfihlo: a model for health sector response to gender violence in South Africa. International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2002; Sep;78 Suppl 1:S51-6.
• Jewkes R, Brown H, Dickson-Tetteh K,  Levin J, Rees H.Prevalence of morbidity associated with abortion before and after legislation in South Africa. British Medical Journal 2002; 324:1252-3.
• Abrahams N, Jewkes R, Mvo Z. Indigenous healing practices and self-medication amongst pregnant women in Cape Town. African Journal of Reproductive Health 2002; 2:79-8
• Dyer SJ, Abrahams N, Hoffman M, van der Spuy ZM. (2002). Men leave me as I cannot have children: Women’s experiences with involuntary childlessness. Human Reproduction. 17(6):1663‑8.
• Dyer SJ, Abrahams N, Hoffman M, van der Spuy ZM. (2002). Infertility in South Africa. Women’s Reproductive health knowledge and treatment-seeking
• Wood K, Jewkes R. (2001) ‘Dangerous’ love: reflections on violence among Xhosa township youth. In: Morrell R (ed) Changing men in Southern Africa. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg and Zed Press, London. pp. 317-336.
• Wood K, Jewkes R Violence, rape and sexual coercion: everyday love in a South African township. In: Whitehead S, Barrett F (eds) A reader on Masculinities. Polity Press, Cambridge. 2001.
• Jewkes R, Vundule C, Maforah F, Jordaan E (2001) Relationship dynamics and adolescent pregnancy in South Africa. Social Science and Medicine 52 (5), 733-744.
• Vundule C, Maforah NF, Jewkes R, Jordaan E (2001) Risk factors for teenage pregnancy amongst African adolescents in metropolitan Cape Town: a case control study. South African Medical Journal 91,73-80.
• Jewkes R, Penn-Kekana L, Levin J, Ratsaka M, Schrieber M. Prevalence of emotional, physical and sexual abuse of women in three South African Provinces. South African Medical Journal 2001; 91(5):421-428.
• Jewkes R 2001 Reflections on gender violence in the South African public health agenda. Development 44(3), 64-68.
• Jewkes R. Researching cultural differences in health. Book Review . Journal of Public Health Medicine. 1996:18;495.
• Jewkes R. Book Review. ‘What makes women sick? (book review) By L.Doyal’ Social Science and Medicine. 1998:46;1252.
• Abrahams N, Jewkes R, Mzo Z The role of the midwife in health care seeking behaviour of pregnant women in South Africa. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health 2001; 46(4):
• Jewkes R, Watts C, Abrahams N, Penn-Kekana L, Garcia-Moreno C. (2000) Ethical and methodological issues in conducting  research on gender-based violence in Southern Africa. Reproductive Health Matters. 8, 93-103.
• Jewkes R (2000) Violence against women in South Africa. International Clinical Psychopathology  15 (suppl 3), 37-45.
• de Jonge E, Jewkes R, Levin J, Rees H. RCT of the efficacy of misoprostol as a cervical ripening agent prior to first trimester TOP. South African Medical Journal 2000; 90:256-262.
• Wood K, Jewkes R Violence, rape and sexual coercion: everyday love in a South African township. Gender and Development 1997;5:41-46.
• Wood K, Maforah F, Jewkes R. ‘He forced me to love him’: putting violence on the adolescent sexual health agenda. Social Science and Medicine 1998; 47:233-242.
  Fawcus S, McIntyre J, Jewkes R, Rees H, Katzenellenbogen J, Shabodien R et al Management of incomplete abortions by South African public hospitals. South African Medical Journal 1997: 87;438-442.
• Jewkes R, Wood K, Maforah F. Backstreet abortion in South Africa. South African Medical Journal 1997: 87; 417-418.
• Rees H, Katzenellenbogen J,  Shabodien R,  Jewkes R, Fawcus S,  McIntyre J et al. The Epidemiology of Incomplete Abortion in South Africa. South African Medical Journal 1997: 87; 432-438.
• Maforah F, Wood K, Jewkes R. Backstreet abortion: women’s experiences. Curationis 1997;20:79-82.
• Jewkes R, Fawcus S, Rees H, Lombard C. The South African Incomplete Abortion Study: Methodological issues. Studies in Family Planning 1997;28:228-234.
• Abrahams N, Wood K, Jewkes R. Barriers to cervical screening: women’s and health workers’ perceptions Curationis 1997; 20: 50-52.
• Wood K, Jewkes R, Abrahams N. ‘Cleaning the womb’: constructions of cervical screening and womb cancer among rural Black women in South Africa. Social Science and Medicine 1997;45:283-294.
• Wood K, Jewkes R, Maepa J. Barriers to access and provision of effective and appropriate contraceptive services for adolescents in the Northern Province: patient and provider perspectives. South African Medical Journal (Public Health Supplement) 1997; 87(8):1031
• Wood K, Jewkes R. Opportunities and threats in proposed changes to birth and death registration. South African Medical Journal 1998; 88:28-9.
• Wood K, Jewkes R, Lewin S, Mvo Z, Hoosain M, McCoy D Assessment of alleged rape victims. South African Medical Journal 1996;86: 842-3 (letter).
• Jewkes R, Wood K. Competing discourses of vital registration and personhood: perspectives from rural South Africa. Social Science & Medicine 1998;46 :1043-56.
• Jewkes R, Abrahams N, Mvo Z. Why do nurses abuse patients?: reflections from South African obstetric services. Social Science and Medicine 1998, 47, 1781-1795.
• Jewkes R, Wood K. Problematizing pollution: dirty wombs, ritual pollution and pathological processes. Medical Anthropology 1999;18:163-186.
• Jewkes R, Murcott A. Community representatives: representing the “community”? Social Science and Medicine 1998;46 :843-858.
• Hoosain M, Jewkes R, Maphumalo S. Gender audit of health research: 10 years of the South African Medical Journal. South African Medical Journal 1998; 88: 982-985.
• Jewkes RK, O'Connor BH. Crisis in our schools: a survey of school sanitary facilities in Bloomsbury Health District. British Medical Journal 1990:301;1085-87
• Jewkes R. Quality improvement in health services: time for appropriate managerial technology. South African Medical Journal 1995;85:985-6.
• Cornwall A, Jewkes R. What is participatory research? Social Science and Medicine 1995:41;1667-1676.
• Jewkes R. Forget the old days of the medical officers of health. British Medical Journal (letter) 1994;309:1659.
• Jewkes R, Murcott A. Meanings of community. Social Science and Medicine 1996;43:555-563.
  Jewkes R. Representing the community? In: Bruce N, Springett J, Hotchkiss J, Scott-Samuel A (eds) Research and Change in Urban Community Health. Avebury Press, Aldershott, 1995, p.93-100.
• Duncan C, Jewkes R, Whincup P, Towe P, Zahir K. Researching need for primary care in an inner city housing estate: a comparison of methods. In: Bruce N, Springett J, Hotchkiss J, Scott-Samuel A (eds) Research and Change in Urban Community Health. Avebury Press, Aldershott, 1995, p.155-166.
• [Jewkes R] Chapter One: Health promotion. In: Joint Working Party on Child Health Surveillance. Health For All Children. Report of the Third Joint Working Party on Child Health Surveillance, Oxford University Press, Third Edition, 1996.
• [Jewkes R] Chapter Two: Child Health Promotion. In: Joint Working Party on Child Health Surveillance. Health For All Children. Report of the Third Joint Working Party on Child Health Surveillance, Oxford University Press, Third Edition, 1996.
• Jewkes R. Evaluating community development initiatives in health promotion. In: Thorogood  M & Coombes Y (eds). Evaluating health promotion: practice & methods. Oxford University Press. 2000.