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Catherine O. Egbe is a research psychologist and public health scientist

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Employment (3)

South African Medical Research Council: Tygerberg, ZA

2017-11-01 to present | Specialist Scientist (Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit)
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University of California San Francisco: San Francisco, CA, US

2015-07-01 to 2017-10-20 | Postdoctoral Research Scholar (Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education)
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University of KwaZulu-Natal School of Psychology: Durban, ZA

2013-05-01 to 2015-06-30
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of KwaZulu-Natal: Durban, ZA

PhD Psychology (Health Promotion) (Discipline of Psychology)
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University of Benin: Benin City, Edo, NG

BSc(Ed) Biology/Education (Educational Psychology and Curriculum Studies)
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University of Benin: Benin City, Edo, NG

MEd Guidance and Counselling (Educational Psychology and Curriculum Studies)
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Tobacco control research in South Africa from 1978 to 2022: A scoping review

South African Medical Journal
2024-11-29 | Journal article
Contributors: C O Egbe; C Dare; S Gwambe; C Van Walbeek
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Disparities in Tobacco Smoking by Sex and Employment Status: Results from South Africa’s First Global Adult Tobacco Survey

Social Sciences
2024-10-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Catherine O. Egbe; Portia Nevhungoni; Mukhethwa Londani
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Exploring a roadmap to achieving tobacco endgame in sub-Saharan Africa: A qualitative study among stakeholders from 12 countries

2024-09-24 | Preprint
Contributors: Catherine O. Egbe; Senamile P. Ngobese; Arshima Khan; Siphesihle Gwambe; Zinhle P. Ngcobo; Stella A. Bialous
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E-cigarettes and harm reduction: a view from sub-Saharan Africa

Tobacco Control
2024-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Catherine O Egbe; Arshima Khan; Andrew Scheibe; Olalekan A Ayo-Yusuf
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Electronic nicotine delivery systems in Nigeria: product types, flavours and nicotine content labels

Tobacco Control
2024-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Olufemi A Erinoso; Olatokunbo Osibogun; Catherine O Egbe; Ololade Wright; Afolabi Oyapero; Akin Osibogun
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Tobacco Vendors’ Perceptions and Compliance with Tobacco Control Laws in Nigeria

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2023-11-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Omotayo F. Fagbule; Catherine O. Egbe; Olalekan A. Ayo-Yusuf
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Framing the policy debate over tobacco control legislation and tobacco taxation in South Africa

Tobacco Control
2023-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Mateusz Zygmunt Zatoński; Catherine O Egbe; Lindsay Robertson; Anna Gilmore
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Trends in the use and dual use of factory-made combustible cigarettes, other tobacco products and electronic cigarettes: Results from South African Social Attitudes Surveys during 2007 to 2018

Tobacco Induced Diseases
2023-07-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Catherine O. Egbe; Siphesihle Gwambe; Mukhethwa Londani; Olufemi Erinoso; Olalekan A. Ayo-Yusuf
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“Are they trying to control us people?”: News media coverage of COVID-19 lockdown tobacco sales ban in South Africa

PLOS ONE
2022-12-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Catherine O. Egbe; Ali B. Mahmoud; Senamile P. Ngobese; Hannah Barca; Eric Crosbie
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Associations between electronic cigarette use and quitting behaviours among South African adult smokers

Tobacco Control
2022-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Israel Agaku; Catherine O Egbe; Olalekan Ayo-Yusuf
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Landscape of tobacco control in sub-Saharan Africa

Tobacco Control
2022-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Catherine O Egbe; Peter Magati; Emma Wanyonyi; Leonce Sessou; Ellis Owusu-Dabo; Olalekan A Ayo-Yusuf
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Moving targets: how the rapidly changing tobacco and nicotine landscape creates advertising and promotion policy challenges

Tobacco Control
2022-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Pamela M Ling; Minji Kim; Catherine O Egbe; Roengrudee Patanavanich; Mariana Pinho; Yogi Hendlin
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Circumvention of COVID-19-related restrictions on tobacco sales by the e-cigarette industry in South Africa and comparative analyses of heated tobacco product vs combustible cigarette volume sales during 2018-2020

Preventive Medicine
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Agaku, Israel T.; Egbe, Catherine O.; Ayo-Yusuf, Olalekan A.
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On- and off-licensed premises drinking behaviour among adults in the city of Tshwane, South Africa: An analysis of data from the International Alcohol Control study

Drug and Alcohol Review
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Londani, Mukhethwa; Morojele, Neo K.; Egbe, Catherine O.; Nel, Elmarie; Petersen Williams, Petal; Harker, Nadine; Parry, Charles D. H.
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Potential revenue from taxing e-cigarettes and comparison of annual costs of daily e-cigarette use versus daily cigarette smoking among South African adults

Tobacco Induced Diseases
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Agaku, Israel T.; Egbe, Catherine O.; Ayo-Yusuf, Olalekan A.
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Utilisation of smoking cessation aids among South African adult smokers: findings from a national survey of 18 208 South African adults

Family Medicine and Community Health
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Agaku, Israel; Egbe, Catherine; Ayo-Yusuf, Olalekan
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E-cigarette advertising exposure among South African adults in 2017: findings from a nationally representative cross-sectional survey

BMJ Open
2021-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Israel Terungwa Agaku; Catherine O Egbe; Olalekan A Ayo-Yusuf
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Geospatial spread of e-cigarette vape shops in South Africa and the relationship with tobacco product use among adults

Health & Place
2021-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Israel T. Agaku; Catherine O. Egbe; Olalekan A. Ayo-Yusuf
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Non-Smoker's Exposure to Second-Hand Smoke in South Africa during 2017

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Ngobese, Senamile P.; Egbe, Catherine O.; Londani, Mukhethwa; Ayo-Yusuf, Olalekan A.
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The need to regulate electronic cigarettes amidst health concerns: Let's follow the evidence

South African Medical Journal
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Egbe, Catherine O.; London, Leslie; Kalideen, Savera; Delobelle, Peter; Datay, Ishaaq
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Tobacco and COVID-19: Understanding the science and policy implications

Tobacco Induced Diseases
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Clancy, Luke; Gallus, Silvano; Leung, Janice; Egbe, Catherine O.
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Factors influencing alcohol use among female in-school adolescents in the Western Cape, South Africa

South African Journal of Psychology
2020-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Thokozani J Hlomani-Nyawasha; Anna Meyer-Weitz; Catherine O Egbe
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COVID-19 lockdown and the tobacco product ban in South Africa

Tobacco Induced Diseases
2020-05-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Catherine O. Egbe; Senamile Ngobese
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Electronic cigarettes: the solution or yet another phase of the tobacco epidemic?

South African Journal of Psychology
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Egbe, Catherine O.; Parry, Charles D. H.; Myers, Bronwyn
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Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Implementation in Nigeria: Lessons for Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Nicotine & Tobacco Research
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Egbe, Catherine O.; Bialous, Stella A.; Glantz, Stanton
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Role of stakeholders in Nigeria's tobacco control journey after the FCTC: lessons for tobacco control advocacy in low-income and middle-income countries

Tobacco Control
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Egbe, Catherine O.; Bialous, Stella A.; Glantz, Stanton
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Tobacco use and nicotine dependence among people living with HIV who drink heavily in South Africa: a cross-sectional baseline study

BMC Public Health
2019-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Catherine O. Egbe; Mukhethwa Londani; Charles D. H. Parry; Bronwyn Myers; Paul A. Shuper; Sebenzile Nkosi; Neo K. Morojele
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News media coverage of shisha in Nigeria from 2014 to 2018

Tobacco Induced Diseases
2019-04-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Emmanuel Abraham; Catherine Egbe; Olalekan Ayo-Yusuf
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Upgrade needed: South African tobacco control policy and the WHO-framework convention on tobacco control

Tobacco Induced Diseases
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Egbe, C. O.; Bialous, S. A.; Glantz, S. A.
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Strengthening mental health system governance in six low- and middle-income countries in Africa and South Asia: Challenges, needs and potential strategies

Health Policy and Planning
2017 | Journal article
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Contributors: Petersen, I.; Marais, D.; Abdulmalik, J.; Ahuja, S.; Alem, A.; Chisholm, D.; Egbe, C.; Gureje, O.; Hanlon, C.; Lund, C. et al.
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A Qualitative Exploration of the Theory of Triadic Influence in a Nigerian Setting: The Case of Cigarette Smoking

Psychological Studies
2017-09-14 | Journal article
Contributors: Catherine O. Egbe; Elizabeth O. Egbochuku; Anna Meyer-Weitz; Inge Petersen
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Depression, suicidality, and alcohol use disorder among people living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria

BMC Public Health
2017-06-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1471-2458
Contributors: Catherine O. Egbe; Patrick S. Dakum; Ernest Ekong; Brandon A. Kohrt; John G. Minto; Cynthia J. Ticao
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Barriers to Smoking Cessation Among Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in South Africa

Annals of Global Health
2017-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2214-9996
Contributors: Zifikile Phindile Shangase; Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni; Catherine O. Egbe
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Avoiding “A Massive Spin-Off Effect in West Africa and Beyond”: The Tobacco Industry Stymies Tobacco Control in Nigeria

Nicotine & Tobacco Research
2017-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1462-2203
Contributors: Catherine O. Egbe; Stella A. Bialous; Stanton A. Glantz
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Promotion, prevention and protection: interventions at the population- and community-levels for mental, neurological and substance use disorders in low- and middle-income countries.

2016 | Journal article
Contributors: Petersen I; Evans-Lacko S; Semrau M; Barry MM; Chisholm D; Gronholm P; Egbe CO; Thornicroft G
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Cigarette smoking among Southern Nigerian youth and what geopolitical zones got to do with it

Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies
2016-06-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1745-0128
Contributors: Catherine O. Egbe; Elizabeth O. Egbochuku; Inge Petersen; Anna Meyer-Weitz
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Intrapersonal, interpersonal and environmental risk influences for cigarette smoking among the youth of southern Nigeria

Annals of Global Health
2016-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2214-9996
Contributors: Catherine O. Egbe; Inge Petersen; Anna Meyer-Weitz
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Knowledge of the Negative Effects of Cigarette Smoking on Health and Well-Being among Southern Nigerian Youth

International Journal of Social Science and Humanity
2016-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2010-3646
Contributors: Catherine O. Egbe; Inge Petersen; Anna Meyer-Weitz
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Population and Community Platform Interventions

Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 4): Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders
2016-03-10 | Other
Part of ISBN: 9781464804267
Contributors: Inge Petersen; Sara Evans-Lacko; Maya Semrau; Margaret Barry; Dan Chisholm; Petra Gronholm; Catherine O. Egbe; Graham Thornicroft
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Experiences and effects of psychiatric stigma: Monologues of the stigmatizers and the stigmatized in an African setting.

2015 | Journal article
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Systematic review of feasibility and acceptability of psychosocial interventions for schizophrenia in low and middle income countries.

2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Brooke-Sumner C; Petersen I; Asher L; Mall S; Egbe CO; Lund C
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Addressing a Threat to the Healthfulness of Tomorrow's Generation: The Case of Cigarette Smoking in Nigeria

Qualitative Research in Education
2014 | Journal article
Contributors: Egbe, Catherine O.; Petersen, Inge; Meyer-Weitz, Anna
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An exploratory study of the socio-cultural risk influences for cigarette smoking among Southern Nigerian youth.

2014 | Journal article
Contributors: Egbe CO; Petersen I; Meyer-Weitz A; Oppong Asante K
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Barriers to Accessing HIV Services for Black African Communities in Cambridgeshire, the United Kingdom

2014 | Journal article
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Contributors: Shangase, P.; Egbe, C.O.
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Optimizing lay counsellor services for chronic care in South Africa: A qualitative systematic review

2014 | Journal article
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Contributors: Petersen, I.; Fairall, L.; Egbe, C.O.; Bhana, A.
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“A Woman is not Supposed To Smoke”: Exploring Gendered

Journal of Psychology
2014-07 | Journal article
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“A Woman is not Supposed To Smoke”: Exploring Gendered Stereotypes in Smoking Patterns in a Nigerian Setting

Journal of Psychology
2014-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0976-4224
Contributors: Catherine O. Egbe; Anna Meyer-Weitz; Kwaku Oppong Asante; Inge Petersen
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Psychiatric stigma and discrimination in South Africa: perspectives from key stakeholders

BMC Psychiatry
2014-07-14 | Journal article
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Community participation in tobacco control in a Nigerian setting

2013 | Journal article
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Contributors: Egbe, C.O.; Petersen, I.; Meyer-Weitz, A.
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Descriptive Poems on a Qualitative Research With Young Smokers in Southern Nigeria

2013 | Journal article
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Peer review (41 reviews for 15 publications/grants)

Review activity for African Identities. (1)
Review activity for BMC health services research (1)
Review activity for BMC public health (3)
Review activity for BMJ global health. (2)
Review activity for BMJ open. (1)
Review activity for International journal of mental health and addiction. (1)
Review activity for International journal of mental health systems. (2)
Review activity for International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being. (8)
Review activity for International quarterly of community health education. (1)
Review activity for Nicotine & tobacco research. (6)
Review activity for Perspectives in public health. (1)
Review activity for PloS one. (7)
Review activity for Tobacco control (5)
Review activity for Tobacco prevention and cessation. (1)
Review activity for Vulnerable children and youth studies. (1)