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Biography

Zaynab Essack, PhD, is a research psychologist and senior research specialist at the Human and Social Development Programme at the Human Sciences Research Council. She obtained a PhD in Psychology from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (2015) focused on a research ethics within HIV vaccine trials. Zaynab’s current research interests include research ethics, the sexual and reproductive well-being of key populations, especially adolescents and young women, and developing and evaluating interventions to address current social issues in high-poverty and high HIV-prevalence communities. She has a developing interest in using alternative arts-based methodologies in engaging adolescents in research. She is a member of the HSRC Research Ethics Committee, National Bioethics Committee in South Africa and UNESCO’s School-Related Gender-Based Violence (SRGBV) Working Group. Zaynab is also a faculty member of the South African Research Ethics Training Initiative (SARETI), UKZN.

Activities

Employment (4)

Human Sciences Research Council: Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

2020-10-01 to present | Chief Research Special (Centre for Community-Based Research)
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Human Sciences Research Council: Pietermaritzburg, ZA

2015-10-01 to 2020-09-30 | Senior Research Specialist (Human and Social Development)
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KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature: Pietermaritzburg, ZA

2012-03-01 to 2015-09-30 | Senior Researcher
Employment
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HIV AIDS Vaccines Ethics Group, University of KwaZulu-Natal : Pietermaritzburg, ZA

2007-01-01 to 2012-02-28 | Research
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Education and qualifications (4)

University of KwaZulu-Natal : Pietermaritzburg, ZA

2010-07-01 to 2015 | Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology)
Education
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University of KwaZulu-Natal - Pietermaritzburg Campus: Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

2005-02-01 to 2008 | Master of Social Sciences (Research Psychology)
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University of KwaZulu-Natal: Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

2003-01 to 2003-12 | Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) (Psychology)
Qualification
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University of Natal : Pietermaritzburg, ZA

2000 to 2003 | Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology)
Education
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Professional activities (8)

National Bioethics Committee for South Africa: UNESCO, ZA

2018 to present | Member
Service
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Human Sciences Research Council Research Ethics Committee: Pretoria, ZA

2018 to present | Member
Service
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University of KwaZulu-Natal: Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

2015 to present | Honorary Research Fellow (School of Law)
Invited position
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South African Research Ethics Training Initiative (SARETI), UKZN: Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

2007 to present | Faculty
Invited position
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Human Sciences Research Council: Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

2019 | Senior Research Excellence Award
Distinction
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University of KwaZulu-Natal: Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

2006 | Merit Award
Distinction
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The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) : Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

2006 | Scholarship Award
Distinction
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African Academic Scholarship: Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

2004 | Scholarship (2004-2006)
Distinction
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Funding (3)

Acceptability and preference of community-based approaches for PrEP delivery among young men and women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2019 to 2020-12 | Award
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (WA, WA, US)
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Evaluating a walking school bus as a school-related gender-based violence intervention

2018-06 to 2020-03 | Award
World Bank Group (DC, DC, US)
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Cash Plus Care: Impact Evaluation of an Incentivised Behaviour Change Intervention for Young Women, Aged 19-24 Years in King Cetshwayo District, KwaZulu-Natal

2018-03 to 2019-10 | Award
KZN Treasury Global Fund Support Programme (Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA)
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Works (50 of 56)

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Experiences of alcohol use during pregnancy: A qualitative study of pregnant women at risk of acquiring HIV in Cape Town, South Africa

SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
2024-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Amanda P. Miller; Lara Court; Sarah Schoetz; Lucia Knight; Kearabetswe Moopelo; Chwayita Ntwasa; Nafisa Wara; Zaynab Essack; Steven Shoptaw; Landon Myer et al.
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Exploring upbringing styles of highly resilient students in South Africa: A mixed methods study

Journal of Psychology in Africa
2024-03-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Franco Musiello; Zaynab Essack; Alastair van Heerden
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‘A difficult conversation’: community stakeholders’ and key informants’ perceptions of the barriers to talking about sex and HIV with adolescents and young people in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Culture, Health & Sexuality
2023-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Lucia Knight; Hilton Humphries; Natasha Van der Pol; Nkosinathi Ncgobo; Zaynab Essack; Tamsen Rochat; Heidi van Rooyen
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Lives versus livelihoods: South African adults’ perspectives on the alcohol ban during the COVID-19 lockdown

Journal of Substance Use
2023-05-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Zaynab Essack; Candice Groenewald; Nazeema Isaacs; Thobeka Ntini; Mafanato Maluleka; Lindelwa Bhembe; Sinakekelwe Nkwanyana; Ann Strode
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South African Rural Girls’ Safety Strategies on the School Journey

Girlhood Studies
2023-03-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Ndumiso Daluxolo Ngidi; Xolani Ntinga; Ayanda Khumalo; Zaynab Essack
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Correlates of Substance Misuse, Transactional Sex, and Depressive Symptomatology Among Partnered Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in South Africa and Namibia

AIDS and Behavior
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85122689598

Part of ISSN: 15733254 10907165
Contributors: Metheny, N.; Stephenson, R.; Darbes, L.A.; Chavanduka, T.M.D.; Essack, Z.; van Rooyen, H.
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Recent alcohol use is associated with increased Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) continuation and adherence among pregnant and post-partum women in South Africa.

Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)
2022-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Miller AP; Shoptaw S; Moucheraud C; Mvududu R; Essack Z; Gorbach PM; Myer L; Joseph Davey DL
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“I will not allow my child to go to school”

2022-09-15 | Book chapter
Contributors: Candice Groenewald; Zaynab Essack; Thobeka Ntini; Mafanato Maluleka; Mirriam Mkhize
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Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in South African Local Communities: The VaxScenes Study

Vaccines
2022-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2076-393X
Contributors: Patrick D. M. C. Katoto; Saahier Parker; Nancy Coulson; Nirvana Pillay; Sara Cooper; Anelisa Jaca; Edison Mavundza; Gregory Houston; Candice Groenewald; Zaynab Essack et al.
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"They abduct us and rape us": adolescents' participatory visual reflections of their vulnerability to sexual violence in South African townships.

Social Science and Medicine
2021 | Journal article
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Critiquing the ethics review process in the 2019 Nieuwoudt et al. study on the impact of age and education on cognitive functioning among coloured South African women

South African Journal of Bioethics and Law
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85108616111

Part of ISSN: 19997639
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HIV Testing, Knowledge and Willingness to Use PrEP Among Partnered Men Who Have Sex With Men in South Africa and Namibia

AIDS and Behavior
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85098729555

Part of ISSN: 15733254 10907165
Contributors: Stephenson, R.; Darbes, L.A.; Chavanduka, T.; Essack, Z.; van Rooyen, H.
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HIV testing, knowledge and willingness to use PReP among partnered men who have sex with men in South Africa and Namibia.

AIDS and Behavior
2021 | Journal article
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Re: Response to the stellenbosch university’s research ethics committee: Social, behavioural and education research expression of concern

South African Journal of Bioethics and Law
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85113853165

Part of ISSN: 19997639
Contributors: Strode, A.; Freedman, W.; Essack, Z.; van Rooyen, H.
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Sexual risk among pregnant women at risk of HIV infection in Cape Town, South Africa: What does alcohol have to do with it?

medRxiv
2021 | Other
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2-s2.0-85122720622

Contributors: Miller, A.P.; Shoptaw, S.; Mvududu, R.; Mashele, N.; Coates, T.J.; Bekker, L.-G.; Essack, Z.; Groenewald, C.; Peterson, Z.; Gorbach, P.M. et al.
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“They abduct us and rape us”: Adolescents’ participatory visual reflections of their vulnerability to sexual violence in South African townships

Social Science and Medicine
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85115084347

Part of ISSN: 18735347 02779536
Contributors: Daluxolo Ngidi, N.; Moletsane, R.; Essack, Z.
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Understanding Constraints and Enablers of Turnaround Time for Ethics Review: The Case of Institutional Review Boards in Tanzania

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics
2021-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Mwifadhi Mrisho; Zaynab Essack
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“The power of the poem”: using poetic inquiry to explore trans-identities in Namibia

Arts & Health
2021-09-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Heidi van Rooyen; Zaynab Essack; Alude Mahali; Candice Groenewald; Abigail Solomons
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Intimate Partner Violence among Male Couples in South Africa and Namibia

Journal of Family Violence
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85094944564

Part of ISSN: 15732851 08857482
Contributors: Stephenson, R.; Darbes, L.A.; Chavanduka, T.; Essack, Z.; van Rooyen, H.
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‘It’s like making your own alcohol at home’: Factors influencing adolescent use of over-the-counter cough syrup

SAJCH South African Journal of Child Health
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85092502352

Part of ISSN: 19997671 19943032
Contributors: Essack, Z.; Groenewald, C.J.; van Heerden, A.
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Be legally wise: When is parental consent required for adolescents’ access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)?

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine
2020-11-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Ann Strode; Catherine M. Slack; Zaynab Essack; Jacintha D. Toohey; Linda-Gail Bekker
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Intimate partner violence in older South African women: An analysis of the 2016 Demographic and Health Survey

South African Medical Journal
2020-10 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85092327412

Part of ISSN: 20785135 02569574
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Power relations in sexual agreements among male couples in Southern Africa

Culture, Health & Sexuality
2020-08-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Zaynab Essack; Ingrid Lynch; Chammah J. Kaunda; Rob Stephenson; Lynae Darbes; Heidi van Rooyen
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Refining Interventions Through Formative Research: A Focus on Ethical Considerations in a Family-Based Home-Based Counseling and Testing (FBCT) Intervention in KwaZulu-Natal

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics
2020-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Zaynab Essack; Nkosinathi Ngcobo; Natasha Van der Pol; Lucia Knight; Tamsen Rochat; Mirriam Mkhize; Heidi Van Rooyen
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Adolescent Barriers to HIV Prevention Research: Are Parental Consent Requirements the Biggest Obstacle?

The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
2020-07-04 | Journal article
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Exploring queerphobic geographies in Southern Africa

Agenda
2020-04-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Ndumiso Daluxolo Ngidi; Molemo Ramphalile; Zaynab Essack; Heidi van Rooyen
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In-Home Passive Sensor Data Collection and Its Implications for Social Media Research: Perspectives of Community Women in Rural South Africa

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics
2020-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Alastair van Heerden; Doug Wassenaar; Zaynab Essack; Khanya Vilakazi; Brandon A. Kohrt
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“I started that day and continued for 2 years”: A case report on adolescent ‘whoonga’ addiction

Journal of Substance Use
2019-11-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Candice Groenewald; Zaynab Essack
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A feminist critique of legal approaches to adolescent sexual and reproductive health rights in Eastern and Southern Africa: Denial and divergence versus facilitation

Agenda
2018 | Journal article
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Pictures speak for themselves: Youth engaging through photovoice to describe sexual violence in their community

Youth Engagement through the Arts and Visual Practices to Address Sexual Violence
2018 | Book chapter
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Putting the T in LGBT Trans and gender-diverse (in)visibility and activism in South Africa

Civil Society in the Global South
2018 | Book
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2-s2.0-85089189657

Contributors: Essack, Z.; Van Der Pol, N.; Ndelu, S.; Sehoole, J.; Van Der Merwe, L.L.A.; Van Rooyen, H.
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South African Research Ethics Committee Review of Standards of Prevention in HIV Vaccine Trial Protocols

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85048366635

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15562654 15562646

Contributors: Essack, Z.; Wassenaar, D.R.
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Speaking through pictures: Canvassing adolescent risk behaviours in a semi-rural community in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

SAJCH South African Journal of Child Health
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85053076231

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19997671 19943032

Contributors: Groenewald, C.; Essack, Z.; Khumalo, S.
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Unpacking the 2-year age-gap provision in relation to the decriminalisation of underage consensual sex in South Africa

South African Journal of Bioethics and Law
2018 | Journal article
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Facilitating access to adolescent sexual and reproductive health services through legislative reform: Lessons from the South African experience

South African Medical Journal
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85028469510

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20785135 02569574

Contributors: Strode, A.; Essack, Z.
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Bridging non-communicable disease burden research to clinical care: A rising tide or a tidal wave?

South African Medical Journal
2017-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2078-5135
Contributors: Ilya Golovaty; Alastair Van Heerden; Zaynab Essack; Heidi Van Rooyen; Ruanne Barnabas
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Taking HIV Testing to Families: Designing a Family-Based Intervention to Facilitate HIV Testing, Disclosure, and Intergenerational Communication

Frontiers in Public Health
2016-08-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2296-2565
Contributors: Heidi van Rooyen; Zaynab Essack; Tamsen Rochat; Daniel Wight; Lucia Knight; Ruth Bland; Connie Celum
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Amendments to the Sexual Offences Act dealing with consensual underage sex: Implications for doctors and researchers

South African Medical Journal
2016-02-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2078-5135
Contributors: Suhayfa Bhamjee; Zaynab Essack; Ann Elaine Strode
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Reflecting on adolescents’ evolving sexual and reproductive health rights: canvassing the opinion of social workers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Reproductive Health Matters
2016-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0968-8080
Contributors: Zaynab Essack; Jacintha Toohey; Ann Strode
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The mandatory reporting of consensual, underage sex: Knowledge, practices and perspectives of social workers in KwaZulu-Natal

South African Journal of Bioethics and Law
2015-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1999-7639
Contributors: Zaynab Essack; A Strode
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Towards a Science of Community Stakeholder Engagement in Biomedical HIV Prevention Trials: An Embedded Four-Country Case Study

PLOS ONE
2015-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
Contributors: Peter A. Newman; Clara Rubincam; Catherine Slack; Zaynab Essack; Venkatesan Chakrapani; Deng-Min Chuang; Suchon Tepjan; Murali Shunmugam; Surachet Roungprakhon; Carmen Logie et al.
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Ensuring access to HIV prevention services in South African HIV vaccine trials: Correspondence between guidelines and practices

Public Health Ethics
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84904702031

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17549981 17549973

Contributors: Essack, Z.
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Stakeholder views of ethical guidance regarding prevention and care in HIV vaccine trials

BMC Medical Ethics
2014-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1472-6939
Contributors: Rika Moorhouse; Catherine Slack; Michael Quayle; Zaynab Essack; Graham Lindegger
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Compensation for research-related injury in South Africa: A critique of the good clinical practice (GCP) guidelines

South African Journal of Bioethics and Law
2012 | Journal article
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“I feel like half a woman all the time”: The impacts of coerced and forced sterilisations on HIV-positive women in South Africa

Agenda
2012 | Journal article
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‘It Looks Like You Just Want Them When Things Get Rough’: Civil Society Perspectives on Negative Trial Results and Stakeholder Engagement in HIV Prevention Trials

Developing World Bioethics
2012-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1471-8731
Contributors: Jennifer Koen; Zaynab Essack; Catherine Slack; Graham Lindegger; Peter A. Newman
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Civil society perspectives on negative biomedical HIV prevention trial results and implications for future trials

AIDS Care
2012-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0954-0121
Contributors: Zaynab Essack; Jennifer Koen; Catherine Slack; Graham Lindegger; Peter A. Newman
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“She made up a choice for me”: 22 HIV-positive women’s experiences of involuntary sterilization in two South African provinces

Reproductive Health Matters
2012-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0968-8080
Contributors: Ann Strode; Sethembiso Mthembu; Zaynab Essack
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Child consent in South African law - implications for researchers, service providers and policy-makers

South African Medical Journal
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-80052568100

Part of ISSN: 02569574
Contributors: Strode, A.; Slack, C.; Essack, Z.
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HIV prevention responsibilities in HIV vaccine trials: Complexities facing South African researchers

South African Medical Journal
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-75649119676

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02569574

Contributors: Essack, Z.; Slack, C.; Koen, J.; Gray, G.
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Peer review (3 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for BMC medical ethics (2)
Review activity for PLOS global public health. (1)