Journal articles

2022

Burger R, Köhler T, Golos A, Buttenheim A, English R, Tameris M, Maughan‑Brown B. Longitudinal changes in COVID-19 vaccination intent among South African adults: evidence from the NIDS-CRAM panel survey, February to May 2021. BMC Public Health. 2022, 22:422


Burger R, Christian C, English R, Maughan-Brown B, Rossouw L. Predictors of mask wearing during the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from South Africa. Translational Behavioral Medicine. 2022, 12(1): 167-179.


Swartz A, Maughan-Brown B, Perera S, Harrison A, Kuo C, Lurie M, Smith P, Bekker L-G, Galárraga O. “The Money, It’s OK but It’s not OK”: Patients’ and Providers’ Perceptions of the Acceptability of Cash Incentives for HIV Treatment Initiation in Cape Town, South Africa. AIDS and Behavior. 2022. 26(1): 166-122.


2021


George G, Maughan-Brown B, Thirumurthy H. Behavioural Science to Improve the Effectiveness of HIV Programmes, South Africa. WHO Bulletin. 202, 99(11): 840–842.


Maughan-Brown B, Beckett S, Kharsany ABM, Cawood C, Khanyile D, Lewis L, Venkataramani A, George G. Poor rates of linkage to HIV care and uptake of treatment after home-based HIV testing among newly diagnosed 15-to-49 year-old men and women in a high HIV prevalence setting in South Africa. AIDS Care. 2021, 31(1):70-79.


2020

Galárraga O, Kuo C, Mtukushe B, Maughan-Brown B, Harrison A, Hoare J. iSAY (incentives for South African youth): Stated preferences of young people living with HIV. Social Science and Medicine. 2020, 265:113333.

Maughan-Brown B, Beckett S, Kharsany ABM, Cawood C, Khanyile D, Lewis L, Venkataramani A, George G. Poor rates of linkage to HIV care and uptake of treatment after home-basedHIV testing among newly diagnosed 15-to-49 year-old men and women in a high HIV prevalence setting in South Africa. AIDS Care. DOI:10.1080/09540121.2020.1719025.

Maughan-Brown B, Venkataramani A, Kharsany ABM, Beckett S, Govender K, Lewis L, Cawood C, Khanyile D, George G. Recently formed age-disparate partnerships are associated with elevated HIV incidence among young women in South Africa. AIDS. 2020, 30:149-154

2019

Davis S, Toledo C, Lewis L, Maughan-Brown B, Ayalew K, Kharsany ABM. Does voluntary medical male circumcision protect against sexually transmitted infections among men and women in real-world scale-up settings? Findings of a household survey in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. BMJ Global Health. 2019;4:e001389

Maughan-Brown B, George G, Beckett S, Evans M, Lewis L, Cawood C, Khanyile D, Kharsany ABM. Age-disparate partnerships and HSV-2 among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: implications for HIV infection risk. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2019, 95(6):443-448.

George G, Maughan-Brown B, Beckett S, Evans M, Cawood C, Khanyile D, Govender K, Kharsany ABM. Coital frequency and condom use in age-disparate partnerships involving women aged 15 to 24: evidence from a cross-sectionalstudy in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. BMJ Open. 2019; 9:e024362

Chan B, Maughan-Brown B, Bogart L, Earnshaw V, Tshabalala G, Courtney I, Dietrich J, Orrell C, Gray G, Bangsberg D, Tsai A, Katz I. Trajectories of HIV-Related Internalized Stigma and Disclosure Concerns Among ART Initiators and Non-initiators in South Africa. Stigma and Health. 2019, 4(4): 433-441.

Maughan-Brown B, Harrison A, Galárraga O, Kuo C, Smith P, Bekker L-G, Lurie M. Factors affecting linkage to HIV care and ART initiation following referral for ART by a mobile health clinic in South Africa: evidence from a multimethod study. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2019, 42(5):883-897

Lewis L, Maughan-Brown B, Grobler A, Cawood C, Khanyile D, Glenshaw M, Kharsany ABM. Impact of Home-Based HIV Testing Services on Progress Toward the UNAIDS 90-90-90 Targets in a Hyperendemic Area of South Africa. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2019; 80 (2): 135–144.

George G, Maughan‑Brown B, Beckett S, Evans M. An Examination of Men’s Wealth and Age Disparate Partnerships in South Africa: A Nationally Representative Cross-sectional Survey. Sexuality & Culture. 2019, 23(1):45-56

2018

Earnshaw V, Bogart L, Laurenceau J-P, Chan B, Maughan-Brown B, Dietrich J, Courtney I, Tshabalala G, Orrell C, Gray G, Bangsberg D, Katz I. (2018). Internalized HIV stigma, ART initiation and HIV-1 RNA suppression in South Africa: exploring avoidant coping as a longitudinal mediator. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2018, 21(10): e25198

Galárraga O, Harries J, Maughan-Brown B, Cooper D, Short SE, Lurie MN, Harrison A. The Empower Nudge lottery to increase dual protection use: a proof-of-concept randomised pilot trial in South Africa. Reproductive Health Matters. 2018, 26:52

Burns J, Maughan-Brown B, Âurea Mouzinho. Washing with Hope: Evidence of improved handwashing among children in South Africa from a pilot study of a novel soap technology. BMC Public Health. 2018, 18(1): 709.

Haffejee F, Maughan-Brown B, Buthelezi T, Kharsany ABM. Perceived HIV-related stigma among university students in South Africa: Implications for HIV testing. African Journal of AIDS Research. 2018, 17(2):109-118.

Maughan-Brown B, George G, Beckett S, Evans M, Lewis L, Cawood C, Khanyile D, Kharsany ABM. HIV risk among adolescent girls and young women in age-disparate partnerships: Evidence from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2018, 78(2):155-162.

Maughan-Brown B, Smith P, Kuo C, Harrison A, Lurie M, Bekker L-G, Galárraga O. A conditional economic incentive fails to improve linkage to care and antiretroviral therapy initiation among HIV-positive adults in Cape Town, South Africa. AIDS Patient Care & STDs. 2018, 32(2):70-78.

Carmona S, Bor J, Nattey C, Maughan-Brown B, Maskew M, Fox M, Glencross D, Ford N, MacLeod W. Persistent high burden of advanced HIV disease in South Africa: data from a nation wide laboratory cohort. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2018, 66:S111-117.

Maughan-Brown B, Smith P, Kuo C, Harrison A, Lurie M, Bekker L-G, Galárraga O. Readiness for Antiretroviral Therapy: Implications for Linking HIV-Infected Individuals to Care and Treatment. AIDS and Behavior. 2018, 22(3):691-700.

Maughan-Brown B, Kuo C, Galárraga O, Smith P, Lurie M, Bekker L-G, Harrison A. Stumbling blocks at the clinic: experiences of seeking HIV treatment and care in South Africa. AIDS and Behavior. 2018, 22(3):765-773

Maughan-Brown B, Venkataramani A. Accuracy and determinants of perceived HIV risk among young women in South Africa. BMC Public Health. 2018, 18:42

2017

Katz I, Maughan-Brown B. Improved life expectancy ofpeople living with HIV: who is left behind? The Lancet HIV. 2017; 4(8):e324-e326.

Evans M, Maughan-Brown B, Zungu N, George G. HIV Prevalence and ART Use Among Men inPartnerships with 15–29 Year Old Women in South Africa: HIV Risk Implicationsfor Young Women in Age-Disparate Partnerships. AIDS and Behavior. 2017, 21:2533-2542.

2016

Evans, M., Risher, K., Zungu, N., Shisana, O., Moyo, S., Celentano, D., Maughan-Brown, B., Rehle, T. Age-disparate sex and HIV risk for young women from 2002 to 2012 in SouthAfrica. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2016, 19:21310

Maughan-Brown B, Evans M, George G. Sexual Behaviourof men and women within age-disparate partnerships in South Africa:Implications for young women’s HIV risk. PLOS ONE. 2016, 11(8): e0159162

Maughan-Brown B, Lloyd N, Bor J, Venkataramani A. Changes in self-reported HIV testing duringSouth Africa’s 2010/2011 national testing campaign: gains and shortfalls. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2016, 19:20658

Kenyon C, Tsoumanis A, Schwartz I, Maughan-Brown B. Partner concurrency and HIVinfection risk in South Africa. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2016; 45:81-87.

2015

Datta S, Burns J, Maughan-Brown B, Darling M, Eyal K. Risking it all for love?Resetting beliefs about HIV risk among low-income South African teens. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 2015; 118:184-198.

Maughan-Brown B, Godlonton S, Thorton R, Venkataramani A. What Do People Actually Learn fromPublic Health Campaigns? Incorrect Inferences About Male Circumcision andFemale HIV Infection Risk Among Men and Women in Malawi. AIDS and Behavior. 2015; 19:1170-1177.

2014

Kenyon C, Vu L, Menten J, Maughan-Brown B. Male Circumcision and Sexual Risk BehaviourMay Contribute to Considerable Ethnic Disparities in HIV Prevalence in Kenya:An Ecological Analysis. PLOS ONE. 2014; 9(8): e106230.

Maughan-Brown B, Spaull N. HIV-related discrimination among Grade Six pupils innine Southern African countries. PLOS ONE. 2014, 9(8):e102981.

Maughan-Brown B, Kenyon C, Lurie M. Partner Age Differences and Concurrency in South Africa:Implications for HIV-infection Risk among Young Women. AIDS and Behavior. 2014, 18:2469-2476.

Maughan-Brown B, Nyblade, L. Different Dimensions of HIV-Related Stigma May HaveOpposite Effects on HIV Testing: Evidence Among Young Men and Women in SouthAfrica. AIDS and Behavior. 2014, 18:958-965.

2013

Gummerson E, Maughan-Brown B, Venkataramani A. Who is taking up voluntary medical malecircumcision? Early evidence from Tanzania. AIDS 2013, 27(16):2657-9.

Maughan-Brown B. Concurrent sexualpartnerships among young adults in Cape Town, South Africa: How is concurrencychanging? Sexual Health 2013, 10:246-252.

Venkataramani A, Maughan-Brown B. Effects of HouseholdShocks and Poverty on the Timing of Traditional Male Circumcision and HIV riskin South Africa. AIDS and Behavior 2013, 17(5):1668-74.

Maughan-Brown B, Venkataramani A. Incorrect beliefs about male circumcision and male-to-female HIV transmissionrisk in South Africa: Implications for prevention. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2013, 62(4):e121-e123.

Mah T, Maughan-Brown B. Social and cultural contexts of concurrency in a township in Cape Town,South Africa. Culture, Health & Sexuality. 2013, 15(2):135-147.

2012

Nattrass N, Maughan-Brown B, Seekings J, Whiteside A. Poverty, sexual behaviour, gender and HIV infection among youngblack men and women in Cape Town, South Africa. African Journal of AIDS Research. 2012, 11(4):307-317.

Maughan-Brown B, Venkataramani A. Learning That Circumcision is Protective Against HIV: RiskCompensation Among Men and Women in Cape Town, South Africa. PLOS ONE. 2012, 7(7): e40753

Maughan-Brown B. Variation in concurrent sexual partnerships and sexually transmitteddiseases among African men in Cape Town, South Africa. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2012, 39(7):537-542.

2011

Maughan-Brown B, Venkataramani A, Nattrass N, Seekings J, Whiteside A. A cut above the rest: Traditional MaleCircumcision and HIV Risk Among Xhosa men in Cape Town, South Africa. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2011, 58(5):499–505.

Maughan-Brown B, Venkataramani A. Measuring concurrentpartnerships: potential for underestimation in UNAIDS recommended method. AIDS. 2011, 25(12):1549-1551.

2010

Maughan-Brown B. Stigma Rises Despite Antiretroviral Roll-out: A Longitudinal Analysis inSouth Africa. Social Science and Medicine. 2010, 70(3): 368-374.

Venkataramani A, Maughan-Brown B, Nattrass N, Prah-Ruger J. Social Grants, Welfare and the Incentive to Trade-off Health for Incomeamong Individuals on HAART in South Africa. AIDS and Behavior. 2010, 14(6):1393-1400.

2007

Anderson K, Beutel A, Maughan-Brown B. HIV/AIDS risk perceptionand first sexual intercourse among youth in Cape Town, South Africa. International Family Planning Perspectives. 2007, 33(3):98-105.

2006

Maughan-Brown B. Attitudes towards people with HIV/AIDS:Stigma and its Determinants amongst Young Adults in Cape Town, SouthAfrica. South African Review of Sociology. 2006, 37(2):165-188.