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Zwane PG, Shongwe MC*, & Shabalala FS. (2022). Challenges faced by mental health nurses working with people living with mental illness in Eswatini: A qualitative study. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 17, 100475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijans.2022.100475 [ESCI]
Simelane MS, Chemhaka GB, Shongwe MC, Motsa MPS, & Dlamini LP. (2022). Factors associated with HIV testing among youth in a generalized hyperendemic setting: findings from a national survey in Eswatini. African Journal of AIDS Research, 21(1): 41-48. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2022.2039728 [SCIE|SSCI]
Dlamini LP, Shongwe MC*, Simelane MS, Chemhaka GB, & Magagula FN. (2022). Factors associated with poor maternal health care services utilization in Eswatini: A secondary analysis of a nationally representative household survey, Midwifery, 106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2022.103250 [SCIE|SSCI].
Mamba F & Shongwe MC*. (2022). Prevalence and factors associated with intergenerational sexual partnerships among undergraduate health science students in Eswatini. African Health Sciences, 22 (2): 436-443. https://doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v22i2.50 [SCIE].
Maibvise C, Shongwe MC, Jele V, Dlamini PS, & Chiviya W. (2022). Perceptions about tuberculosis and perceived tuberculosis-related stigma and associated factors among the mining community in Eswatini. African Health Sciences, 22(1): 551-559. https://doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v22i1.64 [SCIE].
Shongwe MC & Huang SL. (2021). Suicidal Ideation and Predictors of Psychological Distress during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Eswatini: A Population-Based Household Telephone Survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(13), 6700. http://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136700.
Chemhaka GB, Simelane MS, Moyo S, & Shongwe MC. (2021). Prevalence and sociodemographic determinants of alcohol consumption among adults living with HIV in Eswatini. African Journal of AIDS Research, 20(2). https://doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2021.1895236 [SCIE|SSCI].
Shongwe MC*, Dlamini LP, Simelane MS, Masuku SKS, & Shabalala, FS. (2021). Are there gender differences in the prevalence and correlates of bullying victimization among in-school youth in Eswatini? School Mental Health.https://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-021-09416-y [SSCI].
Shongwe MC, Chung, M-H, Chien, L-Y, & Chang, P-C. (2021). Does parenting style moderate the relationship between parent-youth sexual risk communication and premarital sexual debut among in-school youth in Eswatini? PLoS ONE, 16(1): e0245590. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245590 [SCIE].
Dlamini BT & Shongwe MC*. (2020). Barriers to female condom use among undergraduate health science students at a selected tertiary institution in Eswatini. Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery. Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.25159/2520-5293/6530 [ESCI].
Simelane MS, Shongwe MC, Vermaak K, & Zwane E. (2020). Determinants of households’ access to improved drinking water: A secondary analysis of Eswatini 2010 and 2014 Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys. Advances in Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/6758513 [ESCI].
Dlamini LP, Mahanya S, Dlamini SD, & Shongwe MC*. (2019). Prevalence and factors associated with postpartum depression at a primary health care facility in Eswatini. South African Journal of Psychiatry, 25(0), a1404. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v25i0.1404 [SCIE|SSCI].
Dlamini SB & Shongwe MC*. (2019). Exploring mental health nurses’ perceptions on factors contributing to psychiatric readmissions in Eswatini: A qualitative study. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 11, 100157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijans.2019.100157
Shongwe MC* & Mkhonta N.R. (2015). The experiences of HIV-positive mothers breastfeeding exclusively in Swaziland. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 15(1), 9592-9606. https://www.ajfand.net/Volume15/No1/Shongwe12910.pdf
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