Professor Kaymarlin Govender
- Research Director
Kaymarlin Govender is a research psychologist with an MA from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and a DLitt et Phil from the University of South Africa. He was appointed director of research at HEARD in 2011. He began his professional career at the Human Sciences Research Council working on early child development and children in contexts of adversity and later joined the then University of Westville (School of Psychology). He stills holds a partial appointment in School of Psychology, University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Kaymarlin’s main research interests include the psychological, social and behavioural issues related to HIV and AIDS. He has a number of publications and commissioned reports related to risk and resiliency issues facing children and, more generally, youth in the context of HIV and AIDS. His recent dedicated area of research is in the field of masculine identities and its implications for risk behaviours. He a research methodologist by training and specializes in quantitative and qualitative research methods including, M&E approaches as well as discourse analysis. He has acted as a research consultant/advisor to a number of bodies (NGOs, research institutions and government) on social and behavioural research and is actively involved in health promotion research/advocacy activities at a local and national level.
Latest Publications
Research outputs
Book contribution
Govender, K. Poku, N. Armstrong, R. George, G. 2020. Epidemiology of HIV Among Adolescents and Young People In Eastern And Southern Region. In Preventing HIV Among Young People in Southern and Eastern Africa: Emerging Evidence and Intervention Strategies. Routledge.
Cowden, R. Tucker, L. Govender, K. 2020. Conceptual pathways to HIV risk in Eastern and Southern Africa: An integrative perspective on the development of young people in contexts of social-structural vulnerability. In Preventing HIV Among Young People in Southern and Eastern Africa: Emerging Evidence and Intervention Strategies. Routledge.
Regondi, I., Govender, K., Naidoo, K., and George, G. 2015, Medical male circumcision and the politics of no alternative: Why the public health imperative scored a victory over tradition. Global HIV/AIDS politics, policy, and activism: Persistent challenges and emerging issues: Policy and policymaking, 2 (-) -, Praeger
Govender, K., and Peterson, I. 2011 Understanding risk and risk behaviour Psychology: an Introduction,Understanding risk and risk behaviour
Regondi, I., Govender, K., Naidoo, K., and George, G. 2012 Medical circumcision and the politics of no alternative: Why the public health imperative scored a victory against HIV/AIDS? Global HIV/AIDS Politics, Policy, and Activism: Persistent Challenges and Emerging Issues, Praeger
Petersen, I., and Govender, K. 2012 Health and health promotion Community Psychology in South Africa, Van Schaik
Commentary
Govender, K. Poku, N. 2020. COVID-19: Immediate and sustainable actions required in Africa.
Edited book
Govender, K. Poku, N. 2020. Preventing HIV among young people in Southern and Eastern Africa: emerging evidence and intervention strategies. Routledge.
Kaymarlin Govender Nana Poku (2017) Sociology of AIDS John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Journal article
Naidoo, D. Govender, K. Mantell, J. (2024). Breaking barriers: why including boys and men is key to HPV prevention. BMC Medicine, 22(525).
Choonara, S. Hwati, R. Tayebwa, M. Govender, K. (2024). Early and unintended pregnancy in Eastern and Southern Africa: analysis of adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights policies. BMJ Global Health, 9(4).
Simangolwa, W. Mbonigaba, J. and Govender, K. (2022). Health technology assessment for sexual reproductive health and rights benefits package design in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review of evidence-informed deliberative processes. PLoS ONE, 19(6).
Aantjes, C. Govender, K. (2024). Are We Getting Any Closer to Including Men and Boys in Sexual and Reproductive Health? A Multi-Country Policy Analysis on Guidance to Action in East and Southern Africa. International Journal of Sexual Health, 1-20.
Zulu, J. Budhwani, H. Wang, B. Menon, A. Kim, D. Zulu, M. Nyamaruze, P. Govender, K. Armstrong, R. (2024). Living a private lie: intersectional stigma, depression and suicidal thoughts for selected young key populations living with HIV in Zambia. BMC public health, 24(1).
Oo, T. Romo, M. George, G. Mwai, E. Nyaga, E. Mantell, J. Okoth, J. Govender, K. Kelvin, E. (2024). Using the Health Belief Model to Understand Why Making Oral HIV Self-Testing Available to Truck Drivers in Kenya Had Little Impact on Six-Month Testing. AIDS and Behavior. 1-9.
Kelvin, E. Romo, M. George, G. Mantell, J. Mwai, E. Kinyanjui, S. Nyaga, E. Odhiambo, J. Govender, K. (2023). Evaluating effect modification by HIV testing history to understand the mechanisms behind the impact of announcing HIV self-testing availability in a clinic system in Kenya. Front Public Health. 6.
Wilson Fadiji, A. de la Rosa, P. Counted, V. De Kock, J. Bronkhorst, W. Joynt, S. Tesfai, A. Nyamaruze, P. Govender, K. Cowden, R. (2023). Flourishing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study in South Africa. Psychological Reports, 0(0).
Durevall, D. Cowden, R. Beckett, S. Kharsany, A. Lewis, L. George, G. Cawood, C. Khanyile, D. Govender, K. 2023. Associations of Social Support with Sexual Practices, Health Behaviours, and Health Outcomes among Adolescent Girls and Young Women: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study in KwaZulu‑Natal, South Africa. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine.
Hlophe, S. Stolbrink, M. Govender, K. Mulupi, S. Mbonigaba, J. Masekela, R. Mortimer, K. 2023. Asthma morbidity in Africa: Is it time to act to achieve asthma care for all. Journal of the Pan African Thoracic Society, 4.
Mantell, J. Khalifa, A. Christian, S. Romo, M. Mwai, E. George, G. Strauss, M. Govender, K. Kelvin, E. 2022. Prefences, beliefs, and attitudes about oral fluid and blood-based HIV self-testing among truck drivers in Kenya choosing not to test for HIV. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 911932.
Govender, K. Nyamaruze, P. McKerrow, N. Meyer-Weitz, A. Cowden, R. 2022. COVID-19 vaccines for children and adolescents in Africa: aligning our priorities to situational realities. BMJ Global Health, 7(2), e007839.
Dzomba, A. Kim, H. Tomita, A. Vandormael, A. Govender, K. Tanser, F. 2022. Predictors of migration in an HIV hyper-endemic rural South African community: evidence from a population-based cohort (2005–2017). BMC Public Health, 22, 1141.
Choonara, S. Govender, K. Mpofu, D. Kapira, A. Humphries, H. 2022. Early and unintended pregnancies threaten triple dividend. The Lancet: Child and Adolescent Health, 6(2), 79-80.
Govender, K. Durevall, D. Cowden, R. Beckett, S. Kharsany, A. Lewis, L. George, G. Cawood, C. Khanyile, D. 2022. Depression symptoms, HIV testing, linkage to ART, and viral suppression among women in a high HIV burden district in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A cross-sectional household study. Journal of Health Psychology. 27(4): 936–945.
Lewis, L. Kharsany, A. Humphries, H. Maughan-Brown, B. Beckett, S. Govender, K. Cawood, C. Khanyile, D. George, G. 2022. HIV incidence and associated risk factors in adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: A population-based cohort study. Plos One,17(12), e0279289.
George, G. Beckett, S. Reddy, T. Govender, K. Cawood, C. Khanyile, D. Kharsany, A. 2022. Determining HIV risk for Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) in relationships with “Blessers” and age‑disparate partners: a cross‑sectional survey in four districts in South Africa. BMC Public Health, 22, 973.
Govender, K. Beckett, S. Reddy, T. Cowden, R. Cawood, C. Khanyile, D. Kharsany, A. George, G. Puren, A. 2022. Association of HIV intervention uptake With HIV prevalence in adolescent girls and young women in South Africa. JAMA Network Open. 5(4): e228640.
George, G. Beckett, S. Reddy, T. Govender, K. Cawood, C. Khanyile, D. Kharsany, A. (2022). The role of schooling and comprehensive sexuality education in reducing HIV and pregnancy among adolescents in South Africa. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 90(3), 270–275.
Jimu, C. Govender, K. Kanyemba, R. Ngbesso, M. 2021. Experiences of intimate relationships, stigma, social support and treatment adherence among HIV-positive adolescents in Chiredzi district, Zimbabwe. African Journal of AIDS Research, 20 (3), 1-11.
Kelvin, E. George, G. Romo, M. Mantell, J. Mwai, E. Nyaga, E. Odhiambo, J. Govender, K. 2021. The Impact on HIV Testing Over 6 Months When Free Oral HIV Self-Test Kits Were Available to Truck Drivers in Kenya: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 1-8.
Govender, K. Cartwright, D. 2021. Hegemonic and shamed masculinities: Implications of traumatic historical impacts on black men in a post democratic South Africa. Psychology in Society, 61, 54 – 79.
Šehović, A. Govender, K. 2021. Addressing COVID-19 vulnerabilities: How do we achieve global health security in an inequitable world. Global Public Health,1-11.
Byaruhanga, R. Andersson, L. Govender, K. 2021. Hegemonic masculinity and risky sexual behaviours in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. African Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Research, 4(1),1-17.
Holtge, J. Theron, L. van Rensburg, A. Cowden, R. Govender, K. Ungar, M. 2021. Investigating the Interrelations between Systems of Support in 13 to 18 Year Old Adolescents: A Network Analysis of Resilience Promoting System in a High and Middle-Income Country. Child Development, 92 (2).
Nyamaruze, P. Cowden, R. Padgett, N. Govender, K. 2021. Body image and antiretroviral therapy adherence among people living with HIV: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open.
Govender, K. Cowden, R. Nyamaruze, P. Armstrong, R. Hatane, L. 2020. Beyond the Disease: Contextualized Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Children and Young People Living in Eastern and Southern Africa. Frontiers in Public Health, 8, 1-9.
Maughan-Brown, B. Venkataramani, A. Kharsany, A. Beckett, S. Govender, K. Lewis, L. Cawood, C. Khanyile, D. George, G. 2020. Recently formed age-disparate partnerships are associated with elevated HIV incidence among young women in South Africa. AIDS, 34(1),1-10.
Höltge, J. Theron, L. Cowden, R. Govender, K. Maximo, S. Carranza, J. Kapoor, B. Tomar, A. van Rensburg, A. Lu, S. Hu, H. 2020. A Cross-Country Network Analysis of Adolescent Resilience. Journal of Adolescent Health, 63 (3),1-8.
Kharsany, A. McKinnon, L. Lewis, L. Cawood, C. Khanyile, D. Maseko, D. Goodman, T. Beckett, S. Govender, K. George, G. Ayalew, K. 2020. Population Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in a high HIV burden district in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Implications for HIV epidemic control. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 98, 1-8
Renbarger, R. Padgett, R. Cowden, R. Govender, K. Yilmaz, M. Scott, L. Makhnach, A. Novotny, J. Nugent, G. Rosenbaum, L. Křeménková, L. 2020. Culturally Relevant Resilience: A Psychometric Meta‐Analysis of the Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM). Journal of Research on Adolescence, 30(4), 1-17.
Christian, S. Mantell, J. Romo, M. Grov, C. George, G. Mwai, E. Nyaga, E. Odhiambo, J. Govender, K.. Kelvin, E. 2020. Applying a social-ecological lens to opinions about HIV self-testing among Kenyan truckers who declined to test: a qualitative study. African Journal of AIDS Research, 19(2), 1-10.
Nyamaruze, P. Govender, K. 2020. “I like the way I am, but I feel like I could get a little bit bigger”: Perceptions of body image among adolescents and youth living with HIV in Durban, South Africa. PloS one,15(1), 1- 10.
Selepe, M. Lindegger, G. Govender, K. 2020. Discourses in accounts of rape by sex offenders in Limpopo province, South Africa. South African Journal of Psychology, 1–12.
George, G. Cawood, C. Adrian Puren, A. Khanyile, D. Gerritsen, A. Govender, K. Beckett, S. Glenshaw, M. Diallo, K. Ayalew, K. Gibbs, A. Reddy, T. Madurai, L. Kufa-Chakezha, T. Kharsany, A. 2020. Evaluating DREAMS HIV prevention interventions targeting adolescent girls and young women in high HIV prevalence districts in South Africa: protocol for a cross-sectional study. BMC Women's Health, 20(7)
Romo, M.L., George, G., Mantell, J.E., Mwai, E., Nyaga, E., Strauss, M., Odhiambo, J.O., Govender, K., Kelvin, E.A. 2019 Depression and sexual risk behavior among long-distance truck drivers at roadside wellness clinics in Kenya PeerJ 7:e7253 DOI 10.7717/peerj.7253
Govender, K., Cowden, R.G., Asante, K.O. et al. Prev Sci (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-019-01015-3 Sexual Risk Behavior: a Multi-System Model of Risk and Protective Factors in South African Adolescents Prev Sci (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-019-01015-3
Dzomba, A., Tomita, A., Vandormael, A., Govender, K,. Tanser. Effect of ART scale-up and female migration intensity on risk of HIV acquisition: results from a population-based cohort in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa BMC Public Health 2019 19:196 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6494-x
Kelvin, EA., George, G., Kinyanjui, S., et al Announcing the availability of oral HIV self-test kits via text message to increase HIV testing among hard-to-reach truckers in Kenya: a randomized controlled trial BMC Public Health201919:7 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6345-1
George, G., Nene, S., Beckett, S., Durevall, D., Lindskog, A., Govender, K. (2019) Greater risk for more money: the economics of negotiating condom use amongst sex workers in South Africa, AIDS Care, 31:9, 1168-1171, DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2018.1563284
George G, Maughan-Brown B, Beckett S, et al Coital frequency and condom use in age-disparate partnerships involving women aged 15 to 24: evidence from a cross-sectional study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. BMJ Open 2019;9:e024362. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024362
Govender, K., Beckett, S., Masebo, W. et al. Effects of a Short Message Service (SMS) Intervention on Reduction of HIV Risk Behaviours and Improving HIV Testing Rates Among Populations located near Roadside Wellness Clinics: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. AIDS Behav (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-019-02427-6
Govender, K. et al. (2018) A systematic review of the South African work on the well-being of young people (2000–2016) South African Journal of Psychology
Strauss, M. George, G. Mantell, J. Romo, M. Mwai, E. Nyaga, E. Odhiambo, J. Govender, K. Kelvin, E. (2018). Stated and revealed preferences for HIV testing: can oral self-testing help to increase uptake amongst truck drivers in Kenya? BMC Public Health 18(1231).
Cowden, R. G., Govender, K., Asante, K. O., Reardon, C., & George, G. (2018). Validation of the Perceived Sense of School Membership Scale: A South African Version. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 36(4), 411–417.
Rurangirwa AA, Mogren I, Ntaganira J, et al Intimate partner violence during pregnancy in relation to non-psychotic mental health disorders in Rwanda: a cross-sectional population-based study BMJ Open 2018;8:e021807. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021807
Govender K, Masebo WGB, Nyamaruze P, Cowden RG, Schunter BT, Bains A. HIV Prevention in Adolescents and Young People in the Eastern and Southern African Region: A Review of Key Challenges Impeding Actions for an Effective Response. Open AIDS J. 2018;12:53-67. Published 2018 Jul 19. https://benthamopen.com/FULLTEXT/TOAIDJ-12-53
Kharsany ABM, Cawood C, Khanyile D, Lewis L, Grobler A, Puren A, Govender K, George G, Beckett S, Samsunder N, Madurai S, Toledo C, Chipeta Z, Glenshaw M, Hersey S, Abdool Karim Q Community-based HIV Prevalence in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Results of a Cross-sectional Household Survey https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(18)30104-8/fulltext
elvin, E.A., George, G., Mwai, E. et al. AIDS Behav (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2248-5 A Randomized Controlled Trial to Increase HIV Testing Demand Among Female Sex Workers in Kenya Through Announcing the Availability of HIV Self-testing Via Text Message https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2248-5
George, G., Chetty, T., Strauss, M., Inoti, S., et al. (2018) Costing analysis of an SMS-based intervention to promote HIV selftesting amongst truckers and sex workers in Kenya PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0197305
Strauss, M. George, G. Lansdell, E. Mantell, J. Govender, K. Romo, M. Odhiambo, J. Mwai, E. Nyaga, E. Kelvin, E. (2018). HIV Testing Preferences Among Long Distance Truck Drivers in Kenya: A Discrete Choice Experiment. AIDS Care, 30(1), 72-80, doi: 10.1080/09540121.2017.1367086
Romo, ML., George, G., Mantell, JE., Mwai, E., Nyaga, E., Odhiambo., JO, Govender, K, Kelvin,EA ( 2018) Psychosocial Characteristics of Primary Care-Seeking Long-Distance Truck Drivers in Kenya and Associations with HIV Testing African Journal of AIDS Research, https://doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2018.1449760
Dzomba, A., Govender, K., Mashamba-Thompson TP and Tanser, F (2018) Mobility and increased risk of HIV acquisition in South Africa: a mixed-method systematic review protocol Systematic Reviews, 7(37), DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-018-0703-z
George, G., Govender, K., Beckett, S., Montague, C & Frohlich, J (2017) Factors associated with the take-up of voluntary medical male circumcision amongst learners in rural KwaZulu-Natal African Journal of AIDS Research, 16:3, 251-256, DOI: 10.2989/16085906.2017.1369441
Govender, K. Cowden, R. Oppong Asante, K. Reardon, C. George, G. (2017). Validation of the Child and Youth Resilience Measure among South African Adolescents PLoS ONE, 12(10).
Govender, K., George, G., Beckett, S., Montague, C and Frohlich, J (2017) Risk Compensation Following Medical Male Circumcision: Results from a 1-Year Prospective Cohort Study of Young School-Going Men in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, DOI 10.1007/s12529-017-9673-0
Kelvin, EA., George, G., Mwai, E., Nyaga, E., Mantell, JE., Romo, ML., Odhiambo, JO., Starbuck, L. Govender, K. (2017). Offering self-administered oral HIV testing to truck drivers in Kenya to increase testing: a randomized controlled trial. AIDS Care, 30(1), 47-55
Kelvin, EA., George, G., Mwai, E., Nyaga, EN., Mantell, JE., Romo, ML., Odhiambo, JO., Govender, K (2017) Offering Self-administered Oral HIV Testing as a Choice to Truck Drivers in Kenya: Predictors of Uptake and Need for Guidance While Self-testing AIDS and Behaviour, DOI 10.1007/s10461-017-1783-9
Lentoor AG, Asante K, Govender K, Petersen I (2016) Psychological functioning among vertically infected HIV-positive children and their primary caregivers AIDS Care, 28(6), pp771-7, doi: 10.1080/09540121.2015.1124979
Gibbs, A., Govender, K and Jewkes, R (2016) An exploratory analysis of factors associated with depression in a vulnerable group of young people living in informal settlements in South Africa Global Public Health, pp 1-16, doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2016.1214281
George, G., Govender, K., Beckett, S., Montague, C and Frohlich, J (2016) Early resumption of sex following voluntary medical male circumcision amongst school-going males PLoS ONE 11(12): e0168091. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0168091
LA, Tucker and Govender, K (2016) Ethical considerations for research involving boys diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder Early Child Development and Care, DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2016.1159203
L, Tucker. Govender, K. 2016. ‘Sticks and stones': masculinities and conflict spaces. Gender and Education.
Toska, E., Gittings, L., Hodes, R., Cluver, LD., Govender,K., Chademana, KE and Gutiérrez, VE (2016) Resourcing resilience: social protection for HIV prevention amongst children and adolescents in Eastern and Southern Africa African Journal of AIDS Research, 15(2), pp123-140, DOI:10.2989/16085906.2016.1194299
Reardon, C., George,G., Mucheuki,C., Govender, K and Quinlan, T (2015) Psychosocial and health risk outcomes among orphans and non-orphans in mixed households in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa African Journal of AIDS Research, 14:4, 323-331, DOI: 10.2989/16085906.2015.1095774
Kharsany, A.B., Cawood, C., Khanyile, D., Grobler, A., Mckinnon, L.R., Samsunder, N., Frohlich, J.A., Abdool Karim, Q., Puren, A., Welte, A. George, G. (2015). Strengthening HIV surveillance in the antiretroviral therapy era: rationale and design of a longitudinal study to monitor HIV prevalence and incidence in the uMgungundlovu District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. BMC Public Health, 15.
Govender, K., 2011, The cool, the bad, the ugly, and the powerful: identity struggles in schoolboy peer culture Culture, Health & Sexuality: An International Journal for Research, Intervention and Care, 13 (8), 887-801, Taylor & Francis Online, DOI:10.1080/13691058.2011.586436
Govender, K., Penning, S., George, G and Quinlan, T., 2011, Weighing up the burden of care on caregivers of orphan children: The Amajuba District Child Health and Wellbeing Project, South Africa AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 24 (6), 712-721, Taylor & Francis Online, DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2011.630455
Bhagwanjee, A., Govender, K., Petersen, I., Akintola, O., George, G., Johnstone, L and Naidoo, K, 2011, Patterns of disclosure and antiretroviral treatment adherence in a South African mining workplace programme and implications for HIV prevention African Journal of AIDS Research, 10 (1), 357-368, Taylor & Francis Online, doi: 10.2989/16085906.2011.637737
Mutinta, G., Govender, K., Gow, J. and George, G, 2012 An exploratory study of the individual determinants of students sexual risk behaviour at a South African university African Journal of AIDS Research, 11 (4), 353-359, Taylor & Francis Online, DOI:10.2989/16085906.2012.754836
Dageida, W., Govender, K and Gordon,S.F., 2012 Masculinity and HIV disclosure among heterosexual South African men: implications for HIV/AIDS intervention Culture, Health &Sexuality, 14 (8), 925-940, Taylor & Francis Online, doi: 10.1080/13691058.2012.710337
Reardon, C. and K. Govender, 2013 Masculinities, cultural worldviews and risk perceptions among South African adolescent learners Journal of Risk Research, 16 (6), 753-70, Taylor & Francis Online, DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2012.737823
Gow, J., George, G., and K. Govender, 2013, A comparison of quality of life between HIV positive and negative diamond miners in South Africa SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS: An OpenAcess Journal, 10 (2), 89-95, Taylor & Francis Online, DOI: 10.1080/17290376.2013.870066
George, G., Govender, K., Bachoo, S., Penning, S. and T. Quinlan, 2013 Comparative economic positions of orphan, non-orphan and mixed households: findings from round 3 of the Amajuba District Study in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies: An International Interdisciplinary Journal for Research, Policy and Care, 9 (1), -, Taylor & Francis Online, DOI:10.1080/17450128.2013.772316
Mutinta, G., Govender, K., Gow, J. and G. George, 2013 An investiagtion of students' risky sexual behavouir at KwaZulu-Natal University, Durban, South Africa American Journal of Sexuality Education, 8 (3) , 121-139, London, Routledge, DOI: 10.1080/15546128.2013.828339
George, G., Strauss, M., Chirawu, P., Rhodes, B., Frohlich, J., Montague, C., and Govender, K. 2014 Barriers and facilitators to the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) among adolescent boys in KwaZulu–Natal, South Africa African Journal of AIDS Research, 13 (2), 179-187, Routledge, DOI: 10.2989/16085906.2014.943253
Petersen, I., Hanass-Hancock, J., Bhana, A., and Govender, K. 2014 A group-based counselling intervention for depression co-morbid with HIV/AIDS using a task shifting approaching South Africa: A randomized controlled pilot study Journal of Affective Disorders, 158 (-), 78-84, Elsevier, DOI:10.1016/j.jad.2014.02.013.
Hanass-Hancock, J., Regondi, I., and Naidoo, K. 2013 Disability and HIV: What drives this relationship in Eastern and Southern Africa? African Journal of Disability, 2(1), AOSIS Open Journals, Doi: 10.4102/ajod.v2i1.25
Mutinta, G., and Govender, K. 2012 The socio-environmental determinants of students’ sexual risk behaviours Journal of Human Ecology, 38(1),pp17-29.
Govender, K., Akintola, O., George, G., Petersen, I., Bhagwanjee, A., and Reardon, C. 2011 Psychosocial and behavioural correlates of attitudes towards antiretroviral therapy (ART) in a sample of South African mineworkers Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS, 8 (2), Taylor & Francis Online
Govender, K., George, G., Mucheuki, C., and Strauss, M. 2014 Voluntary medical male circumcision in South Africa: Challenges and opportunities South African Health Review 2013/14
Bhagwanjee, A., Govender, K., Reardon, C., Johnstone, L., George, G., and S.Gordon. 2013 Gendered constructions of the impact of HIV and AIDS in the context of the HIV-positive seroconcordant heterosexual relationship Journal of the International AIDS Society, 6 (18021)
Petersen, I., Hanass-Hancock, J., Bhana, A., and Govender, K. 2013 Closing the treatment gap for depression co-morbid with HIV in South Africa: Voices of afflicted women Health, 5(3), pp 557-566
Mutinta, G. Govender, K. George, G. Gow, J. (2014). The influence of biological factors on students’ sexual behaviour at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. African Journal of AIDS Research.13(4). 321-329
Govender, K. George, G. Mucheuki, C. Strauss, M. (2013) Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in South Africa : challenges and opportunities South African Health Review 2013/14, 1-12.
Reardon, C and Govender, K, 2011, "Shaping up": The relationship between traditional masculinity, conflict resolution and body image among adolescent boys in South Africa Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies: An International Interdisciplinary Journal for Research, Policy and Care, 6 (1), 78-87, Taylor & Francis Online, DOI: 10.1080/17450128.2011.554578
Journal issues edited
Govender, K and Poku, N (2016) Fast-tracking HIV prevention: scientific advances and implementation challenges African Journal of AIDS Research, 15(2), pp 3-8, DOI: 10.2989/16085906.2016.1208944
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