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Dr Alison Swartz

Senior Lecturer in Global Health
I teach on Global Health Course and conduct qualitative research about adolescence and fertility.
aswartz@sgul.ac.uk
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Alison joined St George's in August 2023 as a Senior Lecturer in Global Health. She is an interdisciplinary social scientist with training in Social Anthropology and Public Health from the University of Cape Town. Alison recently moved to London from Cape Town, South Africa in 2021. She conducts qualitative research on a range of topics including adolescent fertility, sexuality, and gender identity, migration and refugees, HIV, TB and digital health, predominantly in South and southern Africa. She is currently acting co-director of the MSc in Global Health Course, and supports teaching on a range of modules at postgraduate and undergraduate levels.  

Under Review Kaur, N, ….Swartz, A, Valdez, R et al (2023) Networks of Care: An Alternative Approach to Chronic Disease Peer Support Groups. Development in Practice (with minor revisions requested)

2023 Nhemachena, T., Späth, C., Arendse, K. D., Lebelo, K., Zokufa, N., Cassidy, T., ... & Swartz, A. (2023). Between empathy and anger: healthcare workers’ perspectives on patient disengagement from antiretroviral treatment in Khayelitsha, South Africa-a qualitative study. BMC Primary Care, 24(1), 1-11.

2022 Wouters, E., Stek, C., Swartz, A., Buyze, J., Schutz, C., Thienemann, F., ... & Nöstlinger, C. (2022). Prednisone for the Prevention of Tuberculosis-Associated IRIS (randomizedcontrolled trial): Impact on the Health-Related Quality of Life. Frontiers in Psychology, 5562.

2022 Green, G., Swartz, A., Tembo, D., Cooper, D., George, A., Matzopoulos, R., ... & Knauth, D. (2022). A scoping review of how exposure to urban violence impacts youth access to sexual, reproductive and trauma health care in LMICs. Global public health, 1-18.

2022 Sherr, L., Mebrahtu, H., Mwaba, K., Nurova, N., Chetty, A. N., Swartz, A., ... & Lachman, J. M. (2022). ‘Tipping the balance'–an evaluation of COVID-19 parenting resources developed and adapted for child protection during global emergency responses. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 10(1), 676-694.

2022 Beeman, A., Bengtson, A. M., Swartz, A., Colvin, C. J., & Lurie, M. N. (2022). Cyclical engagement in HIV care: a qualitative study of clinic transfers to re-enter HIV care in Cape Town, South Africa. AIDS and Behavior, 1-10.

2022 McTigue, G., Swartz, A., Brittain, K., Rini, Z., Colvin, C. J., Harrison, A., ... & Pellowski, J. (2022). Contraceptive trajectories postpartum: A longitudinal qualitative study of women living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa. Social Science & Medicine, 292, 114555.

2022 Swartz, A., Maughan-Brown, B., Perera, S., Harrison, A., Kuo, C., Lurie, M. N., ... & Galárraga, O. (2022). “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, 26(1), 116-122.

2021 Davids, E. L., Zembe, Y., de Vries, P. J., Mathews, C., & Swartz, A. (2021). Exploring condom use decision-making among adolescents: the synergistic role of affective and rational processes. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 1-11.

2021 Perera, S., & Swartz, A. (2021). “An Unchanging God in a Changing World”: Sexual Practice and Decision-Making among Christian Women in South Africa. Journal of Religion and Health, 60(6), 4045-4060.

2021 Swartz, A., LeFevre, A. E., Perera, S., Kinney, M. V., & George, A. S. (2021). Multiple pathways to scaling up and sustainability: an exploration of digital health solutions in South Africa. Globalization and Health, 17(1), 1-13.

2021 Cooper, S., Schmidt, B. M., Sambala, E. Z., Swartz, A., Colvin, C. J., Leon, N., & Wiysonge, C. S. (2021). Factors that influence parents' and informal caregivers' views and practices regarding routine childhood vaccination: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (10).

2021 Kallon, I. I., Swartz, A., Colvin, C. J., MacGregor, H., Zwama, G., Voce, A. S., ... & Kielmann, K. (2021). Organisational Culture and Mask-Wearing Practices for Tuberculosis Infection Prevention and Control among Health Care Workers in Primary Care Facilities in the Western Cape, South Africa: A Qualitative Study. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(22), 12133.

2021 Cooper, S., Schmidt, B. M., Sambala, E. Z., Swartz, A., Colvin, C. J., Leon, N., & Wiysonge, C. S. (2021). Factors that influence parents' and informal caregivers' views and practices regarding routine childhood vaccination: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (10).

2021 Deignan, C., Swartz, A., Cooper, S., & Colvin, C. J. (2021). Stakeholders’ understandings of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in Sub-Saharan Africa: A rapid qualitative systematic review. Vaccines, 9(5), 496.

2021 Hayer, S., DiClemente, K., Swartz, A., Chihota, Z., Colvin, C. J., Short, S. E., & Harrison, A. (2021). Embodiment, agency, unmet need: Young women’s experiences in the use and non-use of contraception in Khayelitsha, South Africa. Global Public Health, 1-14.

2020 Colvin, C. J., Kallon, I. I., Swartz, A., MacGregor, H., Kielmann, K., & Grant, A. D. (2020). ‘It has become everybody’s business and nobody’s business’: Policy actor perspectives on the implementation of TB infection prevention and control (IPC) policies in South African public sector primary care health facilities. Global Public Health, 16(10), 1631-1644.

2020 Kielmann, K., Karat, A. S., Zwama, G., Colvin, C., Swartz, A., Voce, A. S., ... & Grant, A. D. (2020). Tuberculosis infection prevention and control: why we need a whole systems approach. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 9(1), 1-4.

2020 Trafford, Z., Jewett, S., Swartz, A., LeFevre, A. E., Winch, P. J., Colvin, C. J., ... & Bamford, L. (2020). Reported infant feeding practices and contextual influences on breastfeeding: qualitative interviews with women registered to MomConnect in three South African provinces. International Breastfeeding Journal, 15(1), 1-13.

2020 Colvin, C. J., van Pinxteren, M., Majola, M., Leon, N., Swartz, A., Mbokazi, N., & Lurie, M. (2020). Fostering a healthy public for men and HIV: a case study of the Movement for Change and Social Justice (MCSJ). Palgrave Communications, 6(1), 1-8.

2019 Cooper, S., Schmidt, B. M., Sambala, E. Z., Swartz, A., Colvin, C. J., Leon, N., ... & Wiysonge, C. S. (2019). Factors that influence parents' and informal caregivers' acceptance of routine childhood vaccination: a qualitative evidence synthesis. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2019(2).

2019 Wainwright, M., Sicwebu, N., Colvin, C. J., Gong, E., Henderson, R., & Swartz, A. (2019). Exploring Community Residents’ Motivations for Interacting With American Field School Undergraduates in South Africa. Journal of Experiential Education, 42(2), 171-184.

2018 Swartz, A., Colvin, C., & Harrison, A. (2018). The problem or the solution? Early fertility and parenthood in the transition to adulthood in Khayelitsha, South Africa. Reproductive Health Matters, 26(54), 145-154.

2018 Swartz, A., Levine, S., Rother, H. A., & Langerman, F. (2018). Toxic layering through three disciplinary lenses: childhood poisoning and street pesticide use in Cape Town, South Africa. Medical humanities, 44(4), 247-252.

2018 “Skeen, S., Prince, B., van Rooyen, H., Tomlinson, M., Swartz, A., Colvin, C. J., ... & Sherr, L. (2018). What will it really take to end the HIV epidemic?. AIDS care, 30(sup2), 1-4.

 

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