Publications

Articles

ENGELBRECHT M, BESTER C, VAN DEN BERG H & VAN RENSBURG HCJ
A study of predictors and levels of burnout: the case of professional nurses in primary health care facilities in the Free State. South African Journal of Economics, 76:S1: S15-S27.

ENGELBRECHT MC, HEUNIS JC & KIGOZI GN
Primary health care nurses’ views on HIV counselling and testing services for tuberculosis patients in two districts of the Free State Province of South Africa. Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery,10(2): 70-83.

JACOBS N, SCHNEIDER H & VAN RENSBURG HCJ
Rationing access to public sector anti-retroviral treatment during scale-up in South Africa – implications for equity. African Journal of AIDS Research, 7(1):19-27.

JANSE VAN RENSBURG E, ENGELBRECHT M, STEYN F, JACOBS N, SCHNEIDER H & VAN RENSBURG D
Resources and infrastructure for the delivery of antiretroviral therapy at primary health care facilities in the Free State Province, South Africa. Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS, 5(3): 52-58.

SCHNEIDER H, HLOPHE H & VAN RENSBURG D
Community health workers and the response to HIV/AIDS in South Africa: tensions and prospects. Health Policy and Planning, 23: 179-187.

STEYN F
Lifeskills training for children with problem and deviant behaviour: the Noupoort Youth and Community Development Project. Acta Academica, 40(2): 205-243.

VAN RENSBURG HCJ, STEYN F, SCHNEIDER H & LOFF STADT L
Human resource development and antiretroviral treatment in Free State province, South Africa. Human Resources for Health, 6(15).

WOUTERS, E
De impact van het publieke antiretrovirale programma op de fysieke en emotionele levenskwaliteit van HIV/AIDS-patiënten in Zuid-Afrika. Tijdschrift voor Sociologie, 29(2-3): 313-334.

WOUTERS E, HEUNIS C, VAN RENSBURG D & MEULEMANS H
Patient satisfaction with antiretroviral services at primary health-care facilities in the Free State, South Africa - a two-year study using four waves of cross-sectional data. BMC Health Services Research, 2008, 8(210).

WOUTERS E, VAN DAMME W, VAN RENSBURG HCJ & MEULEMANS H
Impact of baseline health and community support on antiretroviral treatment outcomes in HIV patients in South Africa. AIDS, 22(18): 2545-8.

Books/chapters in books

SCHNEIDER H, VAN RENSBURG D & COETZEE D.
Round-table Conference Report: Health systems and antiretroviral access: Key findings and policy recommendations. Bloemfontein: CHSR&D.

DAL POZ MR, DREESCH N & VAN RENSBURG D
Redefining HIV/AIDS care delivery in the face of human resources scarcity. Zuniga JM, Whiteside A, Ghaziani, A, Bartlett JG (Eds.) A Decade of HAART. The development and global impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Oxford: Oxford University Press; pp. 477-495.

Research reports

STEYN F, THLAPULETSA BJ, MACHERE MM & JANSE VAN RENSBURG AP
Baseline to inform the Xhariep Youth and Community Development Project. Bloemfontein: CHSR&D.

Presentations

International

BESTER CL, ENGELBRECHT MC, VAN DEN BERG H & VAN RENSBURG HCJ
The prediction of burnout by means of the availability of resources, workload, conflict and social relations and locus of control of professional nurses in public health centres in the Free State, South Africa. EABR Conference, Clute Institute for Academic Research, Rothenburg ob der auber, Germany: 18-20 June.

BESTER CL, ENGELBRECHT MC, VAN DEN BERG H & VAN RENSBURG HCJ
Differences between professional nurses of different population groups in public health centres in the Free State regarding burnout and related variables. Fourth International Conference on Contemporary Business, Somerset-West: 29 September-2 October.

DE WET K
Redefining volunteerism: the rhetoric of home-based care in post-apartheid South Africa. Conference on a Quarter Century of Research on HIV/AIDS: Lessons and Challenges. Abidjan, Ivory Coast: 6-9 October.

HEUNIS JC
TB and HIV/AIDS in South Africa and the Free State. Guest Lecture at State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, New York: 7 July.

HEUNIS JC, WOUTERS E & VAN RENSBURG HCJ
Patient satisfaction with ART services at PHC facilities in the Free State. CD ROM abstract nr. CDB0231. XVII. International AIDS Conference, Mexico City, Mexico: 3-8 August.

HLOPHE H
Community health workers and the response to HIV/AIDS in the Free State. PHC in the 21st century. New Challenges and Opportunities for the First Line. Institute of Tropical Medicine. Antwerp, Belgium: 24-25. November.

New models for human resources for health at first line. Community Health Workers in South Africa. PHC in times of Globalisation. Alma Ata, back to the future. 50th Annual Colloquium. Institute of Tropical Medicine. Antwerp, Belgium: 26-27 November.

The role of treatment buddies in enhancing adherence among patients in the public sector antiretroviral treatment programme in the Free State. PhD Seminar Presentation. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. London, UK: 8 October.

KIGOZI NG & HEUNIS JC
2008. Self-reported facilitators and barriers to uptake of HIV C&T among TB patients in the Free State: pointers for service improvement. 17th International AIDS Conference “Universal action now”, Mexico City, Mexico: 3-8 August.

KIGOZI GN, HEUNIS JC, ENGELBRECHT MC, PIENAAR AN, THOMAS N & TLADI P
2008. Reflections on the use of lay counsellors for HIV counselling in the Free State, South Africa. Global Forum on Resources for Health, Global Health Workforce Alliance, Kampala, Uganda: 4-7 March.

WOUTERS E & HEUNIS JC
2008. Social capital and its role in public HIV disclosure among public sector ART patients in the Free State province of South Africa. (Poster presentation). 17th International AIDS Conference “Universal action now”, Mexico City, Mexico: 3-8 August.

National and local

COETZEE D, SCHNEIDER H, PIENAAR D & ENGELBRECHT M
Models of antiretroviral service delivery in three provinces of South Africa. Fourth Public Health Association of South Africa Conference, Cape Town: 2-4 June.

ENGELBRECHT MC
Occupational stress and burnout among professional nurses working in PHC facilities in the Free State, with special reference to nurses rendering ART services. Lwelaphanda Business Intelligence: Promoting Effective Rural Economic Development 2008, Johannesburg: 22-24 July.

Professional health worker survey: barriers and facilitators to uptake of HIV counseling and testing among TB patients. CHSR&D Fact-finding Research Feedback Workshops, Free State Department of Health – Thabo Mofutsanyana, Xhariep, Fezile Dabi, Motheo and Lejweleputswa: 5 September-15 October.

HEUNIS JC
TB-HIV/AIDS statistics and policies. CHSR&D Fact-finding Research Feedback Workshops, Free State Department of Health – Thabo Mofutsanyana, Xhariep, Fezile Dabi, Motheo and Lejweleputswa: 5 September-15 October.

The TB VCT Project: problem, design and methods. CHSR&D Fact-finding Research Feedback Workshops, Free State Department of Health – Thabo Mofutsanyana, Xhariep, Fezile Dabi, Motheo and Lejweleputswa: 5 September-15 October.

Community health worker survey: barriers and facilitators to uptake of HIV counseling and testing among TB patients. CHSR&D Fact-finding Research Feedback Workshops, Free State Department of Health – Thabo Mofutsanyana, Xhariep, Fezile Dabi, Motheo and Lejweleputswa: 5 September-15 October.

Rapid assessment of TB-HIV/AIDS informatics in the Free State. CHSR&D Fact-finding Research Feedback Workshops, Free State Department of Health – Thabo Mofutsanyana, Xhariep, Fezile Dabi, Motheo and Lejweleputswa: 5 September-15 October.

HEUNIS JC & KIGOZI GN
Fact-finding to inform intervention: Increasing uptake of HCT among TB patients. Free State Department of Health Inter-cluster Meeting, Bloemfontein: 6 November 2008.

VCT uptake among TB patients: breaking down the barriers and exploring new approaches. Dissemination Workshop: Experiences and Lessons Learned from the MSP, Boksburg: 29-31 October.

KIGOZI NG
Patient survey: barriers and facilitators to uptake of HIV counselling and testing among TB patients. CHSR&D Fact-finding Research Feedback Workshops, Free State Department of Health – Thabo Mofutsanyana, Xhariep, Fezile Dabi, Motheo and Lejweleputswa: 5 September-15 October.

KIGOZI NG & ENGELBRECHT MC
Counselling and testing for HIV among TB patients: perceptions of nurses in two districts of the Free State Province. First South African TB Conference. Durban: 1-4 July.

PIENAAR A
Line manager survey: barriers and facilitators to uptake of HIV counselling and testing among TB patients. CHSR&D Fact-finding Research Feedback Workshops, Free State Department of Health – Thabo Mofutsanyana, Xhariep, Fezile Dabi, Motheo and Lejweleputswa: 5 September-15 October.

PIENAAR A & HEUNIS JC
Managers’ perceptions of barriers to and facilitators of uptake of HIV counselling and testing by TB patients: content analysis of exploratory interviews. (Poster presentation). First South African TB Conference. Durban: 1-4 July.

VAN RENSBURG D & HEUNIS C
Health information and health systems research in PHC context. Conference on Revising of Primary Health Care Strategy for South Africa, 30th Alma-Ata Celebration on Primary Health Care, Birchwood Conference Centre, Boksburg: 10-11 April.

Study Guidance

Current post-doctoral studies – with supervisors

DE WET K
Post-doctoral student, funded by the NRF. Profs Dingie van Rensburg (CHSR&D) and Helen Schneider (CHSR&D and Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit, UCT)

Completed doctoral studies – with supervisors

DE REUCK C
PhD (Sociology): HIV/AIDS in the Free State: assessing gender needs and interests for improved policy implementation. Profs Engela Pretorius (Faculty of the Humanities, UFS) and Dingie van Rensburg (CHSR&D).

Current doctoral studies – with supervisors

HLOPHE H
PhD (Development Studies): The role of treatment buddies in the public-sector antiretroviral treatment programme in the Free State. Profs Frikkie Booysen (CHSR&D and Department of Economics, UFS) and Helen Schneider (CHSR&D and Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit, UCT).

LOPEZ MI
PhD (Health Economics): HIV/AIDS policies and absorptive capacity in South Africa: identifying the bottlenecks, unleashing the capacity. Profs Edina Sinanovic (Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town) and Frikkie Booysen (CHSR&D and Department of Economics, UFS).

KIGOZI GN
PhD (Interdisciplinary): Facilitating factors and barriers to the uptake of HIV counselling and testing among tuberculosis patients in the Free State Province (South Africa). Profs Christo Heunis, Dingie van Rensburg (both CHSR&D) and Dr Henriëtte van den Berg (Department of Psychology, UFS).

STEYN F
PhD (Criminology): Approaches to diversion of child offenders in South Africa: a comparative analysis of programme theories. Profs Dap Louw (Department of Psychology, UFS) and Dingie van Rensburg (CHSR&D).

UEBEL, K
PhD (Internal Medicine): Developing, implementing and evaluating a practical approach to integrating HIV care into primary health care services in the Free State. Profs Dingie van Rensburg (CHSR&D) and Willie Mollentze (Department of Internal Medicine, UFS).

WOUTERS E
PhD (Sociology): Building HIV/AIDS care capacity in society: a sociological study of achievements and challenges in antiretroviral rollout in a resource-constrained country. Profs Dingie van Rensburg (CHSR&D) and Herman Meulemans (Department of Sociology, University of Antwerp).

JANSE VAN RENSBURG-BONTHUYZEN E
PhD (Sociology): Past and present public health strategies to deal with tuberculosis in South Africa: a critical study. Profs Dingie van Rensburg (CHSR&D) and Engela Pretorius (Faculty of the Humanities, UFS).

Completed master’s studies – with supervisors

DZINGWA V
MPhil (Economic Policy): Access to health care by vulnerable groups in South Africa. Prof Frikkie Booysen (CHSR&D and Department of Economics, UFS).

MAYANGA N
MDS: An investigation into the approaches of targeting orphaned and vulnerable children in Harare and Makoni districts, Zimbabwe. Francois Steyn and Anja Pienaar (both CHSR&D).

MOLISE KC
MBA: An audit of Lonmin Platinum Mine’s HIV/AIDS policy as a response to the impact of HIV and AIDS: A case study. Prof Frikkie Booysen (CHSR&D and Department of Economics, UFS).

MUKUWANE E
MDS: Effectiveness of volunteer home-based care of people living with HIV/AIDS: a case study of Seke peri-urban community, Zimbabwe. Prof Christo Heunis (CHSR&D).

NEKUNDI LM
MDS: A comparative study of support to orphan and vulnerable children in the Oshakati district, Namibia. Francois Steyn (CHSR&D).

NYAKABAU TD
MDS: Impact of psychosocial support on the dynamics of internalized stigma and disclosure among women living with HIV and AIDS (WLHAs) participating in support groups in Mutoko, Zimbabwe. Prof Frikkie Booysen (CHSR&D and Department of Economics, UFS).

PAPPIN M
MDS: Anxiety and depression in patients enrolled in the Free State province’s public sector ART programme. Prof Frikkie Booysen (CHSR&D and Department of Economics, UFS).

Current master’s studies – with supervisor

CHIMEDU M
MDS: Needs, resources and coping among caregivers of orphans: evidence from Epworth, Harare. Anja Pienaar and Francois Steyn (both CHSR&D).

GWARISA N
MDS: Factors influencing uptake of VCT services among pregnant women accessing antenatal care: the case of Mutoko District Hospital, Zimbabwe. Prof Christo Heunis (CHSR&D).

HUGHES C
MA (Africa Studies): The old age pension and its impact on HIV and AIDS mitigation at the household level. Francois Steyn (CHSR&D) and Prof Anwar Osman (Centre for Africa Studies, UFS).

JAMES E
MDS: Reproductive health needs of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in Epworth peri-urban residential area in Harare, Zimbabwe. Dr Michelle Engelbrecht (CHSR&D).

KASONKA C
MDS: Exploring community perceptions of volunteer HIV counsellors and testers. Prof Christo Heunis and Gladys Kigozi (both CHSR&D).

MACHERE M
MDS: Effectiveness of PMTCT: knowledge and experiences of mothers in Free State communities. Dr Michelle Engelbrecht and Francois Steyn (both CHSR&D).

MOTLOLOMETSI W
MDS: Determining the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of midwives towards completion of the partogram. Dr Michelle Engelbrecht (CHSR&D).

SEREKOANE J
MA (Anthropology): The socio-cultural context of patients undergoing antiretroviral treatment in Petrusburg: an anthropological perspective. Profs Prof Piet Erasmus (Department of Anthropology, UFS) and Dingie van Rensburg (CHSR&D).

TLALI L
MDS: Nature and management of patient complaints at PHC facilities in Botshabelo, Free State: a descriptive exploration. Francois Steyn (CHSR&D).

TLHAPULETSA BJ
MSocSc (Criminology): The health needs of female prisoners in the Free State. Francois Steyn (CHSR&D) and Herma Foster (Department of Criminology, UFS).