Publications

A qualitative exploration of the reasons and influencing factors for pregnancy termination among young women in Soweto, South Africa: a Socio-ecological perspective

Author(s):

Mabetha, K., Soepnel, L.M., SSewanyana, D. et al.

Journal:

Reproductive Health

Date:

July 2024

Young women’s social support networks during pregnancy in Soweto, South Africa

Author(s):

Khuthala Mabetha, Larske M. Soepnel, Sonja Klingberg, et al.

Journal:

PHCFM

Date:

April 2024

Cost effectiveness of a complex continuum of care intervention targeting women and children: Protocol for an Economic Evaluation of the Bukhali trial in South Africa

Author(s):

Tom Palmer, Rolando Leiva Granados, Catherine E Draper, et al.

Journal:

BMJ Open (Accepted)

Date:

April 2024

Navigating relationship dynamics, pregnancy and fatherhood in the Bukhali trial: a qualitative study with men in Soweto, South Africa

Author(s):

Draper CE, Motlhatlhedi M, Mabasa J, et al.

Journal:

BMC Public Health

Date:

November 2023

The impact of HIV and ART exposure during pregnancy on fetal growth: a prospective study in a South African cohort

Author(s):

Mtintsilana A, Norris S, Dlamini SN, et al.

Journal:

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

Date:

June 2023

Young women’s health behaviours in context: a qualitative longitudinal study in the Bukhali trial

Author(s):

Draper C, Motlhatlhedi M, Klindberg S, et al.

Journal:

This is a preprint.

Date:

June 2023

Developing Policy for the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative: Going from National to International

Author(s):

Patrinos D, Kleiderman E, Fraser W, et al.

Journal:

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Date:

June 2023

Integration of nutrition support using the FIGO nutrition checklist in the Bukhali trial: a dietitian’s perspective.

Author(s):

Mogashoa L, Norris SA, Mabetha K, et al.

Journal:

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Date:

May 2023

A cross-sectional study of the associations between biomarkers of Vitamin D, iron status, and hemoglobin in South African women of reproductive age: the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) South Africa

Author(s):

Soepnel LM, Mabetha K, Draper CE, et al.

Journal:

Current Developments in Nutrition

Date:

May 2023

The Canadian Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) Trial: a study protocol for monitoring fidelity of a preconception-lifestyle behaviour intervention

Author(s):

Dennis CL, Marini F, Prioreschi A, et al.

Journal:

Trials

Date:

April 2023

Development, Implementation, and Process Evaluation of Bukhali: An Intervention from Preconception to Early Childhood

Author(s):

Draper CE, Thwala N, Slemming W, et al.

Journal:

Global Implementation Research and Applications

Date:

March 2023

An intergenerational life-course approach to address early childhood obesity and adiposity: the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI)

Author(s):

Kumaran K, Birken C, Baillargeon JP, et al.

Journal:

Lancet Glob Health

Date:

March 2023

Interactions between maternal health and placental morphology on neonate body composition

Author(s):

Prioreschi, A. Goldstein, JA. Koethe, J. Aronoff, et al.

Journal:

Global Paediatrics

Date:

March 2023

Determinants of Anaemia Among Women of Reproductive Age In South Africa: A Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI)

Author(s):

Silubonde TM, Smuts CM, Ware LJ, et al.

Journal:

PLoS One

Date:

March 2023

Maternal perceptions of infant’s body weight and childhood obesity in South Africa: a qualitative study in Soweto

Author(s):

Cohen E, Slemming, Wrottesley SV, et al.

Journal:

Children and Society

Date:

February 2023

Delivery and neonatal outcomes of pregnant women during the Shanghai lockdown: A retrospective analysis

Author(s):

Zhou FY, Li C, Qin KZ, et al.

Journal:

Frontiers

Date:

February 2023

Maternal Pre-Pregnancy Nutritional Status and Infant Birth Weight in Relation to 0–2 Year-Growth Trajectory and Adiposity in Term Chinese Newborns with Appropriate Birth Weight-for-Gestational Age

Author(s):

Ouyang F, Wang X, Wells JC, et al.

Journal:

Nutrients

Date:

February 2023

Impact of an integrated nutrition, health, water sanitation and hygiene, psychosocial care and support intervention package delivered during the pre- and peri-conception period and/or during pregnancy and early childhood on linear growth of infants in the first two years of life, birth outcomes and nutritional status of mothers: study protocol of a factorial, individually randomized controlled trial in India

Author(s):

Teneja S, Chowdhury R, Dhabhai N, et al.

Journal:

Trials

Date:

January 2023

Evaluating implementation of the FIGO Nutrition Checklist for preconception and pregnancy within the Bukhali trial in Soweto, South Africa

Author(s):

Soepnel LM, Draper CE, Mabetha K, et al.

Journal:

International Journal of Gynaecology & Obstetrics

Date:

January 2023

Maternal BMI in the preconception period, and association with child zBMI growth rates

Author(s):

Deveci A, Keown-Stoneman C, Maguire J, et al.

Journal:

Pediatric Obesity

Date:

December 2022

Predictors of preconception health knowledge among Canadian women: A nationwide cross-sectional study

Author(s):

Dennis CL, Birken CS, Brennenstuhl S, et al.

Journal:

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Date:

December 2022

Supporting behaviour change: Implementation of Healthy Conversation Skills in the Bukhali trial in Soweto, South Africa

Author(s):

Draper CE, Mabena G, Motlhatlhedi M, et al.

Journal:

Social Science & Medicine – Mental Health

Date:

December 2022

A PPARG Splice Variant in Granulosa Cells Is Associated with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Author(s):

Shi CY, Xu JJ, Li C, et al.

Journal:

JCM

Date:

December 2022

Interactive effects of ambient air pollution and sunshine duration on the risk of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy

Author(s):

Li C, Yu JL, Xu JJ, et al.

Journal:

Environmental Research

Date:

December 2022