Virginia Zweigenthal

University of Cape Town — South Africa

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions(14), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health(11), Primary Care and Health Outcomes(11), Global Maternal and Child Health(8), Global Health Workforce Issues(8)

Publications53 total

Integration of palliative care into South Africa’s health system: A before and after implementation study
Health SA Gesondheid·2026Open Access
Perceptions of South Africa’s master of public health graduates on the degree’s contribution to their leadership at work and in society
Frontiers in Public Health·2025Open Access
Using positive deviance to enhance HIV care retention in South Africa: development of a compassion-focused program to improve the staff and patient experience
BMC Global and Public Health·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Using Positive Deviance to Enhance HIV Care Retention in South Africa: Development of a Compassion-Focused Programme to Improve the Staff and Patient Experience
2024Open Access
Contraceptive continuation among women of reproductive age utilising city of Cape Town family planning services
2024Open Access
Health Sciences students’ experience of COVID-19 case management and contact tracing in Cape Town, South Africa
BMC Medical Education·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
<i>“You can't thrive when you are being suffocated”</i>: Quantitative and qualitative findings on minority stress in Kenyan queer womxn and trans men
Sexuality Gender & Policy·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
Referee report. For: An overview of the establishment of a national contact tracing programme: a quality improvement approach in a time of pandemic [version 1; peer review: 3 approved with reservations]
Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd·2023Open Access
Reflections of volunteer counselors working remotely during the COVID‐19 pandemic—Implications for policy and practice
Journal of Nursing Scholarship·2022· 3 citedOpen Access
Health Sciences students’ experience of COVID-19 case management and contact tracing in Cape Town, South Africa
Research Square (Research Square)·2022Open Access
Providers' approaches to contraceptive provision in Cape Town
Frontiers in Global Women s Health·2022· 7 citedOpen Access
Sexual health behavior, health status, and knowledge among queer womxn and trans men in Kenya: An online cross-sectional study
PLoS ONE·2022· 5 citedOpen Access
Using online spaces to recruit Kenyan queer womxn and trans men in restrictive offline settings
Archives of Public Health·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
Investigating the disjoint between education and health policy for infant feeding among teenage mothers in South Africa: a case for intersectoral work
BMC Public Health·2022· 6 citedOpen Access
The Speciality of Public Health Medicine in South Africa: 1974–2021
Social History of Medicine·2021
Barriers in Access to Healthcare for Kenyan Queer Womxn and Trans Men: Findings of a Cross-Sectional Online Survey and Interviews
Research Square (Research Square)·2021· 2 citedOpen Access
Using Online Spaces to Recruit Kenyan Queer Womxn and Trans Men in Restrictive Offline Settings
2021· 1 citedOpen Access
What happens to misunderstandings of biomedical concepts across a medical curriculum?
AJP Advances in Physiology Education·2021· 1 citedOpen Access
Maximising health science student volunteers for the COVID-19 response: A valuable resource
South African Medical Journal·2020· 6 citedOpen Access
Investigating the Disjoint Between Education and Health Policy for Infant Feeding Among Teenage Mothers in South Africa: A Qualitative Study
2020· 1 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Diane Cooper(8), Landon Myer(7), Leslie London(7), Jennifer Moodley(5), Jane Harries(5), Stephanie Haase(5), Alex Müller(5), Phyllis Orner(4), William M. Pick(4), Andrew Boulle(3), Hassan Mahomed(3), Hillary Bracken(3), Joanne E. Mantell(3), Kate Rees(3), Kate Joyner(3), Karen Jennings(3), Claudia Naidu(3), Anna Strebel(3), Jo Hunter‐Adams(3), James Irlam(3)