Karen Hofman

South African Medical Research Council — South Africa

Business, Management and Accounting · Social Sciences

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Research Topics

Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology(83), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet(54), Child Nutrition and Water Access(32), Global Maternal and Child Health(31), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations(25)

Publications241 total

Towards unified global action on ultra-processed foods: understanding commercial determinants, countering corporate power, and mobilising a public health response
The Lancet·2025· 15 cited
Changes in the provision and utilisation of health care services for chronic health conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic in rural northeast South Africa: an interrupted time series analysis
Journal of Global Health·2025Open Access
Economic Evaluation of Free Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmissions (PMTCT) Services to Non-South African Women Living in South Africa
Health Services Insights·2025Open Access
Modelling the potential impact of a tax on fruit juice in South Africa: implications for the primary prevention of type 2 diabetes and health financing
BMC Nutrition·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Identifying pregnant and postpartum women’s priorities for enhancing nutrition support through social needs programmes in a resource-constrained urban community in South Africa
BMC Public Health·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Addressing unmet social needs for improved maternal and child nutrition: Qualitative insights from community-based organisations in urban South Africa
Global Public Health·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
What works in engaging communities? Prioritising nutrition interventions in Burkina Faso, Ghana and South Africa
PLoS ONE·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Investing in school systems: conceptualising returns on investment across the health, education and social protection sectors
BMJ Global Health·2023· 16 citedOpen Access
Qualitative exploration of the constraints on mothers’ and pregnant women’s ability to turn available services into nutrition benefits in a low-resource urban setting, South Africa
BMJ Open·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
The passage and implementation of a Health Promotion Levy in South Africa as a case study of fair financing procedures
Health Policy and Planning·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
Cost-effectiveness of dental caries prevention strategies in South African schools
BMC Oral Health·2023· 15 citedOpen Access
Health equity in endocrinology
Nature Reviews Endocrinology·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Moving towards social inclusion: Engaging rural voices in priority setting for health
Health Expectations·2023Open Access
The ultra-processed food industry in Africa
Nature Food·2023· 18 citedOpen Access
Participatory prioritisation of interventions to improve primary school food environments in Gauteng, South Africa
BMC Public Health·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
What values drive communities’ nutrition priorities in a resource constrained urban area in South Africa?
BMC Public Health·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Profit contre santé : 4 façons dont les grandes entreprises mondiales nous rendent malades
2023
Beverage industry’s advertising expenditures and airtimes in South Africa from 2013 to 2019 target children and families
Journal of public health research·2023· 16 citedOpen Access
Investing in human development and building state resilience in fragile contexts: A case study of early nutrition investments in Burkina Faso
PLOS Global Public Health·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Commentary on South Africa’s syndemic of undernutrition, obesity, and climate change
South African Journal of Science·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Aviva Tugendhaft(10), Lumbwe Chola(7), Lennert Veerman(5), Melanie Bertram(5), Stephen Tollman(4), Martha B. Denckla(4), Mercy Manyema(4), Nicholas Stacey(4), Dean T. Jamison(3), Agnes Erzse(3), Shu Wen Ng(3), Ellen Tambor(3), G A Chase(3), Gail Geller(3), Ruth Faden(3), Neil A. Holtzman(3), R. Nick Bryan(3), Kalipso Chalkidou(3), Demetre Labadarios(3), Felícia Marie Knaul(2)