Angelique Thomas
HEY BABY UKRI GCRF Accelerating Achievement for Africa’s Adolescents (Adolescent Accelerators Research Hub)
Angelique is a social science researcher with a particular interest in stigma and intersectionality, marginalised groups, mental health, and sexual and reproductive health. She is currently a Senior Research Assistant working on the HEY BABY study where she is involved in longitudinal qualitative research in South Africa with adolescent girls and young women living with HIV, their primary caregivers, and their sexual partners to explore the complex pathways leading to unintended pregnancy and viral failure. Additionally, she works with the Adolescent Engagement and Participation Group where she supports the development of participatory research methodologies to understand how young people want to participate in research and understand COVID-19 related challenges they are currently facing. Angelique is currently pursuing her PhD in the Dept of Anthropology, UCT, under the supervision of Prof Susan Levine & Dr Elona Toska on the sexual and reproductive health resilience of young women living with HIV in South Africa.
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Latest publications:
de Villiers, L., Thomas, A., Jivan, D., Hoddinott, G., Hargreaves, J. R., Bond, V., Stangl, A., Bock, P., Reynolds, L., & HPTN 071 (PopART) study team (2020). Stigma and HIV service access among transfeminine and gender diverse women in South Africa - a narrative analysis of longitudinal qualitative data from the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial. BMC public health, 20(1), 1898. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09942-5
Hoddinott, G., Myburgh, H., de Villiers, L., Ndubani, R., Mantantana. J., Thomas, A., Ayles, H., Bock, P., Fidler, S., Hayes, R., Seeley, J., Shanaube, K., Hargreaves, J., Bond, V., and Reynolds, L on behalf of the HPTN 071 (PopART) study team. (2018). Households, fluidity, and HIV service delivery in Zambia and South Africa – an exploratory analysis of longitudinal qualitative data from the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial. Journal of the International AIDS Society.
Bond, V; Ngwenya, F; Thomas, A; Simuyaba, M; Hoddinott, G; Fidler,S; Hayes, R; Ayles, H; Seeley, J and on behalf of the HPTN 071 (PopART) study team. (2018). Spinning Plates: Livelihood mobility, household responsibility and anti-retroviral treatment in an urban Zambian community during the HPTN 071 (PopART) study. Journal of the International AIDS Society.