Makandwe Nyirenda
South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)
Makandwe Nyirenda
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Research Scientist at the South African Medical Research Council, and honorary senior lecturer in the School of Public Health and Nursing, University of KwaZulu-Natal. Trained in Demography and social statistics. Skilled in both quantitative and qualitative research methods, with extensive experience in biomedical clinical trials, socio-behavioural observational studies and longitudinal surveillance systems. Main research interests are around the health and well-being of older adults, intersection of non-communicable and communicable diseases in older persons, and sexuality and sexual health in older adults.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Countries | South Africa; Zambia; |
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Topics | Access to care; Ageing in place; Artificial Intelligence; Attitudes and Expectations about Long-Term Care; Care and social protection in Southern Africa; Care economy; Care in rural and other non-urban settings; Care inequalities; Care integration/ coordination; Care needs poverty and deprivation; Care outcomes; Care work and migration; Climate Change and LTC; COVID-19 and other infectious diseases and LTC; Data science; Economics of LTC; Employment education and family carers; Epidemiology and ageing trajectories; Evaluation of LTC systems and services; Healthcare access in LTC; Housing and care; Infection prevention; Living arrangements; Long term care subsidies; LTC and people with mental health conditions; LTC and younger people; LTC Policy; New models of care; Outcome measurement in LTC; Primary Health Care; Research gaps and priorities in LTC; Social Innovation in LTC; Stigma and discrimination; Survey measures; Technology and LTC; Unmet needs; Unpaid / informal care; |
Methods | Analysis of administrative data; Case studies; Creative research methods; Data science and LTC research; Document analysis; Literature reviews and synthesis; Longitudinal data analysis; Measure validation; Mixed methods; Panel data analysis; Qualitative studies; Quantitative data analysis; Quasi-experimental methods; Questionnaire; Systematic Review; Thematic analysis; Theory and frameworks; Time series analysis; Trials and other evaluations; |
Role | Research; |
Interest Groups | Care and social protection in Southern Africa; Climate Change and LTC; Data Science; Economics of Long-Term Care; Employment Education and Family carers; Long-Term Care Policy; Migration Mobility and Care Workers; Pain in Care Homes; Quasi-experimental methods; |
ORC.ID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1839-877X |
Key publications | Nyirenda, M., Sukazi, S., Buthelezi, C., & Hanass-Hancock, J. (2023). A frightening experience, especially at our age”: Examining the neglect and abuse of older persons in HIV prevention and care programs. Frontiers in Public Health 2023, 11. doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1061339 Nyirenda, M., Mnqonywa, N., Tutshana, B., Naidoo, J., Kowal, P., & Negin, J. (2022). An analysis of the relationship between HIV risk self-perception with sexual behaviour and HIV status in South African older adults. African Journal of AIDS Research 2022, 21(3). doi:https://doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2022.2090395 Nyirenda, M. (2021). Assessment of cardiovascular disease risks using Framingham risk scores (FRS) in HIV-positive and HIV-negative older adults in South Africa. Preventive Medicine Reports, 22, 101352. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101352 Nyirenda, M., Newell, M.-L. L., Mugisha, J., Mutevedzi, P. C., Seeley, J., Scholten, F., & Kowal, P. (2013). Health, wellbeing, and disability among older people infected or affected by HIV in Uganda and South Africa. Global Health Action, 6(1), 19201-19201. doi:10.3402/gha.v6i0.19201 Nyirenda, M., Evandrou, M., Mutevedzi, P., Hosegood, V., Falkingham, J., & Newell, M.-L. (2013). Who cares? Implications of care-giving and -receiving by HIV-infected or -affected older people on functional disability and emotional wellbeing. Ageing & Society, FirstView, 1-34. doi:10.1017/S0144686X13000615 Nyirenda, M., Chatterji, S., Rochat, T., Mutevedzi, P., & Newell, M. L. (2013). Prevalence and correlates of depression among HIV-infected and -affected older people in rural South Africa. Journal of Affective Disorders, 151(1), 31-38. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2013.05.005 Nyirenda, M., Chatterji, S., Falkingham, J., Mutevedzi, P., Hosegood, V., Evandrou, M., . . . Newell, M.-L. (2012). An investigation of factors associated with the health and well-being of HIV-infected or HIV-affected older people in rural South Africa. BMC public health, 12. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-259 |