Journal of Psychiatry

N Abrahams

Biography

Naeemah is the Unit’s Deputy Director. PhD Public Health (UCT), MPhil Public Health (UWC), Dip Paediatric Nursing (RXH), Dip Community Health (PenTech), Nursing Dip General Nursing and Midwifery (GSH). She has a PhD and MPhil in Public Health and started her career as a nurse. She has worked in the area of gender based violence for the last 20+ years. She has a two honorary appointments: as a Honorary Associated Professor with UCT Faculty of Health Sciences in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, as well as Extraordinary Professor with UWC Faculty of Community Health Sciences in the School of Public Health. She provides teaching, post graduate supervision and research support at both universities. Her special interests are health sector responses to gender-based violence, including the interface between GBV and HIV. Her research skills are in both epidemiological and qualitative methods. Her current research activities include longitudinal research on the impact on rape, sexual assault services - particular adherence to post exposure prophylaxis after rape to prevent HIV, mental health services for rape survivors, social responses to HIV and rape, developing and testing gender-based HIV and AIDS risk reduction skills interventions, femicide, intimate femicide, child homicide and infanticide. She was also involved in the Global Burden of Disease study in collaboration with WHO and the London School of Health and Tropical Medicine. She is currently also part of the Know Violence – a Global learning Initiative on violence in Childhood

Research Interest

Researcher in the area of Gender & Health