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RD Govender

RD Govender

RD Govender: Department of Family Medicine, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, Durban, South Africa Telephone: +27 (0)31 260 4770 Email: Govenderr1@ukzn.ac.za

Biography
RD Govender Joined the Department of Family Medicine in December 2003 as a Principal Specialist (Family Medicine) MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS 1.CU–SA FOGARTY FELLOWSHIP: Suicidal Behaviour in HIV Patients 2007 2.SANPAD Scholarship: UKZN-SANTRUST PhD Development Programme for research support: 2010-2011 3.PhD Research Grant: UKZN 2012
Research Interest
1. “The Barriers and Challenges to Health Promotion in Africa” Review Article : published in the South African Family Practice 2. Lourens Schlebusch 1,* and Romona Devi Govender 2. Age, Gender and Suicidal Ideation Following Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2012, 9, 521-530; doi:10.3390/ijerph9020521 3. R D Govender, L Schlebusch. Hopelessness, depression and suicidal ideation in HIV-positive persons. SAJP 2012;18(1) 4. R D Govender; L Schlebusch. Suicidal ideation in seropositive patients seen at a South African HIV voluntary counselling and testing clinic.African Journal of Psychiatry. 2012 Mar; 15(2):94-8. 5. Devanathan R, EsterhuizenTM, Govender RD. Overweight and Obesity among Black women in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal: A ‘disease’ of perception in an area of high HIV prevalence. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med. 2013;5(1), Art. #450,7 pages. 6. R D Govender; L Schlebusch. A suicide risk screening scale for HIV-infected persons in the immediate post-diagnosis period. S Afr J HIV Med 2013; 14: 58-63. 7. R D Govender; L Schlebusch; T Esterhuizen. Brief suicide preventive intervention in newly diagnosed HIV-positive persons. J Psychiatry 2014; 17:543-547.