G. Anita Heeren, MD (D), MSc (UK), PhD (SA)

CPHI Associate Fellow

Title: Senior Research Associate, Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Communication and Health Behaviour Research
Email: aheeren@asc.upenn.edu

Public Health Interests:

Teaching at undergraduate level Medicine students in Public Health. Post Graduate students in Master of Public Health in SA. Conducting pilot studies. Collecting data in South Africa. Focus group sessions, Surveys

Current Public-Health Related Activities:

Teaching at undergraduate level Medicine students in Public Health and graduate level students in Master of Public Health in SA. I taught my personal in SA to assist as Research Assistant to conduct the study for Health Promotion for University Students.

Select Publications:

Health Promotion: Results of focus groups with African-American men.
Heeren GA, Jemmott JB 3rd.
J Mens health. 2011 Mar 1;8(1):50-55.
PMID: 21566707 [PubMed]

Cattle for Wives and Extramarital Trysts for Husbands? Lobola, Men, and HIV/STD Risk Behavior in Southern Africa.
Heeren GA, Jemmott JB 3rd, Tyler JC, Tshabe S, Ngwane Z.
J Hum Behav Soc Environ. 2011 Jan 1;21(1):73-81.
PMID: 21423571 [PubMed]

Cognitive-behavioural health-promotion intervention increases fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity among South African adolescents: a cluster-randomised controlled trial.
Jemmott JB 3rd, Jemmott LS, O'Leary A, Ngwane Z, Icard L, Bellamy S, Jones S, Landis JR, Heeren GA, Tyler JC, Makiwane MB.
Psychol Health. 2011 Feb;26(2):167-85.
PMID: 21318928 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

School-based randomized controlled trial of an HIV/STD risk-reduction intervention for South African adolescents.
Jemmott JB 3rd, Jemmott LS, O'Leary A, Ngwane Z, Icard LD, Bellamy SL, Jones SF, Landis JR, Heeren GA, Tyler JC, Makiwane MB.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010 Oct;164(10):923-9.
PMID: 20921349 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free Article

Sub-Saharan African university students' beliefs about condoms, condom-use intention, and subsequent condom use: a prospective study.
Heeren GA, Jemmott JB 3rd, Mandeya A, Tyler JC.
AIDS Behav. 2009 Apr;13(2):268-76. Epub 2008 Jul 4.
PMID: 18600442 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Theory of planned behaviour predictors of intention to use condoms among Xhosa adolescents in South Africa.
Jemmott JB 3rd, Heeren GA, Ngwane Z, Hewitt N, Jemmott LS, Shell R, O'Leary A.
AIDS Care. 2007 May;19(5):677-84.
PMID: 17505930 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Theory-based predictors of condom use among university students in the United States and South Africa.
Heeren GA, Jemmott JB 3rd, Mandeya A, Tyler JC.
AIDS Educ Prev. 2007 Feb;19(1):1-12.
PMID: 17411385 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Agricultural chemical exposures and birth defects in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa: a case-control study.
Heeren GA, Tyler J, Mandeya A.
Environ Health. 2003 Oct 4;2(1):11.
PMID: 14613490 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free PMC Article