Nora West, PhD, MPH | UCSF Center for TB

Assistant Adjunct Professor

M_MED-ZSFG-PULM

I am a social scientist who uses qualitative and mixed methods within TB screening, diagnostics, and therapeutics research. My research interests focus on understanding trajectories of mental health during TB diagnosis and treatment, the influence of mental health on engagement with the TB diagnosis and care cascade, and implementation science approaches for the integration of mental health services into TB care and treatment.

Publications

Okweraliikirira and Okwenyamira: Idioms of Psychological Distress Among People Living with HIV in Rakai, Uganda.

Culture, medicine and psychiatry

West NS, Nakubulwa R, Murray SM, Ddaaki W, Mayambala D, Nakyanjo N, Nalugoda F, Hutton HE, Surkan PJ, Kennedy CE

Identifying mechanisms by which social determinants of health impact TB diagnostic evaluation uptake in Uganda: a qualitative study.

International journal for equity in health

Nalugwa T, Annerstedt KS, Nabwire S, West NS, Kadota JL, Atkins S, Cattamanchi A, Lönnroth K, Katamba A, Shete PB

"Someone who hates themself doesn't come for their drugs": Experiences of mental health along the HIV care continuum in South-Central, Uganda.

Research Square

West NS, Ddaaki W, Murray SM, Nakyanjo N, Isabirye D, Nakubulwa R, Nalugoda F, Surkan PJ, Hutton HE, Kennedy CE

Cognitive interviewing to assess and adapt three measures of mental health symptoms among people living with HIV in Rakai, Uganda: the Thinking a Lot Questionnaire, the Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9), and the Hopkins Symptoms Checklist (HSCL).

West NS, Namuganga LP, Isabirye D, Nakubulwa R, Ddaaki W, Nakyanjo N, Nalugoda F, Murray SM, Kennedy CE

Okweraliikirira and Okwenyamira: Idioms of Psychological Distress Among People Living with HIV in Rakai, Uganda.

West NS, Nakubulwa R, Murray SM, Ddaaki W, Mayambala D, Nakyanjo N, Nalugoda F, Hutton HE, Surkan PJ, Kennedy CE

Placing the values and preferences of people most affected by TB at the center of screening and testing: an approach for reaching the unreached.

Kerkhoff AD, West NS, Del Mar Castro M, Branigan D, Christopher DJ, Denkinger CM, Nhung NV, Theron G, Worodria W, Yu C, Muyoyeta M, Cattamanchi A

From trauma to transmission: exploring the intersection of adversity, substance use, and HIV risk in women's life histories.

West NS, Kussaga F, Rittenhouse A, Duroseau B, Knight D, Mbwambo J, Likindikoki S, Saleem HT

Prevalence and predictors of depressive and anxiety symptoms in a sample of women who use drugs in Tanzania: the key role of drug use stigma.

Saleem HT, West NS, Likindikoki S

Household- Versus Incentive-Based Contact Investigation for Tuberculosis in Rural South Africa: A Cluster-Randomized Trial.

The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene

Hanrahan CF, Nonyane BAS, Lebina L, Mmolawa L, Siwelana T, West NS, Albaugh N, Martinson N, Dowdy DW

Economic, social, and clinic influences on opioid treatment program retention in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a qualitative study.

Knight D, Nkya IH, West NS, Yang C, Kidorf M, Latkin C, Saleem HT

Mental Health Problems Across the HIV Care Continuum for Adolescents Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review.

Poku OB, West NS, Eschliman EL, Dangerfield DT, Bass J, Kennedy CE, Murray SM

"A Double Stress": The Mental Health Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among People Living with HIV in Rakai, Uganda.

West NS, Ddaaki W, Nakyanjo N, Isabirye D, Nakubulwa R, Nalugoda F, Kagaayi J, Kennedy CE

Post-trial perceptions of a symptom-based TB screening intervention in South Africa: implementation insights and future directions for TB preventive healthcare services.

Salazar-Austin N, Milovanovic M, West NS, Tladi M, Barnes GL, Variava E, Martinson N, Chaisson RE, Kerrigan D

Selfie consents, remote rapport, and Zoom debriefings: collecting qualitative data amid a pandemic in four resource-constrained settings.

Reñosa MDC, Mwamba C, Meghani A, West NS, Hariyani S, Ddaaki W, Sharma A, Beres LK, McMahon S

Perceptions of Community and Clinic-Based Adherence Clubs for Patients Stable on Antiretroviral Treatment: A Mixed Methods Study.

Mudavanhu M, West NS, Schwartz SR, Mutunga L, Keyser V, Bassett J, Van Rie A, Hanrahan CF

Risk factors for catastrophic costs associated with tuberculosis in rural South Africa.

JCI insight

Stracker N, Hanrahan C, Mmolawa L, Nonyane B, Tampi R, Tucker A, West N, Lebina L, Martinson N, Dowdy D

The impact of community- versus clinic-based adherence clubs on loss from care and viral suppression for antiretroviral therapy patients: Findings from a pragmatic randomized controlled trial in South Africa.

M_MED-ZSFG-AIDS

Hanrahan CF, Schwartz SR, Mudavanhu M, West NS, Mutunga L, Keyser V, Bassett J, Van Rie A

Contact tracing versus facility-based screening for active TB case finding in rural South Africa: A pragmatic cluster-randomized trial (Kharitode TB).

M_MED-ZSFG-AIDS

Hanrahan CF, Nonyane BAS, Mmolawa L, West NS, Siwelana T, Lebina L, Martinson N, Dowdy DW

Infant feeding by South African mothers living with HIV: implications for future training of health care workers and the need for consistent counseling.

West NS, Schwartz SR, Yende N, Schwartz SJ, Parmley L, Gadarowski MB, Mutunga L, Bassett J, Van Rie A

Siyaphambili protocol: An evaluation of randomized, nurse-led adaptive HIV treatment interventions for cisgender female sex workers living with HIV in Durban, South Africa.

Comins CA, Schwartz SR, Phetlhu DR, Guddera V, Young K, Farley JE, West N, Parmley L, Geng E, Beyrer C, Dowdy D, Mishra S, Hausler H, Baral S

Mental health in South African adolescents living with HIV.

West N, Schwartz S, Mudavanhu M, Hanrahan C, France H, Nel J, Mutunga L, Bernhardt S, Bassett J, Van Rie A

Improving active case finding for tuberculosis in South Africa: informing innovative implementation approaches in the context of the Kharitode trial through formative research.

Kerrigan D, West N, Tudor C, Hanrahan CF, Lebina L, Msandiwa R, Mmolawa L, Martinson N, Dowdy D

Acceptability and Preferences among Men and Women for Male Involvement in Antenatal Care.

Yende N, Van Rie A, West NS, Bassett J, Schwartz SR

Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection and predictive factors in an urban informal settlement in Johannesburg, South Africa: a cross-sectional study.

H-Center for TB

Ncayiyana JR, Bassett J, West N, Westreich D, Musenge E, Emch M, Pettifor A, Hanrahan CF, Schwartz SR, Sanne I, van Rie A

"I don't know if this is right … but this is what I'm offering": healthcare provider knowledge, practice, and attitudes towards safer conception for HIV-affected couples in the context of Southern African guidelines.

West N, Schwartz S, Phofa R, Yende N, Bassett J, Sanne I, Van Rie A

Acceptability and preferences for safer conception HIV prevention strategies: a qualitative study.

Schwartz SR, West N, Phofa R, Yende N, Sanne I, Bassett J, Van Rie A