Nora West, PhD, MPH

Assistant Adjunct Professor
Medicine

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: 

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

PloS one

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

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

Research square

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.

BMC Global and Public Health

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.

International journal for equity in health

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

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

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

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.

Addiction science & clinical practice

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.

AIDS and behavior

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.

AIDS and behavior

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.

BMC nursing

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.

BMJ global health

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.

AIDS and behavior

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.

The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

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

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

PLoS medicine

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.

International breastfeeding journal

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.

Research in nursing & health

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.

AIDS care

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.

Health research policy and systems

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.

Journal of pregnancy

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.

BMC infectious diseases

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

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

International journal of STD & AIDS

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