Dr Elona Toska (Elona Toska)

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Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 2017-2024
Publications (10 Years): 45

Top Venues

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Psychology, health & medicine

Global public health

AIDS and behavior

University of Cape Town

University of Oxford (MSC)

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Affiliation History

University of Cape Town Jun 01 2019

South Africa

Senior Research Officer :: Centre for Social Science Research

University of Oxford Jan 01 2017

United Kingdom

Associate Member :: Department of Social Policy and Intervention

Mzantsi Wakho Adolescent Health Study

South Africa

Quantitative Co-Investigator

University of Cape Town Jan 01 2017 - May 31 2019

South Africa

Postdoctoral Researcher :: AIDS and Society Research Unit

Education History

University of Oxford Oct 03 2011 - Sep 15 2012

United Kingdom

MSC :: Social Policy and Intervention

Publications

Dr Elona Toska, Siyanai Zhou, Christina A Laurenzi, Wylene Saal, William Rudgard, Camille Wittesaele, Nontokozo Langwenya, Janina Jochim, Boladé Hamed Banougnin, Laurie Gulaid, Alice Armstrong, Gayle Sherman, Olanrewaju Edun, Lorraine Sherr, Professor Lucie Cluver
Healthcare provisions associated with multiple HIV-related outcomes among adolescent girls and young women living with HIV in South Africa: a cross-sectional study. Journal of the International AIDS Society 27 (2) (2024)
Cosima Lenz, null null, Thabelang Rabaholo, Matsepo Mphafi, Felleng Samonyane, Lauren Greenberg, Angelique Thomas, Dr Elona Toska
Lessons from the field: understanding the use of a youth tailored U = U tool by peer educators in Lesotho with adolescents and youth living with HIV. Journal of the International AIDS Society 27 (5) (2024)
Rita Tamambang, Kwabena Kusi-Mensah, Tolulope Bella-Awusah, Olusegun Ogunmola, Adeola Afolayan, Dr Elona Toska, Lucas Hertzog, William Edward Rudgard, Robin Evans, Olayinka Omigbodun
Identifying potential catalysts to accelerate the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) among adolescents living in Nigeria. Psychology, health & medicine 29 (4) (2024)
Dr Elona Toska, Siyanai Zhou, Christina A Laurenzi, Wylene Saal, William Rudgard, Camille Wittesaele, Nontokozo Langwenya, Janina Jochim, Boladé Hamed Banougnin, Laurie Gulaid, Alice Armstrong, Gayle Sherman, Olanrewaju Edun, Lorraine Sherr, Professor Lucie Cluver
Healthcare provisions associated with multiple HIV-related outcomes among adolescent girls and young women living with HIV in South Africa: a cross-sectional study. Journal of the International AIDS Society 27 (2) (2024)
Cosima Lenz, null null, Thabelang Rabaholo, Matsepo Mphafi, Felleng Samonyane, Lauren Greenberg, Angelique Thomas, Dr Elona Toska
Lessons from the field: understanding the use of a youth tailored U = U tool by peer educators in Lesotho with adolescents and youth living with HIV. Journal of the International AIDS Society 27 (5) (2024)
Rita Tamambang, Kwabena Kusi-Mensah, Tolulope Bella-Awusah, Olusegun Ogunmola, Adeola Afolayan, Dr Elona Toska, Lucas Hertzog, William Edward Rudgard, Robin Evans, Olayinka Omigbodun
Identifying potential catalysts to accelerate the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) among adolescents living in Nigeria. Psychology, health & medicine 29 (4) (2024)
Rita Tamambang, Kwabena Kusi-Mensah, Tolulope Bella-Awusah, Olusegun Ogunmola, Adeola Afolayan, Dr Elona Toska, Lucas Hertzog, William Edward Rudgard, Robin Evans, Olayinka Omigbodun
Identifying potential catalysts to accelerate the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) among adolescents living in Nigeria. Psychology, health & medicine (2024)
Janina Jochim, Professor Lucie Cluver, Lulama Sidloyi, Jane Kelly, Abigail Ornellas, Hlokoma Mangqalaza, Chelsea Coakley, Coceka Nogoduka, Managa Pillay, Busisa Nokama, Gavin George, Dr Elona Toska, Teen Advisory Group Eastern Cape
Improving educational and reproductive outcomes for adolescent mothers in South Africa: A cross-sectional analysis towards realising policy goals. Global public health 18 (1) (2023)
Christina A Laurenzi, Chipo Mutambo, Chanda P Mwamba, Eugene Mupakile, Chuma Busakhwe, Agnes Ronan, Dr Elona Toska
Using community conversations to integrate violence screening and referrals into HIV care for young women living with HIV in Lusaka, Zambia. Journal of the International AIDS Society 26 (10) (2023)
Kathryn J Roberts, Colette Smith, Dr Elona Toska, Professor Lucie Cluver, Camille Wittesaele, Nontokozo Langwenya, Yulia Shenderovich, Wylene Saal, Janina Jochim, Jenny J Chen-Charles, Marguerite Marlow, Lorraine Sherr
Exploring the cognitive development of children born to adolescent mothers in South Africa. Infant and child development 32 (3) (2023)
Dr Elona Toska, Siyanai Zhou, Jenny Chen-Charles, Lesley Gittings, Don Operario, Lucie Cluver
Factors Associated with Preferences for Long-Acting Injectable Antiretroviral Therapy Among Adolescents and Young People Living with HIV in South Africa. AIDS and behavior (2023)
Janina Jochim, Professor Lucie Cluver, Lulama Sidloyi, Jane Kelly, Abigail Ornellas, Hlokoma Mangqalaza, Chelsea Coakley, Coceka Nogoduka, Managa Pillay, Busisa Nokama, Gavin George, Dr Elona Toska, Teen Advisory Group Eastern Cape
Improving educational and reproductive outcomes for adolescent mothers in South Africa: A cross-sectional analysis towards realising policy goals. Global public health 18 (1) (2023)
Professor Lucie Cluver, Janina Jochim, Yolanda Mapukata, Camille Wittesaele, Yulia Shenderovich, Sandisiwe Mafuya, Kathryn J Roberts, Boladé Hamed Banougnin, Lorraine Sherr, Dr Elona Toska
Associations of formal childcare use with health and human capital development for adolescent mothers and their children in South Africa: A cross-sectional study. Child: care, health and development (2023)
Kathryn J Roberts, Colette Smith, Dr Elona Toska, Professor Lucie Cluver, Camille Wittesaele, Nontokozo Langwenya, Yulia Shenderovich, Wylene Saal, Janina Jochim, Jenny J Chen-Charles, Marguerite Marlow, Lorraine Sherr
Exploring the cognitive development of children born to adolescent mothers in South Africa. Infant and child development 32 (3) (2023)
Dr Elona Toska, Siyanai Zhou, Jenny Chen-Charles, Lesley Gittings, Don Operario, Lucie Cluver
Factors Associated with Preferences for Long-Acting Injectable Antiretroviral Therapy Among Adolescents and Young People Living with HIV in South Africa. AIDS and behavior (2023)
Dr Elona Toska, Siyanai Zhou, Jenny Chen-Charles, Lesley Gittings, Don Operario, Lucie Cluver
Factors Associated with Preferences for Long-Acting Injectable Antiretroviral Therapy Among Adolescents and Young People Living with HIV in South Africa. AIDS and behavior (2023)
Lesley Gittings, Yusra Price, Jane Kelly, Natasha Kannemeyer, Angelique Thomas, Sally Medley, Nokubonga Ralayo, Vidalyne Omollo, Professor Lucie Cluver, Carmen Helen Logie, Humphres Evalia, Dr Elona Toska
Health and development-related priorities and challenges of adolescents and young people: findings from South Africa and Kenya prior to and during COVID-19 pandemic. Psychology, health & medicine 27 (sup1) (2022)
Kathryn J Roberts, Colette Smith, Dr Elona Toska, Lucie Cluver, Katharina Haag, Camille Wittesaele, Nontokozo Langwenya, Janina Jochim, Wylene Saal, Yulia Shenderovich, Lorraine Sherr
Risk factors for poor mental health among adolescent mothers in South Africa. Psychology, health & medicine 27 (sup1) (2022)
Lucas Hertzog, Boladé Hamed Banougnin, Heidi Stöckl, Dr Elona Toska
Accelerating ontological security for South African adolescents living in high HIV-prevalence areas: a longitudinal study. Psychology, health & medicine 27 (sup1) (2022)
Dr Elona Toska, Wylene Saal, Jenny J Chen-Charles, Camille Wittesaele, Nontokozo Langwenya, Janina Jochim, Kathryn J Steventon Roberts, Jason Anquandah, Boladé Hamed Banougnin, Christina Laurenzi, Lorraine Sherr, Lucie Cluver
Achieving the health and well-being Sustainable Development Goals among adolescent mothers and their children in South Africa: Cross-sectional analyses of a community-based mixed HIV-status cohort. PloS one 17 (12) (2022)
Lorraine Sherr, Katharina Haag, Kathryn J Steventon Roberts, Lucie Dale Cluver, Camille Wittesaele, Bongiwe Saliwe, Janke Tolmay, Nontokozo Langwenya, Janina Jochim, Wylene Saal, Siyanai Zhou, Marguerite Marlow, Jenny J Chen-Charles, Dr Elona Toska
The development of children born to young mothers with no, first- or second-generation HIV acquisition in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa: a cross-sectional study. BMJ open 12 (10) (2022)
Quintin van Staden, Christina A Laurenzi, Dr Elona Toska
Two years after lockdown: reviewing the effects of COVID-19 on health services and support for adolescents living with HIV in South Africa. Journal of the International AIDS Society 25 (4) (2022)
Neema R Mosha, Gerry Mshana, Dr Elona Toska, Lucas Hertzog, Chris Desmond, Professor Lucie Cluver, Saidi Kapiga, Heidi Stöckl
Intergenerational education and violence effects on adolescent education, early employment and adolescent parenting. Psychology, health & medicine 27 (sup1) (2022)
Professor Lucie Cluver, William Edward Rudgard, Dr Elona Toska, Mark Orkin, Mona Ibrahim, Nontokozo Langwenya, Caroline Kuo, Nonhlanhla Xaba, Kai Roehm, Michael Smith, Sara Bernardini, Giovanni Giordana, Manaan Mumma, James Kingori, Rachel Yates, Lorraine Sherr
Food security reduces multiple HIV infection risks for high-vulnerability adolescent mothers and non-mothers in South Africa: a cross-sectional study. Journal of the International AIDS Society 25 (8) (2022)
Kwabena Kusi-Mensah, Rita Tamambang, Tolulope Bella-Awusah, Olusegun Ogunmola, Adeola Afolayan, Dr Elona Toska, Lucas Hertzog, William Edward Rudgard, Robin Evans, Olayinka Omigbodun
Accelerating progress towards the sustainable development goals for adolescents in Ghana: a cross-sectional study. Psychology, health & medicine 27 (sup1) (2022)
Jenny J Chen-Charles, William Edward Rudgard, Aoife M Doyle, Dr Elona Toska, Professor Lucie Cluver
What do adolescents value most and is this affected by HIV status? Aspirations and self-perceptions from a large cohort study in South Africa. Psychology, health & medicine 27 (sup1) (2022)
Janina Jochim, Franziska Meinck, Dr Elona Toska, Kathryn Roberts, Camille Wittesaele, Nontokozo Langwenya, Lucie Cluver
Who goes back to school after birth? Factors associated with postpartum school return among adolescent mothers in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Global public health (2022)
Kathryn J Roberts, Lorraine Sherr, Katharina Haag, Colette Smith, Janina Jochim, Dr Elona Toska, Marguerite Marlow, Lucie Cluver
Adolescent parenthood and HIV-infection in South Africa-Associations with child cognitive development. PLOS global public health 2 (5) (2022)
Christina A Laurenzi, Agnes Ronan, Lynn Phillips, Sharifah Nalugo, Eugene Mupakile, Don Operario, Dr Elona Toska
Enhancing a peer supporter intervention for young mothers living with HIV in Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia: Adaptation and co-development of a psychosocial component. Global public health (2022)
Olanrewaju Edun, Yulia Shenderovich, Siyanai Zhou, Dr Elona Toska, Lucy Okell, Jeffrey W Eaton, Professor Lucie Cluver
Predictors and consequences of HIV status disclosure to adolescents living with HIV in Eastern Cape, South Africa: a prospective cohort study. Journal of the International AIDS Society 25 (5) (2022)
Jane Kelly, Lesley Gittings, Christina A Laurenzi, Charné Dee Glinski, Hlokoma Mangqalaza, Nokubonga Ralayo, Nontokozo Langwenya, Lulama Sidloyi, Amanda Mbiko, Babalwa Taleni, Bongiwe Saliwe, Dr Elona Toska
HIV and SRH healthcare delivery experiences of South African healthcare workers and adolescents and young people during COVID-19. Psychology, health & medicine 27 (sup1) (2022)
David Chipanta, Heidi Stöckl, Dr Elona Toska, Patrick Chanda, Jason Mwanza, Kelly Kaila, Chisangu Matome, Gelson Tembo, Janne Estill, Olivia Keiser
Facing the quality of life: physical illness, anxiety, and depression symptoms among people living with HIV in rural Zambia - a cross-sectional study. AIDS care (2021)
Siyanai Zhou, Professor Lucie Cluver, Yulia Shenderovich, Dr Elona Toska
Uncovering ART adherence inconsistencies: An assessment of sustained adherence among adolescents in South Africa. Journal of the International AIDS Society 24 (10) (2021)
Lesley Gittings, Dr Elona Toska, Sally Medley, Lucie Cluver, Carmen Helen Logie, Nokubonga Ralayo, Jenny Chen, Jane Mbithi-Dikgole
'Now my life is stuck!': Experiences of adolescents and young people during COVID-19 lockdown in South Africa. Global public health 16 (6) (2021)
Dr Elona Toska, Professor Lucie Cluver, Christina A Laurenzi, Camille Wittesaele, Lorraine Sherr, Siyanai Zhou, Nontokozo Langwenya
Reproductive aspirations, contraception use and dual protection among adolescent girls and young women: the effect of motherhood and HIV status. Journal of the International AIDS Society (2021)
David Chipanta, Heidi Stöckl, Dr Elona Toska, Silas Amo-Agyei, Patrick Chanda, Jason Mwanza, Kelly Kaila, Chisangu Matome, Gelson Tembo, Amaury Thiabaud, Olivia Keiser, Janne Estill
Women with disabilities in hearing: the last mile in the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV - a cross-sectional study from Zambia. AIDS care (2021)
Professor Lucie Cluver, William Edward Rudgard, Dr Elona Toska, Siyanai Zhou, Laurence Campeau, Yulia Shenderovich, Mark Orkin, Chris Desmond, Alexander Butchart, Howard Taylor, Franziska Meinck, Lorraine Sherr
Violence prevention accelerators for children and adolescents in South Africa: A path analysis using two pooled cohorts. PLoS medicine 17 (11) (2020)
Dr Elona Toska, Laurence Campeau, Lucie Cluver, F Mark Orkin, McKenzie N Berezin, Lorraine Sherr, Christina A Laurenzi, Gretchen Bachman
Consistent Provisions Mitigate Exposure to Sexual Risk and HIV Among Young Adolescents in South Africa. AIDS and behavior 24 (3) (2020)
Lucie Cluver, Jenny Doubt, null null, Inge Wessels, Carine Asnong, Samantha Malunga, Kerry Mauchline, Beth Vale, Sally Medley, Dr Elona Toska, Kate Orkin, Yasmin Dunkley, Franziska Meinck, Noxolo Myeketsi, Samkelo Lasa, Caroline Rupert, Mark E Boyes, Marija Pantelic, Lorraine Sherr, Lesley Gittings, Rebecca Hodes, Caroline Y Kuo, Angelique N Chetty, Mildred Thabeng
Power to participants: methodological and ethical reflections from a decade of adolescent advisory groups in South Africa. AIDS care 33 (7) (2020)
Dr Elona Toska, Christina A Laurenzi, Kathryn J Roberts, Lucie Cluver, Lorraine Sherr
Adolescent mothers affected by HIV and their children: A scoping review of evidence and experiences from sub-Saharan Africa. Global public health 15 (11) (2020)
Dr Elona Toska, Lucie Cluver, Mark Orkin, Anurita Bains, Lorraine Sherr, McKenzie Berezin, Laurie Gulaid
Screening and supporting through schools: educational experiences and needs of adolescents living with HIV in a South African cohort. BMC public health 19 (1) (2019)
Professor Lucie Cluver, Marija Pantelic, Dr Elona Toska, Mark Orkin, Marisa Casale, Nontuthuzelo Bungane, Lorraine Sherr
STACKing the odds for adolescent survival: health service factors associated with full retention in care and adherence amongst adolescents living with HIV in South Africa. Journal of the International AIDS Society 21 (9) (2019)
Rebecca Hodes, Beth Vale, Dr Elona Toska, Lucie Cluver, Ros Dowse, Mikael Ashorn
'Yummy or crummy?' The multisensory components of medicines-taking among HIV-positive youth. Global public health 14 (2) (2018)
Dr Elona Toska, Lucie D Cluver, Mark E Boyes, Maya Isaacsohn, Rebecca Hodes, Lorraine Sherr
School, Supervision and Adolescent-Sensitive Clinic Care: Combination Social Protection and Reduced Unprotected Sex Among HIV-Positive Adolescents in South Africa. AIDS and behavior 21 (9) (2018)
Dr Elona Toska, Marija Pantelic, Franziska Meinck, Katharina Keck, Roxanna Haghighat, Lucie Cluver
Sex in the shadow of HIV: A systematic review of prevalence, risk factors, and interventions to reduce sexual risk-taking among HIV-positive adolescents and youth in sub-Saharan Africa. PloS one 12 (6) (2017)

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Dr Elona Toska (Elona Toska)