User profiles for S. M. Topp

Stephanie M Topp

Professor: James Cook University and Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia
Verified email at jcu.edu.au
Cited by 3548

HIV and tuberculosis in prisons in sub-Saharan Africa

L Telisinghe, S Charalambous, SM Topp, ME Herce… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Given the dual epidemics of HIV and tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa and evidence
suggesting a disproportionate burden of these diseases among detainees in the region, we …

Power analysis in health policy and systems research: a guide to research conceptualisation

SM Topp, M Schaaf, V Sriram, K Scott, SL Dalglish… - BMJ Global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Power is a growing area of study for researchers and practitioners working in the field of
health policy and systems research (HPSR). Theoretical development and empirical research …

The community health worker as service extender, cultural broker and social change agent: a critical interpretive synthesis of roles, intent and accountability

M Schaaf, C Warthin, L Freedman, SM Topp - BMJ Global Health, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
This paper is a critical interpretive synthesis of community health workers (CHWs) and
accountability in low-income and middle-income countries. The guiding questions were: What …

Power and politics: the case for linking resilience to health system governance

SM Topp - BMJ Global Health, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Since the watershed moment of the 2014 Ebola epidemic in West Africa and again in the
midst of the current COVID-19 crisis, the concept of health system resilience has been a …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding preferences for HIV care and treatment in Zambia: evidence from a discrete choice experiment among patients who have been lost to follow-up

…, P Somwe, C Bolton Moore, SM Topp… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background In public health HIV treatment programs in Africa, long-term retention remains a
challenge. A number of improvement strategies exist (eg, bring services closer to home, …

[HTML][HTML] The high burden of tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a large Zambian prison: a public health alert

G Henostroza, SM Topp, S Hatwiinda, KR Maggard… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) represent two of
the greatest health threats in African prisons. In 2010, collaboration between the Centre for …

Global prison health care governance and health equity: a critical lack of evidence

…, LK Acheampong, SM Topp… - … journal of public …, 2020 - ajph.aphapublications.org
The large and growing population of people who experience incarceration makes prison
health an essential component of public health and a critical setting for reducing health …

[HTML][HTML] Differentiated care preferences of stable patients on antiretroviral therapy in Zambia: a discrete choice experiment

…, LK Beres, M Roy, A Sharma, SM Topp… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: Although differentiated service delivery (DSD) models for stable patients on
antiretroviral therapy (ART) offer a range of health systems innovations, their comparative …

Health system preparedness for emerging infectious diseases: a synthesis of the literature

A Palagyi, BJ Marais, S Abimbola, SM Topp… - Global Public …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This review reflects on what the literature to date has taught us about how health systems of
low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) respond to emerging infectious disease (EID) …

10 best resources on power in health policy and systems in low-and middle-income countries

V Sriram, SM Topp, M Schaaf, A Mishra… - Health Policy and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Power is a critical concept to understand and transform health policy and systems. Power
manifests implicitly or explicitly at multiple levels—local, national and global—and is present at …