James Hargreaves BSc MSc PhD
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I am a senior lecturer in epidemiology, with a focus in social epidemiology. My primary interest in recent years has been in the socioeconomic epidemiology of HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis and in developing interventions to address these public health issues.
Affiliation
Teaching
I teach on a wide variety of courses. I co-organise a module in Social Epidemiology, give lectures on courses in Basic Epidemiology, the summer Intensive Courses in Epidemiology and Meidcal Statistics, AIDS, Health Promotion Theory and Principles and Practice of Health Promotion. I also contribute to teaching on the first term course Extended Epidemiology.
Research
In recent years I have published papers on educational attainment and socioeconomic status and their relationship to risk of HIV in Africa. More recently, I have been developing tools for the measurement of socio-economic factors in epidemiological research. In my current work I am a core member of the research team running the Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity Study (IMAGE). This is a prospective 3 year, matched and randomised community intervention trial on the role of a community based poverty alleviation and gender empowerment programme in changing sexual behaviour and preventing HIV infection.
Research areas
- Complex interventions
- Health inequalities
- HIV/AIDS
- Sexual and reproductive health
- Tuberculosis
Disciplines
- Epidemiology
- Statistics
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Selected publications
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Alternatives to randomisation in the evaluation of public-health interventions: statistical analysis and causal inference.
Cousens, S.; Hargreaves, J.; Bonell, C.; Armstrong, B.; Thomas, J.; Kirkwood, B.R.; Hayes, R.;
J Epidemiol Community Health, 2011; 65(7):576-81
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Process evaluation of the Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity (IMAGE) in rural South Africa.
Hargreaves, J.; Hatcher, A.; Strange, V.; Phetla, G.; Busza, J.; Kim, J.; Watts, C.; Morison, L.; Porter, J.; Pronyk, P.; Bonell, C.;
Health Educ Res, 2010; 25(1):27-40
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The association between school attendance, HIV infection and sexual behaviour among young people in rural South Africa.
Hargreaves, J.R.; Morison, L.A.; Kim, J.C.; Bonell, C.P.; Porter, J.D.; Watts, C.; Busza, J.; Phetla, G.; Pronyk, P.M.;
J Epidemiol Community Health, 2008; 62(2):113-9
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Systematic review exploring time trends in the association between educational attainment and risk of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa.
Hargreaves, J.R.; Bonell, C.P.; Boler, T.; Boccia, D.; Birdthistle, I.; Fletcher, A.; Pronyk, P.M.; Glynn, J.R.;
AIDS, 2008; 22(3):403-14
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Microfinance programs and better health - Prospects for sub-Saharan Africa
Pronyk, P.M.; Hargreaves, J.R.; Morduch, J.
Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association, 2007; 298(16):1925-1927
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Explaining continued high HIV prevalence in South Africa: socioeconomic factors, HIV incidence and sexual behaviour change among a rural cohort, 2001-2004.
Hargreaves, J.R.; Bonell, C.P.; Morison, L.A.; Kim, J.C.; Phetla, G.; Porter, J.D.; Watts, C.; Pronyk, P.M.;
AIDS, 2007; 21 Suppl 7:S39-48
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"Hearing the voices of the poor": Assigning poverty lines on the basis of local perceptions of poverty. A quantitative analysis of qualitative data from participatory wealth ranking in rural South Africa
Hargreaves, J.R.; Morison, L.A.; Gear, J.S.S.; Makhubele, M.B.; Porter, J.D.H.; Busza, J.; Watts, C.; Kim, J.C.; Pronyk, P.M.
World Development, 2007; 35(2):212-229
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Effect of a structural intervention for the prevention of intimate-partner violence and HIV in rural South Africa: a cluster randomised trial
Pronyk, P.M.; Hargreaves, J.R.; Kim, J.C.; Morison, L.A.; Phetla, G.; Watts, C.; Busza, J.; Porter, J.D.H.
Lancet, 2006; 368(9551):1973-1983
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