Nora West, PhD, MPH

Education
PhD, 08/2021 - International Health, Social and Behavioral Interventions, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
MPH, 05/2012 - Health Behavior, University of North Carolina
Publications

  1. Mlambo LM, Milovanovic M, Hanrahan CF, Motsomi K, Morolo MT, Mohlamonyane MM, Albaugh NW, Ahmed K, Martinson N, Dowdy DW, West NS. The impact of ethical implications intertwined with tuberculosis household contact investigation: A qualitative study. PloS one 2026. PMID: 41911256


  2. Castro MDM, Le H, Muzazu S, Pham N, Trinh T, Nyirenda HC, Shabalu P, West N, Phan H, Cattamanchi A, Denkinger CM, Muyoyeta M, Kerkhoff AD. Preferences for tongue swab-based versus sputum-based testing in the context of TB care: a best-worst scaling exercise in Vietnam and Zambia. BMJ global health 2025. PMID: 41120199


  3. Izudi J, Bajunirwe F, Cattamanchi A, West N. Addressing Stigma, Mental Well-Being, and Alcohol Use among People with Tuberculosis in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Call for an Integrated Care Model. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2025. PMID: 40730178


  4. Ayer A, Mukondwa RW, Aviles Guaman C, Takarinda K, West N, Makoni T, Mukungwa S, Mukuwapasi W, Hudson M, Christian C, Webb K, Shete PB. Poverty and protection: the relationship between multidimensional poverty, social protections interventions, and HIV viral load. AIDS (London, England) 2025. PMID: 40511935


  5. West NS, Nakubulwa R, Murray SM, Ddaaki W, Mayambala D, Nakyanjo N, Nalugoda F, Hutton HE, Surkan PJ, Kennedy CE. Okweraliikirira and Okwenyamira: Idioms of Psychological Distress Among People Living with HIV in Rakai, Uganda. Culture, medicine and psychiatry 2025. PMID: 40335775


  6. Nalugwa T, Annerstedt KS, Nabwire S, West NS, Kadota JL, Atkins S, Cattamanchi A, Lönnroth K, Katamba A, Shete PB. Identifying mechanisms by which social determinants of health impact TB diagnostic evaluation uptake in Uganda: a qualitative study. International journal for equity in health 2025. PMID: 40087654


  7. West NS, Ddaaki W, Murray SM, Nakyanjo N, Isabirye D, Nakubulwa R, Nalugoda F, Surkan PJ, Hutton HE, Kennedy CE. "Someone who hates themself doesn't come for their drugs": Experiences of mental health along the HIV care continuum in South-Central, Uganda. Volume 19 of Issue 10. PloS one 2024. PMID: 39388435


  9. West NS, Nakubulwa R, Murray SM, Ddaaki W, Mayambala D, Nakyanjo N, Nalugoda F, Hutton HE, Surkan PJ, Kennedy CE. Okweraliikirira and Okwenyamira: Idioms of Psychological Distress Among People Living with HIV in Rakai, Uganda. Research square 2024. PMID: 39011105


  10. 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. 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 2023. PMID: 39239641


  11. West NS, Kussaga F, Rittenhouse A, Duroseau B, Knight D, Mbwambo J, Likindikoki S, Saleem HT. From trauma to transmission: exploring the intersection of adversity, substance use, and HIV risk in women's life histories. Volume 22 of Issue 1. International journal for equity in health 2023. PMID: 37658358


  12. Saleem HT, West NS, Likindikoki S. 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. Volume 23 of Issue 1. BMC psychiatry 2023. PMID: 37464339


  13. Hanrahan CF, Nonyane BAS, Lebina L, Mmolawa L, Siwelana T, West NS, Albaugh N, Martinson N, Dowdy DW. Household- Versus Incentive-Based Contact Investigation for Tuberculosis in Rural South Africa: A Cluster-Randomized Trial. Volume 76 of Issue 7. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2023. PMID: 36458857


  14. Knight D, Nkya IH, West NS, Yang C, Kidorf M, Latkin C, Saleem HT. Economic, social, and clinic influences on opioid treatment program retention in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a qualitative study. Volume 18 of Issue 1. Addiction science & clinical practice 2023. PMID: 36973794


  15. Poku OB, West NS, Eschliman EL, Dangerfield DT, Bass J, Kennedy CE, Murray SM. Mental Health Problems Across the HIV Care Continuum for Adolescents Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review. Volume 27 of Issue 8. AIDS and behavior 2023. PMID: 36650389


  16. West NS, Ddaaki W, Nakyanjo N, Isabirye D, Nakubulwa R, Nalugoda F, Kagaayi J, Kennedy CE. "A Double Stress": The Mental Health Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among People Living with HIV in Rakai, Uganda. Volume 26 of Issue 1. AIDS and behavior 2021. PMID: 34292428


  17. Salazar-Austin N, Milovanovic M, West NS, Tladi M, Barnes GL, Variava E, Martinson N, Chaisson RE, Kerrigan D. Post-trial perceptions of a symptom-based TB screening intervention in South Africa: implementation insights and future directions for TB preventive healthcare services. Volume 20 of Issue 1. BMC nursing 2021. PMID: 33557831


  18. Reñosa MDC, Mwamba C, Meghani A, West NS, Hariyani S, Ddaaki W, Sharma A, Beres LK, McMahon S. Selfie consents, remote rapport, and Zoom debriefings: collecting qualitative data amid a pandemic in four resource-constrained settings. Volume 6 of Issue 1. BMJ global health 2021. PMID: 33419929


  19. Mudavanhu M, West NS, Schwartz SR, Mutunga L, Keyser V, Bassett J, Van Rie A, Hanrahan CF. Perceptions of Community and Clinic-Based Adherence Clubs for Patients Stable on Antiretroviral Treatment: A Mixed Methods Study. Volume 24 of Issue 4. AIDS and behavior 2020. PMID: 31560093


  20. Stracker N, Hanrahan C, Mmolawa L, Nonyane B, Tampi R, Tucker A, West N, Lebina L, Martinson N, Dowdy D. Risk factors for catastrophic costs associated with tuberculosis in rural South Africa. Volume 23 of Issue 6. The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2019. PMID: 31315710


  21. Hanrahan CF, Schwartz SR, Mudavanhu M, West NS, Mutunga L, Keyser V, Bassett J, Van Rie A. 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. Volume 16 of Issue 5. PLoS medicine 2019. PMID: 31112543


  22. Hanrahan CF, Nonyane BAS, Mmolawa L, West NS, Siwelana T, Lebina L, Martinson N, Dowdy DW. Contact tracing versus facility-based screening for active TB case finding in rural South Africa: A pragmatic cluster-randomized trial (Kharitode TB). Volume 16 of Issue 4. PLoS medicine 2019. PMID: 31039165


  23. West NS, Schwartz SR, Yende N, Schwartz SJ, Parmley L, Gadarowski MB, Mutunga L, Bassett J, Van Rie A. Infant feeding by South African mothers living with HIV: implications for future training of health care workers and the need for consistent counseling. Volume 14. International breastfeeding journal 2019. PMID: 30815026


  24. 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. Siyaphambili protocol: An evaluation of randomized, nurse-led adaptive HIV treatment interventions for cisgender female sex workers living with HIV in Durban, South Africa. Volume 42 of Issue 2. Research in nursing & health 2019. PMID: 30644999


  25. West N, Schwartz S, Mudavanhu M, Hanrahan C, France H, Nel J, Mutunga L, Bernhardt S, Bassett J, Van Rie A. Mental health in South African adolescents living with HIV. Volume 31 of Issue 1. AIDS care 2018. PMID: 30304947


  26. Kerrigan D, West N, Tudor C, Hanrahan CF, Lebina L, Msandiwa R, Mmolawa L, Martinson N, Dowdy D. Improving active case finding for tuberculosis in South Africa: informing innovative implementation approaches in the context of the Kharitode trial through formative research. Volume 15 of Issue 1. Health research policy and systems 2017. PMID: 28558737


  27. Yende N, Van Rie A, West NS, Bassett J, Schwartz SR. Acceptability and Preferences among Men and Women for Male Involvement in Antenatal Care. Volume 2017. Journal of pregnancy 2017. PMID: 28243473


  28. Ncayiyana JR, Bassett J, West N, Westreich D, Musenge E, Emch M, Pettifor A, Hanrahan CF, Schwartz SR, Sanne I, van Rie A. Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection and predictive factors in an urban informal settlement in Johannesburg, South Africa: a cross-sectional study. Volume 16 of Issue 1. BMC infectious diseases 2016. PMID: 27825307


  30. Schwartz SR, West N, Phofa R, Yende N, Sanne I, Bassett J, Van Rie A. Acceptability and preferences for safer conception HIV prevention strategies: a qualitative study. Volume 27 of Issue 11. International journal of STD & AIDS 2015. PMID: 26384950