Author

Goedele Louwagie

Senior lecturer University of Pretoria - Cited by 706 - tobacco smoking - HIV - TB - alcohol

Biography

Dr.Goedele Louwagie is senior lecturer in public health and epidemiology at the School of Health Systems and Public of the University of Pretoria. She obtained her medical degree (cum laude) in Leuven, Belgium, followed by a diploma in Tropical Medicine. After some initial years work in her home country, she gained extensive clinical and managerial experience in the South African public sector health services and completed a diploma in Health care management. She then moved into academia an obtained her MMED degree in Public Health Medicine (cum laude) and in addition passed the College of Public Health Medicine Exams. 
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Effectiveness of antiretroviral treatment in a South African program: a cohort study
LR Fairall, MO Bachmann, GMC Louwagie, C Van Vuuren, P Chikobvu, ...Archives of internal medicine 168 (1), 86-93, 2008200
232
2008
Highly active antiretroviral treatment and health related quality of life in South African adults with human immunodeficiency virus infection: A cross-sectional analytical study
GM Louwagie, MO Bachmann, K Meyer, FR Booysen, LR Fairall, ...BMC public health 7 (1), 1-10, 2007200
123
2007
Efficacy of brief motivational interviewing on smoking cessation at tuberculosis clinics in T shwane, S outh A frica: a randomized controlled trial
GMC Louwagie, KS Okuyemi, OA Ayo‐YusufAddiction 109 (11), 1942-1952, 2014201
78
2014
The heart in HAART: Quality of life of patients enrolled in the public sector antiretroviral treatment programme in the Free State province of South Africa
FR Booysen, HCJ Van Rensburg, M Bachmann, G Louwagie, L FairallSocial Indicators Research 81, 283-329, 2007200
44
2007
Water pipe and smokeless tobacco use among medical students in South Africa
F Senkubuge, OA Ayo-Yusuf, GMC Louwagie, KS OkuyemiNicotine & Tobacco Research 14 (6), 755-760, 2012201
37
2012
Tobacco use patterns in tuberculosis patients with high rates of human immunodeficiency virus co-infection in South Africa
G Louwagie, OA Ayo-YusufBMC Public Health 13 (1), 1-10, 2013201
35
2013
Durability of first line antiretroviral therapy: reasons and predictive factors for modifications in a Swaziland cohort
SG Takuva, G Louwagie, K Zuma, V OkelloOMICS Publishing, 2012201
31
2012
Factors associated with female high-risk drinking in a rural and urban South African site
OA Ojo, G Louwagie, N Morojele, K Rendall-Mkosi, L London, S Olorunju, ...South African medical journal 100 (3), 180-182, 2010201
28
2010
Missed opportunities for accessing HIV care among Tshwane tuberculosis patients under different models of care
G Louwagie, B Girdler-Brown, R Odendaal, T Rossouw, S Johnson, ...The International journal of tuberculosis and lung disease 16 (8), 1052-1058, 2012201
27
2012
Addressing tobacco smoking and drinking to improve TB treatment outcomes, in South Africa: a feasibility study of the ProLife program
GM Louwagie, N Morojele, K Siddiqi, ND Mdege, J Tumbo, O Omole, ...Translational behavioral medicine (6), 1491-1503, 2020202
10
2020
Effect of a brief motivational interview and text message intervention targeting tobacco smoking, alcohol use and medication adherence to improve tuberculosis treatment …
G Louwagie, M Kanaan, NK Morojele, A Van Zyl, AS Moriarty, J Li, ...BMJ open 12 (2), e056496, 2022202
10
2022
Formal clinical primary health care training. Does it make a difference?
GMC Louwagie, MO Bachmann, M ReidCurationis 25 (4), 32-37, 2002200
9
2002
Comparative durability of nevirapine versus efavirenz in first-line regimens during the first year of initiating antiretroviral therapy among Swaziland HIV-infected adults
S Takuva, D Evans, K Zuma, V Okello, G LouwagiePan African Medical Journal 15 (1), 2013201
9
2013
Poverty and substance use in South African tuberculosis patients
GM Louwagie, E Wouters, OA Ayo-YusufAmerican Journal of Health Behavior 38 (4), 501-50, 2014201
9
2014
Predictors of tobacco smoking abstinence among tuberculosis patients in South Africa
GMC Louwagie, OA Ayo-YusufJournal of Behavioral Medicine 3, 472-42, 2015201
8
2015
ImPROving TB outcomes by modifying LIFE-style behaviours through a brief motivational intervention followed by short text messages (ProLife): study protocol for a randomised …
AS Moriarty, GM Louwagie, ND Mdege, N Morojele, J Tumbo, OB Omole, ...Trials 20, 1-12, 2019201
6
2019
Factors associated with retreatment tuberculosis in Tshwane, South Africa: the role of tobacco smoking
GMC Louwagie, OA Ayo-YusufSouthern African Journal of Infectious Diseases 29 (2), 87-90, 2014201
5
2014
Quality of life and financial measures in HIV/AIDS in South Africa
MO Bachmann, G Louwagie, LR FairallSpringer, 2010201
4
2010
Factors associated with the lack of antiretroviral therapy initiation among eligible HIV-positive pregnant women in Swaziland
C Chouraya, G Louwagie, B Nhlabatsi, MA Mahdi, BV Girdler-BrownSouth African Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 23 (2), 63-68, 20720
1
2017

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