Christopher J. Colvin

9.8k citations

128 papers · 6.5k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 39

Impact in

General Health Professions top 0.2%
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
Infectious Diseases top 1%
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

Papers in

Infectious Diseases 48
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions 36
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology 8
General Health Professions 64
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health 36
- Health Policy Implementation Science 13

Co-authors: Simon Lewin Arash Rashidian Claire Glenton Jane Noyes Benedicte Carlsen Ruth Garside Andrew Booth Heather Menzies Munthe‐Kaas
Journals: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (8 papers)Implementation Science (8 papers)Global Public Health (6 papers)Social Science & Medicine (5 papers)PLoS ONE (4 papers)
Partner nations: South Africa United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Christopher J. Colvin

119 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings—paper 2: how to make an overall CERQual assessment of confidence and create a Summary of Qualitative Findings table 2018 · 375 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 Implementation Science
2018 Implementation Science
2015 PLoS Medicine
2013 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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1	Applying GRADE-CERQual to Interpretive Review Findings: Reflections From a Cochrane meta-ethnography on Childhood Vaccination Acceptance International Journal of Qualitative Methods ·Sara Cooper, Natalie Leon, Bey‐Marrié Schmidt, Alison Swartz, Charles Shey Wiysonge, Christopher J. Colvin	2024	0
2	Moving on in uncertain times: a goodbye Critical Public Health ·John Green, Lindsay McLaren, Christopher J. Colvin, Kevin Dew, Rebecca Haines‐Saah, Ewen Speed, Kirsten Bell, Robin Bunton	2023	2
3	Using health information for community activism: A case study of the movement for change and social justice in South Africa SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Myrna van Pinxteren, Christopher J. Colvin, Sara Cooper	2022	7
4	Stakeholders’ Understandings of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Rapid Qualitative Systematic Review Vaccines ·Caroline Deignan, Alison Swartz, Sara Cooper, Christopher J. Colvin	2021	18
5	‘If you are found taking medicine, you will be called names and considered less of a man’: young men’s engagement with HIV treatment and care during ulwaluko (traditional initiation and circumcision) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa SAHARA-J Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS ·Lesley Gittings, Rebecca Hodes, Christopher J. Colvin, Sinebhongo Mbula, Phakamani Kom	2021	3
6	Beyond command and control: A rapid review of meaningful community-engaged responses to COVID-19 Global Public Health ·René Loewenson, Christopher J. Colvin, Felipe Szabzon, Sayan Das, Renu Khanna, Vera Schattan P. Coelho, Zakaria Gansané, Soungalo Yao, Wilson D. Asibu, Nyles Rome, Elizabeth Nolan	2021	58
7	Quantifying clinic transfers among people living with HIV in the Western Cape, South Africa: a retrospective spatial analysis BMJ Open ·Ana Lucia Espinosa Dice, Angela M. Bengtson, Kevin M. Mwenda, Christopher J. Colvin, Mark N. Lurie	2021	4
8	Barriers and opportunities to using health information in policy implementation: The case of adolescent and youth friendly health services in the Western Cape African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine ·Myrna van Pinxteren, Sara Cooper, Christopher J. Colvin	2021	4
9	Low Frontal Alpha Power Is Associated With the Propensity for Burst Suppression: An Electroencephalogram Phenotype for a “Vulnerable Brain” Anesthesia & Analgesia ·Yu Raymond Shao, Pegah Kahali, Timothy T. Houle, Hao Deng, Christopher J. Colvin, Bradford C. Dickerson, Emery N. Brown, Patrick L. Purdon	2020	59
10	Definitions, components and processes of data harmonisation in healthcare: a scoping review BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making ·Bey‐Marrié Schmidt, Christopher J. Colvin, Ameer Hohlfeld, Natalie Leon	2020	15
11	The problem or the solution? Early fertility and parenthood in the transition to adulthood in Khayelitsha, South Africa Reproductive Health Matters ·Alison Swartz, Christopher J. Colvin, Abigail Harrison	2018	6
12	Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings—paper 2: how to make an overall CERQual assessment of confidence and create a Summary of Qualitative Findings table Implementation Science ·Simon Lewin, Meghan A. Bohren, Arash Rashidian, Heather Menzies Munthe‐Kaas, Claire Glenton, Christopher J. Colvin, Ruth Garside, Jane Noyes, Andrew Booth, Özge Tunçalp, Megan Wainwright, Signe Flottorp, Joseph D. Tucker, Benedicte Carlsen Hit paper breakdown →	2018	375
13	Synergies, tensions and challenges in HIV prevention, treatment and cure research: exploratory conversations with HIV experts in South Africa BMC Medical Ethics ·Keymanthri Moodley, Theresa M. Rossouw, Ciara Staunton, Christopher J. Colvin	2016	12
14	Sexual scripting of heterosexual penile-anal intercourse amongst participants in an HIV prevention trial in South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe Culture Health & Sexuality ·Zoe Duby, Miriam Hartmann, Elizabeth Montgomery, Christopher J. Colvin, Barbara Mensch, Ariane van der Straten	2015	18
15	A Systematic Review of Health System Barriers and Enablers for Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) for HIV-Infected Pregnant and Postpartum Women PLoS ONE ·Christopher J. Colvin, Sarah Konopka, John Chalker, Edna Jonas, Jennifer Albertini, Anouk Amzel, Karen Fogg	2014	112
16	A Systematic Review of Individual and Contextual Factors Affecting ART Initiation, Adherence, and Retention for HIV-Infected Pregnant and Postpartum Women PLoS ONE ·Ian Hodgson, Mary Louisa Plummer, Sarah Konopka, Christopher J. Colvin, Edna Jonas, Jennifer Albertini, Anouk Amzel, Karen Fogg	2014	233
17	Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of lay health worker programmes to improve access to maternal and child health: qualitative evidence synthesis Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews ·Claire Glenton, Christopher J. Colvin, Benedicte Carlsen, Alison Swartz, Simon Lewin, Jane Noyes, Arash Rashidian Hit paper breakdown →	2013	373
18	Integrating HIV care into nurse-led primary health care services in South Africa: a synthesis of three linked qualitative studies BMC Health Services Research ·Kerry Uebel, Andy Guise, Daniella Georgeu, Christopher J. Colvin, Simon Lewin	2013	46
19	Purity and Planning: Shared Logics of Transitional Justice and Development SSRN Electronic Journal ·Christopher J. Colvin	2008	0
20	Rapid and transient activation of gene expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from Johne's disease positive cows exposed to Mycobacterium paratuberculosis in vitro Microbial Pathogenesis ·Paul M. Coussens, Abra Jeffers, Christopher J. Colvin	2003	39

About Christopher J. Colvin

Christopher J. Colvin is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions, Emergency Medical Services, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Health, having authored 128 papers that have together received 6.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (36 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (36 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (19 papers), HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses (14 papers), Health Policy Implementation Science (13 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (9 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (8 papers) and Sex work and related issues (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in General Health Professions (2.6k citations), Infectious Diseases (1.6k citations), Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (1.3k citations), Health (508 citations) and Obstetrics and Gynecology (359 citations). Christopher J. Colvin has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Simon Lewin, Arash Rashidian, Claire Glenton, Jane Noyes, Benedicte Carlsen, Ruth Garside, Andrew Booth, Heather Menzies Munthe‐Kaas, Alison Swartz and Megan Wainwright. Their work appears in journals such as Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Implementation Science, Global Public Health, Social Science & Medicine and PLoS ONE.

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