Esnat Chirwa
About
Esnat Chirwa is a scholar working on Health, General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology.
According to data from OpenAlex, Esnat Chirwa has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Health, 35 papers in General Health Professions and 22 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Esnat Chirwa's work include Intimate Partner and Family Violence (47 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (30 papers) and Child Abuse and Trauma (17 papers). Esnat Chirwa is often cited by papers focused on Intimate Partner and Family Violence (47 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (30 papers) and Child Abuse and Trauma (17 papers). Esnat Chirwa collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Esnat Chirwa's co-authors include Rachel Jewkes, Yandisa Sikweyiya, Kristin Dunkle, Deda Ogum Alangea, Adolphina Addo–Lartey, Dorcas Coker-Appiah, Richard Adanu, Nwabisa Shai, Andrew Gibbs and Claudı́a Garcia‐Moreno and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Social Science & Medicine.
In The Last Decade
Esnat Chirwa
69 papers receiving 1.4k citations
Peers
Esnat Chirwa
Sarah R. Meyer United States
Ana Maria Buller United Kingdom
Jennifer McCleary‐Sills United States
Kiersten L. Johnson United States
Shanaaz Mathews South Africa
Bushra Sabri United States
Belén Sanz‐Barbero Spain
Patrizia Romito Italy
Diddy Antai Sweden
Erin Stern United Kingdom
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Sarah R. Meyer
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Fields of papers citing papers by Esnat Chirwa
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Esnat Chirwa
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All Works
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Gibbs, Andrew, Laura Washington, Esnat Chirwa, et al.. (2025). Stepping Stones and Creating Futures Plus: A pilot randomised controlled trial of a co-developed intervention with young South Africans. PLOS Global Public Health. 5(4). e0004494–e0004494.
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Abrahams, Naeemah, Esnat Chirwa, Carl Lombard, et al.. (2025). Two decades of tracking femicide in South Africa: An analysis of four national surveys from 1999 to 2020/2021. Global Public Health. 20(1). 2576753–2576753.
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Jewkes, Rachel, Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Naeemah Abrahams, et al.. (2025). Impact of witnessing abuse of their mother and childhood trauma on men's perpetration of intimate partner violence in the cross-sectional UN multi-country study on men and violence in Asia and the Pacific. SSM - Mental Health. 7. 100391–100391.
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Abrahams, Naeemah, Esnat Chirwa, Carl Lombard, et al.. (2024). Femicide, intimate partner femicide, and non-intimate partner femicide in South Africa: An analysis of 3 national surveys, 1999–2017. PLoS Medicine. 21(1). e1004330–e1004330.
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Nguyen, Kim, Bronwyn Myers, Naeemah Abrahams, et al.. (2023). Symptoms of posttraumatic stress partially mediate the relationship between gender-based violence and alcohol misuse among South African women. Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy. 18(1). 38–38.
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Ramsoomar, Leane, Andrew Gibbs, Esnat Chirwa, et al.. (2023). Pooled analysis of the association between mental health and violence against women: evidence from five settings in the Global South. BMJ Open. 13(3). e063730–e063730.
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Nguyen, Kim, Bronwyn Myers, Naeemah Abrahams, et al.. (2023). SYMPTOMS OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS PARTIALLY MEDIATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND ALCOHOL MISUSE AMONG SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN. Journal of Hypertension. 41(Suppl 3). e156–e156.
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Jewkes, Rachel, Esnat Chirwa, Deda Ogum Alangea, et al.. (2023). Pooled analysis of the association between food insecurity and violence against women: Evidence from low- and middle-income settings. Journal of Global Health. 13. 4021–4021.
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Machisa, Mercilene, Pinky Mahlangu, Esnat Chirwa, et al.. (2023). Ntombi Vimbela! Sexual violence risk reduction intervention: pre and one-year post assessments from a single arm pilot feasibility study among female students in South Africa. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 1242–1242.
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Jewkes, Rachel, et al.. (2022). Quantitative evaluation of Zindagii Shoista (Living with Dignity) intervention to prevent violence against women in Tajikistan. Global Health Action. 15(1). 2122994–2122994.
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Nguyen, Kim, Naeemah Abrahams, Rachel Jewkes, et al.. (2022). The Associations of Intimate Partner Violence and Non-Partner Sexual Violence with Hypertension in South African Women. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(7). 4026–4026.
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Hemmings, Sian, Esnat Chirwa, Carl Lombard, et al.. (2022). Adiponectin gene polymorphisms and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among female rape survivors: an exploratory study. European journal of psychotraumatology. 13(2). 2107820–2107820.
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Machisa, Mercilene, Esnat Chirwa, Pinky Mahlangu, et al.. (2022). Suicidal Thoughts, Depression, Post-Traumatic Stress, and Harmful Alcohol Use Associated with Intimate Partner Violence and Rape Exposures among Female Students in South Africa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(13). 7913–7913.
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Mannell, Jeneviève, Nicole Minckas, Rochelle A. Burgess, et al.. (2022). Does experiencing a traumatic life event increase the risk of intimate partner violence for young women? A cross-sectional analysis and structural equation model of data from the Stepping Stones and Creating Futures intervention in South Africa. BMJ Open. 12(4). e051969–e051969.
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Mahlangu, Pinky, Esnat Chirwa, Mercilene Machisa, et al.. (2021). Prevalence and factors associated with experience of corporal punishment in public schools in South Africa. PLoS ONE. 16(8). e0254503–e0254503.
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Ramsoomar, Leane, Andrew Gibbs, Esnat Chirwa, Kristin Dunkle, & Rachel Jewkes. (2021). Pooled analysis of the association between alcohol use and violence against women: evidence from four violence prevention studies in Africa. BMJ Open. 11(7). e049282–e049282.
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Jewkes, Rachel, Esnat Chirwa, Soraya Seedat, et al.. (2021). Pathways to and factors associated with rape stigma experienced by rape survivors in South Africa: Analysis of baseline data from a rape cohort. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy. 29(1). 328–338.
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Abrahams, Naeemah, Esnat Chirwa, Carl Lombard, et al.. (2020). Rape survivors in South Africa: analysis of the baseline socio-demographic and health characteristics of a rape cohort. Global Health Action. 13(1). 1834769–1834769.
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Jewkes, Rachel, Aník Gevers, Esnat Chirwa, et al.. (2019). RCT evaluation of Skhokho: A holistic school intervention to prevent gender-based violence among South African Grade 8s. PLoS ONE. 14(10). e0223562–e0223562.
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Gibbs, Andrew, Laura Washington, Nada Abdelatif, et al.. (2019). Stepping Stones and Creating Futures Intervention to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence Among Young People: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Adolescent Health. 66(3). 323–335.
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