Publikationen/Publications

Lu, T., Belus, J. M., Majokweni, S., Joska, J., Regenauer, K. S., Rose, A. L., Myers, B., Burnham, W., Andersen, L. S., Ryan, D. A., Cadet, T., Magidson, J. F., & Murphy, S. M. (in press). Cost-effectiveness of a peer-delivered behavioral intervention for adherence to antiretroviral therapy and alcohol and drug use in South African HIV care. AIDS Care.

*Belus, J. M., *Anvari, M. S., Ke, H., Regenauer, K. S., Ma, T., Myers, B., Andersen, L. S., Joska, J. A., Magidson, J. F. (2025). Effects of HIV and Alcohol Stigma on Biomarker-Confirmed Alcohol Use Following a Peer-Delivered Intervention in South Africa. Addictive Behaviors Reports, 22, 100640.
*shared first author

Lejone, T. I., Gerber, F., Gupta, R., Belus, J. M., Tahirsylaj, T., Lee, T., Sanchez-Samaniego, G., Kohler, M., Haldemann, M. I., Raeber, F., Williams, A., Khomolishoele, M., Mahlatsi, P., Sematle, P. M., Motlatsi, L., Matjeane, B., Basler, D., Kindler, K., Grimm, P., … Labhardt, N. D. (2025). Feasibility and acceptability of diabetes and hypertension screening and diagnosis by community health workers in rural Lesotho: A mixed-methods pilot study. Annals of Global Health, 91(1), 17–59. doi: 10.5334/aogh.4738

Yoon, G. H., Johnson, N. E., Mokebe, M., Mahlatsi, P., Lerotholi, M., Labhardt, N. D., Tschumi, N., van Heerden, A., Belus, J. M.* & Falgas-Bague, I.* (2025). Face-to-face, confidential and health worker-led: Understanding the preferences for behavioral health services among people with HIV in Lesotho. Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 12, e61. doi: 10.1017/gmh.2025.10017
*shared last-author

Chiaborelli, M., Kopeka, M., Sekhesa, P., Sehrt, M., Mohloanyane, T., Ballouz, T., Menges, D., Brown, J. A., Belus, J. M., Gerber, F., Raeber, F., Williams, A., Jackson-Perry, D., Hyöky, M., Conserve, D. F., Hampanda, K., Amstutz, A., Mohale, I., Lebakeng, T., … the H. S. C. S. W. Group (2025). Hair salons as a promising space to provide HIV and sexual and reproductive health services for young women in Lesotho: a citizen scientist mixed-methods study. BMC Public Health, 25(1), 2202. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-23435-3

Johnson, N. E., Falgas-Bague, I., Chammartin, F., Gerber, F., Lee, T. T., Gupta, R., Mjadu, R., Nthunya, J., Mokebe, M., Makabateng, R., Sematle, M. P., Letsoela, P., Labhardt, N. D., Amstutz, A.,* & Belus, J. M.* (2025). Mental health and substance use problems among adolescents in Lesotho: Prevalence, access to care, and association with lifestyle factors. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 35(3), e70062. doi: 10.1111/jora.70062
*shared last-author

Yoon, G. H., Johnson, N. E., Falgas Bague, I., Palesa, M., Mokebe, M., Tschumi, N., Lerotholi, M., van Heerden, A., Labhardt, N. D., & Belus, J. M. (2025). Drivers of chronic depressive and excessive alcohol use symptoms among adults living with HIV in Lesotho: Pathways for integrated interventions. SSM Mental Health, 5, 100462. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmmh.2025.100462

Minja, L. T., Minja, L. M., Mlalama, K., Pamba, D., Hella, J., Ntinginya, N. E., Mbwambo, J., Reither, K., & Belus, J. M. (2025). Facilitators, barriers, and strategies for the implementation of peer-led tuberculosis active case finding among people who use drugs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. PLoS One, 20(5), e0310069. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310069

Johnson, N. E., Belus, J. M., Gerber, F., Lee, T. T., Ayakaka, I., Letsoela, P., Molulela, M., Chammartin, F., Amstutz, A., & Labhardt, N. D. (2025). Prevalence and factors associated with dementia in Lesotho: A cross-sectional, population-based study. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 21(2), e14614. doi: 10.1002/alz.14614

Magidson, J. F., Regenauer, K. S., Johnson, K., Ma T., Belus, J. M., Rose, A. L., Brown, I., Ciya, N., Ndamase, S., Sacko, C., Joska, J., Sibeko, G., Bassett, I. V., & Myers, B. (2025). Siyakhana: A hybrid type 2 effectiveness-implementation stepped-wedge trial to reduce stigma towards substance use and depression among community health workers in HIV/TB care in South Africa. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 171, 209634.

Belus, J. M., van Heerden, A., Hines, A. C., Pita, T. P., Mdakane, Y., Magidson, J. F., van Rooyen, H., & Barnabas, R. V. (2025). Couple-Based intervention to improve HIV care engagement for women and their partners in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Outcomes of a pilot randomized controlled trial. Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC), 24. doi: 10.1177/23259582241307694.

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Baucom, D. H., Belus, J. M., Stanton, S., & Epstein, N. B. (2018). Treatment of relationship distress. In A. Vangelisti & D. Perlman (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of personal relationships. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Wechsberg, W. M., Belus, J. M., Browne, F. A., & Ndirangu, J. (April, 2016). The Women’s Health CoOp: Addressing the intersection of drugs, sex, and gender-based violence for vulnerable women in South Africa. Psychology and AIDS Exchange Newsletter.