Shafika Abrahams-Gessel

Biography

Publications

• Social support receipt as a predictor of mortality: A cohort study in rural South Africa.

  Kapaon D, Riumallo-Herl C, Jennings E, Abrahams-Gessel S, Makofane K, Kabudula CW, Harling G. PLOS Glob Public Health 2025

  PMID: 39250457

• Managing high cardiovascular disease risk among adults in Argentina using a multicomponent strategy linking key aspects of care: A two-arm cluster-randomized clinical trial (PRIMECare) protocol.

  Abrahams-Gessel S, Beratarrechea A, Irazola V, Gulayin P, Gutierrez L, Mahoney M, Gaziano T. Contemp Clin Trials 2023 11

  PMID: 37852532

• Protocol: Implementation evaluation of a combination intervention for sustainable blood pressure control in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (IMPACT BP): A three-arm, unblinded, parallel group individually randomized clinical trial.

  Sithole N, Castle A, Nxumalo S, Mazibuko L, Manyaapelo T, Abrahams-Gessel S, Dlamini S, Gareta D, Orne-Gliemann J, Baisley K, Bachmann M, Magula N, Gaziano TA, Siedner MJ. Contemp Clin Trials 2023 08

  PMID: 37308076

• Improvements in Hypertension Control in the Rural Longitudinal HAALSI Cohort of South African Adults Aged 40 and Older, From 2014 to 2019.

  Abrahams-Gessel S, Gómez-Olivé FX, Tollman S, Wade AN, Du Toit JD, Ferro EG, Kabudula CW, Gaziano TA. Am J Hypertens 2023 05 21

  PMID: 36857463

• Significant Improvement in Blood Pressure Levels Among Older Adults With Hypertension in Rural South Africa.

  Ferro EG, Abrahams-Gessel S, Kapaon D, Houle B, Toit JD, Wagner RG, Gómez-Olivé FX, Wade AN, Kabudula CW, Tollman S, Gaziano TA. Hypertension 2023 08

  PMID: 36752095