Author

Alexandra Spyrelis

Institution: Shout It Now

Observed institutions: Stellenbosch University, Shout It Now

ORCID: 0000-0001-7719-5414

Observed ORCID: 0000-0001-7719-5414

OpenAlex ID: A5048659067

Effect of a bereavement support group on female adolescents' psychological health: a randomised controlled trial in South Africa

2017 · Tonya Renee Thurman, Brian G Luckett, et al. · The Lancet Global Health · 58

Implications of the Fast-Evolving Scale-Up of Adult Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for Quality of Services in South Africa

2014 · Dino Rech, Alexandra Spyrelis, et al. · PLoS ONE · 27

Are women more likely to self-test? A short report from an acceptability study of the HIV self-testing kit in South Africa

2016 · Alexandra Spyrelis, Saira Abdulla, et al. · AIDS Care · 22

Systematic Monitoring of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Scale-Up: Adoption of Efficiency Elements in Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe

2014 · Jane T. Bertrand, Dino Rech, et al. · PLoS ONE · 22

Development and formative evaluation of a family-centred adolescent HIV prevention programme in South Africa

2018 · Maretha Visser, Tonya R. Thurman, et al. · Evaluation and Program Planning · 16

Complicated grief and caregiving correlates among bereaved adolescent girls in South Africa

2017 · Tonya R. Thurman, Tory M. Taylor, et al. · Journal of Adolescence · 12

"It is just a lot to deal with": A qualitative study exploring the sexual and reproductive health needs of a sample of female sex workers in six locations in Southern Africa.

2022 · Alexandra Spyrelis, Latifat Ibisomi · African Journal of Reproductive Health · 8

Condom use correlates among youth living with HIV in South Africa: lessons for promoting safer sex

2023 · Tonya R. Thurman, Tory M. Taylor, et al. · Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies · 7

“I just want to stay here and sleep forever”: South African patients’ lived experiences of chronic fatigue in endometriosis

2024 · Alexandra Spyrelis, Zamafiso Nombulelo Sibande, et al. · South African Journal of Psychology · 5

Incentives matter: An experiment in participant engagement from a family‐centred adolescent HIV prevention programme in South Africa

2022 · Alexandra Spyrelis, Tory M. Taylor, et al. · Children & Society · 3

Feasibility, acceptability, and exploratory outcomes of a virtual cognitive behavioural therapy‐based group intervention for persistent fatigue in endometriosis: The Managing Fatigue in Endometriosis (MEND) programme

2025 · Alexandra Spyrelis, Maria E. Loades, et al. · British Journal of Health Psychology · 2

Aimee, an AI-powered HIV prevention and sexual and reproductive health intervention for adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: Design, pilot study methods, and feasibility

2026 · Alexandra Spyrelis, Sasha Frade, et al. · 1

A qualitative study exploring sexual and reproductive health needs among a sample of foreign migrants living in six locations in Southern Africa

2023 · Latifat Ibisomi, Alexandra Spyrelis, et al. · Migration & Diversity · 1

Aimee, an AI-powered HIV prevention and sexual and reproductive health intervention for adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: Design, pilot study methods, and feasibility

2026 · Alexandra Spyrelis, Sasha Frade, et al.

WhatsApp-based AI companion engagement and documented HIV testing and PrEP uptake among young people in South Africa: a real-world longitudinal cohort study (Preprint)

2026 · Jirair Ratevosian, Stephanie Roche, et al.

Engaging adolescent girls and young women in HIV prevention: A retrospective, observational outcome evaluation of the Eyakho Mo’ghel digital rewards programme in South Africa

2026 · Alexandra Spyrelis, Cleopatra Sokhela, et al. · medRxiv

High acceptability, nuanced realities: user experiences of AI-powered sexual health chatbots for South African adolescent girls and young women (Preprint)

2026 · Chelsea Coakley, Tetelo Maakamedi, et al.

From Pills to Injections: Youth Preferences, Barriers, and Service Pathways for Long-Acting PrEP in South Africa

2026 · Admire Chikandiwa, Alexandra Spyrelis, et al. · SSRN Electronic Journal

What can social work do to mitigate caregiver-perpetrated physical aggression? A study among caregivers of orphaned and vulnerable female adolescents in South Africa

2018 · Alexandra Spyrelis, Tonya R. Thurman, et al. · Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies

Abnormal somatosensory processing in schizophrenia : changes in somatosensory sensitivity on a shortened version of the Kinaesthetic Figural Aftereffects task.

2010 · Alexandra Spyrelis · University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Institutional Repository on DSpace (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg)

Works count: 20

Citation count: 184

H-index: 7

I10-index: 6