- School of Environmental Sciences
- University of East Anglia
- Norwich
- NR4 7TJ
- UK
Email: a.sukhai’at’uea.ac.uk
Current research
My PhD research is focussed on environmental determinants of road traffic injuries in South Africa (S.A). The project has three key components relating to descriptive epidemiology, analytical modelling, and qualitative/observational assessments. The descriptive component focuses largely on geographical epidemiology and incorporates GIS analyses to explicate and relate rurality with traffic fatality risk in the S.A context. With risk factor modelling, data on a range of contextual and compositional factors at several geographical levels will be considered. Further to delineating risk, the analysis will also contribute to disentangling social disparities and environmental injustices by incorporating measures relating to accessibility and deprivation. The final component will be to assess contextual environmental factors that may elevate risk such as conflicts with mixed usage of public spaces and infrastructure. I am an international fellow sponsored by the Ford Foundation and my supervisors on the project are Dr Andy Jones and Dr Robin Haynes.
Background and other research interests
My previous degree was a Masters in Public Health, completed at the University of the Western Cape in 2003. Further to my PhD research, I am a researcher with the Crime, Violence and Injury Lead Programme (coordinated by the University of South Africa and the South African Medical Research Council). My work experience thus far has focussed on setting up and maintaining injury and substance abuse surveillance systems as well as on projects relating to general traffic injury epidemiology, adverse road behaviours, substance abuse and suicide. I also have training and experience in emergency care medicine and in town and regional planning.
Peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters
Sukhai, A & Seedat, M. (in press). Adverse driving behaviours in the South African traffic environment: The case of aggression, excessive speed and alcohol impairment. Crime, Violence and Injury Prevention in South Africa: From Data to Action, 2nd Edition. MRC: Tygerberg.
Parry, C., Plüddemann, A., Donson, H., Sukhai, A., Marais, S. & Lombard, C. (2005). Cannabis and other drug use among trauma patients in three South African cities, 1999–2001. South African Medical Journal, 95(6), 428–431.
Sukhai, A., Seedat, M., Jordaan, E. & Jackson, D. (2005). A city-level study of aggressive road behaviours: Magnitude, predictors and implications for traffic safety. South African Journal of Psychology, 35(2), 244–269.
Marais, S., Sukhai, A. & Donson, H. (2004). Monitoring alcohol and other substance use in South Africa: The alcohol & drug injury nexus. In S. Suffla & A. van Niekerk (Eds.), Crime, Violence and Injury Prevention in South Africa: Developments and Challenges. MRC: Cape Town.
Plüddemann, A., Parry, C., Donson, H. & Sukhai, A. (2004). Alcohol use and trauma in Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth, South Africa: 1999–2001. Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 11(4), 265–267.
Sukhai, A., Noah, M. & Prinsloo, M. (2004). Road Traffic Injury in South Africa: An epidemiological overview. In S. Suffla & A. van Niekerk (Eds.), Crime, Violence and Injury Prevention in South Africa: Developments and Challenges. MRC: Cape Town.
Prinsloo, M., Matzopoulos, R. & Sukhai, A. (2003). The magnitude of firearm homicide in Cape Town, 2001. African Safety Promotion: A Journal of Injury and Violence Prevention, 1(2), 19–25.
Sukhai, A., Harris, C., Moorad, R.G.R., Dada, M.A. (2002). Suicide by Self-Immolation in Durban, South Africa: A Five-Year Retrospective Review. American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 23(3), 295–298.