Degrees Held
- PhD (Social Work)- UKZN
- MA (Social Work)- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
- Postgraduate Diploma (Monitoring and Evaluation)- University of Stellenbosch
- Certificate (Municipal governance) – University of Johannesburg
- BA (Social Work) University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg_
Research Interests
- HIV and Drug-resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB)
- Parenting
- Families
- Motherhood
- Therapeutic groupwork
- Intimate Partner Violence
Teaching Interests
- Public Health Social Work
- Group work
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Parenting and families
- Community Work
Selected publications
Books
Journal Articles
Chapters in Books
Conference Proceedings
Books
Kleibl, T., Lutz, R., Noyoo, N., Benjamin, B., Annika, D. & Seepamore, B. (eds). (2020) The Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Social Work. Routledge: New York. ISBN: 0429888619, 9780429888618.
Journal Articles
- Guzman, K. J., Wolf, A., Perumal, R., Cummings, M. J., Zulu, M., Zelnick, Friedland, J,, Amico, K. R., Reis, K., Cheung, Y. K., Daftary, A., Seepamore, B. … & O’Donnell, M. R. (2025). Socio-ecologic Factors Impacting Medication Adherence Trajectories in Patients With Drug-resistant Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 211(Abstracts), A1036-A1036.
- Lam, S., Wolf, A., Lu, X., Zelnick, J., Amico, K.R., Guzman, K.J., Perumal, R., Zulu, M., Friedland, G., Daftary, A. and Seepamore, B. (2025). Bedaquiline Adherence Predicts Retention-in-Care in Patients With Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and HIV. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 211(Abstracts), pp.A1035-A1035.l.
- Nyilana, H., Reis, K., Seepamore, B., Perumal, R., Wolf, A., Guzman, K., Amico, K.R., Zulu, M., Hlathi, S., Lu, X. and Mabuyi, T. (2025). Experiences of key populations in multidrug-resistant TB and HIV. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 29(7), 289-292.
- Reis, K., Wolf, A., Perumal, R., Seepamore, B., Guzman, K., Ross, J., Cheung, Y.K.K., Amico, K.R., Brust, J.C., Padayatchi, N. and Friedland, G. (2024). Brief Report: Differentiated Service Delivery Framework for People With Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis and HIV Coinfection. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 96(1), 34-39.
- Reis, K., Wolf, A., Perumal, R., Zulu, M., Seepamore, B., Guzman, K.J., Ross, J.E., Nyilana, H., Cheung, Y.K.K., Friedland, G. and Naidoo, K. (2024). Stigma in People With Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis and HIV in South Africa. In B106. TUBERCULOSIS BREAKTHROUGHS (pp. A4881-A4881). American Thoracic Society.
- Ross, J. E., Perumal, R., Wolf, A., Zulu, M., Guzman, K., Seepamore, B., … & O’Donnell, M. R. (2023). Adaptive evaluation of mHealth and conventional adherence support interventions to optimize outcomes with new treatment regimens for drug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV in South Africa (ADAP-TIV): Study protocol for an adaptive randomized controlled trial. [https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2841179/v].
- Misra, S., Misra, N., Seepamore, B., Holloway, K., Singh, N., Ngozo, J., Dlamini, V., Radebe, Z., Ndjeka, N.O. & Furin, J. (2022). “I would watch her with awe as she swallowed the first handful”: A qualitative study of pediatric multidrug-resistant tuberculosis experiences in Durban, South Africa. Plos One, 17(9), p.e0274741.
- Law, S., Seepamore, B., Oxlade, O., Sikhakhane, N., Dawood, H., Chetty, S., … & Daftary, A. (2021). Acceptability, feasibility, and impact of a pilot tuberculosis literacy and treatment counselling intervention: a mixed methods study. BMC infectious diseases, 21(1), 1-13.
- Daftary, Amrita.; Mondal, S.; Zelnick, J.; Friedland, G.; Seepamore, B.; Boodhram, R.; Amico, K. R.; Padayatchi, N.; O’Donnell, M. R. (2021). Dynamic needs and challenges of people with drug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV in South Africa: a qualitative study. The Lancet Global, e479-e488.
- Daftary A, Furin J, Zelnick JR, Venkatesan N, Steingart K, Smelyanskaya M, Seepamore B, Schoeman I, Reid M, Padayatchi N, Donnell MR. (2020). TB and women: a call to action. The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease: the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 24(12):1312-1315. DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.20.0414.
- Zelnick JR, Daftary A, Hwang C, Labar AS, Boodhram R, Maharaj B, Wolf AK, Mondal S, Amico KR, Orrell C, Seepamore B. (2020). Electronic dose monitoring identifies a high-risk subpopulation in the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV. Clinical Infectious Diseases.
- Seepamore, B. (2018). Between and Betwixt: positioning nannies as mothers: perspectives from Durban, South Africa. In (eds) K. Block and T. Taylor. Marginalized Mothers, Mothering from the Margins. Advances in Gender Research, Volume 25: 41–155. Doi:10.1108/s1529-21262018000002500
- Zelnick, J.R., Seepamore, B., Daftary, A., Amico, K.R., Bhengu, X., Padayatchi, N., Naidoo, K., O’Donnell, M.R. (2018). Training social workers to enhance patient-centred care for drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa. Public Health Action, 8(2): 25-27.
- Raniga, T. & Seepamore, B. (2017). Critical Reflexivity beyond the Classroom: Social Work Student Perspectives of Communities in KwaZulu-Natal. Southern African Journal of Social Work and Social Development, 29(1):34-48.
- Seepamore, BK. (2016). Distance Parenting- Implications for Social Work. Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 52(4):571-588.
Chapters in Books
- Noyoo, N., Seepamore, B., Ncube, M., & Sobantu, M. (2021). Evolution of Social Welfare and Social Work in South Africa. Social Welfare and Social Work in Southern Africa. Sun Media, Johannesburg.
- Seepamore, B. & Sewpaul, V. (2021). Socio-cultural constructions of intensive mothering and othermothering: Domestic workers’ experiences of distance parenting and their conceptualization of motherhood. In V. Sewpaul; L. Kreitzer; and T. Raniga (eds). Culture, Human Rights and Social Work: African Perspectives. Calgary University Press: London.
- Sewpaul, V., Mdamba, M. V., & Seepamore, B. (2021). Disrupting Popular Discourses on Ilobolo: The Role of Emancipatory Social Work in Engendering Human Rights and Social Justice. The Tensions Between Culture and Human Rights. Calgary University Press: London.
- Mabundza, L. & Seepamore, B. (2021). Gender and Healthy Human Relationships. Promoting Healthy Human Relationships in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Social work and Social Development perspectives. In N. Noyoo (ed). Springer International Publishing. DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-50139-6. ISBN: 978-3-030-50138-9.
- Seepamore, B. & Seepamore, N. (2020). A collaborative partnership as an effective model of social work – a case from Alexandra township in South Africa. In Kleibl, T; Lutz, R.; Noyoo, N.; Bunk, B.; Dittmann, A. & Seepamore, B. (eds). The Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Social Work. Routledge: New York.
- Seepamore, B. (2018). Indigenous Social Security Systems: A South African perspective. In (eds) N. Noyoo and E. Boon. Indigenous Social Security Systems in Southern and West Africa. Sun Media: South Africa. DOI:10.18820/9781928357919.
Conference Proceedings
- 2025 Seepamore B., Zelnick, J., Tenza, S., Girma, M., Yushkov, J., Zulu, M., Perumal, R., Naidoo, K., Amico, R,. O’Donnell, MR., Daftary, A. A Theory-Driven Evaluation of the Acceptability of a Complex DRTB/HIV Adherence Intervention in South Africa. World Union on Lung Health Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 18-21 November 2025.
- 2021 Seepamore B, Zelnick JR, Daftary A, Amico R, Boodhram R, Friedland J, Padayatchi N, O’Donnell MR. Working towards Patient-Centered Care in DR-TB HIV: the challenges faced by Health Care Workers in a South African Hospital. 52nd Lung Union Conference on Lung Health, virtual conference 19-22 October 2021. World Union on Lung Health conference, Copenhagen, Denmark , 18-21 November 2025.
- 2019 Seepamore, B.; Zelnick, J. R.; Friedland, G.; Boodhram, R.; Daftary, A.; Cele, N.; Depargo, N.; Wolf, A. K.; Amico, K. R.; Padayatchi, N. & O’Donnell, M. R. Adherence support groups for patients with drug-resistant TB/ HIV in South Africa: the PRAXIS study intervention. 50th Lung Union Conference on Lung Health. Hyderabad, India, 20 October – 2 November 2019.
Community Involvement
- 2023 – date Durban Girls’ High School. Deputy Chairperson: School Governing Body (SGB)
- 2014 – date UKZN COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND RESEARCH NPO – 002 184 (Secretary of the Board)
- 2014 – 2018 Meyrick Bennet Child Guidance Centre NPO (Member of the Board)
- 2012 – 2014 Usindiso Shelter for abused women (80 Albert Street, Johannesburg) – facilitation of support groups
- 2003 – 2005 Wits University Campus Health VCT Clinic – HIV testing and support
- 2001- 2003 Child Protection Unit (SAPS), Braamfontein Volunteer social worker: rescuing minors from the flats in Hillbrow and the Johannesburg CBD
- 2000 – 2000 Food gardens project and homework support for children in my neighbourhood.
Teaching Expertise
- Working with groups
- Engaging communities in action
- Introduction to social welfare in South Africa
Professional Membership(S)
- Registered Social Worker number 1020552 (SACSSP) sacssp.co.za
Student Supervision
Honours
Masters (graduated and list of current)
PhD
Honours
Masters (graduated and list of current)
- 2024 Shungana, S. Childhood Experiences of Non-Kinship Foster Care Placements at Kwandengezi, KwaZulu-Natal.
- 2023 Mhlongo, S. Investigating the acceptability of unsupervised/private HIV self-testing among young male students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
- 2023 Mbuyazi, S. University students’ lived experiences of parenting while studying at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
- 2023 Thabethe, T. An Exploration of the Experiences of Social Workers and Nurses Treating HIV/TB Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic at King Dinuzulu Hospital in Durban.
- 2022 Base, M. Exploring Heterosexual Students’ Attitudes Towards Students who Identify as Gay And Lesbian At The Howard College Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal.
- 2021 Luthuli, PS. Denied Parental Responsibilities and Rights: The Voices of the Contesting Parties in the District of Kwa-Maphumulo.
- 2018 Mavundla, PS. Research Master’s degree: Parenting their children: The experiences of young women at Kwa-Makhutha Township in KZN.
- 2017 Adarkwa, SO. Research Master’s degree: Perceptions and experiences of taxi drivers on fatherhood in Wentworth, Durban.
PhD
- 2026 Perumal, J. Factors affecting the educational outcomes of youth in foster care: A collective case study design.