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Facilitators and Barriers to Linkage to HIV Care among Female Sex Workers Receiving HIV Testing Services at a Community-Based Organization in Periurban Uganda: A Qualitative Study
(Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2016)While four in ten female sex workers (FSWs) in sub-Saharan Africa are infected with HIV, only a small proportion is enrolled in HIV care. We explored facilitators and barriers to linkage to HIV care among FSWs receiving ... -
Factors associated with adoption of beneficial newborn care practices in rural Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study
(BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2016)Background: Beneficial newborn care practices can improve newborn survival. However, little is known about the factors that affect adoption of these practices. Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted among 1,616 mothers ... -
Factors Associated with Incomplete Reporting of HIV/AIDS by Uganda’s Surveillance System
(Health Systems Policy Research, 2017-03-08)Background: With support from the United States government, Uganda introduced the District Health Information Software 2 (DHIS2) in 2012 to improve surveillance for better prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS. However, ... -
Factors associated with long-term antiretroviral therapy attrition among adolescents in rural Uganda: a retrospective study
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2016-07)Introduction: As access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) increases, the success of treatment programmes depends on ensuring high patient retention in HIV care. We examined retention and attrition among adolescents in ART ... -
Factors associated with utilization of motorcycle ambulances by pregnant women in rural eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study
(BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2016)Background: Evidence suggests that use of motorcycle ambulances can help to improve health facility deliveries; however, few studies have explored the motivators for and barriers to their usage. We explored the factors ... -
Factors Associated with Virological Non suppression among HIV-Positive Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in Uganda
(BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017)Background: Despite the growing number of people on antiretroviral therapy (ART), there is limited information about virological non-suppression and its determinants among HIV-positive (HIV+) individuals enrolled in HIV ... -
Factors contributing to measles transmission during an outbreak in Kamwenge District, Western Uganda, April to August 2015
(BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018)Background: In April 2015, Kamwenge District, western Uganda reported a measles outbreak. We investigated the outbreak to identify potential exposures that facilitated measles transmission, assess vaccine effectiveness ... -
Factors influencing selection of drinking water technologies for urban informal settlements in Kampala
(2013-08-12)Access to drinking water in urban informal settlements of developing countries still remains a challenge for the poor and depends on technology selected. This paper determines the score on criteria used for technology ... -
Feasibility and acceptability of mobile phone short message service as a support for patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional study
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2015-12)Introduction: Mobile phone technologies have been promoted to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART).We studied the receptiveness of patients in a rural Ugandan setting to the use of short messaging service (SMS) ... -
Feasibility, reliability and validity of health-related quality of life questionnaire among adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients in urban Uganda: cross-sectional study
(Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2010-09)Background Despite the availability of standard instruments for evaluating health-related quality life (HRQoL), the feasibility, reliability, and validity of such instruments among tuberculosis (TB) patients in different ... -
Feminist power and its implications on Uganda’s malaria communication campaign
(Feminist Media Studies, 2018)This paper examines power and its manifestation in Uganda’s “Stop Malaria Campaign.” It specifically questions the apparent radical feminism, which is conceptualized as a quest for power, and how such excesses drive ... -
Fertility desires and unmet need for family planning among HIV infected individuals in two HIV clinics with differing models of family planning service delivery
(BMC Women's Health, 2015)Background: Eliminating family planning (FP) unmet need among HIV-infected individuals (PLHIV) is critical to elimination of mother-to-child HIV transmission. We assessed FP unmet need among PLHIV attending two clinics ... -
Financial literacy and household investment choices in Uganda
(2013)This study, aims at investigating the relationship between financial literacy and household investment choices. Specifically, the study establishes whether households with high financial literacy levels are more likely to ... -
Financial literacy and household investment choices in Uganda.
(2016-10)This study aims at establishing the levels of financial literacy among households in Uganda and then investigates whether financial literacy is associated with household investment choices. Financial literacy is measured ... -
Flow-dependent epigenetic DNA methylation regulates endothelial gene expression and atherosclerosis
(American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2014)In atherosclerosis, plaques preferentially develop in arterial regions of disturbed blood flow (d-flow), which alters endothelial gene expression and function. Here, we determined that d-flow regulates genome-wide DNA ... -
Food Security and Nutritional Status of Children Residing in Sugarcane Growing Communities of East-Central Uganda: A Cross-sectional Study
(Journal of Food Security, 2015)Undernourishment is a major public health issue in several developing countries including Uganda. Sugarcane farming practiced in several districts of the East-central Uganda is reported to be threatening food and nutrition ... -
Foreign Languages: Lessons from the Past, Innovations for the Future
(Foreign Languages Conference, 2014-08)The language of expression plays a major role in the transmission of a message, and the interpretation of meaning of a work of art. Imagery and nomenclature determine how an original work of art or its translation is to ... -
The Framing of Homosexuality by Two Ugandan Newspapers: An Analysis of New Vision and Daily Monitor
(Centre for Communication, Media and Society University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2017-01)It is the general view that homosexuality is an issue that both society and the media find controversial. In Uganda, press reports mostly echo the negative attitudes towards homosexuality as demonstrated by the studies ... -
From known to unknown: language and Literature learning and teaching in Uganda
(Language teaching and resource center, School of education Makerere University, 2000-04)The declining enrolment and standards of English language and Literature in Uganda can be attributed to three major factors: (i) Communication incompetence due to a colonial language education legacy (ii) Disparity ... -
Gender and traditional pottery practice in Ankole region, western Uganda.
(Net Journals, 2017-08)he study investigated traditional pottery practices in the Ankole region of Western Uganda, focusing on indigenous technological knowledge, socio-economic and environmental issues. The main objective was to investigate how ...
