School of Public Health (Public-Health) Collections: Recent submissions
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Assessment of the performance and its determinants of community health workers who use digital methods in Kyaka II Refugee Settlement, Kyegegwa District, Western Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-08)Background: Community Health Workers (CHWs) often provide healthcare in under-served communities, including refugee settlements, however, various challenges hinder their performance. Both digital and paper-based methods ... -
Factors Associated with Compliance with Infection Prevention and Control Measures Among Healthcare Workers to minimize the Risk of Covid-19 Infection In Nakawa Division, Kampala, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-12-09)Background In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic that originated in China in December 2019 and spread around the world, Kampala city had witnessed a high number of infections and deaths among healthcare workers ... -
Dual contraceptive utilization and associated factors among women living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) at Kawempe National Referral Hospital, Kampala Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-12)Introduction: Dual contraceptive utilization (DCU) maximizes the prevention of unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections including HIV infection. In Uganda DCU among women living with HIV (WLHIV) is low. ... -
A multilevel analysis of prevalence and risk factors of Malaria in children under five years in the 2018-19 Malaria indicator survey in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022)Background: Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by falciparum Plasmodium parasites. In 2019, there were an estimated 229 million malaria cases globally in 87 malaria endemic countries. Children aged under 5 years ... -
Time to non-retention in HIV care and associated factors among assisted partner notification HIV+ patients enrolled in care in Hoima and Kiboga Districts, Uganda
(Makerere university, 2022-12)Introduction: Globally, by the end of the year 2020, enormous strides had been made toward the achievement of the UNAIDS 90-90-90 HIV testing and treatment targets that were set in 2014. Such targets had spelled out that ... -
Accountability mechanisms in results based financing and their implementation in Lira District Northern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-12)Introduction: Results-based financing has been proposed as an innovative reform to enhance systems performance in Uganda. Lira District is one of the districts implementing the national results-based financing (RBF) scheme ... -
Tobacco use among youths and associated factors in Wakiso district, Uganda: A cross-sectional study.
(Makerere University, 2022-11)Background Tobacco use increases the risk of death from many diseases, including ischemic heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, and other fatal and non-fatal diseases. Efforts ... -
Factors associated with consumption of probiotic foods amongst children 0-59 months in informal settlement of Kinawataka Settlemet, Nakawa Division Kampala
(Makerere University, 2022-09)Background: Children in informal settlements are exposed to infections commonly bacteremia that requires continuous use of anti-biotics. However, the use of probiotics and associated factors remains largely under researched. ... -
Discontinuation of pre-exposure prophylaxis and associated factors among sex workers attending the most at Risk Population Clinic, Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2022-12)Background Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake and retention rates in clinical trials have been well characterized. However, little is known about PrEP discontinuation in routine public health settings in developing ... -
Predicting switch to second-line antiretroviral therapy regimen: A comparison of the traditional linear classification methods and advance nonlinear machine learning algorithms
(Makerere University, 2022)Introduction: Due to changes in data patterns, self-learning approaches have been adopted in research which is commonly known as Machine Learning (ML). ML has been used previously to predict health outcomes such as early ... -
The effect of Covid-19 and its mitigation measures on access to PMTCT services in north central region Uganda: a mixed methods study
(Makerere University, 2022-11-09)Background: The Corona virus disease pandemic (COVID-19) and its mitigation measures presented a unique experience for the health system and HIV care programs in Uganda. Nationwide control measures implemented from April ... -
Factors associated with delay in receiving health care services at Luwero District Hospital HIV/AIDS Clinic, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2012-05-01)Background: There is still high proportion of delays in accessing and receiving adequate HIV care and treatment which contributes to poor client satisfaction, retention, poor adherence to lifelong HAART that increases ... -
Association between introduction of Integrated Community Case Management and utilisation of selected facility-based health services among children one year of age in Amolataar district, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-11-07)BACKGROUND: Scale-up of Integrated Community Case Management of common childhood illnesses (ICCM) is a growing focus to address health care access barriers. Assessment of ICCM programming has paid little attention to ... -
Prevalence of diarrhoea and associated factors among children under five years in Lubombo region, Eswatini
(Makerere University, 2022-06-22)Introduction Diarrhoea is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among children under five years of age, with the highest number of deaths being reported in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The available ... -
Prevalence of Group B Streptococcus colonisation and associated risk factors among women delivering at Kawempe Hospital, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-05)Background: Colonization with Group B streptococcus (GBS) bacteria is common among women of reproductive age, and at least one in every four expectant mothers is GBS colonized. While GBS colonization may not present any ... -
Willingness to take PrEP among high-risk adolescent boys and young men in Masese fishing community, Jinja district, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-09)Introduction: Evidence shows that pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for uninfected persons for HIV prevention is among the most promising new approaches. While it has been demonstrated that high-risk groups such as men who ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with adverse drug effects of multi drug resistant tuberculosis treatment in two referral hospitals in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-09)Introduction: Drug resistant tuberculosis treatment involves a number of toxic drugs that lead to adverse drug effects. The prevalence of adverse drug effects lies between 12% - 57% across different African countries. These ... -
Caretaker knowledge and factors associated with Human Papilloma Virus vaccine completion among adolescent girls in Wakiso District
(Makerere University, 2022-07)Background: Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), a group of over 200 viruses, cause more than 99% of the cervical cancer cases of which HPV sub types 16 and 18 contribute 70% of the cases. HPV vaccination prevents cervical cancer ... -
Malnutrition and intestinal worm infestation in rural Kigezi
(Makerere University, 1973)A prevalence study was done on a sample of 169 pre-school children in a rural area in Kigezi, about 3½ miles from Kabale. The objective was to find whether there was an association between malnutrition and intestinal worm ... -
Test and treat policy: Effect on ART initiation and retention and health system barriers and facilitators to implementation in AHF Uganda Cares Clinics in Central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-05)Background: The ‘Test and Treat’ policy was introduced by the WHO in 2015 as a measure to extend the benefits of ART to all HIV positive patients and, in a bid to enable the achievement of the UNAIDS 95-95-95 2030 ...