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Can an educational podcast improve the ability of parents of primary school children to assess the reliability of claims made about the benefits and harms of treatments : study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
(BioMed Central, 2017)Background: Claims made about the effects of treatments are very common in the media and in the population more generally. The ability of individuals to understand and assess such claims can affect their decisions and ... -
Clinical and cranial computed tomography scan findings in adults following road traffic accidents in Kampala, Uganda.
(African Health Sciences, 2017)Background: Globally, road traffic accidents are a major cause of death and disability. The developing countries bear a disproportionately large share of the RTAs which account for about 85% of the deaths. Most of these ... -
Consumer health information literacy promotion program in public and community libraries in Africa : experience from Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, and Zimbabwe
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2017)The aim of this project was to enhance the capacity of public and community librarians in four African countries (Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, and Zimbabwe) in meeting the consumer health information (CHI) needs of their patrons. ... -
Effects of the informed health choices podcast on the ability of parents of primary school children in Uganda to assess claims about treatment effects : A randomised controlled trial
(The Lancent, 2017)Background: As part of the Informed Health Choices project, we developed a podcast called "The Health Choices Programme" to help improve the ability of people to assess claims about the benefits and harms of treatments. ... -
Effects of the Informed Health Choices primary school intervention on the ability of children in Uganda to assess the reliability of claims about treatment effects : A cluster-randomised controlled trial
(2017)Background: Claims about what improves or harms our health are ubiquitous. People need to be able to assess the reliability of these claims. We aimed to evaluate an intervention designed to teach primary school children ... -
Health-related quality of life among adult patients with cancer in Uganda – A cross-sectional study
(Taylor & Francis, 2024)Objectives: The study aimed to investigate the prevalence and factors associated with poor health-related quality of life in adults with cancer in Uganda. Methods: This cross-sectional study surveyed 385 adult patients ... -
The horizon of information sharing at Makerere University : multimedia, audiovisual and the linked open data
(Science Publishing Group, 2017)Makerere University has, in the recent past, climbed up the academic and research ranks, globally, and this has been supported by excellent information services, covering all available information resource formats and ... -
K13-propeller gene polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum parasite population in malaria affected countries: a systematic review of prevalence and risk factors
(Malaria Journal, 2019)Background: Efficacy of artemisinin (ART) agents, a critical element of current malaria control efforts is threatened by emergence and spread of resistance. Mutations in pfkelch13 gene associated with ART-resistance evolved ... -
Outcome at two weeks in patients with Traumatic brain injury following road traffic accidents in an urban tertiary hospital in Uganda
(Congent Medicine, 2017): Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are a major global public health problem and are now a recognized neglected pandemic. Head injuries cause immediate death in 25% of acute trauma. We conducted this study to determine the ... -
Plasma levels of DDE/DDT and liver function in malaria control personnel 6 months after indoor residual spraying with DDT in Northern Uganda, 2008
(The South African Medical Journal, 2010-02)Objective. We investigated the relationship between plasma levels of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and liver function in malaria control personnel 6 months after one round of DDT indoor residual spraying (IRS). Method. ... -
Prevalence and risk factors of echinococcus granulosus infection in dogs in Moroto and Bukedea districts in Uganda
(Springer Netherlands, 2016)A cross sectional study was conducted in Moroto and Bukedea districts of Uganda from May to September 2013 to determine the prevalence and risk factors of Echinococcus granulosus infection in dogs. Fresh dog faecal samples ... -
Prevalence of cancerous and pre-malignant lesions of cervical cancer and their association with risk factors as seen among women in the regions of Uganda
(Sci Forschen, 2017-03)Introduction: Cervical cancer is the second cause of death among women in Uganda. Little is known about the prevalence and risk factors associated with cancerous and pre-malignant lesions of cervical cancer in the regions ... -
Psychometric properties of the EORTC QLQ‑C30 in Uganda
(BMC, 2021-04-23)Background: Self-reported measures play a crucial role in research, clinical practice and health assessment. Instruments used to assess self-reported health-related quality of life (HRQoL) need validation to ensure that ... -
Where is students' research in evidence-informed decision-making in health? Assessing productivity and use of postgraduate students' research in low- and middle-income countries : a systematic review
(BioMed Central, 2017)Background: Investing in research that is not accessible or used is a waste of resources and an injustice to human subject participants. Post-graduate students’ research in institutions of higher learning involves considerable ...