Research articles: Recent submissions
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Near-peer mentorship for undergraduate training in Ugandan medical schools: views of undergraduate students
(Pan African Medical Journal, 2016-04-15)Introduction: Masters Students are major stakeholders in undergraduate medical education but their contribution has not been documented in Uganda. The aim of the study was to explore and document views and experiences of ... -
Mental Health Problems Related to COVID-19: A Call for Psychosocial Interventions in Uganda
(Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 2020)As different countries grapple with COVID-19, stringent measures aimed at controlling its spread have been put in place. However, these preventive measures coupled with the fear of contracting the disease are likely to ... -
What resources are used in emergency departments in rural sub-Saharan Africa? A retrospective analysis of patient care in a district-level hospital in Uganda
(BMJ Open, 2018)Objectives: To determine the most commonly used resources (provider procedural skills, medications, laboratory studies and imaging) needed to care for patients. Setting: A single emergency department (ED) of a district ... -
Suicide and Suicide Attempts Among Patients Attending Primary Health Care Facilities in Uganda: A Medical Records Review
(Risk management and healthcare policy, 2022-04-19)Background: Suicide is one of the leading causes of death globally, accounting for about 800,000 deaths annually. The suicide burden drastically increased since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Uganda, no known ... -
Standardizing assessment practices of undergraduate medical competencies across medical schools: challenges, opportunities and lessons learned from a consortium of medical schools in Uganda
(Pan African Medical Journal, 2014-12-16)Introduction: Health professions education is gradually moving away from the more traditional approaches to new innovative ways of training aimed at producing professionals with the necessary competencies to address the ... -
Mortality Related to Acute Illness and Injury in Rural Uganda: Task Shifting to Improve Outcomes
(PLoS ONE, 2015-04-17)Background: Due to the dual critical shortages of acute care and healthcare workers in resource-limited settings, many people suffer or die from conditions that could be easily treated if existing resources were used in a ... -
Internalized HIV stigma, bullying, major depressive disorder, and high-risk suicidality among HIV-positive adolescents in rural Uganda
(Global mental health, 2018)Background: Studies conducted in sub-Saharan Africa suggest a high prevalence of depression and suicidality among adolescents living with HIV (ALWH). This is an important public health issue because depression is known to ... -
Informal support for people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in rural Uganda: a qualitative study
(International journal of mental health systems, 2020)Background: The generation of people getting older has become a public health concern worldwide. People aged 65 and above are the most at risk for Alzheimer’s disease which is associated with physical and behavioral changes. ... -
Health‑related quality of life among patients with bipolar disorder in rural southwestern Uganda: a hospital based cross sectional study
(Health Quality Life Outcomes, 2021)Background: Bipolar disorder is a psychiatric disorder that alters mood and affects over 55 million people globally with an estimated lifetime prevalence of approximately 0.8–1.1%. In Africa, the lifetime prevalence of the ... -
Caregivers’ Attitudes towards HIV Testing and Disclosure of HIV Status to At-Risk Children in Rural Uganda
(PLoS ONE, 2016-02-16)Caregivers of HIV-positive children were interviewed in the Mbarara and Isingiro districts of Uganda to identify current trends in practices related to HIV testing and the disclosure of HIV status to the child. A total of ... -
Addressing WHO Resolution 60.22: A Pilot Project to Create Access to Acute Care Services in Uganda
(Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2014)The World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) 2007 Resolution 60.22 tasked the global health community to address the lack of emergency care in low- and middle-income countries. Little progress has yet been made in integrating ... -
HIV-1 seroprevalence and risk factors for HIV infection among first-time psychiatric admissions in Uganda
(AIDS Care, 2011-02)This study investigated HIV seroprevalence and its correlates among patients with first-time psychiatric admissions to two national referral hospitals in urban Kampala, Uganda. A structured standardised evaluation was used ... -
Pioneering work in mental health outreaches in rural, southwestern Uganda
(Intervention, 2008)In Uganda, the rates of mental illness are high due to poverty, high prevalence of HIV/AIDS and long term exposure to civil wars and armed rebellion. The cost of mental health services in urban hospitals remain prohibitive ... -
Depression and suicidal ideation among HIV-infected adults receiving efavirenz versus nevirapine in Uganda: a prospective cohort study
(Annals of internal medicine, 2018)Background: There is conflicting evidence about potential adverse neuropsychiatric effects of efavirenz and limited data from sub-Saharan Africa, where efavirenz is used as first-line therapy and 70% of people living with ... -
Brief report: No association found between traditional healers use and delayed antiretroviral initiation in rural Uganda
(AIDS and Behavior, 2013)Traditional healer and/or spiritual counselor (TH/SC) use has been associated with delays in HIV testing. We examined HIV-infected individuals in southwestern Uganda to test the hypothesis that TH/SC use was also associated ... -
Psychometrics of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) in Uganda: A Systematic Review
(Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022)Background: Depression is screened by many psychological tools, whereas the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) is one of the most commonly used self-administered tools. Uganda is a culturally diverse country with a ... -
Psychological distress and associated factors among hospital workers in Uganda during the COVID-19 lockdown – A multicentre study
(Heliyon, 2022). Objective: To assess the prevalence of psychological distress (PD), and its associated demographic, psychosocial, hospital and health-related factors among hospital workers in Uganda during the COVID-19 related ... -
Prevalence and Factors Associated With Depression and Suicidal Ideation During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among University Students in Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study
(Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022)Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted psychosocial wellbeing and mental health of students across the world. Although students are vulnerable to depression and suicidal ideation, few studies have been ... -
Poor mental health and sexual risk behaviours in Uganda: A cross-sectional population-based study
(BMC Public Health, 2011)Background: Poor mental health predicts sexual risk behaviours in high-income countries, but little is known about this association in low-income settings in sub-Saharan Africa where HIV is prevalent. This study investigated ... -
Healthy Child Uganda survey of knowledge, attitude and behaviour of village health team members toward their health care responsibilities in southwest Uganda
(Paediatrics & Child Health, 2012)Developing countries have 25% of the global disease burden but only 1.3% of the health care professionals. While donor research focuses on important diagnostic and treatment advances, efforts to build local community-focused ...
