Department of Peadiatrics and Child Health: Recent submissions
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Prevalence and Predictors of Functional Vitamin K Insufficiency in Mothers and Newborns in Uganda
(Nutrients, 2015-10-16)Vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB) in infancy is a serious but preventable cause of mortality or permanent disability. Lack of epidemiologic data for VKDB in sub-Saharan Africa hinders development and implementation of ... -
Post-discharge mortality prediction in under 5s with acute infectious diseases: a prospective cohort study
(The Lancet Global Health, 2015)Background: Acute infectious diseases are an important contributor to under-5 mortalities. Mortality following discharge is an important but poorly recognised contributor to overall mortality. The identification of at-risk ... -
Photographing Ugandan Physical Activity: Perspectives From Mbararan Youth
(Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 2009)The Community Policy Brief is intended to inform community based organizations, public health policy makers, and other individuals whose primary interest is not research, but who would be interested in the application and ... -
Pediatric in-Hospital Death from Infectious Disease in Uganda: Derivation of Clinical Prediction Models
(PLoS ONE, 2016-03-10)Background: Pediatric hospital mortality from infectious diseases in resource constrained countries remains unacceptably high. Improved methods of risk-stratification can assist in referral decision making and resource ... -
Out of pocket costs and time/productivity losses for pediatric sepsis in Uganda: a mixed-methods study
(BMC Health Services Research, 2021)Background: Sepsis disproportionately affects children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families in low-resource settings, where care seeking may consume scarce family resources and lead to financial hardships. Those ... -
Maternal Attitudes about Objectively Monitored Bednet Use in Rural Uganda
(Malaria Research and Treatment, 2016)Insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) are a mainstay of malaria prevention, yet poor adherence poses a major barrier to effective prevention. Self-reports of bednet use suffer from recall and social desirability biases. We ... -
Less Noise, More Hacking: How to Deploy Principles from MIT’s Hacking Medicine to Accelerate Health Care
(International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 2014)Medical technology offers enormous potential for scalable medicine to improve the quality and access in health care while simultaneously reducing cost. However, current medical device innovation within companies often only ... -
Knowledge and practices of women regarding prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) in rural southwest Uganda
(International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2013)Worldwide, about 3.4 million children aged under 15 years are HIV-infected, with 90% living in Sub-Saharan Africa;1 150 000 of these children are in Uganda. Ninety-five percent of pediatric HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa results ... -
Know Your Audience: Predictors of Success for a Patient-Centered Texting App to Augment Linkage to HIV Care in Rural Uganda
(Journal of medical Internet research, 2015)Background: Despite investments in infrastructure and evidence for high acceptability, few mHealth interventions have been implemented in sub-Saharan Africa. Objective: We sought to (1) identify predictors of uptake of ... -
Interpretation of tuberculin skin-test results in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in children
(African Health Sciences, 2005)Introduction: The tuberculin skin test is one of the most valuable tests for demonstrating tuberculous infection in both symptomatic and asymptomatic children. However, its application is often undermined by difficulties ... -
Objective monitoring of Insecticide-treated bednet use to improve malaria prevention: SmartNet development and validation
(PLoS ONE, 2017-02-03)Malaria is a serious health concern for three billion people worldwide, killing nearly 600,000 people a year. Insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) are an effective and valuable tool for preventing malaria and hundreds of ... -
Health hackathons: theatre or substance? A survey assessment of outcomes from healthcare-focused hackathons in three countries
(BMJ innovations, 2017)Background: Healthcare-focused hackathons are 48-hour platforms intended to accelerate novel medical technology. However, debate exists about how much they contribute to medical technology innovation. The Consortium for ... -
Feasibility of an Interprofessional, Simulation-Based Curriculum to Improve Teamwork Skills, Clinical Skills, and Knowledge of Undergraduate Medical and Nursing Students in Uganda
(Simulation in Healthcare, 2021)Introduction: Many deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa are preventable with provision of skilled healthcare. Unfortunately, skills decay after training. We determined the feasibility of implementing an interprofessional (IP) ... -
Facility readiness in low and middle income countries to address care of high risk/ small and sick newborns
(Maternal Health, Neonatology, and Perinatology, 2019)Background: The successful promotion of facility births in low and middle-income countries has not always resulted in improved neonatal outcome. We evaluated key signal functions pertinent to Level II neonatal care to ... -
Explaining Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Success Among HIV-Infected Children in Rural Uganda: A Qualitative Study
(AIDS and Behavior, 2015)High adherence is critical for achieving clinical benefits of HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) and particularly challenging for children. We conducted 35 qualitative interviews with caregivers of HIV-infected Ugandan ... -
Examining the Applicability of the IMB Model in Predicting Condom Use Among Sexually Active Secondary School Students in Mbarara, Uganda
(AIDS and Behavior, 2012-02-15)The applicability of the IMB model in predicting condom use was tested among 390 sexually active secondary school students in Mbarara, Uganda. Adolescents across five secondary schools completed a self-report survey about ... -
Cost effectiveness of a novel device for improving resuscitation of apneic newborns
(BMC Pediatrics, 2020)Background: Intrapartum-related hypoxic events are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in low resource countries. Neonates who receive proper resuscitation may go on to live otherwise healthy lives. However, even when ... -
Challenges in using mobile phones for collection of antiretroviral therapy adherence data in a resource-limited setting
(AIDS and Behavior, 2010-12)Frequent antiretroviral therapy adherence monitoring could detect incomplete adherence before viral rebound develops and thus potentially prevent treatment failure. Mobile phone technologies make frequent, brief adherence ... -
Assessment of HIV antiretroviral therapy adherence by measuring drug concentrations in hair among children in rural Uganda
(AIDS Care, 2015)Current tools for measuring medication adherence have significant limitations, especially among pediatric populations. We conducted a prospective observational study to assess the use of antiretroviral (ARV) drug levels ... -
Adolescent Abstinence and Unprotected Sex in CyberSenga, an Internet-Based HIV Prevention Program: Randomized Clinical Trial of Efficacy
(PLoS ONE, 2013)Context: Cost-effective, scalable programs are urgently needed in countries deeply affected by HIV. Methods: This parallel-group RCT was conducted in four secondary schools in Mbarara, Uganda. Participants were 12 years ...
