Research articles: Recent submissions
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The interaction between antenatal care and abnormal temperature during delivery and its relationship with postpartum care: a prospective study of 1,538 women in semi‑rural Uganda
(BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth., 2022)Background: Postnatal care (PNC) is an important tool for reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. However, what predicts receipt and maintenance in PNC, particularly events during pregnancy and the peripartum ... -
Health Care Workers’ Experiences, Challenges of Obstetric Referral Processes and Self-Reported Solutions in South Western Uganda: Mixed Methods Study
(Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2022)Introduction: In resource limited settings, the highest burden of adverse maternal-fetal outcomes at referral hospitals is registered from emergency obstetric referrals from lower health facilities. Implementation of ... -
Improved maternal–fetal outcomes among emergency obstetric referrals following phone call communication at a teaching hospital in south western Uganda: a quasi-experimental study
(BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022)Background: Emergency obstetric referrals develop adverse maternal–fetal outcomes partly due to delays in offering appropriate care at referral hospitals especially in resource limited settings. Referral hospitals do not ... -
Prevalence and associated factors of oligohydramnios in pregnancies beyond 36 weeks of gestation at a tertiary hospital in southwestern Uganda
(BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022)Background: Oligohydramnios is associated with poor maternal and perinatal outcomes. In low-resource countries, including Uganda, oligohydramnios is under-detected due to the scarcity of ultrasonographic services. We ... -
Thinness among children aged 5- 17 years living in Nakivale refugee settlement, South Western Uganda: A Cross-sectional study
(Research square, 2022-04-04)Background: Hunger and malnutrition are rampant among refugees and displaced populations, many of whom are infants and children. We sought to determine the prevalence and factors associated with thinness among children ... -
The Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Bacterial Profile of Cesarean Surgical Site Infections at a University Teaching Hospital in South Western Uganda
(International Journal of Women’s Health Care, 2020-02-04)Introduction: The single most important risk factor for post-partum maternal infection is Cesarean section (C/S) with a 5-20-fold greater risk for infection compared to a vaginal delivery. Post Cesarean wound infection is ... -
Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Its Associated Factors Among Women Attending the Gynecology Outpatient Clinic at a Tertiary Hospital in Southwestern Uganda
(International Journal of Women’s Health, 2022-04-28)Purpose: To determine the prevalence, clinical stage at presentation and factors associated with pelvic organ prolapse (POP) among women attending the gynecology outpatient clinic at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital ... -
Factors Associated With Severe Maternal Outcomes at a Regional Referral Hospital in South-Western Uganda: A Case-Control Study
(Int J Women’s Health Care, 2020-02-13)Background: The Sustainable Development Goal target is to reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030. Maternal morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa remains high ... -
Prevalence, Morphological Types and Factors Associated With Anemia among Mothers Attending Antenatal Clinic at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, South Western Uganda
(Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing, 2016)Background: Anemia in pregnancy is defined as reduction in hemoglobin concentration of below 11.0g/dl in the first and third trimester, or hemoglobin below 10.5g/dl in the second trimester. Globally 50% of pregnant women ... -
Risk factors for recurrence of pelvic organ prolapse after vaginal surgery among Ugandan women: a prospective cohort study
(International Urogynecology Journal, 2021)Introduction and hypothesis: This study was aimed at determining the recurrence rate and risk factors for the recurrence of pelvic organ prolapse (POP), at 1-year post-vaginal reconstructive surgery in a resource-limited ... -
Safe recovery after cesarean in rural Africa: Technical consensus guidelines for post-discharge care
(International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2022)Despite increasing cesarean rates in Africa, there remain extensive gaps in the standard provision of care after cesarean birth. We present recommendations for discharge instructions to be provided to women following ... -
Clinical guideline utilization in Uganda: A scoping review and comparison
(Tropical Doctor, 2022)Countries such as Uganda often depend on clinical practice guidelines from developed countries, non-profit charities, and international organizations. The sources and organizations that provide most of the guidelines used ... -
Building Perinatal Pathology Research Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Frontiers in Medicine, 2022-07-08)Introduction: Over two million stillbirths and neonatal deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa (sSA) annually. Despite multilateral efforts, reducing perinatal mortality has been slow. Although targeted pathologic investigation ... -
A randomized controlled trial on mobile phone text messaging to improve sexo‑reproductive health among adolescent girls in Cameroon
(Contraception and Reproductive Medicine, 2022)Background: We conducted a single-centered randomized controlled single-blinded trial (i.e. trained interviewers; blinded to group allocation). The target population included adolescent girls in the Kumbo West Health ... -
Prevalence of Ethanol Use Among Pregnant Women in Southwestern Uganda
(Maternal and child health journal, 2016)Introduction: The prevalence of ethanol use in many Sub-Saharan African countries is high, but little research exists on use during pregnancy. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence and predictors of ... -
Multidisciplinary leadership training for undergraduate health science students may improve Ugandan healthcare
(African Journal of Health Professions Education, 2016)Background. Community-based education research and service (COBERS) is a platform for embedding progressive transformative leadership and research-related medical education in Uganda. The leadership development programme ... -
The structure, function and implementation of an outcomes database at a Ugandan secondary hospital: the Mbarara Surgical Services Quality Assurance Database
(Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 2022)The Mbarara Surgical Services Quality Assurance Database (Mbarara SQUAD) is an outcomes database of surgical, obstetric and anaesthetic/critical care at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, a secondary referral hospital in ... -
Knowledge and attitudes about Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination and cervical cancer screening among women in rural Uganda
(Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing, 2016)Cervical cancer is one of the major causes of death among women worldwide. There is an established linkage,between cervical cancer and Oncogenic Human Papilloma virus (HPV) strains 16 and 18. While cervical cancer is widely ... -
Association between Contraceptive Awareness and Use, and Teenage Pregnancy among Prime Gravidas Delivering at Mbarara Hospital Regional Referral, Uganda
(Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing, 2016)Introduction: The promotion of family planning, so that women can avoid unwanted pregnancy, is central to the World Health Organisation work on improving maternal health. This requires that women have access to safe and ... -
Boda Bodas: An Emerging and Neglected Public Health Crisis
(Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2018)Introduction: Motorcycle injuries constitute an emerging and neglected public health crisis in low- and middle-income countries, but high-quality data is scarce. The aim of this study was to analyze the epidemiology, ...