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Obstructed labour and Birth preparedness: Community studies from Uganda
(Lund University, 2012-02-03)
Labour is said to be obstructed when the presenting part fails to descend through the birth canal despite strong uterine contractions. The condition is mostly prevalent in low-income countries where the main causes are ...
Describing Community Understanding of Male Involvement in Antenatal, Delivery and Postnatal care; “rural context of Ibanda District, Southwest Uganda”
(Research Square, 2021)
Male involvement in the reproductive health of their partners has been shown to have positive outcomes of health. However male involvement description varies within communities due to different social and gender contexts. ...
Can Volunteer Community Health Workers Decrease Child Morbidity and Mortality in Southwestern Uganda? An Impact Evaluation
(PLoS ONE, 2011-12-14)
Background: The potential for community health workers to improve child health in sub-Saharan Africa is not well understood. Healthy Child Uganda implemented a volunteer community health worker child health promotion model ...
Beyond HIV-serodiscordance: Partnership communication dynamics that affect engagement in safer conception care
(PLoS ONE, 2017-09-07)
Introduction
We explored acceptability and feasibility of safer conception methods among HIV-affected
couples in Uganda.
Methods
We recruited HIV-positive men and women on antiretroviral therapy (ART) (`index') from ...
Where there is no doctor: can volunteer community health workers in rural Uganda provide integrated community case management?
(African Health Sciences, 2017-03-01)
Introduction: Integrated community case management (iCCM) involves assessment and treatment of common childhood illnesses by community health workers (CHWs). Evaluation of a new Ugandan iCCM program is needed.
Objectives: ...
The PAediatric Risk Assessment (PARA) Mobile App to Reduce Postdischarge Child Mortality: Design, Usability, and Feasibility for Health Care Workers in Uganda
(JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2016)
Background: Postdischarge death in children is increasingly being recognized as a major contributor to overall child mortality. The PAediatric Risk Assessment (PARA) app is an mHealth tool developed to aid health care ...
Factors Impacting Sustainability of Community Health Worker Programming in rural Uganda: A Qualitative Study
(Research square, 2020)
Background Despite significant global progress towards decreased child mortality over the past decades, over 5 million children died before reaching their fifth birthday in 2018. Additionally, the number of women dying ...
Training leads to improved performance of Health Unit Management Committees in southwestern Uganda
(Research square, 2020-03-11)
Background: A quality health workforce is critical for the development of health systems and effective delivery of health services. In southwestern Uganda, Health Unit Management Committees (HUMCs) are central to the ...
The influence of partnership on contraceptive use among HIV-infected women accessing antiretroviral therapy in rural Uganda
(Contraception, 2015)
Objective: The objective was to determine individual and dyadic factors associated with effective contraceptive use among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected women accessing antiretroviral therapy (ART) in rural ...
Exploring healthcare providers’ perspectives of the paediatric discharge process in Uganda: a qualitative exploratory study
(BMJ open, 2019)
Introduction The burden of childhood mortality continues to be born largely by low-income and middle-income countries. The critical post discharge period has been largely neglected despite evidence that mortality rates ...