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Prevalence of delusional ideation in a district in southwestern Uganda
(Elsevier Ltd, 2004-02-16)Background: Population-based prevalence studies suggest that psychosis is a continuum distributed in the general population. Aim: To assess the prevalence of delusional ideation in young healthy individuals in a low-income ... -
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 ... -
Urbanicity of place of birth and symptoms of psychosis, depression and anxiety in Uganda
(The British Journal of Psychiatry, 2009)Background: The mechanism underlying the association between urban birth/upbringing and increased schizophrenia risk is unknown. This study explored whether an urban effect might be present in a low-income country setting, ... -
Urbanicity of place of birth and symptoms of psychosis, depression and anxiety in Uganda
(The British Journal of Psychiatry, 2009)Background: The mechanism underlying the association between urban birth/upbringing and increased schizophrenia risk is unknown. This study explored whether an urban effect might be present in a low-income country setting, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Predictors of unknown HIV serostatus at the time of labor and delivery in Kampala, Uganda
(International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2013)Objective: To determine factors associated with an unknown HIV serostatus among pregnant women admitted in labor to Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. Methods: In total, 665 pregnant women admitted to Mulago Hospital were ... -
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 ... -
Psychological distress among adults admitted to medical and surgical wards of a Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda
(African Health Sciences, 2013-03)Background: Physical illness is commonly associated with psychological distress that may be a direct effect of the illness or an adjustment in coping with the physical illness or its treatment. Little is known about ... -
A Consortium Approach to Competency‑based Undergraduate Medical Education in Uganda: Process, Opportunities and Challenges
(Education for Health, 2014)Background: Uganda, like the rest of Africa, is faced with serious health challenges including human immunodeficiency virus infection/ acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), other infectious diseases and increasing ... -
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 ... -
The association between depression,quality of life,and the healthcare expenditure of patients with diabetes mellitus in Uganda
(Journal of Affective Disorders, 2014-11-25)Background:Depression is one of the common estneuropsychiatric disorders in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and is associated with poor glycaemiac control,vascular complications,a low quality of life and increased ... -
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 ... -
Antenatal services for pregnant teenagers in Mbarara Municipality, Southwestern Uganda: health workers and community leaders’ views
(BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2015)Background: Globally, about 11 % of all annual births involve adolescents aged 15–19 years. Uganda has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study assessed stakeholders’ views concerning ... -
Rewarding Steps in the Development of Multi-Disciplinary Teams and Services for Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Uganda
(Research gate, 2015)About 57% of Ugandans are children. Yet, mental health needs of the child population largely go unmet. Psychiatric problems have severe & often irreversible consequences. They interfere with the ability to participate in ... -
Declining Prevalence of Probable Depression Among Patients Presenting for Antiretroviral Therapy in Rural Uganda: The Role of Early Treatment Initiation
(AIDS and Behavior, 2015)Little is known about trends in depression at antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in low- and middle-income countries. We used data from an ongoing cohort of treatment-naıve PLHIV ... -
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 ... -
Maternal depression and malnutrition in children in southwest Uganda: a case control study
(BMC Public Health, 2015-12-28)Background: Malnutrition remains one of the most significant child health problems in developing countries with an estimated 53 % of child deaths per year attributed to being underweight. The 2011 Uganda Demographic and ... -
Burden of Suicidal Ideation and Attempt among Persons Living with HIV and AIDS in Semiurban Uganda
(AIDS research and treatment, 2016)Although the impact of HIV/AIDS has changed globally, it still causes considerable morbidity and mortality, including suicidality, in countries like Uganda. This paper describes the burden and risk factors for suicidal ...
