Department of Community Health: Recent submissions
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A rare presentation of a giant malignant melanoma in a 67 year old female Ugandan: A case report
(International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 2023)Introduction and importance: Malignant melanoma (MM) is a skin cancer whose incidence is alarmingly increasing globally. However, the public, especially among the black population, still has very little knowledge about ... -
Understanding Patients’ Experiences with a Brief Alcohol Reduction Intervention among People Living with HIV in Uganda: A Qualitative Study
(Substance Use & Misuse, 2023)Background: Brief alcohol reduction interventions for people living with HIV (PLWH) have resulted in mixed findings with some studies showing null or limited treatment effects. To better understand factors that may contribute ... -
Ease of marital communication and depressive symptom severity among men and women in rural Uganda: cross-sectional, whole-population study
(Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 2022)Purpose: Depression is a major contributor to the global burden of disease. The extent to which marital communication may influence depression in contexts with little mental health support is unknown. Methods: We conducted ... -
Cigarette smoking and misperceived norms among adults in rural Uganda: a population-based study
(Tobacco Control, 2021)Background: Little is known about perceived norms about cigarette smoking in Uganda or the extent to which perceptions drive personal cigarette smoking behavior. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study in 2016–2018 ... -
Willingness of caregivers to donate a kidney to a patient with end-stage renal disease: Findings from four dialysis providing health facilities in Uganda
(PLOS Glob Public Health, 2022)Most patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) benefit from a kidney transplant but there is limited information from developing countries like Uganda about the willingness of caregivers for patients with end-stage ... -
Who’s slipping through the cracks? A comprehensive individual, clinical, and health system characterization of people with virologic failure on first-line HIV treatment in Uganda and South Africa
(HIV medicine, 2022)Objective: HIV virological failure remains a major threat to programme success in sub-Saharan Africa. While HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) and inadequate adherence are the main drivers of virological failure, the individual, ... -
Perceptions about local ART adherence norms and personal adherence behavior among adults living with HIV in rural Uganda
(AIDS and Behavior, 2022)Although misperceived norms often drive personal health behaviors, we do not know about this phenomenon in the context of antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence. We conducted a cross-sectional study including all persons ... -
Perceived and misperceived norms about khat and/or cannabis use among adults in southwest Uganda
(International Journal of Drug Policy, 2022)Background: Studies from high-income contexts have found evidence that norms about substance use are misperceived. The accuracy of perceived norms about khat and cannabis use in Uganda have not previously been described. Methods: ... -
Multicenter analysis of attrition from the pediatric TB infection care cascade in Boston
(The Journal of Pediatrics, 2023)Objectives: Characterizing losses from the pediatric tuberculosis (TB) infection care cascade is important to identify ways to improve TB infection care delivery. Study design: We conducted a retrospective cohort study ... -
Bar Attendance and Alcohol Use Before and After COVID-19 Related Restrictions Among HIV-infected Adults in South-Western Uganda
(AIDS and Behavior, 2023)Alcohol use is especially problematic for people living with HIV (PLWH) and was likely to be impacted by the coronavi¬rus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and its restrictions. In a study of PLWH with latent tuberculosis ... -
How informal healthcare providers improve uptake of HIV testing: qualitative results from a randomized controlled trial
(AIDS, 2022)Objective: Uganda is HIV-endemic with a prevalence of 5.7%. Lack of epidemic control has been attributed to low engagement with HIV testing. Collaborating with informal healthcare providers, such as traditional healers, ... -
Low treatment success rate among previously treated persons with drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda
(Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 2023)Rationale: In 2017, the treatment regimen for previously treated persons with tuberculosis (TB) changed to a shorter regimen that lasts six months and consists of Isoniazid, Rifampicin, Pyrazinamide, and Ethambutol. Few ... -
Adaption and pilot testing of a lay HIV supporter program for traditional healers: a mixed methods study in rural Uganda
(Implementation Science Communications, 2023)Background: Half of people living with HIV (PLWH) in sub-Saharan Africa default from care within two years. In Uganda, and across sub-Saharan Africa, traditional healers (TH) are ubiquitous and often serve as the first ... -
Evaluating disparities in code status designation among patients admitted with COVID-19 at a quaternary care center early in the pandemic
(Medicine, 2023)The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted disparities in outcomes by social determinants to health. It is unclear how much endof- life discussions and a patient’s decision about code status (“do not resuscitate,” do not ... -
Client and provider experiences in Uganda suggest demand for and highlight the importance of addressing HIV stigma and gender norms within safer conception care
(AIDS and Behavior, 2022)Safer conception counseling supports HIV-serodifferent couples to meet reproductive goals while minimizing HIV transmission risk, but has not been integrated into routine HIV care. We piloted a novel safer conception program ... -
Use of postpartum intrauterine contraceptive device among women in northern Uganda: A cross‐sectional study
(Reproductive, Female and Child Health, 2023)Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and factors associated with postpartum intrauterine contraceptive device use among postpartum mothers in Lira district, northern Uganda. Methods: We ... -
Revisiting the role of civil society in responses to infectious disease outbreaks: a proposed framework and lessons from a COVID-19 vaccine equity coalition in Uganda
(BMJ Global Health, 2023)Civil society organisations (CSOs) a diverse set of non-governmental, advocacy and community-based groups have historically played transformative roles in advancing health equity. In perhaps the best-known example, CSO ... -
Increase in rifampicin resistance among people previously treated for TB
(Public Health Action, 2023)People previously treated for TB are at a higher risk of rifampicin- resistant or multidrug-resistant TB (RR/ MDR-TB). Uganda’s recent RR-TB estimates were not updated, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using ... -
Behaviors and practices of incarcerated women towards menstrual hygiene in a large urban prison in Uganda: a phenomenological qualitative study
(BMC Women's Health, 2023)Background: Deplorable and unconducive conditions in prisons present serious challenges to menstrual hygiene management. However, little is known about menstrual hygiene among incarcerated women in Uganda. Our study explored ... -
Safety and tolerability of isoniazid preventive therapy for tuberculosis for persons with HIV with and without alcohol use
(AIDS (London, England), 2023)Objective: Isoniazid (INH) preventive therapy is recommended to prevent tuberculosis (TB) disease for persons with HIV (PWH), except for those with regular and heavy alcohol consumption, due to hepatotoxicity concerns. We ...
