Department of Community Health: Recent submissions
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Feasibility and acceptability of home-based HIV testing among refugees: a pilot study in Nakivale refugee settlement in southwestern Uganda
(BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018)Background: Refugees in sub-Saharan Africa face both the risk of HIV infection and barriers to HIV testing. We conducted a pilot study to determine the feasibility and acceptability of home-based HIV testing in Nakivale ... -
Factors Associated with Uptake of Immunizations for Vaccine-Preventable Childhood Diseases in a Peri-Urban Settlement; A Case Study of Nansana Municipality, Uganda
(Texila International Journal of Public Health, 2013)Immunization uptake for childhood vaccine-preventable diseases remains low in urban areas of Uganda, leading to repeated outbreaks of diseases like measles, despite easy communication and accessibility to services. The ... -
Erratum to: Monitoring iCCM referral systems: Bugoye Integrated Community Case Management Initiative (BIMI) in Uganda
(Malaria journal, 2016)After publication of the original article [1], it came to the authors’ attention that a sentence was inadvertently omitted from the Acknowledgments section of the published manuscript. The section should have read as ... -
Effectiveness of active case-finding strategies in tuberculosis control in Kampala, Uganda
(The International journal of tuberculosis and lung disease, 2013)Introduction: Passive case finding (PCF) is the strategy implemented by most developing countries to detect new cases of tuberculosis (TB), but detection rates remain low. Active case finding (ACF) is an alternative strategy, ... -
Determinants of Hesitancy to Childhood Immunizations in a Peri -Urban Settlement; A Case Study of Nansana Municipality, Uganda
(Texila International Journal of Public Health, 2013)Vaccine hesitancy to immunization against the childhood vaccine-preventable diseases is increasingly becoming a concern worldwide, which negatively impacts the parents’ willingness to vaccinate their children. The objective ... -
Dengue in Western Uganda: a prospective cohort of children presenting with undifferentiated febrile illnes
(BMC infectious diseases, 2020)Background: The spatial distribution and burden of dengue in sub-Saharan Africa remains highly uncertain, despite high levels of ecological suitability. The goal of this study was to describe the epidemiology of dengue ... -
Water quality of improved water sources and associated factors in Kibuku District, Eastern Uganda
(Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2022)Globally, billions of people still lack access to safe water, including basic drinking water services, particularly in sub Saharan Africa. We analyzed water quality for improved water sources and associated factors in ... -
Using verbal autopsies to estimate under-5 mortality at household level in a rural area of southwestern Uganda: a cross-sectional study
(The Lancet Global Health,, 2018)In rural Uganda, pediatric deaths that occur outside of health facilities often go unnoticed by the health system, and information on their magnitude and causes remains limited. We aimed to assess the causes of mortality ... -
Usage of and satisfaction with Integrated Community Case Management care in western Uganda: a cross-sectional survey
(Malaria journal, 2021)Background: In some areas of Uganda, village health workers (VHW) deliver Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) care, providing initial assessment of children under 5 years of age as well as protocol-based treatment ... -
Cost-efectiveness analysis of integrated community case management delivery models utilizing drug sellers and community health workers for treatment of under-fve febrile cases of malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea in rural Uganda
(Malaria journa, 2021)Background: Malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea continue to be the leading causes of death in children under the age of fve years (U5) in Uganda. To combat these febrile illnesses, integrated community case management (iCCM) ... -
Contextual and psychological factors infuencing open defecation free status: an exploratory qualitative study in rural South Western Uganda
(BMC Public Health, 2022)Introduction: Achieving the Open defecation free (ODF) status remains a major challenge in Uganda, yet it contributes significantly to child health improvement. Literature on social, cultural and behavioral aspects that ... -
Completion of community health worker initiated patient referrals in integrated community case management in rural Uganda
(Malaria Journal, 2018)Background: Uganda has sought to address leading causes of childhood mortality: malaria, pneumonia and diar rhoea, through integrated community case management (iCCM). The success of this approach relies on community ... -
Challenges to achieving low palatal fistula rates following primary cleft palate repair: experience of an institution in Uganda
(BMC research notes, 2018)Objective: To determine frequency of palatal fistula following primary cleft palate repair and the associated factors as a measure of cleft palate repair outcome and its challenges at a cleft centre in Uganda. Results: ... -
Assessing Village Health Workers’ Ability to Perform and Interpret Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Malaria 4 Years after Initial Training: A Cross-Sectional Study
(The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2021)Village health workers (VHWs) in Bugoye subcounty, Uganda, provide integrated community case management (iCCM) care to children younger than 5 years for malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhea. We assessed the longevity of VHWs’ ... -
A novel CRISPR-based malaria diagnostic capable of Plasmodium detection, species differentiation, and drug-resistance genotyping
(BioMedicine, 2021)Background: CRISPR-based diagnostics are a new class of highly sensitive and specific assays with multiple applications in infectious disease diagnosis. SHERLOCK, or Specific High-Sensitivity Enzymatic Reporter UnLOCKing, ... -
A cross-sectional study comparing case scenarios and record review to measure quality of Integrated Community Case Management care in western Uganda
(Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2021)Background: In Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM), village health workers (VHW) assess and treat malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea using a clinical algorithm. Study objectives included: 1) Compare VHWs’ performance ... -
Defining High-risk Emergency Chief Complaints: Data-driven Triage for Low- and Middle-income Countries
(Academic Emergency Medicine, 2020)Objectives: Emergency medicine in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is hindered by lack of research into patient outcomes. Chief complaints (CCs) are fundamental to emergency care but have only recently been uniquely ... -
Adaptations to HIV services delivery amidst the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in Kampala, Uganda: A qualitative study
(PLOS Glob Public Health, 2022)The enforcement of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic restrictions disrupted health services delivery and currently, there is a limited understanding regarding measures employed by health facilities to ensure ... -
Low condom use at the last sexual intercourse among university students in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis
(PloS one, 2022)Background: There is inconsistent data about condom use at the last sexual intercourse (LSI) among university students in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and its association with sex, age, and condom negotiation efficacy. The ...
