Department of Information Technology: Recent submissions
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Challenges in accessing maternal and child health services during COVID-19 and the potential role of social networking technologies
(Digital Health, 2022)Background: The COVID-19 pandemic causes new challenges to women and their babies who still need to access postnatal care amidst the crisis. The novel application of social network technologies (SNTs) could potentially ... -
Understanding patterns of family support and its role on viral load suppression among youth living with HIV aged 15 to 24 years in southwestern Uganda
(Health Science Reports, 2022)Background: Active family support helps as a buffer against adverse life events associated with antiretroviral therapy (ART) uptake and adherence. There is limited data available to explain how family support shapes and ... -
“The research assistants kept coming to follow me up; I counted myself as a lucky person”: Social support arising from a longitudinal HIV cohort study in Uganda
(PLoS ONE, 2022-01-25)Background: Participation in longitudinal research studies in resource-limited settings often involves frequent interactions with study staff and other participants, as well as receipt of incentives and transportation ... -
The Meanings in the messages: how SMS reminders and real-time adherence monitoring improve antiretroviral therapy adherence in rural Uganda
(AIDS, 2016)Objective: To understand how a pilot intervention combining SMS reminders with real-time adherence monitoring improved adherence to HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) for adults initiating treatment in rural Uganda. Design: ... -
Mobile Phone-based Multimedia Application Could Improve Maternal Health in Rural Southwestern Uganda: Mixed Methods Study
(Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 2020)Background: Reducing maternal and infant mortality rates remains challenging. Illiteracy, lack of reliable information, long distances to health centers continue to limit access to quality maternal healthcare in Uganda. ... -
Mobile Health Technologies could enhance Public Private Mix for Tuberculosis care in Rural Southwestern Uganda: Qualitative Findings
(Research square, 2021-12-01)Background: Despite some global progress in the implementation of the public-private mix for Tuberculosis care, the engagement of private healthcare providers remains wanting especially in high incidence countries such as ... -
Maternal health-related barriers and the potentials of mobile health technologies:Qualitative findings from a pilot randomized controlled trial in rural Southwestern Uganda:
(Wolters Kluwer - Medknow, 2020-07-30)Background: Maternal mortality rate remains unacceptably high in Uganda. In‑depth evidence about the barriers to access and utilization of maternal health services specifically among the rural illiterate pregnant women ... -
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY-MEDIATED ISSUES IN SEXUAL HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS EDUCATION
(EJISDC, 2012)Literature on the usefulness of IT-assisted HIV/AIDS interventions especially in the African setting is scarce. This leaves little to nothing known about the benefits of IT-assisted HIV interventions from the experience ... -
Ethical Questions in Medical Electronic Adherence Monitoring
(Journal of general internal medicine, 2016)Electronic adherence monitors (EAMs) record and report an array of health behaviors, ranging from taking daily medications to wearing medical devices. EAMs are utilized in research worldwide and are being investigated for ... -
Electronic Adherence Monitoring May Facilitate Intentional HIV Status Disclosure Among People Living with HIV in Rural Southwestern Uganda
(AIDS and Behavior, 2021-01-02)HIV status disclosure remains one of the major challenges to effective HIV prevention. Given the complexities and low rates of disclosure, new innovative strategies are needed. Since electronic adherence monitoring (EAM) ... -
Digital monitoring technologies could enhance tuberculosis medication adherence in Uganda: Mixed methods study
(Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases, 2019)Background: Effective administration of tuberculosis therapy remains challenging. The recommended strategy of direct observed therapy is challenging and its implementation has been limited in many settings. Digital adherence ... -
Digital adherence technologies for the management of tuberculosis therapy: mapping the landscape and research priorities
(BMJ Global Health, 2018)Poor medication adherence may increase rates of loss to follow-up, disease relapse and drug resistance for individuals with active tuberculosis (TB). While TB programmes have historically used directly observed therapy ... -
Evaluation of screening parameters and machine learning models for the prediction of neonatal sepsis: A systematic review
(Research square, 2022)About 2.9 million neonates die every year worldwide, and most of these deaths occur in low-resource settings. Neonatal sepsis occurs when there is a bacterial invasion in the bloodstream; the immune system begins a systemic ... -
Contextual Mediators influencing the Effectiveness of Behavioural Change Interventions: A Case of HIV/AIDS Prevention Behaviours
(Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 2012)Background: Although Uganda had recorded declines in HIV infection rates around 1990’s, it is argued that HIV/AIDS risk sexual behavior, especially among the youth, started increasing again from early 2000. School-based ... -
A mobile phone-based multimedia intervention to support maternal health is acceptable and feasible among illiterate pregnant women in Uganda: Qualitative findings from a pilot randomized controlled trial
(Digital Health, 2021)Background: Uganda’s maternal mortality rate remains unacceptably high. Mobile phones can potentially provide affordable means of accessing maternal health services even among the otherwise hard-to-reach populations. ... -
A review of mobile health interventions for public private mix in tuberculosis care
(Internet Interventions, 2021-06-16)Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the use of mobile health (mHealth) technologies as emerging opportunities to closing the gaps in Tuberculosis (TB) care through enhancing Public Private Mix (PPM). ... -
Barriers and Motivators of Private Hospitals’ Engagement in Tuberculosis Care in Uganda
(Global Implementation Research and Applications, 2021-11-08)The involvement of private hospitals in Tuberculosis care in Uganda is still limited. There is a lack of literature about the barriers and motivators to private hospitals’ engagement in Tuberculosis care in Uganda. To ... -
Resilience after withdrawing a technology-based medication adherence support intervention from people living with HIV in rural Uganda
(Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-01-09)Technology-based interventions for behavior change, such as adherence monitors and SMS text messages, can improve adherence to HIV antiretroviral therapy. It is unclear, however, how the effects of such interventions are ... -
A Controlled Pre-Post Evaluation of a Computer-based HIV/AIDS Education on Students’ Sexual Behaviors, Knowledge and Attitudes
(Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 2012)Unlike traditional approaches to sexuality and HIV education which can be constrained by the sensitive nature of the subject, Information Technology (IT) can be an innovative teaching tool that can be used to educate people ... -
Ethical Questions in Medical Electronic Adherence Monitoring
(Journal of general internal medicine, 2015-09-10)Electronic adherence monitors (EAMs) record and report an array of health behaviors, ranging from taking daily medications to wearing medical devices. EAMs are utilized in research worldwide and are being investigated for ...
