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The Technology Acceptance Model for Resource-Limited Settings (TAM-RLS): A Novel Framework for Mobile Health Interventions Targeted to Low-Literacy End-Users in Resource-Limited Settings
(AIDS and Behavior, 2017)Although mobile health (mHealth) technologies have shown promise in improving clinical care in resource limited settings (RLS), they are infrequently brought to scale. One limitation to the success of many mHealth interventions ... -
Transitions from hospital to home: A mixed methods study to evaluate pediatric discharges in Uganda
(PLOS Global Public Health, 2023)The World Health Organization (WHO) Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) guidelines recognize the importance of discharge planning to ensure continuation of care at home and appropriate follow-up. However, ... -
Treatment outcomes and tolerability of the revised WHO anti-tuberculosis drug dosages for children
(The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2018)Background: In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) revised the paediatric dosages of antituberculosis drugs, increasing rifampicin to 15 mg/kg, isoniazid to 10 mg/kg and pyrazinamide to 35 mg/kg. We assessed treatment ... -
Tuberculosis in children at Mbarara University Teaching Hospital, Uganda: diagnosis and outcome of treatment
(African Health Sciences, 2002)Background: The diagnosis of tuberculosis in children is difficult particularly in HIV infected children. The poor outcome following antituberculosis treatment usually reported in HIV infected children might be due, in ... -
Understanding the role of age in HIV disclosure rates and patterns for HIV-infected children in southwestern Uganda
(AIDS care, 2015)Highly active antiretroviral therapy has enabled HIV-infected children to survive into adolescence and adulthood, creating need for their own HIV diagnosis disclosure. Disclosure has numerous social and medical benefits ... -
Utilization of a novel mobile application, “HBB Prompt”, to reduce Helping Babies Breathe skills decay
(PLOS Global Public Health, 2023)Background: Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) is a newborn resuscitation training program designed to reduce neonatal mortality in low- and middle-income countries. However, skills decay after initial training is a significant ... -
Verbal Autopsy to Assess Postdischarge Mortality in Children With Suspected Sepsis in Uganda
(Pediatrics, 2023)Background: Reducing child mortality in low-income countries is constrained by a lack of vital statistics. In the absence of such data, verbal autopsies provide an acceptable method to determining attributable causes of ... -
Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding and Early Infant Male Circumcision in Africa
(Obstetrics and gynecology, 2013-08)Background: Early infant (1–60 days of life) male circumcision is being trialed in Africa as a human immuno-deficiency virus prevention strategy. Post circumcision bleeding is particularly concerning where most infants are ...