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Livelihood risk, culture, and the HIV interface: evidence from lakeshore border communities in Buliisa district, Uganda
(Journal of Tropical Medicine., 2019)
While studies have focused on HIV prevalence and incidence among fishing communities, there has been inadequate attention paid to the construction and perception of HIV risk among fisher folk. There has been limited research ...
The experience of mental health service users in health system strengthening: lessons from Uganda
(Springer Nature: International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2019-09-06)
Mental, neurological and substance use disorders are a public health burden in Uganda. Mental health
service user involvement could be an important strategy for advocacy and improving service delivery, particularly ...
The experiences of caregivers of children living with HIV and AIDS in Uganda: a qualitative study
(Springer Nature: Globalization and Health, 2017-09-12)
Home-based care for HIV patients is popular in contexts severely affected by the epidemic and exacts a heavy toll on caregivers. This study aimed at understanding the experiences of caregivers and their survival ...
Performance management practices and managed performance: moderating influence of organisational culture and climate in public universities in Uganda
(Emerald: Measuring Business Excellence, 2011-11)
The purpose of this article is to explore and explain the existence and implementation of performance management practices in four public universities in Uganda.
Design/methodology/approach
A mixed‐method study approach ...
Children’s conceptions of peace in two Ugandan primary schools: insights for peace curriculum
(Research in Comparative and International Education : Sage Journals, 2017-03-28)
Oppenheimer urged communities all over the world to study how children come to understand peace,
conflict, and war. Set in various countries, their review of studies, as well as more recent examinations reveal
trends in ...
Towards understanding governance issues in integration of mental health into primary health care in Uganda
(Springer Nature: International Journal of Mental Health Systems., 2016-03-24)
There is a growing burden of mental illness in low income countries. The situation is further worsened
by the high poverty levels in these countries, resulting in difficult choices for their health sectors as regards ...
Interface of culture, insecurity and HIV and AIDS: lessons from displaced communities in Pader district, northern Uganda
(Springer Nature: Conflict and Health., 2010-11-22)
Northern Uganda unlike other rural regions has registered high HIV prevalence rates comparable to
those of urbanized Kampala and the central region. This could be due to the linkages of culture, insecurity and
HIV. We ...
Growing up HIV-positive in Uganda: “psychological immunodeficiency”? A qualitative study
(Springer Nature: BMC Psychology, 2017)
This study is part of a longitudinal study among children and adolescents with HIV in both urban and rural Uganda: ‘Mental health among HIV infected CHildren and Adolescents in KAmpala and Masaka, Uganda (CHAKA)’.
Method
The ...
Uganda’s vision 2040 and human needs promotion
(Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, 2015)
In 2013 the President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni launched Uganda’s
Vision 2040, a thirty-year development master plan which has received both
praise and criticism from Ugandans. Although Vision 2040 has received ...
Performance management practices and managed performance: the moderating influence of organisational culture and climate in public universities in Uganda
(Measuring Business Excellence, 2011-11-15)
Purpose – The purpose of this article is to explore and explain the existence and implementation of
performance management practices in four public universities in Uganda.
Design/methodology/approach – A mixed-method ...