Faculty of Social Sciences: Recent submissions
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Gender-based approaches for improving milk safety, value addition and marketing among smallholder livestock farmers
(Frontiers, 2024-06-24)In the context of Uganda, this study delves into gender-based strategies aimed at enhancing women's engagement in milk safety, value addition and marketing within smallholder livestock farming. The objectives were twofold: ... -
Family socio-economic status, parent-child engagement and girl-child retention in public secondary schools in Rubaga division, KCCA, Uganda
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2023-10)Completing education is one of the key factors in the life success and empowerment of the girl child. Full involvement in education and staying in school has been a challenge among secondary school girls in most urban areas ... -
Electricity consumption and economic growth: Evidence from the East African community
(Energy Strategy Reviews, 2024-06)This study investigates the dynamic causal relationship between electricity consumption and economic growth in the East African Community (1990–2021). It seeks to interrogate the nature of relationship between ... -
COVID-19 and the Motorcycle Taxi Sector in Sub-Saharan African Cities: A Key Stakeholders’ Perspective
(Transportation Research Record, 2022-11-28)This article assesses the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the urban motorcycle taxi (MCT) sector in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). MCToperators in SSA provide essential transport services and have shown ingenuity and an ... -
The Relationship between Academic Programme Type and Student Satisfaction with the Quality of Higher Education in Uganda
(International Journal of African Higher Education, 2023-10-26)This study examined the relationship between the type of academic programmes offered in Ugandan higher education institutions and student satisfaction with the quality of higher education. Highquality academic programmes ... -
The mediating role of self-control on the relations between adverse childhood experiences and substance use among adolescents in Uganda
(Frontiers in Psychology, 2024-05-14)Objective: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are established risk factors for undesirable consequences in adolescence and early adulthood, including substance use and a lack of self-control. Based on the Social Bonds ... -
Analysis of the AU–EU Relations Under the AfCFTA Framework in a Neoliberal Context
(Springer, 2024-05)This chapter contributes to the plethora of neoliberal evidence that addresses itself to the fundamental regional integration political and economic anxieties, specifically focusing on AfCFTA processes. Employing a political ... -
Research capacity strengthening in Africa: Perspectives from the social sciences, humanities, and arts
(Elsevier, 2023-05)Global and human development and freedoms increasingly thrive on robust and policyorientated research and related activities. Yet, the African research landscape faces a myriad of challenges which have resulted in a very ... -
Savings-economic growth nexus in east African community
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2023-08)The study investigated the saving-economic growth nexus in East African Community (Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania) for the period 1990-2019 using time series panel secondary data extracted from World Development Indicator ... -
Levels, economic savings and determinants of technical efficiency in public health centre III facilities in south western Uganda
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2023-08)Basic to human welfare is good health and it is fundamental for socioeconomic development of any economy. Faced with resource constraints especially in the health sector, technical efficiency among the healthcare agents ... -
The urban motorcycle taxi sector in Sub-Saharan Africa: needs, practices and equity issues
(Urban, Planning and Transport Research, 2024-05-13)Motorcycle taxis in Sub-Saharan Africa are an essential compo- nent of the urban transport mix, providing vital services - such as access to markets, education and health facilities - to citty dwell- ers across the ... -
Efficacy of an 8-hour education intervention on dementia knowledge, attitude and skills in healthcare professionals in regional hospitals: a nation-wide study from Uganda
(Pan African Medical Journal, 2023-04-11)Introduction: dementia imposes an enormous burden, mainly in low-income countries (LICs). Due to lack of well-trained healthcare professionals, 70-90% of people with dementia do not receive adequate care in LICs. The ... -
Towards entrapment: an escalating reality for children and adolescents living with HIV/Aids in Uganda
(Towards Evidence Generation and Policy Development, 2022)In 2004, UNAIDS, UNICEF, and USAID collaborated and authored an influential report titled Children in the Brink (UNICEF, 2004). This report is used to set the context of this book chapter. The publication did not only ... -
The lay meaning (s) and understanding of depression among the middle-aged and elderly patients at Butabika Hospital. Implication for formal mental healthcare utilisation in Uganda
(Social Work in Mental Health, 2024-02-26)This article explores the lay meaning(s) and understanding of depression among middle-aged and elderly patients in Uganda and its impact on treatment seeking. Through an interpretive phenomenological approach, data was ... -
Coping with Intimate Partner Violence: Experiences of Male Victims Reporting at Katwe Police Station, Rubaga Municipality in Kampala District
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2023-09)This study sought to gain insight into the experiences of Male Intimate Partner Violence and how they cope. It was, specifically, limited to exploring the physical, psychological, and sexual violence male victims experience; ... -
Communication and institutional effectiveness: the case of Nakawa and Kawempe divisions in Kampala city
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2016-01)This study examined the effect of internal communication on the effectiveness of Nakawa and Kawempe division local governments in Kampala City. The study specifically explored the relationship between horizontal and vertical ... -
Associations between mild depression and anxiety and physical inactivity among school-going Ugandan adolescents aged 14 to 17 years
(Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health, 2024-04)Objective: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate associations between physical activity levels and emotional and behavioural problems in school-going adolescents aged 14 to 17 years in Uganda. Methods: ... -
Institutions as images of political authority and power hierarchies: understanding land tenure dynamics of state-making in Zimbabwe and Uganda
(Journal of Land and Rural Studies, 2024-01)The intricate link between political power and land rights is a historical axiom and Zimbabwe and Uganda present two conflicting yet analogous situations of what happens in agrarian societies, where socio-economic life is ... -
Technology Usage, Face to Face Communication and Romantic Partner Relationships A Case of the Uganda National Police Force
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2019-11)The study was a correlational quantitative analysis of the relationship between technology usage, face to face communication and romantic partner relationships, using a case of the Uganda police force. The study was ... -
Microbiological analysis of domestic water sources in Banda slum of Kampala, Uganda
(Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 2021)There is scarcity of information about the safety of water in Banda slum of Kampala, Uganda and yet reports indicate outbreaks of infectious diseases such as typhoid fever and cholera. The aim of this study was to determine ...