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The efficacy of meditation-based mind-body interventions for mental disorders: a meta-review of 17 meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials
(Elsevier: Journal of Psychiatric Research., 2021-02)
There is increasing interest in the potential efficacy of meditation-based mind-body interventions (MBIs) within mental health care. We conducted a systematic metareview of the published randomized control trial (RCT) ...
Transforming communities through Ubuntu philosophy: prerequisites, opportunities, and implications for social work practice in Africa
(The International Federation of Social Workers, 2023-06)
The African philosophy of Ubuntu has emerged as a counterweight strategy
to the pervasive consequences of long-term individualism entrenched in African social work because of its western origins. This chapter contends ...
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 ...
Social needs framework : an alternative framework to analyzing and addressing social problems
(SpringerLink, 2022-10)
Every community has its own social problems. These may be common across communities but may be experienced in unique ways. Indeed, social work as a profession focuses on addressing social problems. Drawing on concepts used ...
Directions in constructing a body of knowledge in eco-social work education and practice in Uganda: Actions, channels, and implications
(African Journal of Social Work, 2023)
In recent times, Uganda has witnessed human suffering resulting from the occurrence of environmental disasters thereby placing
social work professionals, particularly those in civic organizations at the forefront of ...
Decolonising social work fieldwork education in Africa
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2023)
Social work is widely acknowledged as a practice-based profession and the decolonisation of its fieldwork education element would enhance its practical relevance in many global South countries. In recent years, there has ...
Prevention and response to gender-based violence (GBV) during novel Covid-19 lock-down in Uganda
(The Journal of Adult Protection, 2020)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the challenges related to fighting gender-based
violence (GBV) victims during the lockdown in Uganda and suggest prevention and response to GBV
and domestic violence ...
A 10-hours workshop improves physical activity prescription for mental illness knowledge and confidence in health care professionals: a nation-wide multicentre study from Uganda
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-11)
Purpose
Lack of knowledge about and confidence in physical activity (PA) prescription for people with mental illness are important barriers for clinical practice in low-income countries. The aim of this study was to ...
Correlates of physical activity stages of change in people living with HIV in a Ugandan community
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2020-05)
Purpose
The transtheoretical model (TTM) of behavioral change posits that individuals move through five stages of change when adopting new behaviors: pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance. ...
COVID-19 pandemic and the Urban poor: the relevancy of Uganda’s social protection measures
(The Coronavirus Crisis and Challenges to Social Development, 2022-01-01)
Globally, governments are faced with the double challenge of controlling the COVID-19 pandemic while ensuring the social and economic survival of their citizens. The urban poor are uniquely affected by the impact of the ...