Uganda: Recent submissions

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The roles of Persons with Disabilities in leadership in Uganda

John B. Okech • Rose Kabagombe (2013)

The purpose of this study was to find out to what extent PWDs holding positions of leadership in various sectors, social, or economic were performing. A sample, comprising different categories of PWDs (persons with visual, ...
Physical activity correlates in people living with HIV/AIDS: a systematic review of 45 studies.

Davy Vancampfort • James Mugisha • Justin Richards • Marc De Hert • Michel Probst • Brendon Stubbs (Disability and rehabilitation • 2017)

AbstractPurpose: Understanding barriers and facilitators of physical activity participation in persons living with HIV/AIDS is an essential first step in order to devise effective interventions. Th...
Framing the Other: Rethinking Media Representations of Mursi Women’s Display of Gendered Lip-Plated Bodies

Dorothy Atuhura (Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology • 2020)

With illustrations drawn from Ilja Kok and Willem Timmers’s documentary Framing the Other (2012), this article rethinks media representation of the contact between Mursi lip-plated women of Ethiopia and Western tourists ...
The Nexus between Traditional Healing and Societal Organisation: Reflections on Busoga Society Socio–Cultural, Economic and Political Organisation

Alexander Paul Isiko (Journal of Arts and Humanities • 2019)

Studies on traditional healing have received a lot of attention from several academic disciplines, including; anthropology, sociology, religion, and medicine. The study of use, practice, organisation, measurement and social ...
Understanding the persistence of vertical (stand-alone) HIV clinics in the health system in Uganda: a qualitative synthesis of patient and provider perspectives.

Henry Zakumumpa • Joseph Rujumba • Japheth Kwiringira • Jepchirchir Kiplagat • Edith Namulema • Alex Muganzi (BMC health services research • 2018)

Although there is mounting evidence and policy guidance urging the integration of HIV services into general health systems in countries with a high HIV burden, vertical (stand-alone) HIV clinics are still common in Uganda. ...
Application of Remote Sensing Technologies and Geographical Information Systems in Monitoring Environmental Degradation in the Lake Victoria Watershed, East Africa

Charles K. Twesigye (2011)
Effects of nutrition and hygiene education on oral health and growth among toddlers in rural Uganda: follow-up of a cluster-randomised controlled trial.

Grace K. M. Muhoozi • Prudence Atukunda • Anne B. Skaare • Tiril Willumsen • Lien My Diep • Ane C. Westerberg • Per Ole Iversen (Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH • 2018)

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of a nutrition and hygiene education intervention on oral health behaviour and whether early onset of caries was related to child growth in rural Uganda. METHODS Follow-up study of a ...
Ethical and methodological responses to risks in fieldwork with deaf Ugandans

Goedele De Clerck • Sam Lutalo-Kiingi (Contemporary Social Science • 2017)

ABSTRACTWhile members of marginalised communities may be motivated to participate in ethnographic research by the desire to have their stories ‘heard’/seen, find a place in history and transmit their legacy, telling and ...
A new dimension to neo‐institutional sociology: Some evidence from the adoption of new budgetary practices in local governments in Uganda

Stephen Kasumba (African Journal of Economic and Management Studies • 2013)

Purpose – The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which institutional pressures can be deployed to reinforce each other in creating and sustaining new budgetary practices.Design/methodology/approach – ...
Implementing the early childhood development teacher training framework in Uganda: Gains and challenges:

Godfrey Ejuu (Journal of Early Childhood Research • 2012)

Training of quality early childhood development (ECD) teachers is paramount in ensuring quality ECD service provision. This exploratory study focuses on the gains and challenges met in the implemen...
Barriers, attitudes, confidence, and knowledge of nurses regarding metabolic health screening and intervention in people with mental illness: a pilot study from Uganda.

Davy Vancampfort • Andrew Watkins • Philip B. Ward • Michel Probst • Marc De Hert • Tine Van Damme • James Mugisha (African health sciences • 2019)

Background: People with mental illness are at an increased risk for developing cardio-metabolic disorders. Routine screening following pharmacotherapy is however unacceptably low in sub-Saharan African countries with less ...
Heavy metal contamination in vegetables cultivated on a major urban wetland inlet drainage system of Lake Victoria, Uganda

Jolocam Mbabazi • John Wasswa • Justus Kwetegyeka • G.K. Bakyaita (International Journal of Environmental Studies • 2010)

The population of the Ugandan capital, Kampala, located close to Lake Victoria, appears to be exposed to risk of ingesting the heavy metals Cadmium (Cd) and Lead (Pb) through vegetables in their diet. Lake Victoria is ...
Fatty acid profile of wild edible and cultivated mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus, Amanita spp and Termitomyces microcarpus)

Patrick Ogwok • Robert Muyinda • Henriettah Nakisozi • Michael Bamuwamye (Nutrition & Food Science • 2017)

Purpose; ; ; ; ; The aim of this paper is to investigate fat content and fatty acid profile of cultivated (Pleurotus ostreatus) and wild edible mushrooms (Amanita spp and Termitomyces microcarpus).; ; ; ; ; Design/method ...
Food security and income through sweet potato production in Teso, Uganda

William Faustine Epeju • Peter Milton Rukundo (Sustainable Agriculture Research • 2017)

Two relevant studies on food security are referred to in the article. Food insecurity from time to time threatens in Teso sub region which houses a viable Teso agricultural system. One study was done during 2001-2003 in ...
Fermentation characteristics and nutrient composition of browses ensiled with maize fodder

H Kato • F. B. Bareeba • C Ebong • E.N. Sabiiti (African Crop Science Journal • 2005)

Browses are important sources of feed and are widely used for animal nutrition to enhance productivity. They are commonly ensiled with other forages such as maize ( Zea mays ). However, the fermentation pattern and chemical ...
Entrepreneurial and Innovative Leadership: Evolution towards a better Higher Institution of Learning

Jacob L. Oyugi (Journal of Educational Policy and Entrepreneurial Research • 2015)

The development of mass higher education has forced the diversification of the traditional university model because the university, where research and teaching are accorded equal weight, is difficult for the modern state ...
Nutrient alterations in Nile perch (Lates niloticus) skins owing to various processing and cooking techniques

Margaret Kabahenda • Jolocam Mbabazi • Justus Kwetegyeka • Ronald Amega (International Journal of Environmental Studies • 2012)

Nile perch (Lates niloticus) skin is a major substitute for whole fish especially among low-income groups who are especially vulnerable to protein and micronutrient deficiencies. The object of this study was to determine ...
Screening for lactic acid bacteria based on antihyperglycaemic and probiotic potential and application in synbiotic set yoghurt

Lawrence Muganga • Xiaoming Liu • Fengwei Tian • Jianxin Zhao • Hao Zhang • Wei Chen (Journal of Functional Foods • 2015)

Abstract Twenty lactic acid bacteria were screened for the abilities of rat intestinal α-glucosidase inhibition, short-chain fatty acids production, utilization of prebiotics as well as gastrointestinal tract tolerance. ...
Aflatoxins in Uganda: an encyclopedic review of the etiology, epidemiology, detection, quantification, exposure assessment, reduction and control

Timothy Omara • Winfred Nassazi • Tom Omute • Aburu Awath • Fortunate Laker • Raymond Kalukusu • Bashir Musau • Brenda V Nakabuye • Sarah Kagoya • George Otim • Eddie Adupa (2019)

Uganda is predominantly an agricultural country where farming employ more than 60% of the population. Aflatoxins remain a scourge in the country, unprecedentedly reducing the value of agricultural foods and in high enough ...
Interface of culture, insecurity and HIV and AIDS: Lessons from displaced communities in Pader District, Northern Uganda

Joseph Rujumba • Japheth Kwiringira (Conflict and health • 2010)

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 ...

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