Browsing by Author "Gershom Atukunda"

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Livelihood Coping Strategies among the Congolese Urban Refugee Women during the Covid 19 Crisis
(American Research Journal of Humanities Social Science (ARJHSS), 2023) Asiimwe Enock; Gershom Atukunda; Muriisa Roberts
Coping strategies among the urban refugee women is a study that focusses on the understanding of how refugees in urban setting cope with their livelihoods mostly during Covid 19 lockdown. By focusing on the coping strategies, we critically analyze how refugee women, managed the livelihoods since the economy was in total lockdown and yet there was need to survive. The purpose of this study of the livelihood coping strategies among urban refugee women from Democratic Republic of Congo is to find out if there are any ways refugee women endeavored to find means of sustaining their livelihoods during the Covid 19 lockdown which was a testing time for everybody in the global context
Organizational Commitment and Performance of Health Centres IV workers in Greater Mbarara, South western Uganda
(IJRP.ORG, 2020-06-10) Johnson Atwiine; Gershom Atukunda; Wycliffe Tumwesigye
The rationale of this paper is to study association between Organizational commitment, and performance of Health Centres IV workers in greater Mbarara District, South Western Uganda. The elements of organizational commitment include; affective, continuance and normative. This study used prevalence study designs, explanatory and correlational methods, and it uses health centres IV workers data that were selected in the means of administering a questionnaire survey from a sample of 200 health workers from 11 health centres from the region. Structural equation modelling was used to test hypotheses. Findings recommended that affective and continuance organizational commitments, were significantly associated with health workers performances (r=.384, p=.000).Normative organizational commitment, elements do not significantly envisage health workers performance. Therefore, health centres IV should have suitable practices of ensuring attachment of health workers to their health facilities, so as to accomplish activities that enhance on their task/job performance.
Social Capital and Livelihood among the Congolese Urban Refugee
(American Research Journal of Humanities Social Science (ARJHSS), 2024) Asiimwe Enock; Gershom Atukunda; A Ivan Kimpanga Mukibi
In this article, the authors review literature related to Social Capital and Livelihood among urban refugees using a narrative literature review methodology. The literature reviewed forms a vital part of the data available on how social capital has contributed to the welfare of refugees living in urban settings. The purpose of reviewing literature related to Social Capital and Livelihood among urban refugees is to provoke thought and controversy among scholarly writings and assumptions in order to stimulate scholarly discourse. The article specifically seeks for literature related to: Networking, Bonding, Bridging, and Linking, Social Capital formation. This narrative review methodology, proceeded by evaluating and integrating the results of several studies to address gaps and recommend useful ideas among them. By reviewing the literature, we critically analyze how Social Capital is formed and theoretical assumptions underlying it. We also examine the applicability of Social Capital on the Urban Congolese livelihoods
Social Support Moderates the Stigma of Being a Refugee
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2024) Ronald Bahati; Florence Tutaryebwa; Eriah Kambere; Noel Kansiime; Annah Assiimwe Tibazindwa; Gershom Atukunda
Background: Social support has been documented as playing an important and positive role in the health and well-being of refugees right from escape from their country of origin to their final new settlement. It relates to the experience of being valued, respected, cared about, and loved by others who are present in one’s life. Our study aimed to determine the prevalence of stigma and the association between social support and stigma among African refugees living in Mbarara city, southwestern Uganda. Methods: African refugees who had settled in Mbarara city for at least twelve months before the study totaling 343 were assessed on the prevalence of stigma and the role perceived social support in their daily functioning. Stigma was measured by the Discrimination and Stigma Scale-12 while social support was measured using the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MDSPSS). Using SPSSV26, descriptive statistics were calculated to determine the prevalence of refugee stigma. Linear regression analysis was used to examine the associations between the predictor and outcome variables. Results: Most of the participants 84% (n = 288) reported to have experienced stigma. Of these, 122 (36%) were females and 166 (48%) were males. Results revealed that 56% (n = 193) of the participants reported to have experienced enacted stigma whereas 70% refugees living in urban areas in Uganda. However, a unit increase in the level of social support reduces the level of stigma experienced. We recommend that interventions that improve social support networks of refugees in urban areas to be designed. (n = 239) experienced internalized stigma. There were no significant differences across gender in the experience of stigma (χ2 = 4.006, p = 0.940). Results of the hierarchical linear model showed that social support had a statisically significant negative association with stigma (b = −0.44; 95% CI −0.51 to −0.36). Conclusion: There is a high prevalence of stigma among African