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Fruit and vegetable intake and mental health among family caregivers of people with dementia in Uganda
(Elsevier, 2021)
Consumption of fruits and vegetables is correlated with improved mental wellbeing. Although this growing body of research has been recognized by researchers and clinicians in high-income countries, fewer studies examining ...
Dynamics of Urban and Rural Linkages in Uganda
(Centre for Democracy, Research and Development (CEDRED),, 2018-09)
Rapid urbanization brings opportunities for harmonizing policy issues for sustainable rural development with those for sustainable urbanization. But urbanization also comes with serious loss of arable land, degradation of ...
Perceptions and Attitudes of the Local Community towards Urban Refugees Living in Mbarara City, Southwestern Uganda
(Bishop Stuart University, 2022-01-12)
There is an increasing number of refugees choosing to live in urban centers even when this makes them forego humanitarian assistance such as shelter and food from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and ...
Rewards and Performance of Health Centres IV workers in Greater Mbarara District.
(2021-09)
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between rewards, and performance of Health Centre IV workers in greater Mbarara District. The constructs of rewards include; salary, performance bonus, ...
ART Uptake Among HIV Positive Adolescents
(Research Square, 2020)
Background: Globally about 1.7 million adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19 were living with HIV in 2019, of these, about 1.5 million were living in sub-Saharan Africa and approximately above 127,000 were living in ...
Wild Plants Used as Nutraceuticals from Nebbi District, Uganda
(European Journal of Medicinal Plants, 2014-02-13)
Currently, there is a global outcry over food insecurity [1]. This is worsened by the soaring food prices [2,3]. Uganda is not an exception, with a high average annual population growth rate of 3.2% and low annual growth ...
Ethnobotanical study of nutri-medicinal plants used for the management of HIV/AIDS opportunistic ailments among the local communities of western Uganda
(Crossmark, 2013-09-26)
Ethnopharmacological relevance: Herbal remedies are a source of therapeutics for nearly 80% of the population in Uganda. Poor health facilities and limited access to antiretroviral drugs have perpetuated and increased the ...
The Cycle of Violence.Associations Between Exposure to Violence, Trauma-Related Symptoms and Aggression—Findings from Congolese Refugees in Uganda
(vivo international, 2015-08)
War-related trauma exposure has been linked to aggression and enhanced levels of community and family violence, suggesting a cycle of violence. Reactive aggression—an aggressive reaction to a perceived threat—has been ...
Exploring the Potential Distinction Between Continuous Traumatic Stress and Posttraumatic Stress in an East African Refugee Sample
(SAGE, 2017)
Posttraumatic stress (PTS) indicates a continuous stress response that persists though threats to life had been experienced
in the past. However, threats to life are frequently ongoing. For these contexts, the concept ...
Motivation and Retention of Workers in Faith-based Organisations
(East African Journal of Traditions, Culture and Religion, 2022)
The study was about motivation and retention of workers in faith-based
organisations: a case study of child development centre projects of Ankole
Diocese. It was guided by the following objectives; to establish the ...