Master of Science in Public Health: Recent submissions
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Factors Associated With Unintended Pregnancy Among Hiv Positive Women On Anti Retroviral Therapy In Gulu District
(CIU, 2018)Introduction: Unintended pregnancy among HIV positive women remains a significant public health and in particular reproductive health concern. The health effects and drug interaction among the women on ART could have ... -
Comparative Study On Effects Of Emergency Nutritional Intervention On Maternal, Newborn And Child Health Service Utilization And Outcomes Between Intervention And Control Health Facilities In Adjumani District
(CIU, 2018)Introduction: Uganda has the highest influx of refugees in the East African region. Adjumani district is a host to over 200,000 South Sudanese refugees. Emergency Nutrition Interventions (ENI) are provided to both the ... -
Prevalence And Associated Risk Factors For Low Birth Weight In Bentiu State Hospital, Unity State, South Sudan
(CIU, 2018)Introduction: Low Birth Weight which is the birth weight of less than 2500g remains a significant public health problem from short to long term consequences. It is responsible for significant neonatal morbidities, mortalities ... -
Prevalence Of Overweight, Obesity And Associated Factors Among The Clergy In Kampala
(CIU, 2018)Background: According to the World Health Organization, obesity is one of today’s most manifestly visible, yet a deserted public health problem and it is declared worldwide that an estimate of 1.7billion are obese. The ... -
Effects Of Same-Day Art Initiation Versus Pre-Art Care On Treatment Related Outcomes Among Adults Living With Hiv At Iss Clinic Mulago
(CIU, 2018)Introduction: The study assessed the Effects of Same-Day ART initiation versus pre-ART care on treatment-related outcomes among adults living with HIV at ISS Clinic Mulago. The general objective was to assess the effects ... -
Effect Of Community Health Workers’ Activities And The Utilisation Of Maternal Health Services Among Reproductive Age Women In Butaleja District-Uganda
(CIU, 2018)Background: Achievement of the SDG 3.1target for maternal mortality reduction requires a threshold of at least 4.45 skilled health professionals per 1000 people. However, acute shortages and inequitable distribution of ... -
Assessing Uptake Of Cervical Cancer Screening Among Female Students At Clarke International University – Kampala Using The Health Belief Model
(CIU, 2018)Introduction: Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women worldwide, globally, 527,600 cases of cervical cancer and 270,000 cervical cancer deaths occur annually. The prevalence of cervical cancer is ... -
DETERMINANTS OF BLOOD DONATION AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
(INTERNATIONAL HEALTH SCIENCE UNIVERSITY, 2016-11)Background: Worldwide the need for blood is high as every second a given person is in need for blood due to severe anemia, trauma or complications of pregnancy and millions of patients requiring safe blood do not get/access ... -
Factors Influencing Oral Hygiene Practices Among Adults Patients Attending Public Health Facilities in Burera District, Rwanda
(International Health Sciences University., 2016-11)Background Dental caries and periodontal diseases have historically been considered the most important global oral health burdens. Worldwide, 60–90% of school children and nearly 100% of adults have dental cavities ... -
An Evaluation of Interventions in Prevention of Health Care Associated Infections(HAIS):)
(International Health Sciences University., 2016-11)Background: HAIs are infections which patients and HWs get while receiving treatment or giving medical treatment (WHO 2015). HAIs are considered an undesirable outcome and the fact that they are preventable acts as ... -
Evaluation of the Impact of Community Led Total sanitation (CLTS) Programme Intervention in Uganda:
(International Health Sciences University., 2016-11)Introduction: Poor access to adequate sanitation resulting from the practice of widespread open defecation comes with terrible health and social challenges on communities, which affects millions of people. Often this ... -
Determinants influencing prevention and control of Health-care associated Tuberculosis infection.
(International Health Sciences University., 2016-11)Transmission of tuberculosis (TB) in health care settings to both patients and health care workers (HCWs) has been reported from virtually every country of the world, regardless of local TB incidence. This study set out ... -
Uptake of safe male circumcision for HIV prevention among males 15-49 years in Bar-dege Sub County, Gulu District.
(International Health Sciences University., 2016-11)Background to the study: SMC is the surgical removal of all or part of the foreskin from the penis. Studies have shown that it reduces the risk of female to male transmission of HIV by up to 60%. Despite of the efforts ... -
Assessment of the capacity of Health facilities in the provision of basic emergency obstetric care services in Busia District.
(International Health Sciences University., 2016-11)Background to the study: World wide, women face many risks at the time of giving birth and 15% of these suffer from such complication that become life threatening especially if not handled or managed appropriately and ... -
The effect of recycling untreated filter bachwash water through Nabajjuzi river on the quality of final water in Masaka District.
(International Health Sciences University., 2016-11)Background to the study: Water treatment plant in Masaka is currently recycling untreated spent filter backwash water through Nabajjuzi River and yet the plant does not have any treatment facility to treat the filter ... -
Determinants of Teeanage pregnancy among girls aged 13-19 years in Pader District Uganda.
(International Health Sciences University., 2016-11)Background: The teenage pregnancy prevalence is at the uppermost in Sub-Saharan Africa accounting for 143 per 1000 in Sub-Saharan Africa. It has been estimated that 13 million children are born to women under age 20 years ... -
Factors Associated with the Street Children Phenomenon in Ngozi District, Northern Burundi
(International Health Sciences University., 2016-11)This study was about the „Factors associated with the street children phenomenon in Ngozi District, Northern Burundi.‟ It was guided by three specific objectives that were set to identify the demographic factors associated ... -
Uptake of Hepatitis B services and its associated factors among female sex workers in Entebbe Municipality, Wakiso District
(International Health Sciences University., 2016-11)Background: Hepatitis B is an important public health problem; although it is often asymptomatic initially, the long-term complications include cirrhosis and hepatic cancer, diseases that kill about a million people ... -
Utilisation of E-learning Tools for Health Care Training Among Trainees at the Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care in Africa(HPCA)
(International Health Sciences University., 2016-11)Background: Utilization of e-learning tools is very vital in e-learning but more significantly in healthcare training. Effective and efficient use of e-learning tools has the potential to improve quality of health workers, ... -
Men's Perception, Knowledge and Willingness to Undergo Vasectomy as Contraceptive Method in Rwanda:
(International Health Sciences University., 2016-11)Brief Background to the Study: A vasectomy is a surgical procedure performed on males, in which the vas deferens (tubes that carry sperm from the testicles to the seminal vesicles) are cut, tied, cauterized (burned or ...