Mbarara University of Science and Technology Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Pregnant and abandoned: qualitative assessment of COVID-19 pandemic educational challenges faced by pregnant college students in Uganda
(Gender and Education, 2023)Early marriage and pregnancy hinder global commitment to attain gender parity in education. This article discusses educational challenges experienced by parenting college students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda. ... -
Planning for Hospital Discharge for Older Adults in Uganda: A Qualitative Study Among Healthcare Providers Using the COM-B Framework
(Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 2023)Background: Proper discharge planning enhances continuity of patient care, reduces readmissions, and ensures safe and timely transition from health facility to home-based care. The current study aimed at exploring the ... -
Factors Associated with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Hospital-Based Case–Control Study
(International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 2023)Purpose: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In this paper, we determined risk factors for COPD among patients presenting to pulmonology and medical ... -
Prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus and associated factors among women receiving antenatal care at a tertiary hospital in South-Western Uganda
(The Pan African Medical Journal, 2023)Introduction: gestational diabetes mellitus is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality among pregnant women worldwide. We aimed to determine the prevalence and factors associated with gestational diabetes mellitus ... -
Firearm-related suicides, homicides, and homicide-suicides involving security officers in two East African Countries: a press media revie
(BMC psychiatry, 2023)Background: Firearm violence is a growing public health problem causing death globally. With easy accessibility to firearms, suicides, homicides, and homicide-suicides have increased among security officers, especially in ... -
Effect of problem-based learning on students’ problem-solving ability to learn physics
(Physics Education, 2023)A learner’s success is supported by the ability to understand real-world problems. This study aimed to examine the effect of problem-based learning on problem-solving ability in the teaching and learning of physics. The ... -
Validating the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale Against the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition for Use in Ugand
(International Journal of Women's Health, 2023)Background: The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is a widely acknowledged screening tool for postpartum depression (PPD) globally, but its validation in Uganda has been lacking. This study aimed to assess the ... -
An Exploration of the Lived Experiences of Maltreated Children and Caregivers in Southwestern Uganda
(Open Journal of Social Sciences, 2023)Background: Child maltreatment poses a great danger to the lives of children. This is because its impacts do not only stop in their childhood but also later into adulthood. Child maltreatment has been generally known to ... -
Anemia in HIV Patients Attending Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Clinic at Hoima Regional Referral Hospital: Prevalence, Morphological Classification, and Associated Factor
(HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care, 2023)Purpose: To determine the prevalence of anemia, the morphological classification and to assess the factors associated with anemia among HIV patients attending Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) clinic at Hoima ... -
Social Influence on the Enrollment of Female Students in Physics in Ugandan Educational Institutions
(In AIP Conference Proceedings, 2023)Uganda has nine operational public universities offering degrees in sciences including physics. Only four of these universities offer graduate-level physics degrees. In this paper, we examine the gender gap in enrollment ... -
Liquidity Management and Financial Performance of SACCOs in Bushenyi District
(Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, 2023)The main objective of this paper is to examine the association between elements of liquidity management and the financial performance of SACCOs in Bushenyi District. This research was conducted through a cross-sectional ... -
Low-field MRI: A report on the 2022 ISMRM workshop
(Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2023)In March 2022, the first ISMRM Workshop on Low-Field MRI was held virtually. The goals of this workshop were to discuss recent low field MRI technology including hardware and software developments, novel methodology, new ... -
Inventories of natural hazards in under-reported regions: a multi-method insight from a tropical mountainous landscape
(African Geographical Review, 2023)Impacts of natural hazards are on an increase globally. To mitigate these impacts, sound disaster risk reduction strategies must rely on comprehensive inventory of natural hazards. However, to date, many regions worldwide ... -
Phytochemical Analysis and Screening of Ugandan Medicinal Plants for Antifungal Activity against Candida albicans
(International Journal of Tropical Disease & Health, 2015)Aims: The potential activity against Candida albicans of five commonly used medicinal plant species of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park in southwestern Uganda was investigated. Study Design: The phytochemical ... -
Evaluation of catechin, lupeol, and betulinic acid as markers for the chromatographic quality Control of Albizia coriaria raw materials; an experimental study
(Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 2023)Albizia coriaria stembark is among the most common raw materials used to manufacture herbal products in Uganda. While the plant material is sourced from the wild, there are neither monographs nor chemical analytical methods ... -
Antifungal Medicinal Plants Used by Communities Adjacent to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, South-Western Uganda
(European Journal of Medicinal Plants, 2015)Communities adjacent to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP) in South-western Uganda largely depend on traditional herbal treatment for basic health care. The aim of this study was to investigate the use of medicinal ... -
Moderation Effects of Meagre Information Between Promotions and Usage of Traditional Medicin
(International Journal of Academe and Industry Research, 2023-11-05)Underpinned by the attribution theory, this study examines the moderating effect of meagre information in the relationship between promotions and consumer usage of traditional medicine (TM) in Central Uganda. Traditional ... -
Effect of problem-based learning on students’ problem-solving ability to learn physics
(Physics Education, 2023)A learner’s success is supported by the ability to understand real-world problems. This study aimed to examine the effect of problem-based learning on problem-solving ability in the teaching and learning of physics. The ... -
Higher Levels of Alcohol Use Are Associated With Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus
(Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2021)We assessed associations between hazardous alcohol use and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among adults living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Uganda. We compared tuberculin skin test positivity across ... -
Verbal Autopsy to Assess Postdischarge Mortality in Children With Suspected Sepsis in Uganda
(Pediatrics, 2023)Background: Reducing child mortality in low-income countries is constrained by a lack of vital statistics. In the absence of such data, verbal autopsies provide an acceptable method to determining attributable causes of ...
