Search Results - "Kakuhikire, Bernard"
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Adverse childhood experiences, adult depression, and suicidal ideation in rural Uganda: A cross-sectional, population-based study
Published in PLoS medicine (12-05-2021)“…Depression is recognized globally as a leading cause of disability. Early-life adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been shown to have robust associations…”
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Water insecurity and gendered risk for depression in rural Uganda: a hotspot analysis
Published in BMC public health (26-09-2018)“…Water insecurity is linked to depression in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), though it remains unclear how geospatial clustering of water insecurity…”
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Portrayals of mental illness, treatment, and relapse and their effects on the stigma of mental illness: Population-based, randomized survey experiment in rural Uganda
Published in PLoS medicine (20-09-2019)“…Mental illness stigma is a fundamental barrier to improving mental health worldwide, but little is known about how to durably reduce it. Understanding of…”
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Measuring personal beliefs and perceived norms about intimate partner violence: Population-based survey experiment in rural Uganda
Published in PLoS medicine (23-05-2017)“…Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted throughout sub-Saharan Africa indicate there is widespread acceptance of intimate partner violence, contributing…”
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Perceptions About Local ART Adherence Norms and Personal Adherence Behavior Among Adults Living with HIV in Rural Uganda
Published in AIDS and behavior (01-06-2022)“…Although misperceived norms often drive personal health behaviors, we do not know about this phenomenon in the context of antiretroviral therapy (ART)…”
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Social norms, misperceptions, and mosquito net use: a population-based, cross-sectional study in rural Uganda
Published in Malaria journal (03-06-2019)“…Mosquito net use is an essential part of malaria prevention. Although previous research has shown that many people sleep under a mosquito net in endemic areas,…”
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Ease of marital communication and depressive symptom severity among men and women in rural Uganda: cross-sectional, whole-population study
Published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (01-02-2022)“…Purpose Depression is a major contributor to the global burden of disease. The extent to which marital communication may influence depression in contexts with…”
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Correlates of attendance at community engagement meetings held in advance of bio-behavioral research studies: A longitudinal, sociocentric social network study in rural Uganda
Published in PLoS medicine (16-07-2021)“…Background Community engagement is central to the conduct of health-related research studies as a way to determine priorities, inform study design and…”
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Correction: Gut carriage of antimicrobial resistance genes in women exposed to small-scale poultry farms in rural Uganda: A feasibility study
Published in PloS one (20-05-2021)“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229699.]…”
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Gut carriage of antimicrobial resistance genes in women exposed to small-scale poultry farms in rural Uganda: A feasibility study
Published in PloS one (11-06-2020)“…Antibiotic use for livestock is presumed to be a contributor to the acquisition of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes in humans, yet studies do not capture…”
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Do household asset wealth measurements depend on who is surveyed? Asset reporting concordance within multi-adult households in rural Uganda
Published in Journal of global health (01-06-2020)“…In resource-limited settings, the Filmer & Pritchett asset index is frequently used to measure household economic status. Little is known about how its…”
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Female sex and cardiovascular disease risk in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional, population-based study
Published in BMC cardiovascular disorders (25-04-2019)“…Sex-based differences in cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden are widely acknowledged, with male sex considered a risk factor in high-income settings. However,…”
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Personal carbon monoxide exposure, respiratory symptoms, and the potentially modifying roles of sex and HIV infection in rural Uganda: a cohort study
Published in Environmental health (20-08-2019)“…Most of the global burden of pollution-related morbidity and mortality is believed to occur in resource-limited settings, where HIV serostatus and sex may…”
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Male circumcision uptake and misperceived norms about male circumcision: Cross-sectional, population-based study in rural Uganda
Published in Journal of global health (20-12-2023)“…Over the past decade, 15 high-priority countries in eastern and southern Africa have promoted voluntary medical male circumcision for human immunodeficiency…”
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Lung function and atherosclerosis: a cross-sectional study of multimorbidity in rural Uganda
Published in BMC pulmonary medicine (05-01-2022)“…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of global mortality. In high-income settings, the presence of cardiovascular disease among…”
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Adverse childhood experiences, alcohol consumption, and the modifying role of social participation: population-based study of adults in southwestern Uganda
Published in SSM - mental health (01-12-2022)“…Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) include multiple forms of child maltreatment, including abuse and neglect, as well as other forms of household…”
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Treated HIV Infection and Progression of Carotid Atherosclerosis in Rural Uganda: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study
Published in Journal of the American Heart Association (15-06-2021)“…Background Although ≈70% of the world's population of people living with HIV reside in sub-Saharan Africa, there are minimal prospective data on the…”
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Prevalence and correlates of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic respiratory symptoms in rural southwestern Uganda: a cross-sectional, population-based study
Published in Journal of global health (01-06-2019)“…The global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) disproportionately affects resource-limited settings such as sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), but…”
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Implementing community-based human papillomavirus self-sampling with SMS text follow-up for cervical cancer screening in rural, southwestern Uganda
Published in Journal of global health (01-01-2021)“…Self-collected HPV screening may improve cervical cancer screening coverage in low resource countries, yet data guiding implementation and follow-up of…”
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Relative wealth, subjective social status, and their associations with depression: Cross-sectional, population-based study in rural Uganda
Published in SSM - population health (01-08-2019)“…Depression is a leading cause of disability worldwide, and has been found to be a consistent correlate of socioeconomic status (SES). The relative deprivation…”
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