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Uganda’s Vision 2040 and Human Needs Promotion
(AJOL, 2015)
In 2013 the President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni launched Uganda’s Vision 2040, a thirty-year development master plan which has received both praise and criticism from Ugandans. Although Vision 2040 has received both ...
Meanings and understandings of wellbeing: an exploration of Somali refugees' conceptions of human wellbeing
(Africanus, 2015-01)
Although there is a substantial body of literature on human wellbeing, there is no universally agreed-upon meaning and understanding of the concept. This article explores the meanings and understandings which Somali refugees ...
Mainstreaming Education for Sustainable Development in Uganda Martyrs University: A critical analysis of the strategy
(Rhodes University Environmental Learning Research Centre, 2015)
It has been observed by several scholars, commentators, and sustainability-related bodies that one of the most important ways of realising sustainable development is by integrating it in both what is taught and how it is ...
Ugandan students' perspectives on the spread and prevention of HIV/AIDS:
(The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 2015-07)
My study investigated perspectives that underlie Ugandan high school students’ understandings of the spread and prevention of HIV/AIDS and how they influenced by cultural practices. I adopted an interpretive case study ...
Application of workload indicators of staffing needs (WISN) in determining health workers' requirements for Mityana general hospital, Uganda
(International Journal of Public Health Research, 2015-08-30)
With reducing number of health workers amidst increasing disease burden, ever increasing population and limited resources, health systems are faced with challenges of providing adequate and quality health care globally. ...
Acculturation and wellbeing of refugees: a study of Somalis in Kampala-Uganda
(University of Melbourne, 2015)
Although there is substantial research on refugee acculturation in developed and industrialised countries, there is limited research on the same within Africa in general and Uganda in particular. This study fills this gap ...
Investigating the Processes of Socialisation in Architectural Education Through Experiences in East Africa
(2015)
This thesis investigates socialisation in architectural education in East Africa. Socialisation
forms an integral part of professional education, through which students acquire these
undocumented, but important aspects ...
A democratic political order after violence:
(East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights, 2015)
This article delves into the predicaments of elections after violent armed conflicts as a means to rebuild broken political structures and restore a democratic political order. The article acknowledges that elections are ...
Assessment of Somali refugees’ wellbeing: The centrality of the human needs
(2015-09)
There is a substantial body of literature on psychological wellbeing of refugees in psychology, especially in relation to refugee acculturation. However, very little research has been carried out on refugee wellbeing by ...
Stewards of the Natural Environmental Resources:
(Duquesne University, 2015-09)
The slogan often used to describe the scenic beauty of Uganda’s natural environment is ‘Gifted by Nature.’ Rightly so, Uganda is home to Lake Victoria and four other lakes, not to mention crater lakes. Of the 241,550 sq ...