School of Postgraduate Studies and Researchhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12280/3462024-03-29T13:28:20Z2024-03-29T13:28:20ZHouseholds’ Latrine Status in Fishing Communities of Malongo and Jagusi Sub Counties, Mayuge DistrictKINAWA, MODESThttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12280/24302019-06-21T08:31:53Z2018-09-01T00:00:00ZHouseholds’ Latrine Status in Fishing Communities of Malongo and Jagusi Sub Counties, Mayuge District
KINAWA, MODEST
Introduction: This study examined the households‟ latrine coverage and latrine use
associated factors among the fishing communities in Malongo and Jagusi sub counties
Mayuge district.
Objectives: Specifically, the study established the level of latrines coverage among the
fishing communities, examined the knowledge and practices of the fishing communities
regarding latrine use in Malongo and Jagusi sub counties Mayuge district, established the
factors that promote or hinder latrine use in the fishing communities, and established the
relationship between the associated factors and latrine use.
Methodology: The study used cross-sectional designs with a combination of qualitative
and quantitative research approaches where by data was collected using questioners, ket
informant interviews and FGDs.
Results: The study findings revealed that out of the six socio-demographic variables
investigated, four had a statistically significant relationship with latrine use, they included
gender (p=0.0114), occupation (p=0.001), education (p=0.001), and average monthly
income (p=0.011).
The study findings revealed that all the 5 knowledge related factors on the causes of
diarrhea which were studied had a statistically significant relationship with latrine use.
Latrine use was higher among households that had the correct knowledge on: human
faeces being the principle source of diarrhea (p=0.022) and children's feaces can cause
A POSTGRADUATE DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE MASTER OF SCIENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH PROMOTION OF UGANDA MARTYRS UNIVERSITY
2018-09-01T00:00:00ZUgandan students' perspectives on the spread and prevention of HIV/AIDS:Namazzi, Elizabethhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12280/3592017-03-28T14:13:16Z2015-07-01T00:00:00ZUgandan students' perspectives on the spread and prevention of HIV/AIDS:
Namazzi, Elizabeth
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 approach that employed mixed methods, guided by the sociocultural and practice theoretical frameworks. Data were collected on students from seven select schools in central Uganda over 12 weeks. The students participated in the study by completing an adopted HIV/AIDS knowledge questionnaire with a transformed scale from True/False to Likert before and after experiencing HIV/AIDS lesson instructions.
The questionnaire served as a stimulus to evocation of the students’ perspectives. These perspectives were extracted from the questionnaire data using Principal Component Analysis. Results revealed five key perspectives: Perceptual and behavioural risks associated with proximity to HIV/AIDS victims; Hygienic practices; Behavioural/practice causes and transmission of HIV/AIDS; Predictive, preventive and transmissive knowledge of HIV/AIDS; and Naïve notions of prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS. These perspectives were further interrogated through qualitative methods including classroom observation and focus group interview/discussions. After HIV/AIDS-focused lessons, a similar analysis on the after-lesson questionnaire data also revealed that underlay students’ understandings of the spread and prevention of HIV/AIDS. Three of the pre-lesson perspectives persisted while two (Hygienic practices and Behavioural/practice causes and transmission of HIV/AIDS) collapsed, with two new ones (Taboo-like prescriptions of knowledge of infection) emerging in the after-lesson experience analysis. Also, a realization emerged among the students of the greater risk of HIV/AIDS infection if they subverted the cultural norms. It became noteworthy that the students communicated their understandings metaphorically, which often conveyed unscientific understandings about the spread and prevention of HIV/AIDS. The study’s findings have critical implications for policy and the way curricula and instruction are interpreted and enacted in the classroom.
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