Uganda Martyrs University Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Development and validation of a model for tracking administration of malaria drugs in Uganda
(Global Journal of Engineering Science and Researches, 2019-06)The aim of this study was to develop and validate a model for Integration of ICT in Tracking Administration of Malaria Drugs in Uganda for both health workers and health units. A descriptive and correlational research ... -
‘Madam, are you one of them?’ ‘Reflexivities of discomfort’ in researching an ‘illicit’ subject
(Taylor and Francis, 2018)Informed largely by Affect theory (2004), this paper takes up ‘reflexivities of discomfort’ to reflexively engage with my affective struggles as a Christian, heterosexual, mother, educator, undertaking a study on ... -
The construction of gender in Ugandan English textbooks: a focus on gendered discourses
(Taylor and Francis, 2018)Informed by a feminist post-structural framework, this study departs from the overriding emphasis on explicit constructions of women in textbooks. It focuses on culturally implicit knowledge and/or gendered discourses ... -
Gender Representation in Learning Materials: International Perspectives
(Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2018)Gender Representation in Learning Materials: International Perspectives provides remarkable insight into research on gender and textbooks from an international perspective, illuminating diverse contexts, methodology, raising ... -
A system dynamics tool for IT investments.
(Fountain Publishers, 2006-01-01)Systems dynamics modeling is the technique of constructing and running a model of an abstract system in order to study its behavior without disrupting the environment of the real system. The process simulated in this study, ... -
Networked texts: discourse, power and gender neutrality in Ugandan physics textbooks
(Taylor and Francis, 2018-11-15)Research within science textbooks has dominantly focused on examining explicit representations of women and men using quantitative methodology. The assumption that gendered arrangements are necessarily explicit and therefore ... -
Exploring gender equality in the health workforce: A study in Uganda and Somalia
(Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET), 2019)A Gender Study commissioned by THET in 2017 found that gender inequity is widely recognised as an obstacle for women working in the health sector in LMICs. The study identified three key issues: Discrimination against ... -
‘Gendering’ the text through implicit citations of gendered discourses: the construction of gender and teacher talk around children’s fiction
(Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2019-04-08)This study departs from the overriding focus on textbooks, which disregards how readers take them up. Informed by feminist post-structural theory, I analyse the construction of gender in children's fiction texts used in a ... -
Without ruffling feathers: Insights on non-threatening femininity
(The Uganda Feminist Forum, 2019)In this paper, I highlight the salience of agency as embodied in performing non-threatening femininity. I argue that the potency within this form of resistance is in its slipperiness and/or elusiveness to power. While ... -
“We also have cases of the disease that you are researching about”. Small-scale enterprises and the challenges of HIV/AIDS related stigma and discrimination in Kabale, Uganda
(Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2011-04-01)At the workplace, the HIV epidemic has brought about loss of productivity, staff turnover and increased labour costs among others. HIV stigma presents barriers to HIV prevention in different settings including the workplace. ... -
Overcoming barriers to anti-epileptic treatment:
(Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2008-04-01)Epilepsy, like many other mental illnesses, is more prevalent than is commonly acknowledged. Moreover, its social and economic burden is excessive for the individual, family, health system and country at large. People with ... -
Using the workload indicator of staffing needs (WISN) methodology to assess work pressure among the nursing staff of Lacor hospital.
(Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2008-04-01)In their effort to provide adequate and quality health services, health systems in both developed and the developing countries have to confront the challenges of an ever increasing population with limited or diminishing ... -
Interaction of continuing professional development, organisational culture and performance in health service organisations:
(Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2009-04-01)Whereas Continuing Professional Development (CPD) has been acknowledged as a tool for improving performance through updating and widening of professionals' knowledge and skills, there is no concrete evidence to support ... -
Care for people living with disabilities in the West Nile region of Uganda:
(Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2009-12-01)Disability is a common occurrence in many countries and a subject of much discussion and lobby. People with disability (PWD) are frequently segregated in society and by-passed for many opportunities. Stigma hinders their ... -
The status OF clinical diagnostic imaging services in Uganda’s regional referral hospitals.
(Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2011-04-01)Background: Clinical imaging is an essential component of health care which supports and improves the effectiveness of clinical decision-making. Quality care saves lives and resources of both the patient and the health ... -
Lifetime experience and management of cases of gender-based violence in the health facilities of Kabarole district, Uganda
(Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2008-12-01)Gender-based violence (GBV) is a common problem in many countries, leading to high levels of mortality and morbidity, especially of women. In the health sector, GBV presents in a cryptic manner due to fear by the victims, ... -
Funding mechanisms for the 'private-not-for-profit' health training institutions in Uganda.
(Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2007-04-01)The Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP) aims to ensure access to basic health care by the Ugandan population through the delivery of the National Minimum Health Care Package (NMHCP). This requires availability of well-trained ... -
Is it (not) high time to introduce performance-based pay in Uganda’s health system?
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The quality and use of maternal health care in Oyam district, Uganda:
(Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2009-04-01)Despite the availability of technically sound approaches, maternal mortality and other reproductive health problems persist in Uganda and other developing countries. Utilisation of maternal health services remains very ... -
Effectiveness of community health workers (CHWS) in the provision of basic preventive and curative maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) interventions:
(Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2009-12-01)Due to a shortage of health workers, many low income countries rely on community health workers (CHWs) for the provision of a wide range of primary health care services, both curative and preventive, including maternal ...