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Knowledge, attitude and practices on menstrual hygiene among rural school girls years in Bukonde Sub County, Mbale district
(Makerere University, 2019-12-04)
Background: Isolation of the menstruating girls and restrictions being imposed on them in the family, have reinforced a negative attitude towards this phenomenon. Good hygienic practices such as the use of sanitary pads ...
ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH EFFECTS OF OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS ON STREET SWEEPERS’ HEALTH IN NANSANA MUNICIPALITY, WAKISO DISTRICT
(Makerere University, 2019-11-21)
Background
Street sweepers play important roles for keeping the cities clean. Their works entail removing of debris from streets, collecting solid waste, disposing and recycling waste material. Consequently, they have ...
Assessment of compliance to sterile parenteral chemotherapeutic drug reconstitution at Uganda Cancer Institute
(Makerere University, 2019-05-23)
Background: Cancer is one of the leading causes of death globally, with 32,617 new cancer cases and 21,829 cancer deaths that occurred in 2018 only in Uganda. To reduce this burden, UCI offers chemotherapeutic treatment. ...
Knowledge, attitude and Practices Towards Solid Waste Management among Household Heads in Kikaya Parish, Kawempe Division, Uganda
(Makerere university, 2019-10-01)
Introduction: Solid waste is increasingly becoming a critical issue of concern in Uganda as it is greatly associated with increasing adverse environmental health problems that greatly impair health of humans, animals and ...
GROUP VERSUS INDIVIDUAL ANTENATAL CARE: WOMEN’S SATISFACTION IN FOUR HEALTH CENTERS IN RWANDA
(Yvonne delphine Nsaba Uwera, 2019-07-30)
ABSTRACT
Background: Satisfaction with antenatal care can increase the use of antenatal care (ANC) services and subsequently lead to positive maternal and fetal outcomes. The group ANC model was recently introduced in a ...
Knowledge, attitude and practices on pesticide use and safety among smallholder farmers in Chemwabit parish, Bukwo district
(Makerere University, 2019-12)
Introduction: Unsafe use and misuse of pesticides is a threat to farmers’ health and the environment. In Uganda, most people and households depend mainly on agriculture involving use of pesticides to earn a living. Unsafe ...
Assessment of factors influencing access to safe water in Bugaaki Sub-county Kyenjojo district
(Makerere University, 2019-09)
Introduction: Water borne diseases are still common among people in Uganda. One of the reasons for the occurrence of these diseases is that majority of the people lack access to safe water which ...
Barriers and motivators to achieving open defecation free communities using community led total sanitation approach in Kisekka sub county, Lwengo District
(Makerere University, 2019-09)
Background: Inadequate hygiene and sanitation remain the leading contributors to morbidity and mortality in children and adults. One strategy for improving sanitation access is Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), in ...
Cytological evaluation of nipple discharges among symptomatic patients who attended FNAC clinic of pathology core laboratory Makerere university
(Makerere University, 2019-07)
Nipple discharge (ND), refers to a secreted fluid from the breast and it is the third most common breast disease symptom and complaint following mastalgia and breast lump. Its most often associated with a benign process ...
Smartphone addiction and associated factors among resident undergraduate students at Makerere University
(Makerere University, 2019-09-18)
Introduction; Smartphone use is on a rise today with half of the world’s population as subscribers to and adaptors of this fast growing tech-economy. Young people are at the forefront of this economy with over 70% of them ...