A5034979970- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- HIV Research and Treatment
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Sexual function and dysfunction studies
- Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function
Uganda Virus Research Institute
2016-2024
Soroti University
2019-2024
Butabika Hospital
2014-2024
Washington University in St. Louis
2022-2023
Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences
2022
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
2018-2020
Makerere University
2019
Recovery colleges were developed in England to support the recovery of individuals who have mental health symptoms or illness. They been founded many countries but there has little international research on and no studies investigating their staffing, fidelity, costs. We aimed characterise internationally, understand organisational student characteristics, budget.In this cross-sectional study, we identified all which exist. repeated a survey done for 28 countries. In both surveys, defined as...
Abstract This commentary highlights two cross-cultural issues identified from our global mental health (GMH) research, RECOLLECT (Recovery Colleges Characterisation and Testing) 2: self-enhancement ingroup biases. Self-enhancement is a tendency to maintain express unrealistically positive self-views. Ingroup biases are differences in one’s evaluation of others belonging the same social group. These discussed context GMH research using self-report measures across cultures. GMH, field evolving...
Peer support is an established intervention involving a person recovering from mental illness supporting others with illness. under-used resource in global health. Building upon comprehensive formative research, this study will rigorously evaluate the impact of peer at multiple levels, including service user outcomes (psychosocial and clinical), worker (work role empowerment), (cost-effectiveness return on investment), implementation (adoption, sustainability organisational...
Background Peer support in mental health is a low-threshold intervention with increasing evidence for enhancing personal recovery and empowerment of persons living severe conditions. As peer spreads globally, there growing need training programmes that work well different contexts cultures. This study evaluates the applicability transferability implementing manualised multi-national programme workers called UPSIDES from perspective local stakeholders high-, middle-, low-income countries....
Objectives Despite the established evidence base for mental health peer support work, widespread implementation remains a challenge. This study aimed to explore societal and organisational influences on of work in low-income high-income settings. Design Study sites conducted two focus groups local languages at each site, using topic guide based conceptual framework describing eight worker (PSW) principles five issues. Transcripts were translated into English an inductive thematic analysis...
Stakeholder engagement is essential to the design, implementation and evaluation of complex mental health interventions like peer support. Theory Change (ToC) commonly used in global research help structure promote stakeholder throughout project cycle. insights are especially important context a multi-site trial, which an intervention may need be adapted for across very different settings while maintaining fidelity core model. This paper describes development ToC support delivered people...
Recovery Colleges (RCs) are learning-based mental health recovery communities, located globally. However, evidence on RC effectiveness outside Western, educated, industrialised, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) countries is limited. This study aimed to evaluate associations between cultural characteristics fidelity, understand how culture impacts operation. Service managers from 169 RCs spanning 28 WEIRD non-WEIRD assessed the fidelity using RECOLLECT Fidelity Measure, developed based upon key...
Aim of this study was to determine the prevalence attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), its associated correlates and relations with clinical behavioural problems among children adolescents HIV/AIDS (CA-HIV) attending five HIV clinics in central South Western Uganda. This used a quantitative design that involved random sample 1339 their caregivers. The Participants completed an extensive battery measures including standardized DSM-5 referenced rating scale, parent version (5–18...
There is still wide variability in HIV disease course and other HIV-related outcomes, attributable part to psychosocial factors such as major depressive disorder (MDD), a subject that has received little attention sub-Saharan Africa.Using longitudinal cohort of 1099 HIV-positive antiretroviral therapy-naive persons, we investigated the impact MDD on 4 negative outcome domains Uganda. was assessed using Diagnostic Statistical Manual IV-based tool. Also collected were data surrogate measures...
Abstract Background Reducing readmissions among frequent users of psychiatric inpatient care could result in substantial cost savings to under-resourced mental health systems. Studies from high-income countries indicate that formal peer support can be an effective intervention for the reduction users. Although recent years programmes have been established services a few low- and middle-income (LMICs), they not rigorously evaluated. Methods This protocol describes quasi-experimental...
Our study was to examine the applicability of translating and culturally adapting Child Adolescent Symptom Inventory-5 (CASI-5) for use in Uganda. This process followed guidelines recommended by International Test Commission. A number CASI-5 concepts needed be revised capture idioms emotional, behavioural disorders individual functioning among children adolescents experience is that before introduction into another culture, psychological assessment instruments should undergo an adaptation...
The Butabika-East London Link collaborated with Ugandan mental health services to train professionals (psychiatric clinical officers, ‘PCOs’, and psychologists psychiatrists, ‘Core Group’) in psychological therapies. aims of this research were investigate how applying adapting therapies the setting gain ideas inform future training. Focus groups used explore PCO's (N = 13) Core Group's 8) thoughts. Recordings transcribed thematically analysed. Themes identified were: issues affecting therapy...
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence neurological disorders and their associated correlates relations with clinical behavioural problems among children adolescents HIV/AIDS (CA-HIV).This involved a sample 1070 CA-HIV/caregiver dyads who were evaluated at 6-month follow-up visit as part participation in longitudinal study, 'Mental health HIV infected CHildren Adolescents KAmpala Masaka, Uganda (the CHAKA study)'. Participants completed an extensive battery measures that...
Background We conducted a clinic-based cross-sectional survey among 710 people living with HIV/AIDS in stable ‘sexual’ relationships central and southwestern Uganda. Although sexual function is rarely discussed due to the private nature of life. Yet, problems may predispose negative health social outcomes including marital conflict. Among individuals HIV/AIDS, dysfunction have hardly been studied especially sub-Saharan Africa. In this study, we aimed determine nature, prevalence factors...
Victimisation of persons with severe mental illness is recognised as an urgent global concern, literature pointing to higher rates violent victimisation than those the general population. Yet, for low income countries, there a huge gap in on risk, character and victims' in-depth experiences illness. We explore lived meanings Uganda, discuss their implications care mentally ill.
HIV/AIDS continues to be one of the leading global health challenges, having claimed over 40 million lives so far. People infected with HIV are more likely develop depression, several negative behavioural and clinical outcomes. Studies have reported exceptionally high prevalence depressive symptoms among people living (PLWHA), making a case for integrating mental healthcare in routine care. The HIV+D program was implemented Uganda as an intervention model management depression Process...