AbstractThe continuing rates of aneaemia among children under 5 years has left many wondering whether mothers or caretakers of these children are knowledgeable about the factors contributing to anaemia among children under 5 years in paediatric ward in Kitagata hospital. The study was conducted to explore the factors contributing to anaemia among children under 5 years at Kitagata hospital.It was a descriptive and cross sectional study design and a total of 30 respondents who were care takers...
ABSTRACTGlobally there was an estimated 33 million people living with HIV by the end of 2007and more than 25 million people since 1981 have died from AIDS. In 2007 there were 2.7million new infections and 2 million HIV-related deaths. All these facts are attributed tocompromise of adherence to ART. Currently there are an estimated 940,000 people(adults and children) living with HIV in Uganda but the adherence levels are henceposing a great challenge in the fight against the scourge. To assess...
ABSTRACTTopic: Factors contributing to enrollment of HIV patients m ART care clinic m Kambugahospital Kanungu district.Specific objectives: To determine association between psychosocial factors and enrollment ofHIV patients in ART care clinic ,to determine association between economic factors andenrollment of HIV patients in ART care clinic, to determine association between health systemfactors and enrollment ofHIV patients in ART care clinic.Methods. The study used a cross-sectional design w...
ABSTRACTBackground: Breast milk contains all the nutrients required by infants in the first 6 months of life for good health and development. Breastfeeding therefore, is an important public health strategy for reducing maternal, infant and child morbidity and mortality (Jones, 2013; Kramer, 2012). Good breastfeeding practices especially exclusive breastfeeding can prevent under five deaths in developing countries (WHO and UNICEF. (2013)).Objectives: The objectives of the study were to determi...
ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Infant mortality is defined as the death of an infant before his or her first birthday, mainly caused by dehydration, diseases, congenital malformations and infections.AIM: The main objective was to establish the determinants of infant mortality in IAH in the months of April- July 2017, in Ishaka municipality in Bushenyi district.METHODS: A descriptive cross sectional study design was used to determine the determinants of infant mortality in the study area.RESULTS: Major...
ABSTRACTAlcohol abuse and alcohol dependence among the youth has become a global burdenhindering development, imparting high expenditures on treatment and counseling thevictims of alcoholism as well as the accelerated domestic violence and its effects.Uganda in general and Bushenyi Ishaka in particular alcohol constitutes an importantrole for road traffic accidents and other related crimes. To assess the factors influencingthe youth to alcoholism, descriptive cross sectional study design quan...
ABSTRACTMalnutrition is pandemic and affects millions of people around the world and in Uganda, malnutrition contributes to about 60% of child mortality (USAID, 2010).According to the 2011 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey, 33% children were found stunted and only 6% of the children aged 6 to 23 months were fed appropriately based on the recommended infant and young child feeding practices.This research is therefore aimed at assessing the prevalence of malnutrition, establish factors assoc...
ABSTRACTImmunization is one of the major public health interventions to avoid childhoodillnesses and mortality. Globally, there are 30 million children who are not routinelyimmunized every year and 1.5 million children under five years of age die each yearfrom vaccine preventable diseases.The purpose of the study was to establish factors contributing to low immunizationcoverage in Kakoba Division - Mbarara Municipality, Mbarara District. Crosssectionaland descriptive study which employed a qu...
ABSTRACTThis study was carried out at Kabwohe health center IV, Sheema district to determine the Prevalence and associated risk factors of ante-partum haemorrhage among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic. The researcher used simple random sampling to select her mothers to participate in the study. The mothers that participated in this study were 15 years and above and had genuine and mature answers according to the researchers view of the study.The questionnaires were constructed to ob...
ABSTRACTThe study aimed at determining factors responsible for underutilization of modern familyplanning methods by mothers attending antenantal clinic at KIU-TH.The study was a cross sectional retrospective, descriptive study. Different variable weremeasured including awareness on modern contraception’s, level of knowledge of mothers onmodern family planning methods, perception of mothers on modern contraception’s, availabilityof modern contraception’s to mothers for use and identify a...
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