ABSTRACT Background: Unplanned pregnancies among university students is an important public health issue in both developed and developing countries because of its negative association with social, psychological and health outcomes for both mothers and the children. The rate of unplanned pregnancies among university female students is high. Unplanned pregnancies can be prevented by effective use of contraceptives. Aim of the study: To determine the factors contributing to the prevalence of unp...
ABSTRACT Globally childhood anaemia poses a big health problem to less than five years of age. Anaemia affects nearly 2 billion people worldwide and about 50% of all children less than 5 years old. The prevalence of anaemia in children less than 5 years is 67% in Africa, about, 28% anaemia is found in sub- Saharan Africa. Purpose of the study was to establish knowledge and practices of mothers towards prevention of anaemia among children under five years of age i...
ABSTRACT Self-medication is a common practice in both rural and urban settings, in old people with chronic illness and young people; Self-medication lends irrational drug use, drugs resistance, and severe disease development The study seeks to determine the factors contributing to self-medication among patients at outpatient department at Kabwohe Health Center IV. It was a cross sectional study using quantitative method of data collection. It was conducted at Kabwohe H C IV located in Sheema ...
Abstract In Uganda 80% of women who are diagnosed with cervical cancer present with advanced disease that is difficult to treat. The Ministry of Health recommends that all women of reproductive age aged 15-49 years should have cervical cancer screening. The aim is to determine the challenges faced by women of reproductive age 15-49 years seeking cervical cancer screening services at Kitagata Hospital. The study design was cross sectional which employed quantitative methods of data collection...
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ABSTRACT: The study assessed factors influencing high morbidity rate among pregnant mothers and the objectives of the study were, to assess the common pregnancy morbidities occurring among the pregnant mothers and to identify factors that influence occurrence of pregnancy morbidities among pregnant mothers attending ANC services at KIUTH. The study area was conducted at KIUTH found in Ishaka – Bushenyi municipality in Bushenyi District Western Uganda in which a descriptive cross sectional s...
ABSTRACT Complications of unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortion are the leading causes of disability and death among adolescents especially girlsbetween ages 15-19 years. The study focused onassessing the factors influencing the utilization of Reproductive Health Services among adolescents aged (12-19 years) in Mbarara Municipality schools. A sample of 100 respondents was enrolled in the study using systematic random sampling. A cross sectional descriptive study design was used in two Gove...
ABSTRACT The study to assess factors influencing the utilization of the partograph among skilled birth attendants at KIUTH The purpose of the study was to establish factors influencing utilization of a patogram during labor by nurses and midwives working in labor at Kampala international university teaching hospital The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study and quantitative in nature. The study respondents were selected purposively. Data was collected using a semi structured questionn...
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ABSTRACT.Globally, world stop pressure ulcer day showed nearly 70, 000 who were affected by pressure ulcer yearly, between 4% and 6% of the patients in acute setting were more than 5% to 10% of patients in non acute setting had pressure ulcer.The study was focused on factors contributing to pressure ulcer among admittedpatients in Moroto Regional Referral hospital in Moroto.This was a cross-sectional study design and quantitative in nature, this was selected due to its rapidity...
ABSTRACTPurpose of the studyThe purpose of this study is to determine factors influencing nurse-patient communication at Kampala International University Teaching hospital and the specificobjectives were to determine nurse-related factors influencing nurse-patient communication, to determine patient-related factors influencing nurse-patient communication and to establish environment factors influencing nurse-patientcommunication at Kampala International University Teaching hosp...