Measuring menstrual hygiene experience: development and validation of the Menstrual Practice Needs Scale (MPNS-36) in Soroti, Uganda

Objective This study describes the development and validation of the Menstrual Practice Needs Scale (MPNS-36), which measures the extent to which respondents' menstrual practices and environments meet their needs.Methods A …

The Menstrual Practices Questionnaire (MPQ): development, elaboration, and implications for future research

High-quality evidence is needed to inform policies and programmes aiming to improve menstrual health. Quantitative studies must address the many evidence gaps in this field, and practitioners have increased monitoring …

Revalidation and adaptation of the Menstrual Practice Needs Scale (MPNS) in a cross-sectional survey to measure the menstrual experiences of adult women working in Mukono District, Uganda

Objectives The Menstrual Practice Needs Scale (MPNS) is a comprehensive measure of menstrual self-care experience including access to sufficient, comfortable materials to catch or absorb bleeding, supportive spaces for managing …

Identifying the functional components of a community of practice toimprove tuberculosis contact investigation in uganda

RATIONALE: Contact investigation is an evidence-based, WHO-endorsed intervention for finding and preventing tuberculosis (TB). However, variable uptake and delivery limit its effectiveness. In a separate preliminary study, we found that …

Bottleneck analysis at district level to illustrate gaps within the district health system in Uganda

Background: Poor quality of care and access to effective and affordable interventions have been attributed to constraints and bottlenecks within and outside the health system. However, there is limited understanding …

Enablers and barriers to evidence based planning in the district health system in Uganda; perceptions of district health managers

Background: The District Health System was endorsed as the key strategy to achieve 'Health for all' during the WHO organized inter-regional meeting in Harare in 1987. Many expectations were put …

Health systems bottlenecks and evidence-based district health planning: experiences from the district health system in uganda

In low-income countries where maternal and child mortality remains high, there is limited use of context-specific evidence for decision making and prioritization of interventions in the planning process at the …

Prevalence of Malaria and Treatment Seeking Behaviours among Pregnant Women in Postconflict Internally Displaced Persons' Camps in Gulu District

"Has the patient been coughing?" Do Ugandan providers ask patients tested for malaria about cough history? Secondary analysis of 2011 data from the Integrated Infectious Disease Capacity Building Evaluation (IDCAP)

Introduction: In 2013, malaria caused an estimated 584,000 deaths worldwide, with 90% of those deaths occurring in Africa. The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategies have been effective at …

Competency in supportive supervision: A study of public sector medicines management supervisors in Uganda

BackgroundSupportive supervision has been found to be more effective than corrective fault-oriented inspections. Ugandaâs Ministry of Health in 2012 implemented a comprehensive strategy (SPARS) to build medicines management capacity in …