Employee Perceptions of Organisational Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Capital Amongst Public Servants in Uganda

We developed and tested a model examining the association between organisational emotional intelligence and psychological capital in the workplace. Employing the organisational positivity argument, we proposed that organisational emotional intelligence …

Plasma n-6 Fatty Acid Levels Are Associated With CD4 Cell Counts, Hospitalization, and Mortality in HIV-Infected Patients

Background: Fatty acids, including n-6 series, modulate immune function, but their effect on CD4 cell counts, death, or hospitalization in HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy is unknown.Methods: In a randomized …

Barriers to male involvement in contraceptive uptake and reproductive health services: a qualitative study of men and women's perceptions in two rural districts in Uganda

Background: Spousal communication can improve family planning use and continuation. Yet, in countries with high fertility rates and unmet need, men have often been regarded as unsupportive of their partner's …

Modern contraceptive use among sexually active men in Uganda: does discussion with a health worker matter?

Background: Family planning programs have recently undergone a fundamental shift from being focused on women only to focusing on men individually, or on both partners. However, contraceptive use among married …

Socio-cultural inhibitors to use of modern contraceptive techniques in rural Uganda: a qualitative study

A descriptive study of human papilloma virus in upper aero-digestive squamous cell carcinoma at Uganda cancer institute assessed by P16 immunohistochemistry

Background: Cancer burden in sub-Saharan Africa is on the rise with one-third of cancers estimated to be caused by infectious agents. Head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC) is the …

Urban-rural differences in immune responses to mycobacterial and tetanus vaccine antigens in a tropical setting: A role for helminths?

Several vaccines elicit lower efficacy or impaired immune responses in rural compared to urban settings, and intropical low-income countries compared to high-income countries. An unresolved hypothesis is that im-munomodulation by …

Nutrition education to improve dietary intake and micronutrient nutriture among children in less-resourced areas: a randomised controlled intervention in Kabarole district, western Uganda: original research

Determined whether nutrition education targeting the child-feeding practices of low-income rural caregivers in rural Uganda will reduce anaemia and improve vitamin A nutriture of the young children in their care. …

Nutrition education to improve dietary intake and micronutrient nutriture among children in less-resourced areas: A randomized controlled intervention in Kabarole district, Western Uganda

Objective: To determine whether nutrition education targeting the child-feeding practices of low-income rural caregivers will reduce anaemia and improve vitamin A nutriture of the young children in their care.Design: A …

Promoting dietary diversity to improve child growth in less-resourced rural settings in Uganda

BackgroundAnalyses of global trends indicate that childhood undernutrition is more prevalent in rural areas, and also that maternal education and decision-making power are among the key factors significantly associated with …