Hypertension and diabetes patients' perspective of challenges and their coping mechanisms in Mukono and Buikwe districts in Uganda - a qualitative study.

: In sub-Saharan Africa, the burden of non-communicable diseases is steadily rising amidst a high prevalence of communicable diseases stretching the healthcare system. This study explored hypertension and diabetes patients' perspective of challenges and their coping mechanisms in Mukono and Buikwe districts in Uganda. : This descriptive qualitative study involved four focus group discussions with 26 patients at four selected health facilities.

An exploration of health workers' experiences in providing bereavement care to mothers following a stillbirth: results from a subnational level health system in Uganda.

Background: Stillbirth is a profound emotion-laden event to the mothers and health workers who provide care due to its sudden and unexpected occurrence. Health workers offering support in regions shouldering the highest-burden experience providing support to a stillbirth mother in their professional lifetime. However, their experiences seldom get documented as much of the focus is on mothers causing a dissonance between parental and clinical priorities.

Health workers' social networks and their influence in the adoption of strategies to address the stillbirth burden at a subnational level health system in Uganda.

Health workers' peer networks are known to influence members' behaviours and practices while translating policies into service delivery. However, little remains known about the extent to which this remains true within interventions aimed at addressing the stillbirth burden in low-resource settings like Uganda. The objective of this study was to examine the health workers' social networks and their influence on the adoption of strategies to address the stillbirth burden at a subnational level health system in Uganda.

COVID-19 Public Health Restrictions and Older Adults' Well-being in Uganda: Psychological Impacts and Coping Mechanisms.

Objectives: Older adults across the globe have been particularly affected by the novel coronavirus due to their increased susceptibility to the virus. With limited existing research, the aim of this study was to explore the psychological effects of COVID-19 public health measures on older adults in Uganda and their coping mechanisms.

Methods: Thirty semi-structured interviews were conducted with older Ugandans (aged 60+) in June 2020.

Prioritization of interventions in pursuit of maternal health policy objectives to mitigate stillbirth risks. An exploratory qualitative study at subnational level in Uganda.

Background: Global calls for renewed efforts to address stillbirth burden highlighted areas for policy and implementation resulting in national level translations. Information regarding adapted strategies to effect policy objectives into service delivery by frontline health workers remains scanty especially at subnational level. The study explored strategies prioritized to mitigate stillbirth risk in the context of operationalizing recommendations from the global campaigns at a subnational level in Uganda.

Impact of COVID-19 public health restrictions on older people in Uganda: "hunger is really one of those problems brought by this COVID".

Objectives: To explore the impact of COVID-19 public health restrictions on the lives of older adults living in Uganda.

Design: Qualitative semi-structured interview study.

Setting: Participants' homes.

An implementation science study to enhance cardiovascular disease prevention in Mukono and Buikwe districts in Uganda: a stepped-wedge design.

Background: Uganda is experiencing a shift in major causes of death with cases of stroke, heart attack, and heart failure reportedly on the rise. In a study in Mukono and Buikwe in Uganda, more than one in four adults were reportedly hypertensive. Moreover, very few (36.