"If you find that I am HIV positive, don't tell me": Exploring the barriers and recommendations for HIV prevention services utilization among youth in rural southwestern Uganda.

Globally, the majority of new HIV infections are recorded in Eastern and Southern Africa, with the youth being disproportionately affected. HIV prevention is the cornerstone of controlling the spread of HIV and ending this epidemic by 2030. However, barriers to the utilization of HIV prevention services remained underexplored especially among the youth in rural settings in sub-Saharan Africa.

Alcohol use disorder among healthcare professional students: a structural equation model describing its effect on depression, anxiety, and risky sexual behavior.

Background: Mental health problems such as depression, anxiety and alcohol use disorders are among the leading causes of disability worldwide. Among university students, alcohol use and poor mental health are associated with risky sexual behavior. Given the syndemic occurrence of these disorders most especially in young adults, we describe the relationship between them so as to guide and intensify current interventions on reducing their burden in this population.

Antenatal couples' counselling in Uganda (ACCU): study protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial.

Background: Common avoidable factors leading to maternal, perinatal and neonatal deaths include lack of birth planning (and delivery in an inappropriate place) and unmet need for contraception. Progress has been slow because routine antenatal care has focused only on women. Yet, in Uganda, many women first want the approval of their husbands.

Perspectives on linkage to care for patients diagnosed with HIV: A qualitative study at a rural health center in South Western Uganda.

Linkage to care for newly diagnosed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients is important to ensure that patients have good access to care. However, there is little information about factors influencing linkage to care for HIV patients. We aimed to identify existing measures in place that promote linkage to care and to explore facilitators and barriers to linkage to care for clients diagnosed with HIV/acquired immune deficiency syndrome at a rural health center in Uganda.

Exploring drivers and barriers to the utilization of community client-led ART delivery model in South-Western Uganda: patients' and health workers' experiences.

Background: In an effort to accommodate the growing number of HIV clients, improve retention in care and reduce health care burden, the differentiated service delivery (DSD) models were introduced in 2014. One such model, Community Client-Led ART Delivery (CCLAD) was rolled out in Uganda in 2017. The extent of utilization of this model has not been fully studied.

Poor retention does not have to be the rule: retention of volunteer community health workers in Uganda.

Globally, health worker shortages continue to plague developing countries. Community health workers are increasingly being promoted to extend primary health care to underserved populations. Since 2004, Healthy Child Uganda (HCU) has trained volunteer community health workers in child health promotion in rural southwest Uganda.

Influence of birth preparedness, decision-making on location of birth and assistance by skilled birth attendants among women in south-western Uganda.

Introduction: Assistance by skilled birth attendants (SBAs) during childbirth is one of the strategies aimed at reducing maternal morbidity and mortality in low-income countries. However, the relationship between birth preparedness and decision-making on location of birth and assistance by skilled birth attendants in this context is not well studied. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of birth preparedness practices and decision-making and assistance by SBAs among women in south-western Uganda.

The pathway of obstructed labour as perceived by communities in south-western Uganda: a grounded theory study.

Background: Obstructed labour is still a major cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality in Uganda, where many women give birth at home alone or assisted by non-skilled birth attendants. Little is known of how the community view obstructed labour, and what actions they take in cases where this complication occurs.

Objective: The objective of the study was to explore community members' understanding of and actions taken in cases of obstructed labour in south-western Uganda.

Knowledge of obstetric danger signs and birth preparedness practices among women in rural Uganda.

Background: Improving knowledge of obstetric danger signs and promoting birth preparedness practices are strategies aimed at enhancing utilization of skilled care in low-income countries. The aim of the study was to explore the association between knowledge of obstetric danger signs and birth preparedness among recently delivered women in south-western Uganda.

Methods: The study included 764 recently delivered women from 112 villages in Mbarara district.

Individual and health facility factors and the risk for obstructed labour and its adverse outcomes in south-western Uganda.

Background: Obstructed labour is still a major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality and of adverse outcome for newborns in low-income countries. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of individual and health facility factors and the risk for obstructed labour and its adverse outcomes in south-western Uganda.

Methods: A review was performed on 12,463 obstetric records for the year 2006 from six hospitals located in south-western Uganda and 11,180 women records were analysed.