Knowledge Gaps about Autism Spectrum Disorders and its Clinical Management among Child and Adolescent Health Care Workers in Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: There is limited literature on the knowledge about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) among child and adolescent health professionals from resource limited settings.

Methods: 40 child and adolescent health professionals were purposively sampled from the two national referral hospitals in Uganda. Participants completed a standardized questionnaire that collected data on socio-demographic characteristics, the Knowledge about Childhood Autism among Health Workers (KCAHW) and the challenges related to diagnosing and managing ASD.

Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) Use and Associated Factors among HIV Infected Children and Adolescents Seeking Mental Health Services in Uganda.

Background: Given the limited integration of mental health services into pediatric HIV care in sub-Saharan Africa, there is limited information on the nature of mental health service use sought by caregivers of children and adolescents living with HIV/AIDS.

Methods: We analyzed data from a sample of 135 children and adolescents living with HIV/AIDS and attending a pediatric HIV care service whose parents or caregivers had sought for mental health care for their emotional or behavior problems in the past year. We assessed complementary alternative medicine use, socio-demographic characteristics and types of behavioral problems using a SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC questionnaire and the child behavioral checklist (6 - 18) respectively.