Browsing by Author "Kipp, W."

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    HIV counselling and testing in rural Uganda: communities’ attitudes and perceptions towards an HIV counselling and testing programme
    (AIDS care, 2002) Kipp, W.; Kabagambe, G.; Konde-Lule, J.
    Study results on the assessment of a community-wide HIV counselling and testing programme are presented. The aim of this qualitative study was to elucidate whether HIV counselling and testing (HIV CT) was acceptable to a rural community and whether they expressed a need for it. From a total of 2,267 persons of Kigoyera Parish, western Uganda, who were HIV tested and counselled, 171 persons participated in 17 focus group discussions. Most participants expressed a strong need for HIV counselling and testing services. The counsellors were seen as competent and confidential. Community health workers were favoured as the preferred provider of HIV CT services. However, participants stressed that they should not come from the same community. Most participants felt that a HIV CT programme available only once is not enough and did not induce a change in sexual behaviour, e.g. increased condom use. They requested counselling services that are continuously offered. The study results also showed that there is a demand for HIV counselling services without being HIV tested.
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    Nutritional status of food consumption patterns of young children living in Western Uganda
    (East African medical journal, 2006) Bridge, A.; Kipp, W.; Raine, K.; Konde-Lule, J.
    The aim of this pilot study was to compare the nutritional status and food consumption patterns of children under five years. Quantitative, exploratory, cross sectional study. Setting: Kabarole district, western Uganda. Kabarole district is a rural district with subsistence farming as the main income. Subjects: Two hundred and five children between 12 and 72 months of age living in AIDS affected homes versus children living in non-AIDS affected homes were examined. Fifty-five percent of all children were stunted and 20.5% were underweight. There was no difference in the prevalence of malnutrition between children living in AIDS affected homes versus non-AIDS affected homes. Only children between 12-35 months suffered from a daily deficit in caloric intake. The older children consumed the basic recommended daily intake (RDI) for protein, fat, iron and vitamin A. Due to frequent disease episodes and limitations in the estimations of individual total energy expenditure, the results are likely underestimations of the children's true nutritional requirements. The type of foods given to children in AIDS affected homes and controls were quite similar. Young children in Kabarole district suffer from severe chronic malnutrition rates, but rates and feeding patterns are not different in AIDS affected versus non AIDS affected homes.