Browsing by Author "Komuhangi, Alimah"

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    Assessment of Menstrual Hygiene Management Among Karamojong Adolescent Girls in Rupa Sub-County, Moroto District
    (Assessment, 2017-04-01) Elzy, Kishoin Esther; Atuhairwe, Christine; Akugizibwe, Pardon; Kiconco, Sylvia; Komuhangi, Alimah
    Menstrual hygiene and management is insufficiently acknowledged since it has not received adequate attention, in most cases because it is considered a private issue that's rarely open to discussion making it difficult for girls to manage their periods. This leaves them at high risk of contracting diseases related to poor menstrual management. A cross-sectional study involving both quantitative and qualitative data collection techniques was conducted in Rupa Sub-County, Moroto district between August and October 2016 and a total of 133 adolescent girls were interviewed. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square and Odd ratios tests were used for analysis to assess the menstrual hygiene management. Mean age of respondents was 17.03±2.121 years; respondents going to school were 5.9 times more likely to practice safe menstrual hygiene management (p-value 0.000), half (50.4%) of the adolescent girls had no education (p-value 0.000), 38.3 % of the girls did not know what to do during menstruation (p-value 0.000), respondents who agreed that it is ideal to bath at least twice during menstruation were 2.9 times more likely to practice safe menstrual hygiene management (p-vaue-0.024), less than half (28.6%) of the respondents were not sure whether it is hygienic to use material for less than 6 hours during menstruation (p-value 0.000), while slightly three quarters (61.7%) of adolescent girls used old rags during menstruation, 48.1% of the respondents agreed that there are cultural factors attached to menstrual hygiene management (0.000). Menstrual hygiene management is still a very big challenge among adolescent girls in Moroto district; various factors were identified to affect menstrual behaviors most influential being lack of adequate knowledge, Socio-economic status of participants and cultural factors.
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    Knowledge, Perception and Practices Towards Sickle Cell Disease: A Community Survey among Adults in Lubaga Division, Kampala Uganda
    (BMC Public Health, 2018) Tusuubira, Sharifu K.; Nakayinga, Ritah; Mwambi, Bashir; Odda, John; Kiconco, Sylvia; Komuhangi, Alimah
    Worldwide, the burden of Sickle Cell disease (SCD) has not been amply addressed. In Africa, Uganda has the 5th highest burden, a situation aggravated by limited and inaccessible formal social support structures to aid patients and families cope better with the psychosocial burden of SCD. In addition, this has been coupled with stigmatization and discrimination of people living with sickle cell disease causing isolation from family and society.This cross sectional study therefore set out to determine the attitudes, perception and level of awareness towards Sickle Cell disease in Ugandan communities. The study used an interviewer administered questionnaires to collect the data.Out of 110 people sampled; 91.2% of the respondents had ever heard of SCD with the highest proportion 38.7% hearing of SCD from friends and family. Close to half of the respondents 48% knew that SCD is inherited, however a large proportion 44.2% did not know the cause of SCD. However, 68.7% of the respondents said they cannot marry a person with SCD.The study results indicate that more effort needs to be done to promote sickle cell awareness in Uganda communities with emphasis on the inclusion of sickle cell in health education campaigns.
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    Predictors for adoption of e-learning among health professional students during the COVID-19 lockdown in a Private University in Uganda
    (2022) Komuhangi, Alimah; Mpirirwe, Hilda; Lubanga, Robert; Wamuyu Githinji, Florence; Nanyonga, Rose C.
    Universities have come to terms with the fact that education, as we have traditionally delivered it, cannot be sustained under the current circumstances imposed on us by the Coronavirus diseases 2019 pandemic. Adoption of e-learning is one obvious way to foster continuity of learning. During the lockdown in Uganda, it was not known whether health professional students were willing to adopt e-learning as a way to foster continuity of learning. We therefore adopted a Technology Acceptance Model to determine the predictors for adoption of learning using learner and information technology variables. Methods. A cross-sectional study among 109 health professional student’s ≥18 years at Clarke International University was conducted. Adoption of e-learning was measured as self-report. Data were obtained using a smart survey and descriptively summarized. The differences in the study outcome were compared using the chi-square test. The factors that independently influenced adoption of e-learning were determined using binary logistic regression and reported as adjusted odds ratios (aORs) with a 95% confidence interval (CI). Results: Of the 109 respondents, 71 (65.1%) adopted e-learning. Our data showed low odds of adoption of e-learning among participants in first year (aOR, 0.34: 95%CI, 0.14-0.79), low learning expectations (aOR, 0.01: 95%CI, 0.01-0.34), no confidence in using IT devices (aOR, 0.16: 95%CI, 0.00-0.77), no prior experience in e-learning (aOR, 0.11: 95%CI, 0.02-0.68), not considering e-learning flexible (aOR, 0.25:95%CI, 0.08-0.86) and high cost of internet (aOR, 0.13: 95%CI, 0.02-0.84).