Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Odongkara, Beatrice"
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Adding video-debriefing to Helping-Babies-Breathe training enhanced retention of neonatal resuscitation knowledge and skills among health workers in Uganda: a cluster randomized trial
Odongkara, Beatrice; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Pejovic, Nicolas; Achora, Vincentina; Mukunya, David; Ndeezi, Grace; Tumwine, James K.; Nankabirwa, Victoria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Skilled birth attendants must be competent to provide prompt resuscitation to save newborn lives at birth. Both knowledge and skills (competence) decline with time after training but the optimal duration for ... -
Can an integrated intervention package including peer support increase the proportion of health facility births? A cluster randomised controlled trial in Northern Uganda
Nankabirwa, Victoria; Mukunya, David; Ndeezi, Grace; Odongkara, Beatrice; Arach, Agnes A.; Achora, Vicentina; Mugenyi, Levi; Sebit, Mohammad Boy; Wandabwa, Julius N.; Waako, Paul; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Tumwine, James K (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Objective: To assess the effect of an integrated intervention package compared with routine government health services on the frequency of health facility births. Setting: Three subcounties of Lira district in Northern ... -
Cultural beliefs and practices on perinatal death: a qualitative study among the Lango community in Northern Uganda
Arach, Anna Agnes Ojok; Nakasujja, Noeline; Rujumba, Joseph; Mukunya, David; Odongkara, Beatrice; Musaba, Milton W.; Napyo, Agnes Kasede; Tumwine, James K; Nankabirwa, Victoria; Ndeezi, Grace; Kiguli, Juliet (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Perinatal death has profound psychosocial effects on women and their families. Sociocultural contexts influence the burden, rituals and bereaved’s support. Little is known about cultural beliefs and practices ... -
Factors associated with delayed initiation of breastfeeding: a survey in Northern Uganda
Mukunya, David; Tumwine, James K; Nankabirwa, Victoria; Ndeezi, Grace; Odongo, Isaac; Tumuhamye, Josephine; Tongun, Justin Bruno; Kizito, Samuel; Napyo, Agnes; Achora, Vincentina; Odongkara, Beatrice; Tylleskär, Thorkild (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Background: Initiation of breastfeeding later than 1 hour after birth is associated with increased neonatal morbidity and mortality. Objective: To determine the prevalence and factors associated with delayed initiation of ... -
Incidence and risk factors for low birthweight and preterm birth in post-conflict northern Uganda: A community-based cohort study
Odongkara, Beatrice; Nankabirwa, Victoria; Ndeezi, Grace; Achora, Vincentina; Arach, Anna Agnes; Napyo, Agnes Kasede; Musaba, Milton; Mukunya, David; Tumwine, James K; Tylleskär, Thorkild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: Annually, an estimated 20 million (13%) low-birthweight (LBW) and 15 million (11.1%) preterm infants are born worldwide. A paucity of data and reliance on hospital-based studies from low-income countries make ... -
Inequity in utilization of health care facilities during childbirth: a community-based survey in post-conflict Northern Uganda
Mukunya, David; Tumwine, James K; Ndeezi, Grace; Tumuhamye, Josephine; Tongun, Justin Bruno; Kizito, Samuel; Napyo, Agnes; Achora, Vincentina; Odongkara, Beatrice; Arach, Agnes Anna; Nankabirwa, Victoria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Aim To assess inequity in utilization of health care facilities during childbirth and factors associated with home births in Lira district, Northern Uganda. Subjects and methods In 2016, we surveyed 930 mothers with ... -
Key decision makers and actors in selected newborn care practices: A community-based survey in northern Uganda
Mukunya, David; Nankabirwa, Victoria; Ndeezi, Grace; Tumuhamye, Josephine; Tongun, Justin Bruno; Kizito, Samuel; Napyo, Agnes; Achora, Vincentina; Odongkara, Beatrice; Arach, Agnes Anna; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Tumwine, James K (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-16)Knowledge of key decision makers and actors in newborn care is necessary to ensure that health interventions are targeted at the right people. This was a cross-sectional study carried out in Lira district, Northern Uganda. ... -
Neonatal hypothermia in Northern Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional study
Mukunya, David; Tumwine, James K.; Nankabirwa, Victoria; Odongkara, Beatrice; Tongun, Justin Bruno; Arach, Agnes Anna; Tumuhamye, Josephine; Napyo, Agnes; Zalwango, Vivian; Achora, Vincentina; Musaba, Milton W.; Ndeezi, Grace; Tylleskär, Thorkild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objective To determine the prevalence, predictors and case fatality risk of hypothermia among neonates in Lira district, Northern Uganda. Setting Three subcounties of Lira district in Northern Uganda. Design ... -
Perinatal death in Northern Uganda: incidence and risk factors in a community-based prospective cohort study
Arach, Agnes Anna; Tumwine, James K.; Nakasujja, Noeline; Ndeezi, Grace; Kiguli, Juliet; Mukunya, David; Odongkara, Beatrice; Achora, Vincentina; Tongun, Justin Bruno; Musaba, Milton W.; Napyo, Agnes; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Nankabirwa, Victoria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: Perinatal mortality in Uganda remains high at 38 deaths/1,000 births, an estimate greater than the every newborn action plan (ENAP) target of ≤24/1,000 births by 2030. To improve perinatal survival, there is a ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with neonatal hypoglycemia in Northern Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional study
Mukunya, David; Odongkara, Beatrice; Piloya, Thereza; Nankabirwa, Victoria; Achora, Vincentina; Batte, Charles; Ditai, James; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Ndeezi, Grace; Kiguli, Sarah; Tumwine, James K. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-04)Background: Neonatal hypoglycemia is the most common endocrine abnormality in children, which is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The burden and risk factors of neonatal hypoglycemia in rural communities ... -
Small newborns in post-conflict Northern Uganda: Burden and interventions for improved outcomes
Odongkara, Beatrice (Doctoral thesis, 2023)Introduction: A small newborn can be the result of either a low birthweight (LBW), or a preterm birth (PB), or both. LBW can be due to either a preterm appropriate-for gestational-age (preterm-AGA), or a term small-for-gestational ...