Browsing Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care by Author "Nalugya, Joyce"
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Child alcohol use disorder in Eastern Uganda: screening, diagnostics, risk factors and management of children drinking alcohol in Uganda (TREAT CAUD): a mixed-methods research protocol
Skylstad, Vilde; Aber, Harriet; Bakken, Victoria; Dierkes, Jutta; Iversen, Silje Akselberg; Kisaakye, Esther; Kühl, Melf-Jakob; Nalugya, Joyce; Rayamajhi, Divya; Sebuwufu, Deogratious; Skar, Ane-Marthe Solheim; Skokauskas, Norbert; Valeckaite, Neda; Wamani, Henry; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv; Babirye, Juliet Ndimwibo (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Following a finding of alcohol use among children aged 5–8 years old in Mbale, Uganda, this project investigates the magnitude of alcohol and substance use among children ged 6–13 years old and related household, ... -
Child and adolescent mental health services in Uganda
Iversen, Silje Akselberg; Nalugya, Joyce; Babirye, Juliet Ndimwibo; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv; Skokauskas, Norbert (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Introduction Worldwide, one in five children and adolescents suffer from mental health disorders, while facing limited opportunities for treatment and recovery. Growing up, they face multiple challenges that might contribute ... -
Child mental illness and the help-seeking process: a qualitative study among parents in a Ugandan community
Skylstad, Vilde; Akol, Angela; Ndeezi, Grace; Nalugya, Joyce; Moland, Karen Marie; Tumwine, James; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01-11)Abstract Background: Child mental illness contributes signifcantly to the burden of disease worldwide, and many are left untreated due to factors on both the provider and user side. Recognising this, the Ugandan Ministry ... -
Does child and adolescent mental health in-service training result in equivalent knowledge gain among cadres of non-specialist health workers in Uganda? A pre-test post-test study
Akol, Angela; Nalugya, Joyce; Nshemereirwe, Sylvia; Babirye, Juliet N.; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-08-24)Background: Early identification and management of child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) disorders helps to avert mental illness in adulthood but a CAMH treatment gap exists in Uganda. CAMH integration into primary ... -
Does mhGAP training of primary health care providers improve the identification of child- and adolescent mental, neurological or substance use disorders? Results from a randomized controlled trial in Uganda
Akol, Angela; Makumbi, Fredrick Edward; Babirye, Juliet N.; Nalugya, Joyce; Nshemereirwe, Sylvia; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Background. Integrating child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) into primary health care (PHC) using the WHO mental health gap action program (mhGAP) is recommended for closing a mental health treatment gap in low- and ... -
Growth, clinical and neurodevelopmental outcomes at school age are similar for children who received 1‑year lamivudine or lopinavir/ritonavir HIV prophylaxis in early life
Nagot, Nicolas; Singata-Madliki, Mandisa; Cournil, Amandine; Nalugya, Joyce; Tassembedo, Soleymane; Quillet, Catherine; Tonga, Melany W.; Tumwine, James K; Meda, Nicolas; Kankasa, Chipepo; Mwiya, Mwiya; Bangirana, Paul; Peries, Marianne; Batting, Joanne; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Van de Perre, Philippe; Ndeezi, Grace; Molès, Jean-Pierre (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In the ANRS 12174 trial, HIV-exposed uninfected African neonates who received lopinavir-ritonavir (LPV/r) prophylaxis for 1 year exhibited slower growth from birth to week 50 compared with those receiving lamivudine (3TC). ... -
Health managers’ views on the status of national and decentralized health systems for child and adolescent mental health in Uganda: a qualitative study
Akol, Angela; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Skylstad, Vilde; Nalugya, Joyce; Ndeezi, Grace; Tumwine, James K. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-12-08)Background: Robust health systems are required for the promotion of child and adolescent mental health (CAMH). In low and middle income countries such as Uganda neuropsychiatric illness in childhood and adolescence represent ... -
“I feel good when I drink”—detecting childhood-onset alcohol abuse and dependence in a Ugandan community trial cohort
Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Nalugya, Joyce; Skylstad, Vilde; Ndeezi, Grace; Akol, Angela; Babirye, Juliet Ndimwibo; Nankabirwa, Victoria; Tumwine, James K (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Alcohol, substance use, and mental health disorders constitute major public health issues worldwide, including in low income and lower middle-income countries, and early initiation of use is an important predictor ...