Submissions from 2022
Association between exposure to family planning messages on different mass media channels and the utilization of modern contraceptives among young women in Sierra Leone: Insights from the 2019 Sierra Leone Demographic Health Survey, Quraish Sserwanja, Patricia Turimumahoro, Lilian Nuwabaine, Kassim Kamara, and Milton W. Musaba
HIV Retesting among Pregnant Women with Gestational Age of 36 Weeks or Higher Attending Antenatal Clinic at Temeke Regional Referral Hospital, Tanzania, Aminieli Usiri and Joyce Mlay
Nurses’ attitudes towards hospitalized older adults in a tertiary care setting in Ghana, Yakubu H. Yakubu, Abdul-Ganiyu Fuseini, and Eleanor Holroyd
Submissions from 2021
The Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality?, Janica Adams, Mary J. MacKenzie, Adeladza Kofi Amegah, Alex Ezeh, Muktar A. Gadanya, Akinyinka Omigbodun, Ahmed Sarki, Paul Thistle, Abdhalah K. Ziraba, Saverio Stranges, and Michael Silverman
Social networks and barriers to ART adherence among young adults (18–24 years) living with HIV at selected primary health facilities of South-Western Uganda: A qualitative study, Noble Ajuna, Brian Tumusiime, Joseph Amanya, Sharon Awori, Godfrey Z. Rukundo, and John Baptist Asiimwe
Prevalence of the Use of Herbal Medicines among Patients with Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, John Baptist Asiimwe, Prakash B. Nagendrappa, Esther C. Atukunda, Mauda M. Kamatenesi, Grace Nambozi, Casim U. Tolo, Patrick E. Ogwang, and Ahmed Sarki
Effect of community-based interventions targeting female sex workers along the HIV care cascade in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Lydia Atuhaire, Olatunji Adetokunboh, Constance Shumba, and Peter S. Nyasulu
Palliative Care Nursing Development in the Middle East and Northeast Africa: Lessons From Oman, Jeannine M. Brant, Manal Al‐Zadjali, Faiqa Al‐Sinawi, Tayreez Mushani, Susan Maloney‐Newton, Ann M. Berger, and Regina Fink
The effect of a culturally sensitive mental well-being module on Pakistani nursing students’ knowledge and beliefs regarding their own mental health and illness, Salima Farooq, Maryam Pyar Ali Lakhdir, Yasmin Parpio, Sonia Ijaz Haider, Shirin Rahim, Aspara Ali, and David Arthur
Does mass drug administration of azithromycin reduce child mortality?, Samwel Gatimu and Rachel Kimani
Enhancing Healthcare Quality in Hospitals through Electronic Health Records: A Systematic Review, Peter Gatiti, Eunice Ndirangu, Joseph Mwangi, Arnold Mwanzu, and Terry Ramadhani
Open and Distance Learning Programs for Nursing and Midwifery Education in East Africa: Protocol for a Scoping Review, Kahabi Isangula, Grace Edwards, Tumbwene Mwansisya, Columba Mbekenga, Eunice Pallangyo, Ahmed Sarki, and Eunice Ndirangu
Barriers to timely disclosure of HIV serostatus: A qualitative study at care and treatment centers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Neelam Ismail, Nancy Matillya, Riaz Ratansi, and Columba Mbekenga
Building Strong Academic Libraries and Library Professionals in Uganda Through the University of Pretoria Carnegie CPD Programme, Gorrety Maria Juma, Sarah Nakaziba, and Malerne Holmner
From despair to hope: Cancer indigenous knowledge practices (CIK) in Uganda, Sarah Kaddu, Sarah Nakaziba, and Gorrety Maria Juma
Prevalence and effect of workplace violence against emergency nurses at a tertiary hospital in Kenya: a cross-sectional study, Betty Kibunja, Horatius Musembi, Rachel Kimani, and Samwel Gatimu
COVID-19-related mental health burdens: Impact of educational level and relationship status Among low-Income earners of Western Uganda, Ann Monima Lemuel, Ibe Michael Usman, Keneth Iceland Kasozi, Saad Alghamdi, Eric Osamudiamwen Aigbogun, Victor Archibong, Robinson Ssebuufu, Annet Kabanyoro, Josiah Eseoghene Ifie, Dominic Terkimbi Swase, Fred Ssempijja, John Tabakwot Ayuba, Kevin Matama, Hope Onohuean, Stellamaris Kembabazi, Rachael Henry, Said Odoma, Helen Yusuf, Adam Moyosore Afodun, Hamza M. Assaggaf, Emmanuel Kairania, Akhmed Aslam, Owoisinke Okon, Gaber El-Saber Batiha, and Susan Christina Welburn
Knowledge about continuous positive airway pressure machine usage among nurses at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania, Wilson Paulo Lomnyack, Tumbwene Mwansisya, Stewart Mbelwa, Kahabi Isangula, and Zephania Saitabau Abraham
"You Can Collaborate and Go Together to Do Family Planning”: A Qualitative Endline Evaluation Study of Male Engagement in Promoting Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Services in Rural Kenya, Adelaide Lusambili, Stefania Wisofschi, Constance Shumba, Peter Muriuki, Jerim Obure, Michaela Mantel, Lindsay Mossman, Rachel Pell, Lucy Nyaga, Anthony Ngugi, James Orwa, Stanley Luchters, Kennedy Mulama, Terrance Wade, and Marleen Temmerman
Predictors of fear of childbirth and depressive symptoms among pregnant women: a cross-sectional survey in Pwani region, Tanzania, Agnes Fredrick Massae, Margareta Larsson, Sebalda Leshabari, Columba Mbekenga, Andrea Barnabas Pembe, and Agneta Skoog Svanberg
Knowledge and Practice on Early Breastfeeding Initiation Among Postpartal Mothers at Amana Hospital, Tanzania, Victor Mathias and Rebecca Amsi
Perceptions of surgeons on surgical antibiotic prophylaxis use at an urban tertiary hospital in Tanzania, Elizabeth Mmari, Eunice Pallangyo, Authar Ali, Dereck A. Kaale, Isaac Mawalla, and Muzdalfat Abeid
Translation and validation of Training Needs Analysis Questionnaire among reproductive, maternal and newborn health workers in Tanzania, Tumbwene Mwansisya, Columba Mbekenga, Kahabi Isangula, Loveluck Mwasha, Eunice Pallangyo, Grace Edwards, James Orwa, Michaela Mantel, Micheal Mugerwa, Leonard Subi, Secilia Mrema, David Siso, Edna Selestine, and Marleen Temmerman
Professional image of nursing and midwifery in East Africa: an exploratory analysis, Eunice Ndirangu, Ahmed Sarki, Columba Mbekenga, and Grace Edwards
Professional image of nursing and midwifery in East Africa: an exploratory analysis, Eunice Ndirangu, Ahmed Sarki, Columba Mbekenga, and Grace Edwards
Characteristics and outcomes of patients with an unscheduled return visit within 72 hours to the Paediatric Emergency Centre at a Private Tertiary Referral Hospital in Kenya, Kenneth Rintaari, Rachel Kimani, Horatius Musembi, and Samwel Gatimu
Sarki et al. Respond, Ahmed Sarki, Alex Ezeh, and Saverio Stranges
Duty versus distributive justice during the COVID-19 pandemic, Sheila Shaibu, Rachel Kimani, Constance Shumba, Rose Maina, Eunice Ndirangu, and Isabel Kambo
Use of face masks to limit the spread of the COVID-19 among western Ugandans: Knowledge, attitude and practices, Franck Katembo Sikakulya, Robinson Ssebuufu, Simon Binezero Mambo, Theophilus Pius, Annet Kabanyoro, Elizabeth Kamahoro, Yusuf Mulumba, Jean Kakule Muhongya, and Patrick Kyamanywa
Learning from terrorist mass casualty incidents: a global survey, Rosel Tallach, Sharon Einav, Karim Brohi, Kirthi Abayajeewa, Paer-Sellim Abback, Chris Aylwin, Nicola Batrick, Mathieu Boutonnet, Michael Cheatham, and Eunice Tole
The integrity of the white matter in first-episode schizophrenia patients with auditory verbal hallucinations: An atlas-based DTI analysis, Zhiyu Wang, Hui Wang, Tumbwene Mwansisya, Yaoyao Sheng, Baoci Shan, Zhening Liu, Zhimin Xue, and Xudong Chen
Submissions from 2020
Effect of female sex work-targeted community-based interventions along the HIV treatment cascade in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review protocol, Lydia Atuhaire, Olatunji Adetokunboh, Constance Shumba, and Peter S. Nyasulu
A systematic review of epidemiological patterns and proposed interventions to address pediatric burns in Nigeria, Srikanta Banerjee and Constance Shumba
Stakeholders’ Expectations of Graduates of a Work-Study Nursing Upskilling Programme in East Africa, Sharon Brownie, Samwel Gatimu, Isabel Kambo, Joseph Mwizerwa, and Eunice Ndirangu
Influence of gender norms in relation to child’s quality of care: follow-up of families of children with SCD identified through NBS in Tanzania, Daima Bukini, Columba Mbekenga, Siana Nkya, Leonard Manasa, Sheryl McCurdy, Karim Manji, Julie Makini, and Michael Parker
A qualitative study on aspects of consent for genomic research in communities with low literacy, Daima Bukini, Columba Mbekenga, Siana Nkya, Lisa Purvis, Sheryl McCurdy, Michael Parker, and Julie Makini
Recently graduated midwives in Uganda: Self-perceived achievement, wellbeing and work prospects, James Copestake, Marc Theuss, Sharon Brownie, Gabby Davies, Eva Burke, Moses Mukuru, Hellen Kyakuwaire, and Grace Edwards
The Nightngale Challenge, leadership and change in Uganda, Matthew Daley, Lisa Bayliss-Pratt, Grace Edwards, Harriet Nayiga, Naomi Oyaro Oyaro, and Harnider Mandhar
QuIP report on effect of the Aga Khan University BSc Midwifery degree on the lives of graduate midwives in Uganda, Gabby Davies, Eva Burke, Grace Edwards, Marc Theuss, and Sharon Brown
Midwives-we are all at sea but our boats are not the same, Grace Edwards
What factors shape doctors’ trustworthiness? Patients’ perspectives in the context of hypertension care in rural Tanzania, Kahabi Isangula, Holly Seale, Rohan Jayasuriya, Tumaini M. Nyamhanga, and Niamh Stephenson
Ogilvie syndrome: peculiar manifestation of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in non-institutionalized middle age female in Tanzania, Ahmed Jusabani, Mubashir Alavi Jusabani, Dhanji Karsan Patel, Dilipkumar Anant Pradhan, Kaushik Laxmidas Ramaiya, and Salim Ramzan Surani
Challenges for cancer care during COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya: Policy implications, Diana Kassaman, Rachel Kimani, and Adelaide Lusambili
Maternal and newborn care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya: re-contextualising the community midwifery model, Rachel Kimani, Rose Maina, Constance Shumba, and Sheila Shaibu
An Exploration of the Knowledge of Healthcare Workers on Kangaroo Mother Care for Low-Birthweight Babies in a neonatal intensive care unit in Uganda, Agnes Kirikumwino, Margaret Namawanda, and Grace Edwards
Factors Associated with First Antenatal Care Booking among Pregnant Women at a Reproductive Health Clinic in Tanzania: A Cross Sectional Study, Lucy Kisaka and Sebalda Leshabari
Prompt Attention: Labour and Childbirth Services and Maternal Complications in Two Referral Hospitals in Tanzania, Lucy Kisaka and David Makoko
Validation of Kiswahili Version of HOQOLHIVBREF Questionnaire Among People Living with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study, Nuru Kondo, Tumbwene Mwansisya, Eric Aghan, and Riaz Ratansi
Evaluating a work/study programme for Nurses and Midwives at Aga Khan University, Uganda, Hellen Kyakuwaire, Agnes Kirikumwino, Juliet Nabossa, and Grace Edwards
“We have a lot of home deliveries” A qualitative study on the impact of COVID-19 on access to and utilization of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health care among refugee women in urban Eastleigh, Kenya, Adelaide Lusambili, Michela Martini, Faiza Abdirahman, Abena Asante, Sharon Ochieng, Joseph N. Guni, Rose Maina, and Stanley Luchters
Influence of marketing mix on adolescents’ voluntary HIV testing uptake in Tanzania: experience from physical evidence, Stephen Furaha Matemba, Elia John, Ismail J. Ismail, and Tumbwene Mwansisya
Training Needs Assessment of Health Care Professionals in Reproductive, Maternal and Newborn Health in a Low-Income Setting in Tanzania, Columba Mbekenga, Eunice Pallangyo, Tumbwene Mwansisya, Kahabi Isangula, Loveluck Mwasha, James Orwa, Micheal Mugerwa, Michaela Mantel, Leonard Subi, Secilia Mrema, David Siso, Edna Selestine, Marleen Temmerman, and Grace Edwards
Validation of Training Need Assessment Questionnaire Among Health Care Workers in Reproductive, Maternal and Newborn Health Care in Low-Income Countries, Tumbwene Mwansisya, Columba Mbekenga, Kahabi Isangula, Loveluck Mwasha, Eunice Pallangyo, Grace Edwards, James Orwa, Michaela Mantel, Micheal Mugerwa, and Secilia Mrema
Midwives' practice and perception of labour and delivery care at the Mulago National Referral Hospital, Uganda, Ziidah Namwaya, Imelda Namagembe, Dan Kaye, Gorrette Nalwadda, Grace Edwards, and Rose Chalo Nabirye
Trends in and predictors of pregnancy termination among 15–24 year-old women in Nigeria: a multi-level analysis of demographic and health surveys 2003–2018, Franklin I. Onukwugha, Monica A. Magadi, Ahmed Sarki, and Lesley Smith
Birth preparedness and complication readiness among women of reproductive age in Kenya and Tanzania: a community-based cross-sectional survey, James Orwa, Samwel Gatimu, Michaela Mantel, Stanley Luchters, Micheal Mugerwa, Sharon Brownie, Leonard Subi, Secilia Mrema, Lucy Nyaga, Grace Edwards, Loveluck Mwasha, Kahabi Isangula, Edna Selestine, Sofia Jadavji, Rachel Pell, Columba Mbekenga, and Marleen Temmerman
Religious beliefs, social pressure, and stigma: Rural women’s perceptions and beliefs about vasectomy in Pwani, Tanzania, Eunice Pallangyo, Agnes Msoka, Sharon Brownie, and Eleanor Holroyd
The impact of covid-19 on midwives’ practice in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania: A reflective account, Eunice Pallangyo, Grace Nakate, Rose Maina, and Valerie Fleming
Task shifting to attain Sustainable Development Goals and Universal Health Coverage: What are the consequences to the nursing and midwifery profession?, Eunice Pallangyo, Eunice Ndirangu, Loveluck Mwasha, Mary Lyimo, Carolyne Namukwaya, Shahirose Premji, and Allison Squires
Uganda as a Role Model for Pandemic Containment in Africa, Ahmed Sarki, Alex Ezeh, and Saverio Stranges
Introduction of an Advanced Practice Nurse Program in Kenya: A New Era in Nursing Education, Sheila Shaibu, Eunice Ndirangu, Eunice Pallangyo, Gladys Mbuthia, Rachel Kimani, and Isabel Kambo
Trends in Hospitalisation for Human Immunodeficiency Virus in a Tertiary Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A Case study, Grace Shayo, Tumaini Nagu, Lilian Msele, Patricia Munseri, Columba Mbekenga, Stephen Kibusi, Kisali Pallangyo, and Ferdinand Mugusia
Reorienting Nurturing Care for Early Childhood Development during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kenya: A Review, Constance Shumba, Rose Maina, Gladys Mbuthia, Rachel Kimani, Stella Mbugua, Sweta Shah, Amina Abubakar, Stanley Luchters, Sheila Shaibu, and Eunice Ndirangu
Schools health promotion among adolescents in Northern Nigeria, L. Smith, Ahmed Sarki, F. Onukwugha, and M. Magadi
Implications of COVID-19 in high burden countries for HIV/TB: A systematic review of evidence, Jacques L. Tamuzi, Birhanu T. Ayele, Constance Shumba, Olatunji O. Adetokunboh, Jeannine Uwimana-Nicol, Zelalem T. Haile, Joseph Inugu, and Peter S. Nyasulu
Adherence to Universal Precautions and Associated Factors among Nurses Caring For Critically Ill Patients in Dar es Salaam Tanzania, Salma A. Wibonela, Columba Mbekenga, Fatina B. Ramadhani, Ally Mwanga, and Pedro Palangyo
Submissions from 2019
Prevalence and dynamics of missed opportunities for vaccination among children in Africa: Applying systems thinking in a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies, Abdu Adamu, Ahmed Sarki, Olalekan Uthman, Alison B. Wiyeh, Muktar A. Gadanya, and Charles S. Wiysonge
Nurse-identified patient care and health services research priorities in the United Arab Emirates: a Delphi study, Nabeel Al-Yateem, Muna Al-Tamimi, Maria Brenner, Hanan Al Tawil, Alaa Ahmad, Sharon Brownie, and Shameran Slewa-Younan
Factors that influence transition to advanced roles by RN to BSN nurses, in three selected hospitals of Central-Uganda, John Baptist Asiimwe, Mercy Muwema, and Karen B. Drake
Internationally qualified nurse communication-A qualitative cross country study, Margaret Brunton, Catherine Cook, Dawn Kuzemski, Sharon Brownie, and Alison Thirlwall
The Global Burden of Cancer Pain, Gülbeyaz Can, Tayreez Mushani, Badriya Hamed, and Jeannine M. Brant
Health Care Provider Factors That Influence the Implementation of Policy on Management of Childhood Illnesses in Bomet County, Geoffrey Kipkorir Chalulot, Susan Njuguna, and Eunice Ndirangu
Evaluation and mechanism analysis of HIV prevention programme using resilience framework among female sex workers: A randomised controlled trial, William Chi-WaiWong, Winnie Wing-YanYuen, Catherine So-kumTang, Eleanor Holroyd, and Daniel Yee-TakFong
Structured on-the-job training to improve retention of newborn resuscitation skills: a national cohort Helping Babies Breathe study in Tanzania, Mary Drake, Dunstan R. Bishanga, Akwila Temu, Mustafa Njozi, Erica Thomas, Victor Mponzi, Lauren Arlington, Georgina Msemo, Mary Azayo, Allan Kairuki, Amunga R. Meda, Kahabi Isangula, and Brett D. Nelson
Missed nursing care in newborn units: a cross-sectional direct observational study, David Gathara, George Serem, Georgina A. V. Murphy, Alfred Obengo, Edna Tallam, Debra Jackson, Sharon Brownie, and Mike English
Intense Hoe-Farming: an Unusual Cause of Mondor’s Disease in a Rural Tanzanian Farmer, Kahabi Isangula
Medical device-related pressure ulcers: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Debra Jackson, Ahmed Sarki, Ria Betteridge, and Joanne Brooke
Sociodemographic factors associated with mothers’ experiences of psychosocial care and communication by midwives during childbirth in Nairobi, Kenya, Jane Kabo, Eleanor Holroyd, Grace Edwards, and Ahmed Sarki
Effectiveness of a Novel Continuous Doppler (Moyo) Versus Intermittent Doppler in Intrapartum Detection of Abnormal Foetal Heart Rate: A Randomised Controlled Study in Tanzania, Benjamin Kamala, Hussein Kidanto, Ingvild Dalen, Matilda Ngarina, Muzdalifat Abeid, Jeffrey Perlman, and Hege Ersdal
Women's experiences of disrespectful and abusive maternal health care in a low resource rural setting in eastern Zimbabwe, Blessing Kanengoni, Sari Andajani-Sutjahjo, and Eleanor Holroyd
From a Nursing Diploma to a Bachelor’s Degree: Critical Thinking, Diana Kassaman and Joanne Corlett
Disclosure of HIV status of school-age children: an experience from health-care providers and children’s caregivers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Charles S. Kiula, Saumu Majapa, and Tumbwene Mwansisya
Perceptions and experiences of skilled birth attendants on using a newly developed strap-on electronic fetal heart rate monitor in Tanzania, Sara Rivenes Lafontan, Hussein Kidanto, Hege L. Ersdal, Columba Mbekenga, and Johanne Sundby
Quitting Smoking in Mainland China: A New Role for Hospital-Based Nurses, Weijia Li, Kenny Kung, Li Zhe, Christopher Hui, Eleanor Holroyd, and William Wong
Reasons for delay in seeking treatment among women with obstetric fistula in Tanzania: a qualitative study, Mary Lyimo and Idda H. Mosha
Tanzanian Mothers’ Cultural Beliefs and Misinformation Regarding the Reasons for Their Cesarean Sections, Victor Mathias, Eleanor Holroyd, and Grace Edwards
Late‐life living and care arrangements of older Filipino NewZealanders, Jed Montayre, Stephen Neville, Valerie Wright‐St Clair, Eleanor Holroyd, and Jeffery Adams
My husband will love me more if I give birth to more children: Rural women’s perceptions and beliefs on family planning services utilization in a low resource setting, Agnes Msoka, Eunice Pallangyo, Sharon Brownie, and Eleanor Holroyd
The Male Role as “King of the Family”: Barriers to Vasectomy Uptake, Agnes Msoka, Eunice Pallangyo, Sharon Brownie, and Eleanor Holroyd
Falls prevention among older adults at a Nursing home in a northern suburban of Perth in Western Australia, Horatius Musembi and Deborah Sundin
Cultural assessment: A study of midwives’ knowledge, attitude and self-reported practice in Uganda, Mercy Muwema, Karen Drake, Pamela Friesen, and Grace Edwards
Consensus on Constraints in Marital Satisfaction Among Married Couples in African Context, Tumbwene Mwansisya and Ipyana Mwampagatwa
Patterns and outcomes of paediatric trauma at a tertiary teaching hospital in Kenya, Anthony Ndung'u, Jared Sun, Joan Musau, and Eunice Ndirangu
Case-Based Insights: Arab Muslim Mothers’ Experiences of Managing a Child Newly Diagnosed With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Rachel Cathrine Rossiter, Jennifer Louise Cooper, Suhad Issa Marjei, and Sharon Brownie
A qualitative description of service providers' experiences of ethical issues in HIV care, Motshedisi B. Sabone, Keitshokile Dintle Mogobe, Ellah Matshediso Matshediso, Sheila Shaibu, Esther I. Ntsayagae, Inge B. Corless, Yvette P. Cuca, William L. Holzemer, Carol Dawson-Rose, and Solymar S. Soliz Baez
Maternal and reproductive health (MRH) services during the 2013 eruption of Mount Sinabung: A qualitative case study from Indonesia, Stenly Hely Sajow, Tineke Water, Melania Hidayat, and Eleanor Holroyd
This disease is “not for hospital”: myths and misconceptions about cancers in Northern Nigeria, Ahmed Sarki and Babangida L. Roni
Sustainable development & the year of the nurse & midwife - 2020, Allison Squires, Freida S. Chavez, DeAnne K Hilfinger Messias, Georgia L. Narsavage, Daniel B. Oerther, Shahirose Sadrudin Premji, William E. Rosa, Zainab Ambani, Hortensia Castañeda-Hidalgo, Hyeonkyeong Lee, and Eunice Pallangyo
Mortality and functional outcomes after a spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage: A retrospective multicentre cross-sectional study in Kenya, Peter Waweru and Samwel Gatimu
Submissions from 2018
Standard set of health outcome measures for older persons, Asangaedem Akpan, Charlotte Roberts, Karen Bandeen -. Roche, Barbara Batty, Claudia Bausewein, Diane Bell, David Bramley, Julie Bynum, Ian D. Cameron, and Sheila Shaibu