Barbara Mukasa

Biographic Data

ID	249784
NAME	Barbara Mukasa
GIVEN NAMES	Barbara
FAMILY NAME	Mukasa
SIGNATURE	MUKASA B
AFFILIATIONS	Mildmay Uganda
ORCID	0000-0001-6825-5024
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	33
TOTAL CITATIONS	5
AUTHOR COUNT	33
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2025
H-INDEX	2

Applying implementation science frameworks to understand why fisherfolk continue or discontinue pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention in Uganda
Open AccessSimon Mwima, Laura M Bogart et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025
INTRODUCTION: In Uganda, fisherfolk have an HIV prevalence between 15% and 40%, significantly higher than the national average of 5.5%. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is effective in preventing HIV but faces challenges in uptake and continuation among fisherfolk. This study explores factors influencing PrEP continuation and discontinuation among fisherfolk in Uganda using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR). METHODS: Pa…
Mixed methods pilot evaluation of a gender-sensitivity training for HIV care providers in Uganda
Open AccessKatelyn M Sileo, Rhoda K Wanyenze et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025
In sub-Saharan Africa, gender norms shape women’s and men’s barriers to HIV care engagement, and influence providers’ behaviors. Interventions are needed to build providers’ capacity for delivering gender-sensitive HIV care. We pilot tested a gender-sensitivity training for HIV care providers and staff in Uganda. Using a quasi-experimental controlled trial (2022–23), we assessed a 4-session intervention, developed by the study team, focused on: g…
Acceptability, feasibility, and factors affecting implementation of a gender-sensitivity training for HIV providers and staff in Uganda
Open AccessKatelyn M Sileo, Rhoda K Wanyenze et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025
Clinicaltrials.gov, NCT05178979, registered: November 15, 2021
Evaluating socio‐economic resilience interventions among out‐of‐school adolescent girls and young women in rural Central Uganda
Open AccessDedrix Stephenson Bindeeba, Jane Nakawesi et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Social…2025References: 3
This study evaluates the impact of a socio‐economic resilience intervention targeting out‐of‐school Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) in Uganda's Central Region. The study addresses a critical gap by focusing on out‐of‐school AGYW, a particularly underserved group, and assessing the sustained impact of integrated interventions that combine financial empowerment, social support, and gender‐based violence (GBV) prevention. A quasi‐experimenta…
Longitudinal Assessment of Health Knowledge, Life Skills, and Gender‐Based Violence Awareness Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women
Open AccessDedrix Stephenson Bindeeba, Jane Nakawesi et al.ARTICLEHealth & Social Care in the…2025References: 1
Background Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Uganda face disproportionate HIV and gender‐based violence (GBV) risks. The determined, resilient, empowered, AIDS‐free, mentored, and safe (DREAMS) program delivers layered biomedical, behavioral, and structural support, yet evidence of sustained benefit is limited. Methods Secondary data from 2829 DREAMS beneficiaries aged 9–28 years in four central districts were analyzed. Participants comp…
Enhanced Oral Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Implementation for Ugandan Fisherfolk
Open AccessLaura M Bogart, William Musoke et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2024
Mobile populations such as fisherfolk show high HIV incidence and prevalence. We pilot-tested implementation strategies to enhance pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake and adherence in the context of healthcare outreach events in two mainland fisherfolk communities on Lake Victoria, Uganda from September 2021 to February 2022. The implementation strategies included PrEP adherence supporters (selected from PrEP users' social networks), community…
A qualitative exploration of health-related present bias among HIV-positive adults in Uganda
Sarah Maccarthy, Alexandra Mendoza-Graf et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2023
Decision-making errors such as present bias (PB) can have important consequences for health behaviors, but have been largely studied in the financial domain. We conducted a mixed-method study on PB in the context of ART adherence among clinic-enrolled adults in Uganda (n = 39). Specifically, we quantified PB by asking about preferences between medication available sooner to minimize headaches versus available later to cure headaches. We describe …
Suubi + Adherence4Youth
Open AccessFred M Ssewamala, John A Sauceda et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023
This project was registered at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT05600621) on October, 31, 2022. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05600621
Treatment of Perinatal Depression and Correlates of Treatment Response Among Pregnant Women Living with HIV in Uganda
Open AccessLaura J Faherty, Violet Gwokyalya et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2023
Both depression treatment modalities yielded high response rates in Ugandan PWLWH; ADT was well-tolerated. Our results highlight a need to build capacity to implement the stepped-care protocol for non-responders and screen for social support and interpersonal violence
Effects of M-DEPTH Model of Depression Care on Maternal HIV Viral Suppression and Adherence to the PMTCT Care Continuum Among HIV-Infected Pregnant Women in Uganda
Open AccessGlenn J Wagner, Violet Gwokyalya et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2023
Perinatal depression has been shown to impede adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) care continuum; therefore, treating perinatal depression may result in increased viral suppression and PMTCT adherence. We examined the effects of the M-DEPTH (Maternal Depression Treatment in HIV) depression care model (including antidepressants and individual Problem Solving Therapy) on depression, m…
Food Insecurity During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Open AccessSarah Maccarthy, Zachary Wagner et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2023
The role of material deprivations in determining ART adherence
Open AccessUzaib Saya, Zachary Wagner et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022
Despite sustained global scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART), adherence to ART remains low. Less than half of those in HIV care in Uganda achieve 85% adherence to their ART medication required for clinically meaningful viral suppression, leaving them at higher risk of transmission. Key barriers to ART adherence include poverty-related structural barriers that are inter-connected and occur simultaneously, making it challenging to examine and …
Using a Syndemics Framework to Understand How Substance Use Contributes to Morbidity and Mortality among People Living with HIV in Africa
Open AccessEmmanuel Peprah, Bronwyn Myers et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022
Substance use is increasing throughout Africa, with the prevalence of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and other substance use varying regionally. Concurrently, sub-Saharan Africa bears the world's largest HIV burden, with 71% of people living with HIV (PWH) living in Africa. Problematic alcohol, tobacco, and other substance use among PWH is associated with multiple vulnerabilities comprising complex behavioral, physiological, and psychological pathwa…
Trends of notification rates and treatment outcomes of tuberculosis cases with and without HIV co-infection in eight rural districts of Uganda (2015 – 2019)
Open AccessJoseph Baruch Baluku, Resty Leone Nanyonjo et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022
The CNR increased among people with and without HIV while the TSR reduced among HIV-negative TB cases. There is need to refocus programs to address barriers to treatment success among HIV-negative TB cases
The one who doesn’t take ART medication has no wealth at all and no purpose on Earth” – a qualitative assessment of how HIV-positive adults in Uganda understand the health and wealth-related benefits …
Open AccessUzaib Saya, Sarah Maccarthy et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022
PLWH consider short and long-term health benefits of ART. Programming designed to shape ART uptake and increase adherence should emphasize the broader benefits of ART at various levels. Having such benefits directly integrated into the design of clinic-based HIV interventions can be useful especially for PLWH who face competing interests to increase medication adherence. These benefits can ultimately help providers and policymakers better underst…
Real-time Feedback to Improve HIV Treatment Adherence in Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Uganda
Open AccessLora Sabin, Elizabeth Simmons et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2022
We assessed an intervention aimed at improving adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) among pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV (PPWLH). We randomized 133 pregnant women initiating ART in Uganda to receive text reminders generated by real time-enabled electronic monitors and data-informed counseling through 3 months postpartum (PPM3) or standard care. Intention-to-treat analyses found low adherence levels and no intervention impact. …
Working with economically vulnerable women engaged in sex work
Open AccessProscovia Nabunya, Joshua Kiyingi et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2021
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03583541
An Emerging Syndemic of Smoking and Cardiopulmonary Diseases in People Living with HIV in Africa
Open AccessEmmanuel Peprah, Mari Armstrong‐Hough et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021
We call for a parallel program of implementation research to promote the adoption of evidence-based interventions, which could improve health outcomes for PWH with cardiopulmonary diseases and address the health inequities experienced by PWH in African countries
Suubi+Adherence-Round 2
Open AccessFred M Ssewamala, Ozge Sensoy Bahar et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021
ClinicalTrials.gov , ID: NCT01790373
Increased Depression during Covid-19 Lockdown Associated with Food Insecurity and Antiretroviral Non-Adherence among People Living with HIV in Uganda
Open AccessGlenn J Wagner, Zachary Wagner et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021
The Intersection of Inequitable Gender Norm Endorsement and HIV Stigma
Open AccessKatelyn M Sileo, Rhoda K Wanyenze et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021
Retention in HIV Care Among HIV-Seropositive Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Uganda
Open AccessLora Sabin, Nafisa Halim et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2020
A qualitative study on alcohol consumption and HIV treatment adherence among men living with HIV in Ugandan fishing communities
Katelyn M Sileo, Williams Kizito et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2019
Ugandan fishing communities are dually burdened with high rates of HIV and alcohol use. This qualitative study explores context and motivation of alcohol consumption, and alcohol's effect on antiretroviral treatment (ART) adherence, among male fisherfolk living with HIV in Wakiso District, Uganda. We conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews with 30 men in HIV care and on ART, and used a thematic analysis approach for analysis. Alcohol use wa…
Changes in ART Adherence Relate to Changes in depression as Well! Evidence for the Bi-directional Longitudinal Relationship Between Depression and ART Adherence from a Prospective Study of HIV Clients…
Open AccessGlenn J Wagner, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2019
Masculinity and engagement in HIV care among male fisherfolk on HIV treatment in Uganda
Katelyn M Sileo, Elizabeth Reed et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2019
This study explored the intersection of masculinity and HIV care engagement among fishermen and other male fisherfolk on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Wakiso District, Uganda. We conducted 30 in-depth interviews with men on ART recruited from HIV treatment sites and used a thematic analysis approach. Since HIV diagnosis and ART initiation, men had adopted masculine identities more conducive to HIV care engagement. The masculine roles of worker …