Neema Nakyanjo

Datos Biográficos

ID128744
NOMBRENeema Nakyanjo
NOMBRESNeema
APELLIDONakyanjo
FIRMANAKYANJO N
AFILIACIONESRakai Health Sciences Program
ORCID0000-0002-1908-7957
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS28
TOTAL DE CITAS1
TOTAL COMO AUTOR28
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2013
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H1

  • Men’s understanding of three different measures of transactional sex

    Open AccessHolly Nishimura, Neema Nakyanjo et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2026

    Lack of valid and reliable measures and inconsistent transactional sex measurement has resulted in poor understanding of the practice, particularly among men. To improve transactional sex measurement and facilitate comparison across studies, we examined how men comprehend and respond to three common transactional sex measures. Cognitive interviews were conducted with 25 sexually active adult men in Rakai, Uganda and data were thematically analyse…

  • Factors shaping understanding and interpretation of sexual practice survey questions in south-central Uganda

    Open AccessWilliam G Ddaaki, Fred Nalugoda et al.ARTICLEAfrican Journal of AIDS Research2026

    BACKGROUND: Accurate interpretation of survey questions about sensitive matters such as sexual practices is crucial for obtaining reliable data to inform effective public health interventions. Describing sexual practices involves reflecting on acts and contextually attributing meanings. However, participants in sexual behaviour studies may struggle to understand questions, affecting the validity of the data. AIM: We investigated factors that shap…

  • Cognitive interviewing for understanding and adaptation of mental health screening instruments among people living with HIV in rakai, Uganda

    Open AccessNora S West, Lydia P Namuganga et al.ARTICLESSM - Mental Health2025

    Background Mental health is conceptualized differently across cultures, making exploration of the understandability of screening tools for the purpose of adaptation critical. Methods In Uganda, we used cognitive interviewing to understand comprehension of and make adaptations to three scales for measuring psychological distress: the Thinking Too Much (TTM) Questionnaire, the Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9), and the Hopkins Symptoms Checkli…

  • Okweraliikirira and Okwenyamira

    Open AccessNora S West, Rosette Nakubulwa et al.ARTICLECulture Medicine and Psychiatry2025

  • Motivational interviewing experiences from a community health worker-led HIV prevention and care intervention in rural Uganda

    Holly Nishimura, Rose Pollard Kaptchuk et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2024

    Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Community Health Workers (CHWs) are increasingly utilized in global settings to improve HIV outcomes, yet research exploring implementation strategies using MI and CHWs is lacking. We examined the experiences of CHWs and their clients in a counseling intervention which used MI-informed counseling to increase engagement in HIV prevention and treatment. This study was nested within the mLAKE cluster-randomized tri…

  • Dissolution of transactional sex relationships during Covid-19

    Holly Nishimura, Holly M Nishimura et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2024

    The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent mitigation measures led to social disruption and negative economic shocks for a large proportion of Uganda's population. The social and economic consequences of COVID-19 on Ugandan men's sexual behaviours, including transactional sex relationships, are unclear. We conducted in-depth interviews between November 2021-February 2022 with 26 men in a high HIV prevalence region of Uganda. Data were analysed thematic…

  • Understanding the drivers of preferential migration of people living with HIV to fishing communities of Lake Victoria in Uganda

    Open AccessSarah Nakamanya, Neema Nakyanjo et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2023

    Fishing communities around Lake Victoria have among the highest burdens of HIV globally. Growing evidence suggests that high HIV prevalence is partially due to selective migration of people living with HIV to fishing communities. However, the reasons for this preferential migration are unclear. We recruited 60 men and women for qualitative in-depth interviews (30% living with HIV; 70% recent migrants of unknown HIV status) from seven Ugandan fish…

  • The negative health spillover effects of universal primary education policy

    Open AccessErin V Moore, Jennifer S Hirsch et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2023

    Scholars of global health have embraced universal education as a structural intervention to prevent HIV. Yet the costs of school, including fees and other ancillary costs, create an economic burden for students and their families, indicating both the challenge of realising the potential of education for preventing HIV and the ways in which the desire for education may produce vulnerabilities to HIV for those struggling to afford it. To explore th…

  • From ‘no problem’ to ‘a lot of difficulties’

    Open AccessRuth Young, Caitlin E Kennedy et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2023

    Migration is increasingly common in Africa, especially for employment. Migrants may face additional barriers to accessing health care, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention and treatment, compared with long-term residents. Exploring migrants’ experiences with health services can provide insights to inform the design of health programmes. In this study, we used qualitative methods to understand migrants’ barriers to health servic…

  • Gendered access to digital capital and mobile phone ownership among young people in Rakai, Uganda

    Alyssa L Basmajian, Philip Kreniske et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2023

    This article examines how gendered access to digital capital-in the form of the social and economic resources needed to own and use a mobile phone-is connected to key adult milestones, such as securing employment and engaging in romantic relationships. Descriptive statistical analysis of 11,030 young people aged 15-24 in Rakai, Uganda indicated that men were more likely to own mobile phones than women. Analysis of qualitative interviews with youn…

  • Identifying longitudinal patterns of HIV treatment (dis)engagement and re-engagement from oral histories of virologically unsuppressed persons in Uganda

    Open AccessJoseph G Rosen, Neema Nakyanjo et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2023Referencias: 68

  • When Coffee Collapsed

    Open AccessErin V Moore, Rodah Nambi et al.ARTICLEMedical Anthropology2022Referencias: 48

    In some Ugandan fishing communities, almost half the population lives with HIV. Researchers designate these communities "HIV hotspots" and attribute disproportionate disease burdens to "sex-for-fish" relationships endemic to the lakeshores. In this article, we trace the emergence of Uganda's HIV hotspots to structural adjustment. We show how global economic policies negotiated in the 1990s precipitated the collapse of Uganda's coffee sector, caus…

  • Qualitative Assessment of Barriers and Facilitators of PrEP Use Before and After Rollout of a PrEP Program for Priority Populations in South-central Uganda

    Open AccessWilliam G Ddaaki, Susanne Strömdahl et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021

  • HIV Prevention and Treatment Behavior Change and the Situated Information Motivation Behavioral Skills (sIMB) Model

    Open AccessRose Pollard, Rose Pollard Kaptchuk et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021

  • A Double Stress”

    Open AccessNora S West, William G Ddaaki et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021

  • Perspectives of Women Living With HIV on Addressing Violence and Use of Alcohol During HIV Services

    Open AccessAmanda P Miller, William G Ddaaki et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2021Referencias: 1

    The syndemic relationship between harmful alcohol use, intimate partner violence (IPV), and HIV is well established across international settings. Less is known about how these health issues are perceived by women living with HIV (WLWH), who are disproportionately affected by these intertwined epidemics. A qualitative study was undertaken with 20 WLWH in Rakai, Uganda, to assess their perceptions of how these issues have affected their lives and …

  • Antiretroviral treatment sharing among highly mobile Ugandan fisherfolk living with HIV

    Joseph G Rosen, Neema Nakyanjo et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2020

    Antiretroviral treatment (ART) diversion from prescribed to non-prescribed users (i.e., sharing or selling) is an understudied dimension of HIV treatment adherence. We sought to explore ART diversion patterns in high-prevalence fishing communities on Lake Victoria, Uganda. We implemented a qualitative study in two fishing communities on Lake Victoria in south-central Uganda to identify facilitators of and pathways to ART diversion. We conducted 2…

  • Alcohol use in fishing communities and men’s willingness to participate in an alcohol, violence and HIV risk reduction intervention

    Erika Bonnevie, Godfrey Kigozi et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2020

    Alcohol use, intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV infection are associated, but few programmes and interventions have addressed their synergistic relationship or been evaluated for effectiveness and acceptability. This is a critical gap in populations with high rates of alcohol use, HIV and IPV, such as Uganda's fishing communities. This study examined drinking norms, barriers and facilitators to engagement in a risk reduction programme, and i…

  • Women’s role in male circumcision promotion in Rakai, Uganda

    Neema Nakyanjo, Danielle Piccinini et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2019

    Medical male circumcision (MMC) has expanded in sub-Saharan Africa, yet uptake remains sub-optimal. We sought to understand women's perceptions of and influence on MMC in Rakai, Uganda. We conducted in-depth interviews with 27 women in fishing and trading communities, including women married to circumcised and uncircumcised men, single women, and sex workers. Data analysis followed a team-based framework approach. All female participants preferre…

  • Couple perspectives on unintended pregnancy in an area with high HIV prevalence

    Open AccessStephanie A Grilo, M Catallozzi et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2018

    Understanding how couples perceive a recent unintended pregnancy in the context of HIV infection and high levels of gender inequality may provide insights for prevention of undesired pregnancy. We used data from 24 in-depth interviews with 8 HIV-serodiscordant and 4 seroconcordant couples living in rural Uganda and interviewed separately; between 15 and 49 years and one or both identified the pregnancy as unintended. A dyadic analysis was perform…

  • HIV Partner Notification Values and Preferences Among Sex Workers, Fishermen, and Mainland Community Members in Rakai, Uganda

    Open AccessCaitlin Quinn, Neema Nakyanjo et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2018

  • Multilevel influences on acceptance of medical male circumcision in Rakai District, Uganda

    Pamela Lilleston, Pamela S Lilleston et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2017

    Despite access to safe medical male circumcision (MMC) and proven effectiveness of the procedure in reducing acquisition of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, uptake remains suboptimal in many settings in sub-Saharan Africa, including Rakai District, Uganda. This study explored multilevel barriers and facilitators to MMC in focus group discussions (FGDs) (n = 35 groups) in Rakai. Focus groups were conducted from May through July 2012 …

  • Perceptions of Adolescent Pregnancy Among Teenage Girls in Rakai, Uganda

    Open AccessChristina Maly, Katherine A McClendon et al.ARTICLEGlobal Qualitative Nursing Research2017

    The leading causes of death and disability among Ugandan female adolescents aged 15 to 19 years are pregnancy complications, unsafe abortions, and childbirth. Despite these statistics, our understanding of how girls perceive adolescent pregnancy is limited. This qualitative study explored the social and contextual factors shaping the perceptions of adolescent pregnancy and childbirth among a sample of 12 currently pregnant and 14 never pregnant g…

  • Contraceptive knowledge, perceptions, and concerns among men in Uganda

    Open AccessNityanjali Thummalachetty, S Mathur et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017

    Overall, we found limited accurate knowledge about contraceptive methods among men in Uganda. Moreover, fears about the side effects of modern contraceptive methods appeared to be common among men. Family planning services in Uganda could be significantly strengthened by renewed efforts to focus on men's knowledge, fears, and misconceptions

  • Fatherhood, marriage and HIV risk among young men in rural Uganda

    S Mathur, Jeanette A Higgins et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2016

    Compared to a large body of work on how gender may affect young women's vulnerability to HIV, we know little about how masculine ideals and practices relating to marriage and fertility desires shape young men's HIV risk. Using life-history interview data with 30 HIV-positive and HIV-negative young men aged 15-24 years, this analysis offers an in-depth perspective on young men's transition through adolescence, the desire for fatherhood and experie…