Ruth Nalugya

• Obuntu bulamu

  Open Access•Ruth Nalugya, Harriet Nambejja et al.•ARTICLE•African Journal of Disability•2023

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  The paper contributes to existing evidence that there is need for more Afrocentric interventions, which built on cultural values and practices. Interventions based on indigenous values have a greater potential to be acceptable, can foster integration and are likely to be more sustainability to achieve disability inclusion. In the article we describe parental perspectives of the Obuntu bulamu intervention, an intervention to improve inclusion of c…

• The impact of Covid-19 measures on children with disabilities and their families in Uganda

  Open Access•Femke Bannink Mbazzi, Ruth Nalugya et al.•ARTICLE•Disability & Society•2021•Citada por: 8•Referencias: 2

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  To understand the impact of the COVID-19 public health response on families of children with disabilities in Central Uganda we conducted phone interviews with parents and children during the first 5 months of the outbreak (March -July 2020). Most parents and children were well informed about COVID-19 and were keen to adhere to government prevention measures. The majority said lock-down measures had a negative effect on their mental and physical h…

• The role of children in their HIV-positive parents’ management of antiretroviral therapy in Uganda

  Open Access•Ruth Nalugya, Steven Russell et al.•ARTICLE•African Journal of AIDS Research•2018

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  Adjustment to life on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and living with HIV as a long-term chronic condition, pose significant medical, social and economic challenges. We investigated children's role in supporting HIV-positive parents to self-manage life on ART. Between 2010 and 2012, we conducted a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with 38 HIV-positive parents who had been on ART for over a year. They were randomly selected from peop…

• Test and treat

  Open Access•Martin Mbonye, Janet Seeley et al.•ARTICLE•AIDS Care•2016

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  At the end of 2013, the Government of Uganda issued guidance recommending provision of Anti-Retroviral Treatment (ART) to HIV-positive people in key populations, including female sex workers, regardless of CD4 cell count. We describe the implementation of this new guidance in a clinic serving women at high risk of HIV infection in Kampala. Between July and December 2015, we conducted repeat in-depth interviews with 15 women attending the clinic a…

• Antiretroviral therapy and changing patterns of HIV stigmatisation in Entebbe, Uganda

  Open Access•Steve Russell, Flavia Zalwango et al.•ARTICLE•Sociology of Health & Illness•2016•Citada por: 3•Referencias: 14

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  Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has the potential to change processes of HIV stigmatisation. In this article, changing processes of stigmatisation among a group of people living with HIV (PLWH) on ART in Wakiso District, Uganda, are analysed using qualitative data from a study of PLWH's self-management of HIV on ART. There were 38 respondents (20 women, 18 men) who had been taking ART for at least 1 year. They were purposefully selected from governm…

• The impact of Covid-19 measures on children with disabilities and their families in Uganda

  Open Access•Femke Bannink Mbazzi, Ruth Nalugya et al.•ARTICLE•Disability & Society•2021•Citada por: 8•Referencias: 2

  Añadir item

  To understand the impact of the COVID-19 public health response on families of children with disabilities in Central Uganda we conducted phone interviews with parents and children during the first 5 months of the outbreak (March -July 2020). Most parents and children were well informed about COVID-19 and were keen to adhere to government prevention measures. The majority said lock-down measures had a negative effect on their mental and physical h…

• Antiretroviral therapy and changing patterns of HIV stigmatisation in Entebbe, Uganda

  Open Access•Steve Russell, Flavia Zalwango et al.•ARTICLE•Sociology of Health & Illness•2016•Citada por: 3•Referencias: 14

  Añadir item

  Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has the potential to change processes of HIV stigmatisation. In this article, changing processes of stigmatisation among a group of people living with HIV (PLWH) on ART in Wakiso District, Uganda, are analysed using qualitative data from a study of PLWH's self-management of HIV on ART. There were 38 respondents (20 women, 18 men) who had been taking ART for at least 1 year. They were purposefully selected from governm…

• Test and treat

  Open Access•Martin Mbonye, Janet Seeley et al.•ARTICLE•AIDS Care•2016

  Añadir item

  At the end of 2013, the Government of Uganda issued guidance recommending provision of Anti-Retroviral Treatment (ART) to HIV-positive people in key populations, including female sex workers, regardless of CD4 cell count. We describe the implementation of this new guidance in a clinic serving women at high risk of HIV infection in Kampala. Between July and December 2015, we conducted repeat in-depth interviews with 15 women attending the clinic a…

• Antiretroviral therapy and changing patterns of HIV stigmatisation in Entebbe, Uganda

  Open Access•Steve Russell, Flavia Zalwango et al.•ARTICLE•Sociology of Health & Illness•2016•Citada por: 3•Referencias: 14

  Añadir item

  Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has the potential to change processes of HIV stigmatisation. In this article, changing processes of stigmatisation among a group of people living with HIV (PLWH) on ART in Wakiso District, Uganda, are analysed using qualitative data from a study of PLWH's self-management of HIV on ART. There were 38 respondents (20 women, 18 men) who had been taking ART for at least 1 year. They were purposefully selected from governm…

• The role of children in their HIV-positive parents’ management of antiretroviral therapy in Uganda

  Open Access•Ruth Nalugya, Steven Russell et al.•ARTICLE•African Journal of AIDS Research•2018

  Añadir item

  Adjustment to life on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and living with HIV as a long-term chronic condition, pose significant medical, social and economic challenges. We investigated children's role in supporting HIV-positive parents to self-manage life on ART. Between 2010 and 2012, we conducted a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with 38 HIV-positive parents who had been on ART for over a year. They were randomly selected from peop…

• The impact of Covid-19 measures on children with disabilities and their families in Uganda

  Open Access•Femke Bannink Mbazzi, Ruth Nalugya et al.•ARTICLE•Disability & Society•2021•Citada por: 8•Referencias: 2

  Añadir item

  To understand the impact of the COVID-19 public health response on families of children with disabilities in Central Uganda we conducted phone interviews with parents and children during the first 5 months of the outbreak (March -July 2020). Most parents and children were well informed about COVID-19 and were keen to adhere to government prevention measures. The majority said lock-down measures had a negative effect on their mental and physical h…

• Obuntu bulamu

  Open Access•Ruth Nalugya, Harriet Nambejja et al.•ARTICLE•African Journal of Disability•2023

  Añadir item

  The paper contributes to existing evidence that there is need for more Afrocentric interventions, which built on cultural values and practices. Interventions based on indigenous values have a greater potential to be acceptable, can foster integration and are likely to be more sustainability to achieve disability inclusion. In the article we describe parental perspectives of the Obuntu bulamu intervention, an intervention to improve inclusion of c…

Medicine (5 obras) · Psychology (4 obras) · Qualitative research (4 obras) · Family medicine (3 obras) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (3 obras) · Antiretroviral therapy (2 obras) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (2 obras) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV (2 obras) · Psychiatry (2 obras) · Sociology (2 obras)