Fred Ngabirano

Datos Biográficos

ID7687601
NOMBREFred Ngabirano
NOMBRESFred
APELLIDONgabirano
FIRMANGABIRANO F
AFILIACIONESMinistry of Gender, Labour and Social Development
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS4
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR4
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2023
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • A risky coping strategy

    Open AccessBetty Kwagala, Betty J Kwagala et al.ARTICLECritical Public Health2026

    Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) attracts some of the most vulnerable populations, including females who constitute close to half of the labor force. Among this group are adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) who, driven by poverty, engage in risky sexual behaviors that are detrimental to their health. The situation was dire during the COVID-19 lockdown. This paper examines the determinants of multiple sexual partnerships (MSPs) (operatio…

  • Determinants of sexually transmitted infections among adolescent girls and young women in artisanal and small-scale mining communities of Uganda

    Open AccessBetty Kwagala, Hanna Chidwick et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    The results highlight the urgent need to respond to the high prevalence of self reported STIs among AGYW in ASM. The risk factors constitute multiple and intersecting vulnerabilities that require both preventive and curative interventions targeting female and male ASM workers and host communities, with emphasis on behavioral change and promotion of viable alternative sources of income. The ministries of Health, Gender, Labour and Social Developme…

  • Parent–child communication on sexual and reproductive health in border districts of Eastern Uganda

    Peter Kisaakye, Patricia Ndugga et al.ARTICLESex Education2024

    Parent-child communication concerning sexual and reproductive health (SRH) has significant potential to reduce children’s risky sexual behaviour. Despite these benefits, few parents communicate with their children about SRH issues in Uganda. Using multi-stage stratified sampling in a cross-sectional survey, we estimated the prevalence and investigated the factors that were associated with recent parent-child communication among 600 children (10-1…

  • “If your mother does not teach you, the world will…”

    Open AccessPatricia Ndugga, Betty Kwagala et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    Parents' ability to communicate with their children is hindered by cultural barriers, busy work schedules, and a lack of knowledge. Engaging all stakeholders including parents to deconstruct sociocultural norms around adolescent SRH, developing the capacity of parents to confidently initiate and convey accurate SRH information, initiation of SRH discussions at early ages, and integrating parent-adolescent communication into parenting intervention…