David Kyaddondo
Biographic Data
| ID | 169297 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Kyaddondo |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Kyaddondo |
| SIGNATURE | KYADDONDO D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Makerere University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
“It just feels morally not right to Sell the data”
While genomic data sharing enhances transparency and research efficiency, it also raises significant ethical and social challenges. This study explored stakeholders’ perspectives on these issues, particularly around privacy, confidentiality, and equity in collaborative research. A phenomenological qualitative study was conducted between August and December 2023 at Makerere University College of Health Sciences, other research-intensive institutio…
“Should researchers return individual pharmacogenomics results to participants? ” A descriptive qualitative study on stakeholder perspectives involved in HIV/Aids research and treatment in Uganda
The return of individual pharmacogenomic research results is increasingly recognized as an ethical obligation, reflecting participants’ right to information and researchers’ duty of care. However, implementing this in low-resource settings poses significant ethical and logistical challenges. We explored stakeholders’ attitudes and challenges to the process of returning individual pharmacogenomics research results in Uganda. Between September 2021…
Intersecting stigmas
The population of older persons living with HIV is growing globally, yet their lived experiences - particularly regarding stigma and age-based discrimination - remain insufficiently explored. This study examines how intersecting stigmas of HIV and ageism shape the care experiences of older adults accessing HIV care in Uganda. Using a qualitative approach, we conducted in-depth interviews with 30 older persons (aged 50 and above) on antiretroviral…
Trends and factors associated with retention in HIV care among men living with HIV in a peri-urban primary care facility in central Uganda
The trend of retention in HIV care among MLHIV in this study declined with increasing duration on ART and may require tailored interventions for men to be retained on lifelong ART. Multi-month dispensing of ART, patients' mobile phones and facility-based groups had a positive influence on retention in care among MLHIV and may be further explored as possible interventions to increase retention in this population
‘ It is a complex process, but it’s very important to return these results to participants’ . Stakeholders’ perspectives on the ethical considerations for returning individual pharmacogenomics researc…
This study aimed to explore stakeholders’ perspectives on the ethical considerations for returning individual pharmacogenomics research results to people living with HIV. A qualitative approach to investigation involved five focus group discussions with 30 Community representatives, 12 key informant interviews with researchers, and 12 in-depth interviews with research ethics committee members. In total, 54 stakeholders who were involved in pharma…
Research Participants’ Preferences for Individual Results of Pharmacogenomics Research
Little is known about whether people living with HIV would like to receive their results from pharmacogenomics research. This study explored the factors influencing participants' preferences and the reasons for their desire to receive individual results from pharmacogenomics research. We employed a convergent parallel mixed methods study design comprising a survey of 225 research participants and 5 deliberative focus group discussions with 30 pur…
Psychosocial health in adolescent unmarried motherhood in rural Uganda
Teenage pregnancy rates in Uganda are among the highest in sub-Saharan Africa. Child marriage is often the result of unmarried teenage pregnancy and is recognised by Uganda's government as a form of sexual violence and an outcome of inequality. However, unmarried motherhood incurs stigma and shame within traditionally living rural communities. Using co-produced Open Space and ethnographic methods, we examined the psychosocial impact of unmarried …
Sticks and wheelchairs for elderly people in central Uganda
While mobility-assistive devices ease movement and independence of persons with disabilities, their use may depend on their social and symbolic meaning. This article departs from our observation that elderly people in Wakiso in Uganda own a variety of assistive technologies yet do not utilize them all equally. Our findings are based on data collected through conversations, interviews and observations of thirty elderly people visited in their home…
Technologies of inquiry
HIV testing and divination are both performances that offer access to privileged knowledge about grave problems. In comparing this relatively new technology with a very old technology of knowledge, we consider the experience-near analogies in the ritual performance of discovery and the handling of uncertainty. Specialists must convince inquirers that the knowledge revealed is true. Inquirers test the provisional truths these practices offer by se…
Communication in the Context of Family Caregiving
It is important to consider the complexities of family dynamics when deciding when and how to communicate with HIV-infected children about their illness and treatment. Previous research has focused on providers’ and caregivers’ perspectives on whether, when and how to disclose HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment to HIV-infected children. From the perspective of HIV-infected children, communication does not mean just giving information about illness …
Spaces for talking
Disclosure of HIV status between parents and children in Uganda in the context of greater access to treatment
While disclosure of HIV sero-status is encouraged in the management of the HIV and AIDS epidemic, it remains a challenge, especially among family members. This article examines the moral dilemmas and pragmatic incentives surrounding disclosure of HIV status in contemporary Uganda. Our findings are based on 12 in-depth interviews, 2 focus-group discussions, 6 key informant interviews with AIDS activists, and open-ended responses derived from 148 H…
Home-based HIV counseling and testing
These findings show a very high uptake of HIV testing and satisfaction with HBHCT, a large proportion of married respondents tested as couples, and high disclosure rates. HBHCT can play a major role in expanding access to testing and overcoming disclosure challenges. However, access to HIV services post-test may require attention
Women's views on consent, counseling and confidentiality in PMTCT
To achieve better PMTCT outcomes, the strategy of testing women in antenatal care (perceived as an exclusively female domain) when they are already pregnant needs to be rethought. When scaling up HIV testing programs, it is particularly important that issues of partner disclosure are taken seriously
Dynamics of Care, Situations of Choice
In the 1990s, African AIDS programs followed a voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) approach to HIV testing. In the wake of large scale AIDS treatment programs, policymakers opted for routine provider-initiated testing (PITC) with less emphasis on counseling, which led to concerns about the ethical conduct of HIV testing. Inspired by Annemarie Mol, we ask if PITC can be framed as good care, rather than as medical domination that threatens to vi…
Morality, Hope and Grief
African Anthropologies in a Context of Evolving Needs African Anthropologies
We are not eating our own food here
In this paper we explore changes in agriculture and provisioning in Bunyole County, located in Tororo District on Uganda's eastern border. Since the 1980s parts of the region have experienced a 'rice boom' based on the cultivation of paddy rice in irrigated schemes and seasonal swamps. During the same period, the cultivation of cotton, the traditional cash crop, has declined precipitously. Many households in the region are no longer self-sufficie…
We are not eating our own food here
In this paper we explore changes in agriculture and provisioning in Bunyole County, located in Tororo District on Uganda's eastern border. Since the 1980s parts of the region have experienced a 'rice boom' based on the cultivation of paddy rice in irrigated schemes and seasonal swamps. During the same period, the cultivation of cotton, the traditional cash crop, has declined precipitously. Many households in the region are no longer self-sufficie…
Psychosocial health in adolescent unmarried motherhood in rural Uganda
Teenage pregnancy rates in Uganda are among the highest in sub-Saharan Africa. Child marriage is often the result of unmarried teenage pregnancy and is recognised by Uganda's government as a form of sexual violence and an outcome of inequality. However, unmarried motherhood incurs stigma and shame within traditionally living rural communities. Using co-produced Open Space and ethnographic methods, we examined the psychosocial impact of unmarried …
Dynamics of Care, Situations of Choice
In the 1990s, African AIDS programs followed a voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) approach to HIV testing. In the wake of large scale AIDS treatment programs, policymakers opted for routine provider-initiated testing (PITC) with less emphasis on counseling, which led to concerns about the ethical conduct of HIV testing. Inspired by Annemarie Mol, we ask if PITC can be framed as good care, rather than as medical domination that threatens to vi…
Technologies of inquiry
HIV testing and divination are both performances that offer access to privileged knowledge about grave problems. In comparing this relatively new technology with a very old technology of knowledge, we consider the experience-near analogies in the ritual performance of discovery and the handling of uncertainty. Specialists must convince inquirers that the knowledge revealed is true. Inquirers test the provisional truths these practices offer by se…
Disclosure of HIV status between parents and children in Uganda in the context of greater access to treatment
While disclosure of HIV sero-status is encouraged in the management of the HIV and AIDS epidemic, it remains a challenge, especially among family members. This article examines the moral dilemmas and pragmatic incentives surrounding disclosure of HIV status in contemporary Uganda. Our findings are based on 12 in-depth interviews, 2 focus-group discussions, 6 key informant interviews with AIDS activists, and open-ended responses derived from 148 H…
Spaces for talking
Sticks and wheelchairs for elderly people in central Uganda
While mobility-assistive devices ease movement and independence of persons with disabilities, their use may depend on their social and symbolic meaning. This article departs from our observation that elderly people in Wakiso in Uganda own a variety of assistive technologies yet do not utilize them all equally. Our findings are based on data collected through conversations, interviews and observations of thirty elderly people visited in their home…
We are not eating our own food here
In this paper we explore changes in agriculture and provisioning in Bunyole County, located in Tororo District on Uganda's eastern border. Since the 1980s parts of the region have experienced a 'rice boom' based on the cultivation of paddy rice in irrigated schemes and seasonal swamps. During the same period, the cultivation of cotton, the traditional cash crop, has declined precipitously. Many households in the region are no longer self-sufficie…
African Anthropologies in a Context of Evolving Needs African Anthropologies
Morality, Hope and Grief
Dynamics of Care, Situations of Choice
In the 1990s, African AIDS programs followed a voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) approach to HIV testing. In the wake of large scale AIDS treatment programs, policymakers opted for routine provider-initiated testing (PITC) with less emphasis on counseling, which led to concerns about the ethical conduct of HIV testing. Inspired by Annemarie Mol, we ask if PITC can be framed as good care, rather than as medical domination that threatens to vi…
Home-based HIV counseling and testing
These findings show a very high uptake of HIV testing and satisfaction with HBHCT, a large proportion of married respondents tested as couples, and high disclosure rates. HBHCT can play a major role in expanding access to testing and overcoming disclosure challenges. However, access to HIV services post-test may require attention
Women's views on consent, counseling and confidentiality in PMTCT
To achieve better PMTCT outcomes, the strategy of testing women in antenatal care (perceived as an exclusively female domain) when they are already pregnant needs to be rethought. When scaling up HIV testing programs, it is particularly important that issues of partner disclosure are taken seriously
Disclosure of HIV status between parents and children in Uganda in the context of greater access to treatment
While disclosure of HIV sero-status is encouraged in the management of the HIV and AIDS epidemic, it remains a challenge, especially among family members. This article examines the moral dilemmas and pragmatic incentives surrounding disclosure of HIV status in contemporary Uganda. Our findings are based on 12 in-depth interviews, 2 focus-group discussions, 6 key informant interviews with AIDS activists, and open-ended responses derived from 148 H…
Spaces for talking
Communication in the Context of Family Caregiving
It is important to consider the complexities of family dynamics when deciding when and how to communicate with HIV-infected children about their illness and treatment. Previous research has focused on providers’ and caregivers’ perspectives on whether, when and how to disclose HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment to HIV-infected children. From the perspective of HIV-infected children, communication does not mean just giving information about illness …
Technologies of inquiry
HIV testing and divination are both performances that offer access to privileged knowledge about grave problems. In comparing this relatively new technology with a very old technology of knowledge, we consider the experience-near analogies in the ritual performance of discovery and the handling of uncertainty. Specialists must convince inquirers that the knowledge revealed is true. Inquirers test the provisional truths these practices offer by se…
Sticks and wheelchairs for elderly people in central Uganda
While mobility-assistive devices ease movement and independence of persons with disabilities, their use may depend on their social and symbolic meaning. This article departs from our observation that elderly people in Wakiso in Uganda own a variety of assistive technologies yet do not utilize them all equally. Our findings are based on data collected through conversations, interviews and observations of thirty elderly people visited in their home…
Research Participants’ Preferences for Individual Results of Pharmacogenomics Research
Little is known about whether people living with HIV would like to receive their results from pharmacogenomics research. This study explored the factors influencing participants' preferences and the reasons for their desire to receive individual results from pharmacogenomics research. We employed a convergent parallel mixed methods study design comprising a survey of 225 research participants and 5 deliberative focus group discussions with 30 pur…
Psychosocial health in adolescent unmarried motherhood in rural Uganda
Teenage pregnancy rates in Uganda are among the highest in sub-Saharan Africa. Child marriage is often the result of unmarried teenage pregnancy and is recognised by Uganda's government as a form of sexual violence and an outcome of inequality. However, unmarried motherhood incurs stigma and shame within traditionally living rural communities. Using co-produced Open Space and ethnographic methods, we examined the psychosocial impact of unmarried …
‘ It is a complex process, but it’s very important to return these results to participants’ . Stakeholders’ perspectives on the ethical considerations for returning individual pharmacogenomics researc…
This study aimed to explore stakeholders’ perspectives on the ethical considerations for returning individual pharmacogenomics research results to people living with HIV. A qualitative approach to investigation involved five focus group discussions with 30 Community representatives, 12 key informant interviews with researchers, and 12 in-depth interviews with research ethics committee members. In total, 54 stakeholders who were involved in pharma…
Trends and factors associated with retention in HIV care among men living with HIV in a peri-urban primary care facility in central Uganda
The trend of retention in HIV care among MLHIV in this study declined with increasing duration on ART and may require tailored interventions for men to be retained on lifelong ART. Multi-month dispensing of ART, patients' mobile phones and facility-based groups had a positive influence on retention in care among MLHIV and may be further explored as possible interventions to increase retention in this population
“It just feels morally not right to Sell the data”
While genomic data sharing enhances transparency and research efficiency, it also raises significant ethical and social challenges. This study explored stakeholders’ perspectives on these issues, particularly around privacy, confidentiality, and equity in collaborative research. A phenomenological qualitative study was conducted between August and December 2023 at Makerere University College of Health Sciences, other research-intensive institutio…
“Should researchers return individual pharmacogenomics results to participants? ” A descriptive qualitative study on stakeholder perspectives involved in HIV/Aids research and treatment in Uganda
The return of individual pharmacogenomic research results is increasingly recognized as an ethical obligation, reflecting participants’ right to information and researchers’ duty of care. However, implementing this in low-resource settings poses significant ethical and logistical challenges. We explored stakeholders’ attitudes and challenges to the process of returning individual pharmacogenomics research results in Uganda. Between September 2021…
Intersecting stigmas
The population of older persons living with HIV is growing globally, yet their lived experiences - particularly regarding stigma and age-based discrimination - remain insufficiently explored. This study examines how intersecting stigmas of HIV and ageism shape the care experiences of older adults accessing HIV care in Uganda. Using a qualitative approach, we conducted in-depth interviews with 30 older persons (aged 50 and above) on antiretroviral…
Medicine (14 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Family medicine (8 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Social science (7 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV (6 works) · Qualitative research (6 works)