Godfrey E Siu

Biographic Data

ID281254
NAMEGodfrey E Siu
GIVEN NAMESGodfrey E
FAMILY NAMESiu
SIGNATURESIU G E
AFFILIATIONSChild Health and Development Centre, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS30
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX3

  • A Ugandan Parenting Programme to Prevent Gender-Based Violence

    Open AccessDaniel Wight, Richard Sekiwunga et al.ARTICLEResearch on Social Work Practice2022References: 13

    Purpose : To develop a culturally-sensitive intervention for the early prevention of gender-based violence (GBV) in Uganda. Methods : Programme design followed the 6SQuID model of intervention development and multi-sectorial advice. A formative evaluation was conducted in two communities with six groups and 138 participants. Findings : Four familial predictors of GBV were identified as potentially malleable: poor parent-child attachment, harsh pa…

  • Men’s Involvement in a Parenting Programme to Reduce Child Maltreatment and Gender-Based Violence

    Open AccessGodfrey E Siu, Godfrey Siu et al.ARTICLEEuropean Journal of Development…2017Cited by: 7References: 3

    Parenting programmes involving fathers can reduce child maltreatment and gender-based violence. However, most parenting programmes find it difficult to recruit fathers. We piloted a 21 session parenting intervention, ‘Parenting for Respectability’, with fathers and mothers near Kampala, Uganda. Sixty-one fathers and 83 mothers were recruited initially and 52 fathers and 76 mothers retained to the end. We interviewed with 24 fathers and 16 mothers…

  • Young people with HIV attending a transition clinic in Kampala, Uganda

    Open AccessGodfrey E Siu, Godfrey Siu et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2016References: 19

  • Masculinity, social context and HIV testing

    Open AccessGodfrey E Siu, Godfrey Siu et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    The two main forms of masculine ideals prevailing in Mam-Kiror in Busia led men to have different motives for HIV testing. Reputational masculinity was largely inconsistent with the requirements of couple testing, community outreach testing and the organisation of testing services, discouraging men from testing. Conversely, concern to perform one's family roles as a respectable man meant accessing treatment to extend one's life, which encouraged …

  • Dented' and 'Resuscitated' masculinities

    Open AccessGodfrey E Siu, Godfrey Siu et al.ARTICLESAHARA-J Journal of Social…2014Cited by: 3References: 31

    There is limited research on the impact of HIV or its treatment on men's identity construction and gender roles in sub-Saharan Africa. Based on in-depth research with 26 men in rural Uganda, this article discusses men's vulnerabilities and shifting gender relations and sense of masculinity resulting from HIV infection or enrolment on treatment in eastern Uganda. The findings suggest two broad categories of masculinity: respectable and reputationa…

  • Dividuality, masculine respectability and reputation

    Godfrey E Siu, Godfrey Siu et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2013Cited by: 20References: 32

  • HIV serostatus disclosure and lived experiences of adolescents at the Transition Clinic of the Infectious Diseases Clinic in Kampala, Uganda

    Godfrey E Siu, Godfrey Siu et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2012

    Most studies on HIV serostatus disclosure and adolescents focus on whether, how and when to disclose to adolescents their HIV diagnosis. Fewer studies have examined HIV serostatus disclosure by adolescents who know they are infected with HIV. This study presents qualitative data examining HIV serostatus and treatment disclosure practices and concerns of young people living with HIV in Uganda and the extent to which they are satisfied with current…