Juliet N Babirye

Datos Biográficos

ID7036591
NOMBREJuliet N Babirye
NOMBRESJuliet N
APELLIDOBabirye
FIRMABABIRYE J N
AFILIACIONESMakerere University
ORCID0000-0002-6665-2920
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS10
TOTAL DE CITAS7
TOTAL COMO AUTOR10
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2011
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H1

  • Factors associated with mental health stigma among teachers and caregivers of primary school children in Uganda

    Open AccessNora Braathu, Mukisa Marjorie Kabatooro et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Higher levels of stigma were associated with lower mental health knowledge and higher frequencies of psychological aggression among teachers and caregivers. Additionally, lower caregiver education was associated with higher levels of stigma. This underscores the importance of targeted interventions to enhance mental health awareness and reduce aggressive disciplinary practices. Additionally, the observed associations with caregiver education emph…

  • Association between early alcohol use and academic achievement among primary school children in Uganda

    Open AccessJoyce Nalugya, Joyce S Nalugya et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Child alcohol use is a public health concern in Uganda. This study assessed academic achievement skills and their association with alcohol use among primary school children in Mbale district, Uganda. This cross-sectional study assessed academic achievement skills (word reading, sentence comprehension, spelling, and math computation) in 6–13-year-old primary school children using the Wide Range Achievement Test, Fifth Edition (WRAT-5). Participant…

  • Alcohol education in Ugandan primary schools

    Open AccessNeda Valeckaite, Melf-Jakob Kühl et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    This study shows that teachers considered alcohol education as an important topic aiming to teach children about the dangers and negative effects of alcohol use

  • Prevalence of probable substance use disorders among children in Ugandan health facilities

    Open AccessHarriet Aber, Harriet Aber-Odonga et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    Our findings suggest a high prevalence of probable AUD and SUD among children and adolescents visiting healthcare facilities for other conditions, along with a strong link between AUD and SUD prevalence and social factors. The implication for our healthcare system is to actively screen for and treat these conditions at primary healthcare facilities

  • She gives it to her child who doesn’t even talk”

    Open AccessJoyce Nalugya, Joyce Sserunjogi Nalugya et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    Children eligible for primary education in Uganda can easily access and use AOD. Several factors were identified as contributing to alcohol and other drug use among children, including availability and accessibility, advertising, lack of parental awareness and supervision, peer influence, adverse childhood experiences, socioeconomic factors, and cultural norms. There is a need for multi-sectoral action for awareness of childhood AOD use and delib…

  • Health system factors influencing uptake of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine among adolescent girls 9-15 years in Mbale District, Uganda

    Open AccessJuliet Nabirye, Livex Andrew Okwi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    In the original article [1] the first paragraph of the Background section was omitted due to a discrepancy between the metadata of the article and the PDF version

  • Does mhGAP training of primary health care providers improve the identification of child- and adolescent mental, neurological or substance use disorders? Results from a randomized controlled trial in …

    Open AccessAngela Akol, Frederick Makumbi et al.ARTICLECambridge Prisms Global Mental…2018

    In this setting, mhGAP CAMH training of PHC providers increases PHC clinics' identification and reporting of non-epilepsy CAMH cases but this increase did not reach statistical significance

  • Early relationships and marriage in conflict and post-conflict settings

    Jennifer Schlecht, Elizabeth Rowley et al.ARTICLEReproductive Health Matters2013Citada por: 7Referencias: 8

    While there is increased attention to child marriage, defined as marriage before 18 years of age, in countries where the practice is especially prevalent, less attention has been directed at understanding the factors affecting relationships, marriage and cohabitation among adolescents affected by conflict and displacement. This article presents factors which contribute to early relationships and informal marriages in conflict and post-conflict se…

  • Why the increase in under five mortality in Uganda from 1995 to 2000? A retrospective analysis

    Open AccessF Nuwaha, Juliet Babirye et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011

    In order to explain these findings, there is need to find something that happened in western Uganda (but not other parts of the country) during the period 1995-2000 and has the potential to change the under five mortality by a big margin. We hypothesize that the increase in under five mortality could be explained by the severe malaria epidemic that occurred in western Uganda (but not other regions) in 1997/98

  • More support for mothers

    Open AccessJuliet N Babirye, Elizeus Rutebemberwa et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011

    Immunisation programmes should position themselves to address social contexts. A community programme that empowers women economically and helps men recognise the role of women in decision making for child health is needed. Increasing male involvement and knowledge of immunisation concepts among caretakers could improve immunisation