Paddy Ssentongo

Datos Biográficos

ID7559437
NOMBREPaddy Ssentongo
NOMBRESPaddy
APELLIDOSsentongo
FIRMASSENTONGO P
AFILIACIONESPennsylvania State University
ORCID0000-0003-1565-5731
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS14
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR9
TOTAL COMO EDITOR5
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2020
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • Rates and factors for 30-day readmission in patients with substance use disorders during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessPaddy Ssentongo, Jonathan Nunez et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2025

    In this cohort of hospitalized patients with substance use disorders, inpatient addiction interventions were associated with significantly lower 30-day readmission rates. Educational counseling and pharmacotherapy initiation reduced readmission risk, whereas self-directed discharge was associated with markedly higher odds of readmission. These findings support the integration of structured addiction consultation services to improve post-discharge…

  • Spatial clustering of domestic violence attitudes toward women in Ghana

    Open AccessCecilia Richardsen, Djibril M Ba et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Violence against women is a global public health issue associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The United Nations defines violence against women as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life”. There is paucity of data on th…

  • Gun violence in United States during the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessPaddy Ssentongo, Anna Ssentongo et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Objective: In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, gun violence (GV) rates in the United States (US) rose by 30%. We estimate the relative risk of GV in the US in the second year compared to the first year of the pandemic, in time and space. Methods: Daily police reports of gun-related injuries and deaths in the 50 states and the District of Columbia from March 1, 2020, to February 28, 2022, were obtained from the GV Archive. Generalized line…

  • Factors associated with pregnancy termination in women of childbearing age in 36 low-and middle-income countries

    Open AccessDjibril M Ba, Yue Zhang et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Lack of access to safe, affordable, timely and adequate pregnancy termination care, and the stigma associated with abortion in low-middle income countries (LMICs), pose a serious risk to women’s physical and mental well-being throughout the lifespan. Factors associated with pregnancy termination and their heterogeneity across countries in LMICs previously have not been thoroughly investigated. We aim to determine the relative significance of fact…

  • Spatial variation and attributable risk factors of anaemia among young children in Uganda

    Open AccessRonald Wasswa, Rornald Muhumuza Kananura et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Anaemia continues to be a burden especially in developing countries that not only affects the physical growth and cognitive development of children but also increases their risk to death. Over the past decade, the prevalence of anaemia among Ugandan children has been unacceptably high. Despite this, spatial variation and attributable risk factors of anaemia are not well explored at national level. The study utilized the 2016 Uganda Demographic an…

  • Nutritional status and growth of children and adolescents with and without cerebral palsy in eastern Uganda

    Open AccessLukia Hamid Namaganda, Carin Andrews et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    There is a need to understand the growth and burden of malnutrition in children with cerebral palsy (CP) in order to design appropriate inclusive nutrition strategies. We compared the nutritional status and four-year longitudinal growth of a population-based cohort of children and adolescents (C&A) with CP (n = 97; 2–17 years; 55/42 M/F), and an age and sex matched group without CP (n = 91; 2-17y; 50/41 M/F) in rural Uganda. The cohorts were asse…

  • Breast Cancer Survival in Eastern Region of Ghana

    Open AccessPaddy Ssentongo, John S Oh et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Objective: Five-year overall survival rate of breast cancer in low-income countries (LICs) is significantly lower than in high-resource countries. This study explored clinical and pathological factors influencing mortality in the Eastern region of Ghana. Methods: We performed a retrospective medical chart review for patients undergoing surgery and chemotherapy for breast cancer at a regional hospital in Ghana from January 2014 to January 2017. De…

  • Mapping Cancer in Africa

    Open AccessRajesh Sharma, Aashima Aashima et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Objective: Cancer incidence and mortality rates in Africa are increasing, yet their geographic distribution and determinants are incompletely characterized. The present study aims to establish the spatial epidemiology of cancer burden in Africa and delineate the association between cancer burden and the country-level socioeconomic status. The study also examines the forecasts of the cancer burden for 2040 and evaluates infrastructure availability…

  • Prevalence and determinants of meeting minimum dietary diversity among children aged 6–23 months in three sub-Saharan African Countries

    Open AccessDjibril M Ba, Paddy Ssentongo et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Background: Dietary diversity is an indicator of nutritional adequacy, which plays a significant role in child growth and development. Lack of adequate nutrition is associated with suboptimal brain development, lower school performance, and increased risk of mortality and chronic diseases. We aimed to determine the prevalence and determinants of meeting minimum dietary diversity (MDD), defined as consuming at least five out of eight basic food gr…

  • Clinical and laboratory factors associated with neonatal sepsis mortality at a major Vietnamese children’s hospital

    Open AccessNguyen Duc Toan, Thomas C Darton et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Sepsis is a major cause of neonatal mortality and children born in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are at greater risk of severe neonatal infections than those in higher-income countries. Despite this disparity, there are limited contemporaneous data linking the clinical features of neonatal sepsis with outcome in LMICs. Here, we aimed to identify factors associated with mortality from neonatal sepsis in Vietnam. We conducted a prospecti…

  • Effect of Moringa Oleifera fortified porridge consumption on protein and vitamin A status of children with cerebral palsy in Nairobi, Kenya

    Open AccessJanet Kajuju Malla, Sophie Ochola et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Background Malnutrition due to inadequate dietary intake is commonly reported in children with Cerebral palsy (CP). Poor dietary intakes are majorly caused by feeding dysfunctions secondary to oro-motor impairment characteristic of the condition. Strategies that improve nutrient densities in foods can help enhance nutrient intakes by these children. Objective This study investigated the effect of consumption of fermented finger millet porridge fo…

  • Realising the potential human development returns to investing in early and maternal nutrition

    Open AccessCosmas Desmond, Agnes Erzse et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2021

    The benefits of interventions which improve early nutrition are well recognised. These benefits, however, only accrue to the extent that later life circumstances allow. Consequently, in adverse contexts many of the benefits will never be realised, particularly for the most vulnerable, exacerbating inequality. Returns to investment in early nutrition could be improved if we identified contextual factors constraining their realisation and intervent…

  • Village-level climate and weather variability, mediated by village-level crop yield, is associated with linear growth in children in Uganda

    Open AccessPaddy Ssentongo, Djibril M Ba et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    INTRODUCTION: To investigate total annual precipitation, precipitation anomaly and aridity index in relation to linear growth in children under 5 in Uganda and quantify the mediating role of crop yield. METHODS: We analysed data of 5219 children under 5 years of age who participated in the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey. Annual crop yield in kilograms per hectare for 42 crops at a 0.1° (~10 km at the equator) spatial resolution square …

  • Non-iodized salt consumption among women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessDjibril M Ba, Paddy Ssentongo et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2020

    Objective: To identify countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) that have not yet achieved at least 90 % universal salt iodization and factors associated with the consumption of non-iodized salt among women of reproductive age. Design: A cross-sectional study using data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). The presence of iodine in household salt (iodized or non-iodized), which was tested during the survey process, was the study outcome. Multi…