Bernard Kakuhikire

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ID341851
NOMEBernard Kakuhikire
PRENOMESBernard
SOBRENOMEKakuhikire
ASSINATURAKAKUHIKIRE B
AFILIAÇÕESMbarara University of Science and Technology
ORCID0000-0001-5346-4368
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS26
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES24
TOTAL COMO AUTOR26
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2016
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H2

  • Social influence on women's contraceptive use

    Open AccessAlison B Comfort, Sarah E Piombo et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2026

    Myriad barriers impede women's access to contraception in Uganda and affect their reproductive autonomy. Almost half of married women of reproductive age in Uganda want to avoid pregnancy and one-third are undecided, yet only 38% use modern contraception. Interventions harnessing the influence of women's social networks may help to overcome these barriers and support desired contraceptive use. Using population-based longitudinal, socio-centric ne…

  • ‘We would look at the chickens as a source of security’

    Open AccessJustus Kananura, Bridget F O Burns et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2025

    Background: Development interventions may promote sustainable livelihoods among participants via improved income generation, health, education, and quality of life. Within the development literature, microfinance institutions (MFIs) provide individuals with funds and/or start-up capital to develop small businesses. However, the evidence on whether MFIs are successful in ensuring sustainable livelihoods is mixed. In this study, we assessed partici…

  • The Role of Health Networks in Disseminating Knowledge about Infant HIV Testing in Rural Uganda

    Open AccessAlison B Comfort, J Moody et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025

    Early testing of infants exposed to HIV can significantly decrease mortality for those linked to HIV treatment. Infants exposed to HIV should first be tested at 6 weeks of age, but only 60% are tested as recommended. Little research has focused on the role of social networks in disseminating information about infant HIV testing. We conducted a cross-sectional, sociocentric network study of all adults living in a rural parish in Uganda (N=1,383) a…

  • Male circumcision uptake and misperceived norms about male circumcision

    Open AccessJessica M Perkins, Bernard Kakuhikire et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2023

    Background: Over the past decade, 15 high-priority countries in eastern and southern Africa have promoted voluntary medical male circumcision for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention. The prevalence of male circumcision in Uganda nearly doubled from 26% in 2011 to 43% in 2016, but remains below the 2020 target level. Little is known about how common male circumcision is perceived to be, how accura…

  • Caregiver preferences for physically harsh discipline of children in rural Uganda

    Open AccessEmily N Satinsky, Bernard Kakuhikire et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2023Citada por: 2Referências: 8

    The high prevalence of physically harsh discipline preferences warrant interventions aimed at reframing caregivers' approaches to discipline

  • Adverse childhood experiences, alcohol consumption, and the modifying role of social participation

    Open AccessScholastic Ashaba, Bernard Kakuhikire et al.ARTICLESSM - Mental Health2022

    Background: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) include multiple forms of child maltreatment, including abuse and neglect, as well as other forms of household dysfunction. Studies from Uganda have revealed a high prevalence of child abuse, as well as one of the highest levels of alcohol consumption in Africa. Few population-based studies from Africa have estimated associations between ACEs and adult alcohol use, or assessed the potential bufferi…

  • Perceptions About Local ART Adherence Norms and Personal Adherence Behavior Among Adults Living with HIV in Rural Uganda

    Open AccessJessica M Perkins, Bernard Kakuhikire et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2022

  • Perceived and misperceived norms about khat and/or cannabis use among adults in southwest Uganda

    Open AccessJessica M Perkins, Bernard Kakuhikire et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Drug…2022

  • Normative vs personal attitudes toward persons with HIV, and the mediating role of perceived HIV stigma in rural Uganda

    Open AccessAlexander C Tsai, Bernard Kakuhikire et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2021

    BACKGROUND: HIV stigma has well-documented negative impacts on HIV testing, transmission risk behavior, initiation of and adherence to antiretroviral therapy, and retention in care. We sought to assess the extent to which anticipated HIV stigma is based on misperceptions of normative attitudes toward persons with HIV, and to determine whether persons with HIV have stronger misperceptions compared with HIV-negative persons or persons of unknown se…

  • Adverse childhood experiences and adult cardiometabolic risk factors and disease outcomes

    Open AccessA W Kim, Bernard Kakuhikire et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2021

    BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) pose a major threat to public health in sub-Saharan African communities, where the burden of these classes of illnesses is expected to double by 2030. Growing research suggests that past developmental experiences and early life conditions may also elevate CVD risk throughout the life course. Greater childhood stress and adversity are consistently associated with a range of adult CVDs and associated risk f…

  • Implementing community-based human papillomavirus self-sampling with SMS text follow-up for cervical cancer screening in rural, southwestern Uganda

    Open AccessNaima T Joseph, Alexcer Namuli et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2021

    BACKGROUND: Self-collected HPV screening may improve cervical cancer screening coverage in low resource countries, yet data guiding implementation and follow-up of abnormal results are sparse. METHODS: This is a prospective cohort implementation study of HPV self-testing program in Mbarara, Uganda with mobile phones to facilitate result notification and referral for treatment at a regional hospital. The effectiveness of the interventions was anal…

  • Cigarette smoking and misperceived norms among adults in rural Uganda

    Jessica M Perkins, Bernard Kakuhikire et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2021

    Most adults overestimated cigarette smoking frequency among village peers. Men who incorrectly believed that frequent smoking was the norm were more likely to engage in frequent smoking themselves. Applying a 'social norms approach' intervention by promoting existing healthy norms may prevent smoking initiation or motivate reductions in smoking among men in rural Uganda

  • When you have no water, it means you have no peace

    Open AccessRumbidzai C Mushavi, Bridget F O Burns et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2020Citada por: 17Referências: 54

  • Prevalence and correlates of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic respiratory symptoms in rural southwestern Uganda

    Open AccessCrystal M North, Bernard Kakuhikire et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2019

    BACKGROUND: The global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) disproportionately affects resource-limited settings such as sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), but population-based prevalence estimates in SSA are rare. We aimed to estimate the population prevalence of COPD and chronic respiratory symptoms in rural southwestern Uganda. METHODS: Adults at least 18 years of age who participated in a population-wide census in rural southwestern …

  • Relative wealth, subjective social status, and their associations with depression

    Open AccessMeghan L Smith, Bernard Kakuhikire et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2019

    Depression is a leading cause of disability worldwide, and has been found to be a consistent correlate of socioeconomic status (SES). The relative deprivation hypothesis proposes that one mechanism linking SES to health involves social comparisons, suggesting that relative SES rather than absolute SES is of primary importance in determining health status. Using data from a whole-population sample of 1,620 participants residing in rural southweste…

  • The social network context of HIV stigma

    Open AccessTakada, Sae Takada et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2019Citada por: 5Referências: 107

  • Smoking cessation after engagement in HIV care in rural Uganda

    Julian A Mitton, Crystal M North et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2018

    People living with HIV (PLWH) are more likely to smoke compared to HIV-uninfected counterparts, but little is known about smoking behaviors in sub-Saharan Africa. To address this gap in knowledge, we characterized smoking cessation patterns among people living with HIV (PLWH) compared to HIV-uninfected individuals in rural Uganda. PLWH were at least 40 years of age and on antiretroviral therapy for at least three years, and HIV-uninfected individ…

  • Social network correlates of IPV acceptance in rural Honduras and rural Uganda

    Open AccessHolly Baker, Jessica M Perkins et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2018

    We investigated the household-level social network correlates of acceptance of intimate partner violence (IPV) in rural, agrarian settings of Honduras and Uganda, two low-income countries with unequal access to resources based upon gender. We collected complete social network data in each location (Honduras in 2014 and Uganda in 2012), across a diverse range of relationships, and then created a measure of household cohesion by calculating the deg…

  • Water insecurity and gendered risk for depression in rural Uganda

    Open AccessChristine E Cooper-Vince, Hawk Arachy et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    Residing in a water insecurity hotspot is associated with greater risk for probable depression among women, but not among men, pointing to the need for focused depression screening among women residing in water insecure households

  • Depressive Symptoms Before and After Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation Among Older-Aged Individuals in Rural Uganda

    Open AccessJennifer Manne-Goehler, Bernard Kakuhikire et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2018

  • Food insecurity, social networks and symptoms of depression among men and women in rural Uganda

    Open AccessJessica M Perkins, Viola N Nyakato et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2018

    Objective To assess the association between food insecurity and depression symptom severity stratified by sex, and test for evidence of effect modification by social network characteristics. Design A population-based cross-sectional study. The nine-item Household Food Insecurity Access Scale captured food insecurity. Five name generator questions elicited network ties. A sixteen-item version of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist for Depression capture…

  • Household water insecurity, missed schooling, and the mediating role of caregiver depression in rural Uganda

    Open AccessChristine E Cooper-Vince, Bernard Kakuhikire et al.ARTICLECambridge Prisms Global Mental…2017

    Water insecurity is a risk factor for missed schooling among children in rural Uganda. Caregiver depression partially mediated this relationship. Also addressing caregiver mental health in water insecure families may more fully address the needs of sub-Saharan African families and promote educational participation among youth

  • Actual Versus Perceived HIV Testing Norms, and Personal HIV Testing Uptake

    Open AccessJessica M Perkins, Viola N Nyakato et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2017

  • Reliability, Validity, and Factor Structure of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25

    Open AccessScholastic Ashaba, Bernard Kakuhikire et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2017

  • Population-based study of intra-household gender differences in water insecurity

    Open AccessAlexander C Tsai, Bernard Kakuhikire et al.ARTICLEJournal of Water and Health2016

    Hundreds of millions of people worldwide lack adequate access to water. Water insecurity, which is defined as having limited or uncertain availability of safe water or the ability to acquire safe water in socially acceptable ways, is typically overlooked by development organizations focusing on water availability. To address the urgent need in the literature for validated measures of water insecurity, we conducted a population-based study in rura…