Browsing by Author "Auma, Zamaradi"

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    Community Support Groups and Home-Based Care among People Living HIV and AIDS in Uganda
    (Annals of Justice and Humanity, 2023) Auma, Zamaradi; Obici, Gilbert; Mwesigwa, David
    Purpose: This study investigated the contribution of Community support groups on Home based care to Persons Living with HIV in Lira District. Research Methodology: We adopted a cross-sectional research design among a sample of 226 respondents. Using both the Self Administered Questionnaires and an Interview Guide. Results: The findings suggested that Community support groups (μ=4.959, SD=0.5393) help in enhancing home-based care for PLHIV in Lira District. Further, Community support groups had a significant effect on Adherence to ART (β=0.641, P<0.05), Nutrition support (β=0.581, P<0.05), and Palliative care (β=0.638, P<0.05). Limitations: This study covered only one district in the entire Lango sub-region yet if more districts were included, possibly the outcomes would have been different. Contribution: This study contributes empirical evidence of the association between Community support groups and home-based care to PLHIV in Lira District. Therefore, for improved home-based care for PLHIV, stakeholders are encouraged to mobilize local communities to form Community support groups so that they can be able to offer support to PLHIV. Practical implication: The study contributes to practice since HBC CSG can be used as a tool for improving the level of palliative care among the PLHIV in the local community given that the care for PLHIV has greatly moved away from the hospital-based to home based. Novelty: Studies on Community support groups are still limited since much of the literature originates from other parts save for Uganda and it is worse for Lira district
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    Contribution of Community Support Group to Home-Based Care of Persons Living with HIV and AIDS in Lira District: A Case of Amach Town Council and Amach Sub County
    (Lira University, 2022) Auma, Zamaradi; Obici, Gilbert
    Background: This study examined the contribution of community support groups on home based care to persons living with HIV (PLHIV) in Lira District. Specifically, the study examined the contribution of community support group on adherence to Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) for PLHIV, analyzed the contribution of community support groups on nutrition support to PLHIV, and examined the contribution of community support groups on palliative care to PLHIV. Methods: The study adopted a cross-sectional study design, which employed a mixed methods approach of both quantitative and qualitative methods. The study population consisted of 577 participants. Both simple random sampling technique and purposive sampling, were used to select a sample size of 226 respondents. The researcher used self-administered questionnaires to collect quantitative data and an interview guide to collect qualitative data. Descriptive statistics (mean, and standard deviation), and inferential statistics (correlation and regression) were used to analyze numerical data. Content analysis was used to analyse qualitative data from interviews to supplement quantitative data. Results: The findings suggested that community support group (mean=4.959, SD=0.5393) helps in enhancing home based care for PLHIV in Lira District. The study further revealed that community support group had a significant effect on adherence to ART (β=0.641, p<0.05), nutrition support (β=0.581, p<0.05) and palliative care (β=0.638, p<0.05). Conclusion: The study concludes that community support group significantly affects home based care for PLHIV in Lira District, Northern Uganda. This study contributes an original and empirical evidence of the association between community support group and home based care to PLHIV in Lira District. Recommendation: Therefore, for improved home based care to PLHIV, Lira District Local Government is encouraged to mobilize the local community to form community support groups so that they can be in position to give support to PLHIV in Lira District. Keywords: Community Support Group, Home-Based Care, and Persons Living with HIV and AIDS
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    Impact of Financial Support to Sunflower Production in Lira District: A Review of Literature
    (Journal of Agricultural and Rural Research, 2020) Auma, Zamaradi; Oryema, Patrick; Mwesigwa, David
    Lira district greatest population rely on agriculture as a source of employment, income and food security. The study was to establish the impact of financial support on sunflower production in Lira district. The objectives of the study were to establish the impact of technology in increasing sunflower productivity, the impact of access to different agricultural inputs by sunflower farmers, and the contribution of non-state actors towards sunflower production in Lira district. The study used documentary review of secondary data and documents from other related studies both from the area of the study and outside. The study used both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and analysis. The findings revealed that access to financial support leads to the acquisition of technology, agro-inputs, and extension services that leads to increased production and the reverse is true. A suggestion has been made ensuring availability of funds leads to the acquisition of technology, inputs, extension services, market for the produce.