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Work stress and coping strategies among social workers: A case of Northern Uganda
(International Journal of Liberal Arts and Social Science, 2014)
Social workers are exposed to potent stressors due to the nature of their work. The study examined work
stress and coping strategies among social workers in Northern Uganda. The target population consisted of
353 social ...
Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Mental Health Practitioners in Butabika and Mulago Referral Hospitals in Uganda
(International Journal of Liberal Arts and Social Science, 2014)
Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS) leaves the care-givers feeling anxious, confused, depressed and depleted.
This research aimed at establishing the prevalence of secondary traumatic stress among Mental Health
Practitioners ...
WHO guidelines on fluid resuscitation in children: missing the FEAST data
(Bmj, 2014)
The World Health Organization recommendations on
management of common childhood illnesses affect the lives of
millions of children admitted to hospital worldwide. Its latest
guidelines,1 released in May 2013, continue ...
WHO guidelines on fluid resuscitation in children : Authors’ reply to Southall
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2014)
Southall made several points about our recent article.1 2
He suggests that “lethal hyperchloraemia” secondary to use of
normal saline in FEAST (for boluses or maintenance) resulted
in excess mortality. However, he did ...
Chronic alcohol use reduces CD4+counts in HIV/AIDS patients on d4T/3TC/NVP treatment regimen using WHO AUDIT tool and alcohol-use biomarkers
(Research & Reviews in BioSciences, 2014)
Alcohol is one of the most abused drugs worldwide by people of different
socio-economic status, age groups and including the HIV/AIDS patient
on treatment. It is reward drug and a CNS depressant especially at high
doses. ...
Factors predicting home storage of medicines in Northern Uganda
(BioMed Central, 2014)
Background: Medicines are kept in households Worldwide for first aid, treatment of chronic or acute disease
conditions. This promotes inappropriate use of medicines and hence the associated risks. The study explored ...
Effects of intervention measures on irrational antibiotics/antibacterial drug use in developing countries
(Health, 2014)
is a global problem, especially in developing countries. This results in an increased emer-gence of resistance to most common bacteria, higher cost of treatment, prolonged hospitaliza-tion and adverse drug reactions. ...
Patterns and Predictors of Self-Medication in Northern Uganda
(PLOS ONE, 2014)
Self-medication with antimicrobial agents is a common form of self-care among patients globally with the prevalence and
nature differing from country to country. Here we assessed the prevalence and predictors of antimicrobial ...
Prostatic Specific Antigen (PSA) Relationship to Patient Age, Prostate Volume and Prostate Histology at St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor,
(East and Central African Journal of Surgery, 2014)
The use of PSA for the diagnosis of cancer prostate has remained
controversial as well as unreliable because many factors affect PSA levels. Included
amongst the many factors that can increase PSA level are riding bicycle, ...
Invasive procedures and Hospital Acquired Infection (HAI) in A large hospital in Northern Uganda.
(East and Central African Journal of Surgery, 2014)
Background: Hospital Acquired Infection (HAI) increases morbidity, mortality and decreases quality of life of patients. It also increases the cost of patient care, both direct and indirect, through the need for ...