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2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 33-43
Globally, it is estimated that nearly 500,000 women die annually from causes related to pregnancy and child birthand 99% of these deaths occur in developing countries. Male involvement in the antenatal care services clearly goesagainst prevailing gender norms...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 1-9
The objective of this study was to assess for factors associated with depression among people living with HIVattending Bushenyi Health Center IV in Bushenyi District. A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried outamong 80 ART patients who were assessed b...
2023 | IDOSR JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ALLIED FIELDS | Pp. 28-45
This study focused on factors affecting health workers in the implementation of EMTCTservices at Bushenyi Health Centre IV. The objectives of the study were, to find out the healthworker-based factors affecting health workers in the implementation of EMTCT se...
2023 | IDOSR JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ALLIED FIELDS | Pp. 15-27
Family planning is a basic human right for an individual/couple to exercise control over theirfertility, make informed decision on the number of children they want to have. The purposeof this study was to assess the factors contributing to the underutilizatio...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND PHARMACY | Pp. 33-49
Unplanned pregnancies among university students are an important public health issue in both developed anddeveloping countries because of its negative association with social, psychological and health outcomes for bothmothers and the children. The rate of unp...
2023 | IDOSR JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | Pp. 100-106
This study utilizes response surface methodology (RSM) to estimate the engineeringparameters of PFAP/silumin composites. The tensile strengths of the developed compositeswere evaluated using a Box-Behnken design (BBD), considering factors such as weightfracti...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND PHARMACY | Pp. 1-8
This study was aimed at evaluating the association of acute phase protein with diurnal variation of blood pressureamong healthy pre and post-menopausal women. The study population consisted of 40 postmenopausal women andpremenopausal women (Control). Blood sa...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 16-23
Inflammatory state could play a role in the alterations of circadian rhythm of blood pressure (BP). This study wasaimed to evaluate the association of acute phase proteins with dippers and non-dippers blood pressure profile inpatients with new onset hypertens...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 14-26
A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out among midwives at Kampala International University Hospitalto assess their knowledge and practices on neonatal resuscitation. A sample size of 30 midwives was used. Midwiveswere selected by using a systemati...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 44-50
In Uganda, there is an increasing trend in alcohol consumption where WHO ranked Uganda the leadingconsumer in the world. Studies among people staying in camps in war-torn areas in northern Ugandaindicate that alcoholism is a common problem among internally di...