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2023 | INOSR APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 32-45
The number of malnourished children in Busoga is on the increase as shown by records atJinja Referral Hospital have shown. Four (4) out of the ten (10) children admitted to thehospital are severely malnourished. To combat the problem of protein-energy malnutr...
2023 | IAA Journal of Applied Sciences | Pp. 81-92
The aim of this study was to assess the socio-demographic characteristics of boda bodas,the level of awareness of helmet use and risk factors associated with boda bodaaccidents among riders in Fort Portal City. The study was limited only to boda-bodariders fr...
2023 | IAA Journal of Applied Sciences | Pp. 73-80
The general objective of the present study is to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, practice,and fear of monkeypox infection among Kampala International University Students. A crosssectionaldescriptive study was conducted anonymously among students of KampalaI...
2023 | INOSR APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 85-95
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are frequent among young people. This study assessesthe Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) of the Prevention of Sexually TransmittedInfections among adolescents in Bushenyi –Ishaka Municipality, Bushenyi District, W...
2023 | INOSR APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 96-104
This study assessed the knowledge, attitude and practice of contraception among women ofreproductive age in Bugembe Health Centre IV, Jinja district eastern Uganda. This was a crosssectionalstudy. Quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection were u...
2023 | INOSR APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 105-127
Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended for the first six months of age by the World HealthOrganization. Mothers’ good knowledge and positive attitude play key roles in the processof exclusive breastfeeding practices. This study aimed at assessing the knowledg...
2023 | IAA Journal of Applied Sciences | Pp. 62-72
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) continue to be the global leading infection among primigravidaswith over 50% of them suffering at least one incidence of UTI during their course of pregnancy.In Arua at Oli Hospital, there is no study that has been done to dete...
2023 | INOSR Scientific Research | Pp. 14-24
This study determined the incidence and factors associated with anemia in children 6 monthsto five years presenting at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital (FRRH), Western Uganda. Thiswas a hospital-based cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study determi...
2023 | IAA Journal of Applied Sciences | Pp. 21-32
Family Planning services are preventive health services that provide quality, low cost andeasily accessible reproductive health care to women and men during their reproductiveyears. Family planning is often limited to the use of contraception. However, family...
2023 | IAA Journal of Applied Sciences | Pp. 11-20
Despite the enormous benefits of family planning services, the utilization of the servicesstill remains low in sub-Saharan. Africa Researchers have identified a number of factors thatare related to unmet needs and nonuse of contraception. Higher levels of edu...