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2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 118-128
One of the main contributors to relapse in psychological disorders is highly expressed emotion (H.E.E.), which iscomprised of the critical, hostile, and emotionally over-involved attitude that caretakers have toward a patient witha mental illness. Caretakers...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND PHARMACY ( | Pp. 57-63
Globally, Autologous blood transfusion (ABT) programs are not well developed and reasons differ from differentcountries. In East Africa including Uganda, Autologous transfusion has not exerted a significant impact on thetransfusion requirements in our Centres...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 80-93
The study was aimed at assessing the factors that have contributed to the occurrence of malnutrition among childrenbelow five years in the pediatric ward of Itojo Hospital, Ntungamo District, Uganda. A descriptive cross-sectionalstudy design was used where bo...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND PHARMACY | Pp. 12-19
A traditional birth attendant (TBA) is a person who provides basic health care, support, and advice during and afterpregnancy and childbirth based on experience and knowledge acquired informally through the traditions andpractices of communities. The aim of t...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 70-79
Complications of unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortion are the leading causes of disability and death amongadolescents especially girls between ages 15-19 years. The study focused on assessing the factors influencing theutilization of Reproductive Health S...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 58-69
More than one in five hundred women die of pregnancy or pregnancy related causes which are preventable throughproper utilization of family planning services. Among married women, 34.3% have an unmet need for family planningand yet are in need of limiting and...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND PHARMACY | Pp. 31-44
Male involvement in antenatal care as one of the major aspects of maternal health care is an important strategy inreducing preventable maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Due to the low male involvement in antenatalcare among other factors, the countr...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 129-143
There is currently little information on the acceptability of male circumcision in Uganda. This study investigatedthe acceptability of male circumcision among mothers in the Kiryandongo district with male children. A crosssectionalsurvey was conducted among a...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND PHARMACY | Pp. 20-30
Childbearing is one of the most eventual activities in women and life but comes along with a lot of consequenceswhich range from minor to major. The categorization of these consequences is classified based on the effect imposedon the individual woman and peri...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND PHARMACY | Pp. 1-11
The postnatal is defined by the World Health Organization as the period beginning one hour after delivery of theplacenta and continuing until six weeks after the birth of an infant. To determine the socio-economic factorsassociated with low utilization of pos...