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    Factors affecting utilization of insecticide treated mosquito nets among pregnant mothers attending antenatal care at Kampala International University Teaching Hospital, Ishaka
    (Kampala International University, School of Health Sciences, 2017-03) Nemalidde, Lydia
    This study was carried out in Kampala International University Teaching Hospital, Bushenyi District with the purpose of identifying the factors affecting utilization of insecticide treated mosquito nets among pregnant mothers. A descriptive and cross sectional design was employed and 60 (sixty) respondents were selected using convenient sampling method. Data was collected using a questionnaire. The study found out that respondents faced various social factors affecting utilization of ITNs among pregnant mothers and although all the respondents 60 (100%) had ever heard of ITNs and 60 (100%) understood ITNs as an insecticide treated bed net which prevents mosquito bites, the majority of respondents 40 (66.7%) did not own an ITN while the majority 40 (66.7%) reported that they only sometimes slept under an ITN every night due to various factors including 14 (26.9%) causing too much heat, 12 (23.2%) said ITNs made it difficult to breathe, 8 (15.4%) disturbed to put up and down every night while 6 (11.5%) said it contained dangerous chemicals. In conclusion, the researcher noted that respondents faced various factors affecting utilization of ITN among pregnant mothers and this hence required immediate intervention to put preventive measures in practice and reduce the spread of malaria among pregnant mothers in the study setting
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    Factors contributing to high teenage pregnancies among mothers attending antenatal care in Kilembe Hospital, Kasese district
    (Kampala International University, School of Health Sciences, 2017-04) Kahuju, Amon
    Globally, it has been estimated that approximately one million teenagers get pregnant each year, while about 24% of them are becoming pregnant before the age of 19 in Uganda of which Kilembe Community is among. The study with the objective to determine the factors contributing to teenage pregnancies was carried out at Kilembe Mine Hospital. Through across-sectional descriptive study design using quantitative approach and through convenient sampling, a total of 62 teenage mothers were studied. Of the 62 teenage pregnant mothers selected, 44 (71%) were aged 17-19 years and 18 (29%) were 14-16 years, majority 30 (48.4%) only attended primary, 40 (64.5%) were students at the time of conception, 25 (40%) of mothers were Protestants, 29 (47%) of the mothers were Bakonjo tribe. On the factors contributing to high teenage pregnancy among mothers, the highly pronounced factors were; Poverty 58 (93.5%), Family dysfunction 56 (90.3%), lack of sex education 54 (87.1%), Peer influence and social pressure 54 (87.1%) school media 40 (64.5%). While on strategies used to reduce teenage pregnancy among mothers, highest 52 (84%) was making Adolescent health Service easily accessible, 50 (81%) was for good attitude of health workers and promoting Guidance and counseling to teenagers. It is encouraged that, MOH should Develop a policy that allows adolescents to access contraceptives without discrimination, integrate more programs that target the adolescent health, carryout timely support supervision on the adolescence health services in the healthcare setting .The Hospital management should create contraceptive distribution site for adolescence as well as motivation of staffs to improve their attitude toward proper handling of adolescent. Nurses need to put more emphasis on adolescence sexual health as well as carrying out more research on teenage pregnancies. Community members should Institute bylaws to control sex abuses to adolescents and to promote girls child education and embrace Universal Primary Education/Secondary Education. Additionally community needs to embrace government poverty eradication program to improve house hold income.
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    Factors hindering men involvement in ante-natal care services at Ishaka Adventist hospital, Bushenyi District
    (Kampala International University, School of Health Sciences, 2017-04) Levi, Musinguzi
    Globally, it is estimated that nearly 500,000 women die annually from causes related to pregnancy and child birth and 99% of these deaths occur in developing countries. Male involvement in the antenatal care services clearly goes against prevailing gender norms in many places in Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite instituting programme targeted at encouraging male partner participation in antenatal programmes. The purpose of the study was to investigate factors hindering Men involvement in Antenatal care services at Ishaka Adventist Hospital, Bushenyi District. The study was conducted in Ishaka Adventist Hospital and descriptive cross-sectional design in nature and quantitative methods of data collection was used. Data collection took a period of two weeks. Most out of 56 respondents, 73% influencer of health seeking behavior of a pregnant woman was husband, 18% were mother, 5% influencer were mother-in-law and only 4% influencer were other (grandmother). 86% (48) “Yes” said their cultures support accompanying pregnant female for ANC meanwhile 14% (8) “No” said their cultures support does not. Many respondents 39.3% demanded that they should be given couple first priority, 28.6% said others (employ male nurse), 19.6% space for couple and only 12.5% health talk. The respondents suggested strategies to be used to encourage men accompany their wives/partner to ANC clinic majority with 37 (66%) who reported that through community sensitization followed by 12 (21%) supportive program and only 7 (13%) reported others (improve attitudes, involved village health team. Couple should be given first priority whenever they come for antenatal care services
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    Factors influencing high morbidity rate among pregnant mothers attending antenatal care at Kampala International University-Teaching Hospital (KIUTH), Bushenyi District
    (Kampala International University, School of Health Sciences, 2017-09) Deo, Namwokoyi
    The study assessed factors influencing high morbidity rate among pregnant mothers and the objectives of the study were, to assess the common pregnancy morbidities occurring among the pregnant mothers and to identify factors that influence occurrence of pregnancy morbidities among pregnant mothers attending ANC services at KIUTH. The study area was conducted at KIUTH found in Ishaka – Bushenyi municipality in Bushenyi District Western Uganda in which a descriptive cross sectional study was used on a total of 60 mothers were interviewed when they meet the inclusion criteria and involved interacting with those pregnant mothers that came to KIUTH for antenatal and other health services. The study found out that, the highest pregnancy morbidity identified was UTI in pregnancy, 20% of the pregnant mothers had had a UTI during their pregnancy also none of the mothers who participated in the study ever experienced ectopic pregnancy and lastly majority 19(31.7%) of the mothers said they experienced different pregnancy morbidities because they are always at work and have no resting time Although a number of ways have been put in place to reduce pregnancy related morbidities, not all mothers have attained enough knowledge on them thus the following are recommendations; Pregnant mothers should be encouraged to always attend ANC services so that any pregnancy morbidities can be identified and treated in time, the government should supply more mosquito nets to pregnant mothers so as to reduce incidences of malaria, and it should also sensitize men about importance of a domestic violent free home so as to reduce cases of domestic violence and lastly others should be sensitized not to sell off all their crop produce that usually leaves them with no food to eat.
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    Knowledge, attitude and practices about use of insecticide treated nets among pregnant mothers attending antenatal care at KIU-TH Bushenyi District, South Western Uganda
    (Kampala International University, School of Health Sciences, 2016-10) Namugga, Annet
    Despite improved global coverage of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs), their usage has remained low and this has rendered vulnerable groups at risk of serious complications especially pregnant mothers. In Uganda, the national target of 50% of households to be covered with ITNs by the year 2007 has not been met thus leaving many pregnant women at risk of malaria during pregnancy. To assess knowledge, attitude and practices of pregnant mothers receiving Antenatal Care Services (ANCS) at Kampala International University Teaching Hospital (KIU-TH) about the use of ITNs, a descriptive cross-sectional study design quantitative in nature was used. Simple random sampling method was used to recruit used to recruit 96 respondents for the study. 63% of the respondents had never heard about insecticide treated nets, 65% of the respondents strongly agreed that a mosquito net should not be used because malaria had multiple causes and 78% of the respondents strongly agreed that ITNs can be used for many other purposes other than protection against malaria. The researcher concluded that knowledge about the use of ITNs for prevention of malaria in pregnancy was low as only a few respondents were aware about use of ITNs with the source of information being hospital and media. About attitudes towards the use of ITNs, most of the respondents had negative attitudes towards the use of ITNs as they stated that mosquito nets generated heat, effectiveness depended on its color and that malaria had multiple causes other than mosquitoes. Concerning practices on the use of ITNs, results suggested that respondents were misusing mosquito nets as they stated that a mosquito net can serve a variety of purposes other than protection from malaria.