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    Effectiveness of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) on Human Immune Virus /Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) prevalence among pregnant mothers of Naguru Health Center, Kampala District
    (College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2015-08) Nyandira, Robinah
    The purpose of the study was to examine the effectiveness of prevention of mother to child transmission on Human Immune Virus /Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) prevalence among pregnant mothers of Naguru Health center-Kampala District. It was guided by three objectives namely:-i) To examine the challenges associated with effective prevention of mother to child transmission among pregnant mothers of Naguru Health Center-Kampala District, ii) to examine the prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS among pregnant mothers of Naguru Health center-Kampala District and iii) to determine the relationship between prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS and its prevalence among pregnant mothers of Naguru Health center-Kampala District. This study employed quantitative, descriptive correlational survey. It was correlational in that it describes the relationship between the effectiveness of prevention of mother to child transmission and HIV prevalence among pregnant mothers. The researcher employed self-administered questionnaire to collect data on effectiveness of prevention of mother to child transmission and HIV prevalence among pregnant mothers where a four Iikert scale was i) strongly disagree, ii) disagree, iii) agree, and iv) strongly agree. The findings indicated that 70% of the respondents were 30 and above. The challenges associated with effective prevention of mother to child transmission among pregnant mothers of Naguru Health Center-Kampala District was generally often on average, only one item namely: The language used by workers its had to understand (mean=3.76 standard deviation=.788) the prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS among pregnant mothers of Naguru Health center is generally high (overall mean=2.89 with a standard deviation of 0.459) The findings also indicated a positive significant relationship between prevention of mother to child transmission and prevalence of HIV/AIDS (r=.685, sig. =0.000). From the findings and the conclusions of the study, the researcher recommends:-There is a need to encourage pregnant mothers to pills as prescribed by doctors, ii) Pregnant mothers are required to start antenatal as early as possible, iii) There is need to provide post exposure prophylaxis to children as soon as they have realized any danger, iv) There is a need to counsel pregnant mothers about stigma to protect their children v) There is a need to sensitive the pregnant mothers about the dangers of HIV/AIDS, vi)There is a need to improve on the languages used in counseling pregnant mothers, vii) The youths should be provided with knowledge about HIV/AIDS and its effects and viii)There should be enough information given on HIV/AIDS at a particular age that is to say modes of transmission of HIV/AIDS among expectant and non-expectant mothers.
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    Effects of Human Immune Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) among people living with disability of Kampala District
    (College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2013-07) Ahimbisibwe, Enid Mugume
    The purpose of the study is to examine the effects of HIV/AIDS among people living with disability of Kampala District. The study had four specific objectives, which included; i) determining the profile of respondents in terms of gender, age, educational qualification and marital status; ii) to determine the level of barriers associated with HIV/AIDS among people with disabilities; iii) to determine the level of preventive strategies; and iv) to determine the relationship between the levels of barriers and preventative strategies associated with HIV I AIDS among people with disabilities. The researcher employed descriptive correlational survey design and the researcher employed self-administered questionnaire to collect data on effects of HIV I AIDS among people living with disabilities. The findings indicated that most respondents (64%) were females who are in vulnerable groups, aged between 30-39 years, majority were in certificate (38%) and over 38% were married. The level of barriers was generally very rarely with mean (1.5502) which indicated that most of respondents strongly disagreed. The level of preventive strategies is generally rarely (overall mean=2.0373) they disagreed. And also indicated a positive significant relationship between the level of barriers and preventive strategies associated with HIV I AIDS among people with disabilities (r=0.723, sig. =0.000) the more the government has tried to eliminate the barriers, the people with disability will be able to go for voluntary counseling and testing, able to disclose their status and get rid of stigma. From the findings and the conclusions of the study, the researcher recommends there is need to sensitive people with disability to avoid stigma, despite the fact that there vulnerable and access the HIV/AIDS services, there is need to uplift the educational level of people with disability since most of them were certificate holders and in order to Increased acceptance and uptake of HIV testing, sensitization should be thoroughly done more especially in communities
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    Patterns of substance abuse among secondary school students in Bushenyi District
    (Kampala International University; College of Humanities and Social Science, 2010-07) Mugisha, Moses B.
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    The level of community participation and the plight of persons with disability in Bungatira Sub - County in Gulu District
    (Kampala International University.College of Humanities and social science, 2010-05) Grace, Amito
    This research assessed the level of community participation in addressing the needs of the Persons with Disability in Bungarita Sub-County in Gulu District. Community Participation was assumed to take place in activities that included needs assessment, mobilization, planning especially during goal setting, trainings, project implementation, monitoring and evaluation of community development projects. The objectives of the research were; to assess the level of community patiicipation in addressing the plight of People with Disability and to examine the future of the Persons with Disability in Bungarita Sub-County in Gulu District. Therefore the research questions were; what is the level of community participation in addressing the problems of Disabled persons and what is the Future of the Persons with Disability in the Post Conflict era? The research methods used included; a cross sectional survey using questionnaire, and key informant interview were used. According to the 2002 Population and Housing Census, at least 4 out of every 25, or 16 per cent 1 of the population, are disabled. Applying this estimate to today's Ugandan population (approximately 30 million) would indicate that they may be some 5 million disabled people in the country. Disabled people in Uganda, as in most developing countries in the world, face extreme conditions of poverty, have limited opportunities for accessing education, health, and suitable housing and employment opportunities. The major findings of this research were that the community was aware of the existence and vulnerability of the PWDs in the community (95.4 percent), and 97.3 percent were suffering from conditions of physical impairment. However the community has not taken significant initiatives to address the plight of the PWDs. There community ranked basic social needs as the priority needs of the PWDS, the quality of services provided to the PWDs was deemed to be poor by the community, the future Vll improvement of the current living conditions of the PWDs seem to be in balance as the community thinks this improvement is dependent on NGOs whose number has seriously reduced. The major recommendations included; the high level of community aware of the existence of the vulnerability of the PWD's be translated to community initiatives, the concerns of PWD's be mainstreamed in all the government programmed aimed at attaining the PRDP goals and the participation of the PWD's in development projects be made mandatory. Regarding Community needs assessment, the level of community participation of the PWD's is \ low during needs assessment. However the community identified Basic Social needs such as education, health, water, involvement in decision making, good sanitation and social protection such as protection against social stigma, child labor, sex abuse and other forms of discrimination as the priority needs of the PWD's. However, the economic needs such as employment and incorn,e generation were ranked as the least needs of the persons with disability, there fore there is ne~d to enforce the law covering persons with disability bearing in mind the societal cultural and economic environment while trying to assure the safety of the rights of persons with disability. According to the research, Women and men with disabilities can and want to be productive members of society. Employ1;11ent opportunities for people with disabilities requires improved access to basic education, vocational training relevant to labor market needs and jobs suited to their abilities, interests and abilities, with adaptations as needed.
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    Effects of alcoholism on the spread of HIV/AIDS among youth in Makindye division
    (College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2015-09) Tendo, Anold Ivan
    The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of alcoholism on the spread of HIV/AIDS among youth in Makindye Division. The study had three specific objectives, which included) to examine how HIV/AIDS is spread among youths of Makindye Division and iii) to examine how HIV/AIDS among youths of Makindye Division. The study employed a descriptive correlation design that used both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection. The findings indicated that most respondents (48%) were females who are in vulnerable groups, aged between 15-18 years (52.5%), pertaining the class of respondents, majority had reached diploma level with a frequency of 52.5 percent and secondary with a frequency of 24.3 percent and minority were primary with a frequency of 1.4% followed by 12.5. percent. The level of the effects of alcoholism was general often with mean (3.1901) which indicated that most of respondents agreed. The level of the spread of HIV/AIDS is generally often (average mean=3.1635) they strongly agreed. And also indicated a positive significant relationship between the level of effects of alcoholism and spread of HIV among youths(r=0.723, sig. =0.000) the more the government and non-government organizations have tried to eliminate the effects of alcoholism; the adolescents are now able to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. The researcher recommends there is need to sensitize youths to adopt the effects of alcoholism management strategies. There is need to uplift the educational level of HIV positive adolescents since most of them had diplomas.