The Effect of Poverty on Rural Livelihoods in Uganda: A Case Study of Katooke Sub-County Kyenjojo District. by Mukabazaire, Mary

“…The respondents who accounted for 17(18%) of the respondents who participated in the study reported that the high population growth rate has been one of the main causes of poverty in the Katoke Sub-county. …”
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Impact of Digital Divide on The Growth and Development of Small and Medium Enterprises in Kabale District: A Case Study of Kigezi Private Sector Promotion Centre Limited. by Kembabazi, Evaline

“…The sample size of the study was composed of 54 respondents, derived from an access population of 70 participants. From the findings, among roles promoting effective reporting to government agencies was ranked first followed by proper planning and prioritization of needs, Monitoring and evaluation. proper communication among administrative staff hence electronic records management was important at Kigezi Private Sector Promotion Centre. …”
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African animal trypanocide resistance: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Keneth, Iceland Kasozi, Ewan, Thomas MacLeod, Susan, Christina Welburn

“…Methods: A total of seven electronic databases were screened for an article on trypanocide resistance in AATr by using keywords on preclinical and clinical trials with the number of animals with treatment relapse, days taken to relapse, and resistant gene markers using the PRISMA checklist. …”
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Social Work Practice and Rural Development. A Case Study of Kyanamira Sub-County Kabale District. by Ssembure, Edson

“…Purposive sampling was also used to collect data from respondents who participated in the study. Findings of the study were obtained from the field interpreting the results analyzing based on the specific objectives of the study chapter five portrayed the summary of findings, recommendations were made such as to curb some of the challenges experienced by social work and social administration, Social work education and profession have greater responsibility in the process of community development. …”
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Domestic Violence and Psychosocial Development of Children in Rukungiri Municipality Uganda. by Nyakahoza, Jackline

“…Data were gathered from 203 participants in the study using a combination of questionnaires and interview guides. …”
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Tea Growing and Socio-Economic Development of Small Holder Farmers: A Case Study of Rushoroza Kabale District. by Byamukama, Hillary

“…Purposive sampling was also used to collect data from respondents who participated in the study. The study findings indicated that there were contributions of tea growing to welfare they included; poverty alleviation, food security, illiteracy level, financial support, capital base, collateral security, and illiteracy level. …”
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Role of Media in Promoting Civil Education and Awareness of Government Programs: A Case Study of Buyanja Sub-County Rukungiri District. by Ahumuza, Charity

“…Both quantitative and qualitative techniques were used during data analysis. The findings who participants in the study revealed that dissemination of Information is one of the primary ways in which the media promotes civil education in Buyanja Sub-County, Rukungiri District and Uganda by disseminating accurate and relevant information to the public. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Anaemia in Pregnancy among Women Receiving Antenatal Care at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital by Ojom, James

“…The prevalence of anaemia in pregnancy was the proportion of participants with anaemia. The Logistic regression was used to evaluate associations between anaemia in pregnancy and the independent variables. …”
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Lessons learned from implementation of the Workload Indicator of Staffing Need (WISN) methodology: An international Delphi study of expert users. by Grace , Nyendwoha Namaganda, Audrey, Whitright, Everd, Bikaitwoha Maniple

“…Thematic analysis of each round was done simultaneously with data collection. Results Participants rated seven of the eight technical steps of the WISN as either “very easy” or “easy” to implement. …”
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Wildlife Authority Revenue sharing Scheme and Women Empowerment; A Case Study of Mghahinga Conservation area Kisoro District, Uganda by Iradunkunda, Sam, Moses, Agaba

“…The objectives of the study were: (i) To identify the ways through which women participate in the revenue sharing scheme. (ii) To analyse the challenges women face in the revenue sharing scheme that hinder them from empowerment in revenue sharing. …”
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Distance Learning and the Quality of Teacher Education in Rwanda: A Case Study of Byumba Distance Learning by Anastase, Mvuyekure

“…In closed-ended questions, participants were allowed to choose from a pre-existing set of dichotomous answers, such as yes or no. …”
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Optimizing Scanning in Youth Female Football: The Role of Verbal Instructions by Mirjam Hintermann, Michael Romann, Dennis Lüdin, Wolfgang Taube, Jörg Fuchslocher

“…Methods Twenty-five elite female football players (mean ± SD age : 17.6 ± 0.7 years) from two Swiss U19 women’s national league teams participated in this study. Each player participated in two 4v4 SSG sessions: one without verbal instructions (control, CON) and one with verbal instructions (intervention, INT). …”
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Identifying the factors affecting the growth of the employees of the country's property and documents registration organization by Najmeh Ahmadi, Kolsoum Nami, Nader Ghourchian, Parivash Jafari

“…In order to achieve growth and development in this dimension, personnel are more interested in studying and increasing their scientific knowledge, and become members in Organizational teams and participate in training, specialized, and in-service courses (Rezaian et al, 2014).  …”
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Association of self-reported dental caries with sex, lifestyle, and problematic Internet use among elementary school children in Japan by Masaaki Yamada, Michikazu Sekine, Takashi Tatsuse, Yukiko Yanai

“…Methods From 110 elementary schools in Toyama Prefecture, 13,413 children in the 4th-6th grades (mean age, 10.5 years) participated in the Toyama Safe Internet Use Project in 2018. …”
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Effectiveness of an electronic clinical decision support system in improving the management of childhood illness in primary care in rural Nigeria: an observational study by Marek Kwiatkowski, Rodolfo Rossi, Torsten Schmitz, Fenella Beynon, Capucine Musard, Marco Landi, Daniel Ishaya, Jeremiah Zira, Muazu Muazu, Camille Renner, Edwin Emmanuel, Solomon Gideon Bulus

“…Objectives To evaluate the impact of ALgorithm for the MANAgement of CHildhood illness (‘ALMANACH’), a digital clinical decision support system (CDSS) based on the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness, on health and quality of care outcomes for sick children attending primary healthcare (PHC) facilities.Design Observational study, comparing outcomes of children attending facilities implementing ALMANACH with control facilities not yet implementing ALMANACH.Setting PHC facilities in Adamawa State, North-Eastern Nigeria.Participants Children 2–59 months presenting with an acute illness. …”
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Investigating the feasibility of developing a collective action for biological control of fall armyworm among smallholder farmers in rural communities of Zambia by Léna Durocher-Granger, Sara Fiorito, Sibajene Kambanja Mudenda, Milimo Mildred Chiboola, Monica K. Kansiime, David Ludwig, Cees Leeuwis

“…The most important criteria for a pest management innovation selected by participants from both districts, in no specific order, were price, efficacy, recommended by agrodealer/extension officer and immediate action. …”
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Does Health Education Through Videos and E-Leaflet Have a Good Influence on Improving Students’ Reproductive Health Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices? an Intervention Study... by Yuliasih ND, Sari P, Bestari AD, Martini N, Sujatmiko B

“…Purposive sampling was used to select participants from four universities in the Jatinangor District. 166 female first-year university students were divided into the study group through video (n = 83) and the control group through e-leaflet (n = 83). …”
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Association of outpatient use of renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system blockers on outcomes of acute respiratory illness during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cohort study by Molly Moore Jeffery, Lucas Oliveira J e Silva, Fernanda Bellolio, Nathan W Cummins, Timothy M Dempsey, Vesna D Garovic, Andrew Limper

“…Objectives Evaluate the associations between patients taking ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) and their clinical outcomes after an acute viral respiratory illness (AVRI) due to COVID-19.Design Retrospective cohort.Setting The USA; 2017–2018 influenza season, 2018–2019 influenza season, and 2019–2020 influenza/COVID-19 season.Participants People with hypertension (HTN) taking an ACEi, ARB or other HTN medications, and experiencing AVRI.Main outcome measures Change in hospital admission, intensive care unit (ICU) or coronary care unit (CCU), acute respiratory distress (ARD), ARD syndrome (ARDS) and all-cause mortality, comparing COVID-19 to pre-COVID-19 influenza seasons.Results The cohort included 1 059 474 episodes of AVRI (653 797 filled an ACEi or ARB, and 405 677 other HTN medications). 58.6% were women and 72.9% with age ≥65. …”
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A mixed methods exploration of self-presentation, authenticity, and role model function on Instagram: perspectives from female influencers in Germany by Daniel Zimmermann, Colleen Schneider, Kai Kaspar

“…Quantitative data was examined via inter-correlation matrix and ANOVA, and qualitative data was analyzed via an established approach for qualitative content analysis.ResultsInfluencers pursue mostly self-realization (50% of participants gave at least one related answer) and commercial goals (50%). …”
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Association between chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy and benzodiazepine prescription in patients with radicular low back pain: a retrospective cohort study using real-world... by Jeffery A Dusek, Robert James Trager, Zachary A Cupler, Kayla J DeLano, Jaime A Perez

“…We hypothesise that utilisation of CSMT for newly diagnosed rLBP is associated with reduced odds of benzodiazepine prescription through 12 months’ follow-up.Design Retrospective cohort study.Setting National, multicentre 73-million-patient electronic health records-based network (TriNetX) in the USA, queried on 30 July 2021, yielding data from 2003 to the date of query.Participants Adults aged 18–49 with an index diagnosis of rLBP were included. …”
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