2021-04-30T16:26:52Z Copyright (c) 2021, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation https://www.rand.org/topics/uganda.html Glenn Wagner; Laura M. Bogart; David J. Klein; Harold D. Green; Andrew Kambugu; Joan Nampiima; Joseph K. Matovu https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP68616.html 2021-04-28T05:45:00Z 2021-04-28T05:45:00Z

These findings highlight the importance of helping PLWH cope with self-stigma and gain comfort with disclosure, as well as the potential influence of network support, trustworthiness, connectedness, and stigmatization on engagement in prevention advocacy.

Laura M. Bogart; Joseph K. Matovu; Glenn Wagner; Harold D. Green; Erik D. Storholm; David J. Klein; Terry Marsh; Sarah MacCarthy; Andrew Kambugu https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP68246.html 2020-08-07T06:00:00Z 2020-08-07T06:00:00Z

We developed and conducted a pilot test of Game Changers, a 6-session group-based intervention that aims to empower people with HIV to be agents for HIV prevention by initiating conversations about HIV with social network members.

Glenn Wagner; Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar; Barbara Mukasa; Sebastian Linnemayr https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP68167.html 2020-05-12T06:45:00Z 2020-05-12T06:45:00Z

While other research has examined and supported the influence of depression on ART adherence, our data support the reciprocal relationship: that non-adherence and changes in adherence are associated with levels and changes in depression.

Zachary Wagner; John Bosco Asiimwe; David I. Levine https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP68084.html 2020-02-13T07:30:00Z 2020-02-13T07:30:00Z

Despite stronger financial incentives for community health workers, the entrepreneurial model led to substantially less effort (fewer household visits) than the free delivery model. Our results call into question the notion that an entrepreneurial model necessarily increases community health worker effort relative to free distribution.

Mahlet Atakilt Woldetsadik https://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD417.html 2018-09-21T05:30:00Z 2018-09-21T05:30:00Z

This dissertation studies the enduring effects of wartime sexual violence on Ugandan women and explore its ripple effects on families.

Jason H. Campbell; Richard S. Girven; Ben Connable; Jonah Blank; Raphael S. Cohen; Larry Hanauer; William Young; Linda Robinson; Sean Mann https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1201z1.html 2017-08-01T07:00:00Z 2017-08-01T07:00:00Z

Presents findings from six historical case studies in which the mission of special operations forces in each of the six countries transitioned over time to include some level of inclusion in the U.S. embassy's Security Cooperation Office.

Glenn Wagner; Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar; Eric Robinson; Victoria K. Ngo; Peter Glick; Seggane Musisi; Dickens Akena https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP67065.html 2017-03-16T14:00:00Z 2017-03-16T14:00:00Z

Alleviation of major depression among a sample of Ugandans with HIV was associated with better work functioning, which suggests that integrating care for depression and HIV may improve the economic well-being of people living with HIV.

Glenn Wagner; Mary Ellen Slaughter; Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP66751.html 2016-12-08T12:00:00Z 2016-12-08T12:00:00Z

Presence of depression at the start of HIV antiretroviral therapy can affect whether patients take their medications, which suggests that screening and early treatment could help boost rates of medication adherence.

Sebastian Linnemayr; Lydia Buzaalirwa; James Balya; Glenn Wagner https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP66655.html 2016-09-30T08:30:00Z 2016-09-30T08:30:00Z

Ugandans living with medically stable HIV are able to repay microcredit loans; paired with business training, the loans can help this vulnerable population improve their weekly income and build assets.

Glenn Wagner; Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar; Eric Robinson; Victoria K. Ngo; Barbara Mukasa; Seggane Musisi; Dickens Akena https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP66599.html 2016-08-29T09:00:00Z 2016-08-29T09:00:00Z

Alleviating depression in people living with HIV may improve their HIV care adherence and clinic attendance.

Glenn Wagner; Mahlet Atakilt Woldetsadik; Jolly Beyeza-Kashesya; Kathy Goggin; Deborah Mindry; Sarah Finocchario-Kessler; Sarah Khanakwa; Rhoda K. Wanyenze https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP66499.html 2016-06-05T09:00:00Z 2016-06-05T09:00:00Z

We examined awareness and attitudes towards SCM, and the correlates of these constructs among 400 HIV clients with fertility intentions in Uganda.

Laura M. Bogart; Rose Naigino; Emily Maistrellis; Glenn Wagner; William Musoke; Barbara Mukasa; Riana Jumamil; Rhoda K. Wanyenze https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP66395.html 2016-03-18T13:15:00Z 2016-03-18T13:15:00Z

High population mobility, competing needs, low or inconvenient access to healthcare, and HIV stigma all play a role in impeding linkage to HIV care among fisherfolk in Uganda.

Kathy Goggin; Sarah Finocchario-Kessler; Vincent S. Staggs; Mahlet Atakilt Woldetsadik; Rhoda K. Wanyenze; Jolly Beyeza-Kashesya; Deborah Mindry; Sarah Khanakwa; Glenn Wagner https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50973.html 2015-12-03T07:45:00Z 2015-12-03T07:45:00Z

This study examines high rates of childbearing desires and serodiscordant partnerships among people living with HIV PLHA in Uganda and highlights the need for safer conception counseling.

Gavin Cochrane; Enora Robin; Rebecca Hanlin; Sophie Castle-Clarke; Calum MacLure; Sarah Parks; Joanna Chataway https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1147.html 2015-07-30T09:01:00Z 2015-07-30T09:01:00Z

This study was commissioned by the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) to understand how the organisation contributes to research capacity building activities in Uganda, Kenya, and Rwanda.

RAND Corporation https://www.rand.org/randeurope/research/projects/international-aids-vaccine-initiative-east-africa.html 2015-07-30T08:52:00Z 2015-07-30T08:52:00Z

The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) helps to bridge the gap between scientific and technological potential and the needs of low income populations in low and middle income countries.

Elizabeth Wilke https://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD353.html 2015-04-28T05:00:00Z 2015-04-28T05:00:00Z

Uses a variety of social science research methods to explore the use of conflict prevention, cessation, and recovery interventions.

Glenn Wagner; Victoria K. Ngo; Noeline Nakasujja; Dickens Akena; Frances Aunon; Seggane Musisi https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50588.html 2015-02-02T14:45:00Z 2015-02-02T14:45:00Z

The authors assessed the impact of antidepressant therapy on measures of work, condom use, and psychosocial well-being among depressed HIV clients in Uganda.

Victoria K. Ngo; Glenn Wagner; Noeline Nakasujja; Akena Dickens; Frances Aunon; Seggane Musisi https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50572.html 2015-01-09T10:30:00Z 2015-01-09T10:30:00Z

This study examined the effectiveness of antidepressant treatment and predictors of treatment response among depressed HIV patients in Uganda.

Glenn Wagner; Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar; Mary Ellen Slaughter https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50550.html 2014-12-23T09:00:00Z 2014-12-23T09:00:00Z

We examined whether engagement in prevention advocacy among HIV clients is associated with their own condom use and HIV care adherence.

Raymond Odokonyero; Glenn Wagner; Victoria K. Ngo; Noeline Nakasujja; Seggane Musisi; Akena Dickens https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP66212.html 2014-11-20T11:30:00Z 2014-11-20T11:30:00Z

Depression is common among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and can have significant consequences for HIV disease progression, treatment response and prevention.