Publications | CHILD Global Research Fellowship | Washington University in St. Louis

2023

Alinaitwe, R., Musisi, S., Mukunya, D., Wibabara, Y., Mutamba, B. B., & Nakasujja, N. (2023). Feasibility of screening for cognitive impairment among older persons and referral by community health workers in Wakiso district, Uganda. BMC psychiatry, 23(1), 533. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-05015-0

Birabwa-Oketcho, H., Nakasujja, N., Alinaitwe, R., Bird, V., Priebe, S., & Sewankambo, N. (2023). The effectiveness of a solution-focused approach (DIALOG+) for patients with severe mental illness and epilepsy in Uganda: A randomised controlled trial. Psychiatry research communications, 3(1), None. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psycom.2022.100097

Kisaakye, P., Kafuko, A., & Bukuluki, P. (2023). Lifetime violence and suicidal ideation among young women (18-24 years) in Uganda: Results from a population-based survey. Frontiers in global women’s health, 4, 1063846. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2023.1063846

Lofgren, S. M., Tsui, S., Natala, N., Nakasujja, N., Sebuliba, R., Ndyetukira, J. F., Arinda, A., Akinyange, V., Hullsiek, K. H., Nalintya, E., Sadiq, A., Pastick, K. A., Stadleman, A., Meya, D., & Boulware, D. R. (2023). Differences in Reasons for Late Presentation to HIV Care in Uganda Among Men and Women. AIDS and behavior, 27(1), 303–313. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-022-03764-9

Mpango, R. S., Ssembajjwe, W., Rukundo, G. Z., Birungi, C., Kalungi, A., Gadow, K. D., Patel, V., Nyirenda, M., & Kinyanda, E. (2023). Physical and psychiatric comorbidities among patients with severe mental illness as seen in Uganda. European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience, 273(3), 613–625. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-022-01478-6

Mpango, R. S., Ssembajjwe, W., Rukundo, G.Z., Amanyire, P., Birungi, C., Kalungi, A., et al. (2023). Physical and sexual victimization of persons with severe mental illness seeking care in central and south-western Uganda. Frontiers in Public Health. 09 August 2023 Vol. 11, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1167076

Nabunya P, Byansi W, Bahar OS, Namuwonge F, Atwebembere R. Emotional and Behavior Difficulties and the Mental Health of Caregivers of Adolescents Living with HIV. J Child Fam Stud. 2023 Jun 10:1-9. doi: 10.1007/s10826-023-02609-w . Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37362624; PMCID: PMC10256973

Naidoo, K. L., Dladla, S., Mphahlele, R. E., Mosler, G., Muyemayema, S., Ssemata, A. S., Mkutumula, E., Adeyeye, O. O., Moyo, M., Goodman, O., Kuyinu, Y., Nantanda, R., Ticklay, I., Mujuru, H. A., Grigg, J., & Masekela, R. (2023). Barriers to childhood asthma care in sub-Saharan Africa: a multicountry qualitative study with children and their caregivers. BMJ open, 13(9), e070784. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070784

Namiiro, F. B., Ssemata, A. S., Abdallah, Y., & Namusoke, F. (2023). “I abandoned my job to look after my baby.” Understanding the unpriced cost of care of a preterm infant: Caregivers’ lived experiences. PloS one, 18(8), e0290101. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290101

Ssemata, A. S., Nakitende, A. J., Kizito, S., Thomas, M. R., Islam, S., Bangirana, P., Nakasujja, N., Yang, Z., Yu, Y., Tran, T. M., John, C. C., & McHenry, M. S. (2023). Association of severe malaria with cognitive and behavioural outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a meta-analysis and systematic review. Malaria journal, 22(1), 227. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-023-04653-9

Atkinson, E. G., Dalvie, S., Pichkar, Y., Kalungi, A., Majara, L., Stevenson, A., Abebe, T., Akena, D., Alemayehu, M., Ashaba, F. K., Atwoli, L., Baker, M., Chibnik, L. B., Creanza, N., Daly, M. J., Fekadu, A., Gelaye, B., Gichuru, S., Injera, W. E., James, R., et al. NeuroGAP-Psychosis Study Team (2022). Genetic structure correlates with ethnolinguistic diversity in eastern and southern Africa. American Journal of Human Genetics, 109(9), 1667–1679. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.07.013

Brathwaite, R., Ssewamala, F. M., Sensoy Bahar, O., McKay, M. M., Neilands, T. B., Namatovu, P., Kiyingi, J., Zmachinski, L., Nabayinda, J., Huang, K., Kivumbi, A., Bhana, A., Mwebembezi, A., Petersen, I., & Hoagwood, K. (2022). The longitudinal impact of an evidence‐based multiple family group intervention (Amaka Amasanyufu) on oppositional defiant disorder and impaired functioning among children in Uganda: analysis of a cluster randomized trial from the SMART Africa‐Uganda s. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1–31. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13566

Johnson, K.J., Sensoy Bahar, O., Nattabi, J., Migadde, H., Ssentumbwe, V., Damulira, C., Kivumbi, A., Niyonzima, N., Ssewamala, F.M. (2021) Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancer in an HIV-Infected Rural Sub-Saharan African Population. AIDS Care, DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2021.1990201

Lofgren, S. M., Kigozi, J., Natala, N. G., Tsui, S., Arinda, A., Akinyange, V., Sebuliba, R., Boulware, D. R., & Castelnuovo, B. (2022). Can COVID-19 changes reduce stigma in African HIV clinics?. The lancet. HIV, 9(5), e304–e305. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(22)00045-5

Mpango R, Ssembajjwe W, Rukundo GZ, Taylor Salisbury T, Levin J, Gadow KD, Patel V, Kinyanda E. (2022). Prevalence, Risk Factors and Negative Outcomes of Anxiety and Depressive Disorders among HIV Infected Children and Adolescents in Uganda: CHAKA study 2014-2017. Psychiatry Journal, vol. 2022, Article ID 8975704, 17 pages. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/8975704

Ssemata, A. S., Nakasujja, N., & Kinyanda, E. (2022). Transitioning from Paediatric to HIV Adult Care Services for Adolescents and Young People Living with HIV in the African Region: a Scoping Review Protocol. BMJ open, 12(3), e059241. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059241

Alinaitwe, R., Birungi, C., Bangirana, P., & Nakasujja, N. (2021). Prevalence and factors associated with depressive illness in patients with tuberculosis in Mulago hospital, Kampala- Uganda: A cross sectional study. Journal of psychosomatic research, 149, 110591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2021.110591

Boduszek, D., Debowska, A., Ochen, E. A., Fray, C., Nanfuka, E. K., Powell-Booth, K., Turyomurugyendo, F., Nelson, K., Harvey, R., Willmott, D., & Mason, S. J. (2021). Prevalence and correlates of non-suicidal self-injury, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempt among children and adolescents: Findings from Uganda and Jamaica. Journal of affective disorders, 283, 172–178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.01.063

Namuli, J. D., Nalugya, J. S., Bangirana, P., & Nakimuli-Mpungu, E. (2021). Prevalence and Factors Associated With Suicidal Ideation Among Children and Adolescents Attending a Pediatric HIV Clinic in Uganda. Frontiers in sociology, 6, 656739. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.656739

Rukundo, G. Z., Levin, J., Mpango, R. S., Patel, V., & Kinyanda, E. (2021). Effect of suicidality on clinical and behavioural outcomes in HIV positive adults in Uganda. PloS one, 16(8), e0254830. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254830

Rutakumwa R, Ssebunnya J, Mugisha J, Mpango R, Tusiime C, Kyohangirwe L, Taasi G, Sentongo H, Kaleebu P, Patel V, and Kinyanda E. (2021). Stakeholders’ perspectives on integrating the management of depression into routine HIV care in Uganda: qualitative findings from a feasibility study. International journal of mental health systems, 15(1), 63. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-021-00486-8

Ssewamala, F. M., Sensoy Bahar, O., Nakasujja, N., Abente, B., Nabunya, P., Peer, L., Zmachinski, L., Fragale, S., & McKay, M. M. (2021). Child Mental Health in HIV-Impacted Low-Resource Settings in Developing Countries-Global Research Fellowship: A Research Training Program Protocol. Frontiers in public health, 9, 632800. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.632800

Namuli, J. D., Nakimuli-Mpungu, E., Mwesiga, E. K., & Joyce, N. S. (2020). Knowledge Gaps about Autism Spectrum Disorders and its Clinical Management among Child and Adolescent Health Care Workers in Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study. EC psychology and psychiatry, 9(9), 112–121.

2022

Brathwaite, R., Ssewamala, F. M., Sensoy Bahar, O., McKay, M. M., Neilands, T. B., Namatovu, P., Kiyingi, J., Zmachinski, L., Nabayinda, J., Huang, K. Y., Kivumbi, A., Bhana, A., Mwebembezi, A., Petersen, I., Hoagwood, K., & SMART Africa – Uganda Field Team (2022). The longitudinal impact of an evidence-based multiple family group intervention (Amaka Amasanyufu) on oppositional defiant disorder and impaired functioning among children in Uganda: analysis of a cluster randomized trial from the SMART Africa-Uganda scale-up study (2016-2022). Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines, 10.1111/jcpp.13566.

Lofgren, S. M., Kigozi, J., Natala, N. G., Tsui, S., Arinda, A., Akinyange, V., Sebuliba, R., Boulware, D. R., & Castelnuovo, B. (2022). Can COVID-19 changes reduce stigma in African HIV clinics?. The Lancet. HIV, 9(5), e304–e305. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(22)00045-5

Lofgren, S. M., Tsui, S., Natala, N., Nakasujja, N., Sebuliba, R., Ndyetukira, J. F., Arinda, A., Akinyange, V., Hullsiek, K. H., Nalintya, E., Sadiq, A., Pastick, K. A., Stadleman, A., Meya, D., & Boulware, D. R. (2022). Differences in Reasons for Late Presentation to HIV Care in Uganda Among Men and Women. AIDS and Behavior, 1–11. Advance online publication. PMID: 35916948; PMCID: PMC9343575. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-022-03764-9

Kafuko, A., Bangirana, C.A., Opobo, T. (2022). Current State of Child Behavioral Health: Focus on Violence Against Children in Uganda. In: Ssewamala, F.M., Sensoy Bahar, O., McKay, M.M. (eds) Child Behavioral Health in Sub-Saharan Africa. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83707-5_10

Brathwaite, R., Ssewamala, F. M., Sensoy Bahar, O., McKay, M. M., Neilands, T. B., Namatovu, P., Kiyingi, J., Zmachinski, L., Nabayinda, J., Huang, K., Kivumbi, A., Bhana, A., Mwebembezi, A., Petersen, I., & Hoagwood, K. (2022). The longitudinal impact of an evidence‐based multiple family group intervention (Amaka Amasanyufu) on oppositional defiant disorder and impaired functioning among children in Uganda: analysis of a cluster randomized trial from the SMART Africa‐Uganda s. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1–31. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13566

Mpango R, Ssembajjwe W, Rukundo GZ, Birungi C, Kalungi A, Gadow KD, Patel V, Nyirenda M, and Kinyanda E. (2022). Physical and Psychiatric Comorbidity among Patients with Severe Mental Illness as Seen in Uganda. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-022-01478-6

Nampijja, M., Sembajjwe, W., Mpairwe, H., Mpango, R., Kinyanda, E. Prevalence and Correlates of Neurocognitive Impairment and Psychiatric Disorders among School Children in Wakiso District, Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study. (2022). Wellcome Open Research. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17005.2

Mpango, R. S., Ssembajjwe, W., Rukundo, G. Z., Birungi, C., Kalungi, A., Gadow, K. D., Patel, V., Nyirenda, M., & Kinyanda, E. (2022). Physical and psychiatric comorbidities among patients with severe mental illness as seen in Uganda. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 10.1007/s00406-022-01478-6. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-022-01478-6

Fatumo, S., Mugisha, J., Soremekun, O., Kalungi, A., Mayanja, R., Kintu, C. & Kaleebu, P., et al. (pre-print). Uganda Genome Resource: A rich research database for genomic studies of communicable and non-communicable diseases in Africa. MedRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.05.22274740

2021

Nampijja M, Sembajjwe W, Mpairwe H, Mpango R, Kinyanda E. (2021). Prevalence and correlates of neurocognitive impairment and psychiatric disorders among schoolchildren in Wakiso District, Uganda: A cross-sectional study. Wellcome Open Res, 6:217.

Johnson, K. J., Bahar, O. S., Nattabi, J., Migadde, H., Ssentumbwe, V., Damulira, C., Kivumbi, A., Niyonzima, N., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2021). Pediatric, adolescent, and young adult cancer in an HIV-infected rural sub-Saharan African population. AIDS care, 1–7.

Kawuma, R., Ssemata, A. S., Bernays, S., & Seeley, J. (2021). Women at high risk of HIV-infection in Kampala, Uganda, and their candidacy for PrEP. SSM – population health, 13, 100746.

Muhumuza, R., Ssemata, A. S., Kakande, A., Ahmed, N., Atujuna, M., Nomvuyo, M., Bekker, L. G., Dietrich, J. J., Tshabalala, G., Hornschuh, S., Maluadzi, M., Chibanda-Stranix, L., Nematadzira, T., Weiss, H. A., Nash, S., Fox, J., & Seeley, J. (2021). Exploring Perceived Barriers and Facilitators of PrEP Uptake among Young People in Uganda, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. Archives of sexual behavior, 50(4), 1729–1742.

Kayiga, H., Genevive, D. A., Amuge, P. M., Ssemata, A. S., Nanzira, R. S., & Nakimuli, A. (2021). Lived experiences of frontline healthcare providers offering maternal and newborn services amidst the novel corona virus disease 19 pandemic in Uganda: A qualitative study. PloS one, 16(12), e0259835.

Arinda, A., Nakasujja, N., & Odokonyero, R. (2021). Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder symptoms in a paediatric neurology clinic at a tertiary hospital in Uganda. The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa, 27, 1548.

Namuli, J. D., Nalugya, J. S., Bangirana, P., & Nakimuli-Mpungu, E. (2021). Prevalence and Factors Associated With Suicidal Ideation Among Children and Adolescents Attending a Pediatric HIV Clinic in Uganda. Frontiers in sociology, 6, 656739.

Nanfuka, E., Turyomurugyendo, F., Ochen, E., Gibbs, G., Gomersall, T., & Jones, A. (2021). Issues, beliefs and experience of child marriage and gender-based violence in Uganda: A qualitative study. University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom. ISBN: 978-1-86218-198-4. I participated in study design, data collection and analysis and took lead in developing the report.

Charles, A., Nixdorf, R., Ibrahim, N., Meir, L. G., Mpango, R. S., Ngakongwa, F., Nudds, H., Pathare, S., Ryan, G., Repper, J., Wharrad, H., Wolf, P., Slade, M., & Mahlke, C. (2021). Initial Training for Mental Health Peer Support Workers: Systematized Review and International Delphi Consultation. JMIR mental health, 8(5), e25528.

Mpairwe, H., Mpango, R. S., Sembajjwe, W., Webb, E. L., Elliott, A. M., Pearce, N., & Kinyanda, E. (2021). Anxiety disorders and asthma among adolescents in Uganda: role of early-life exposures. ERJ open research, 7(2), 00749-2020.

Alinaitwe, R., Birungi, C., Bangirana, P., & Nakasujja, N. (2021). Prevalence and factors associated with depressive illness in patients with tuberculosis in Mulago hospital, Kampala- Uganda: A cross sectional study. Journal of psychosomatic research, 149, 110591.

2020

Rukundo, G. Z., Mpango, R. S., Ssembajjwe, W., Gadow, K. D., Patel, V., & Kinyanda, E. (2020). Prevalence and risk factors for youth suicidality among perinatally infected youths living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda: the CHAKA study. Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health, 14, 41.

Mpango, R., Kalha, J., Shamba, D., Ramesh, M., Ngakongwa, F., Kulkarni, A., Korde, P., Nakku, J., & Ryan, G. K. (2020). Challenges to peer support in low- and middle-income countries during COVID-19. Globalization and health, 16(1), 90.

Ssemata, A. S., Nakitende, J. A., Kizito, S., Whipple, E. C., Bangirana, P., Nakasujja, N., John, C. C., & McHenry, M. S. (2020). Associations of childhood exposure to malaria with cognition and behavior outcomes: a systematic review protocol. Systematic reviews, 9(1), 174.

Ssemata, A. S., Opoka, R. O., Ssenkusu, J. M., Nakasujja, N., John, C. C., & Bangirana, P. (2020). Socio-emotional and adaptive behaviour in children treated for severe anaemia at Lira Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda: a prospective cohort study. Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health, 14(1), 45.

Grund, J. M., Bryant, T. S., Toledo, C., Jackson, I., Curran, K., Zhou, S., Del Campo, J. M., Yang, L., Kivumbi, A., Li, P., Bock, N., Taliano, J., & Davis, S. M. (2020). Correction to: Association of Male Circumcision with Women’s Knowledge of its Biomedical Effects and With Their Sexual Satisfaction and Function: A Systematic Review. AIDS and behavior, 24(1), 344.

Taylor Salisbury, T., Kinyanda, E., Levin, J., Foster, A., Mpango, R., Patel, V., & Gadow, K. D. (2020). Clinical correlates and adverse outcomes of ADHD, disruptive behavior disorder and their co-occurrence among children and adolescents with HIV in Uganda. AIDS care, 32(11), 1429–1437.

Kinyanda, E., Salisbury, T. T., Muyingo, S. K., Ssembajjwe, W., Levin, J., Nakasujja, N., Mpango, R. S., Abbo, C., Seedat, S., Araya, R., Musisi, S., Gadow, K. D., & Patel, V. (2020). Major Depressive Disorder Among HIV Infected Youth in Uganda: Incidence, Persistence and Their Predictors. AIDS and behavior, 24(9), 2588–2596.

Kazibwe, G., Katami, P., Alinaitwe, R., Alafi, S., Nanteza, A., & Nakavuma, J. L. (2020). Bacteriophage activity against and characterisation of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from colibacillosis cases in Uganda. PloS one, 15(12), e0239107.

Kyohangirwe, L., Okello, E., Namuli, J. D., Ndeezi, G., & Kinyanda, E. (2020). Prevalence and factors associated with major depressive disorder among adolescents attending a primary care facility in Kampala, Uganda. Tropical doctor, 50(1), 30–36.

Namuli, J. D., Joyce, N. S., Bangirana, P., & Nakimuli-Mpungu, E. (2020). Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) Use and Associated Factors among HIV Infected Children and Adolescents Seeking Mental Health Services in Uganda. EC psychology and psychiatry, 9(10), 1–8.