AUTHOR'S PROFILE

Abir

Publications (173)

"I felt my rights were violated": Challenges with the discontinuation of provider-dependent contraceptive methods in Eastern Uganda.

Journal: Contraception and reproductive medicine

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Authors & Co-authors:  Nabulondera Agnes A Powers Madeline M Nabirye Rose Chalo RC Akello Sarah Racheal SR Turyasiima Munanura M Epuitai Joshua J

Validation of the Arabic version of the Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ-4) in a sample of non-clinical adults.

Journal: BMC psychology

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Fekih-Romdhane Feten F Postigo Álvaro Á Malaeb Diana D Sarray El Dine Abir A Moawad Mira M Hallit Rabih R Obeid Sahar S Hallit Souheil S

Examining the associations between social support and postpartum depression symptoms among adolescent mothers in Nairobi, Kenya.

Journal: Reproductive health

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Gebrekristos Luwam T LT Ajayi Anthony Idowu AI Groves Allison K AK Kabiru Caroline W CW

Pathways to care for psychosis in rural Uganda: Mixed-methods study of individuals with psychosis, family members, and local leaders.

Journal: Global mental health (Cambridge, England)

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Authors & Co-authors:  Lee Yang Jae YJ Nakaziba Kayera Sumaya KS Waimon Sophie S Agwang Grace G Menon Kailash K Samuel Sam S Dyas Aaron Damon AD Nkolo Travor T Ingabire Haba H Wykoff Jason J

Coping mechanisms for students with mental disorders: An exploratory qualitative study at Busitema University's Mbale and Busia Campuses.

Journal: PLOS global public health

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Authors & Co-authors:  Kagoya Enid Kawala EK Mpagi Joseph J Waako Paul P Muhwezi Martha R L MRL Namaganda Agnes A Nsubuga Allan G AG Atala Christine Etoko CE Okello Francis F Okibure Ambrose A Kibuuka Ronald R

Assessment of displaced Sudanese school-age children's mental health at Ad-Damar, River Nile, Sudan, 2024: a descriptive cross-sectional study.

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Awad Mustafa Sabir Abakar MSA Alrahim Mead Modathar Awad Abd MMAA Awadelkareem Rasheeda Abdulbagi Merghani RAM Khalafallah Elhaj Muhammadelmujtaba Abdulnabi MA Abdelrahman Ibrahim Mustafa Mohamedelhassan MM

Personality traits and other factors associated with psychotropic medication non-adherence at two hospitals in Uganda. A cross-sectional study.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Niyokwizera Emmanuel E Nitunga David D Muhumuza Joshua J Niyubahwe Raissa Marie Ingrid RMI Abamara Nnaemeka Chukwudum NC Kirabira Joseph J

Mistreatment in healthcare: peripartum experience in a Tunisian maternity.

Journal: AJOG global reports

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Authors & Co-authors:  Aloui Haithem H Frikha Hatem H Hammami Rami R Chermiti Amal A Saber Abouda Hassine H Badis Channoufi Mohamed M Karoui Abir A

[Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on chronic haemodialysis patients in eastern Morocco: a cross-sectional study].

Journal: The Pan African medical journal

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  El Mir Kaouthar K El Jabiry Salah-Eddine SE Errabehy Meryem M Bentata Yassamine Y Elghazouani Fatima F Oneib Bouchra B

Family planning knowledge, use, and associated factors among women with mental illness and epilepsy in Rwanda: a cross-sectional study.

Journal: Frontiers in global women's health

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Authors & Co-authors:  Mukangabire Pacifique P Umuziga M Providence MP Umubyeyi Benoite B Mukamana Donatilla D Gishoma Darius D Baziga Vedaste V Uwimana Philomene P Sebera Fidele F Bazirete Olive O Kanazayire Clementine C

Navigating HIV research among criminalized gender minority populations in Uganda: qualitative insights and lessons learned from novice researchers.

Journal: International journal for equity in health

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Muwanguzi Patience A PA Nabunya Racheal R Ngabirano Tom D TD

"Someone who hates themself doesn't come for their drugs": Experiences of mental health along the HIV care continuum in South-Central, Uganda.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  West Nora S NS Ddaaki William W Murray Sarah M SM Nakyanjo Neema N Isabirye Dauda D Nakubulwa Rosette R Nalugoda Fred F Surkan Pamela J PJ Hutton Heidi E HE Kennedy Caitlin E CE

Operational Research to Support Rapid Evidence-Based Responses to Outbreaks: Learnings from COVID-19.

Journal: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene

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Authors & Co-authors:  Hoppe Anne A Dani Pallavi P Mwangoka Grace G Vreden Stephen S Breton Guillaume G Ateudjieu Jerome J Nankabirwa Joaniter I JI Sambo Júlia J Masaba Rose R Maparo Tatenda T

"My father insisted that I have the baby but not in his house": Adolescent pregnancy, social exclusion and (dis)empowerment of girls in an urban informal settlement in Kenya.

Journal: PLOS global public health

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Authors & Co-authors:  Machoka Beryl Nyatuga BN Kabiru Caroline W CW Ajayi Anthony Idowu AI

Evaluation of the integration of palliative care in a fragile setting amongst host and refugee communities: Using consecutive rapid participatory appraisals.

Journal: Palliative medicine

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Authors & Co-authors:  Leng Mhoira M Downing Julia J Purewal Gursaran G Namukwaya Liz L Opia Vicky V Venkateswaran Chitra C Nabirye Elizabeth E Bagasha Peace P

Trust in government moderates the association between fear of COVID-19 as well as empathic concern and preventive behaviour.

Journal: Communications psychology

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Authors & Co-authors:  Karakulak Arzu A Tepe Beyza B Dimitrova Radosveta R Abdelrahman Mohamed M Akaliyski Plamen P Alaseel Rana R Alkamali Yousuf Abdulqader YA Amin Azzam A Lizarzaburu Aguinaga Danny A DA Andres Andrii A

Interventions for improving the health and socioeconomic well-being of young parents in Africa: a systematic review protocol.

Journal: BMJ open

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Odunga Sally Atieno SA Machoka Beryl B Jesang Glorious G Mugo Grace Kathure GK Munyasa Winnan Lucia WL Mukabana Sheila S Maina Beatrice W BW Ajayi Anthony Idowu AI Kabiru Caroline W CW

Quality of life of survivors following road traffic orthopaedic injuries in Rwanda.

Journal: Frontiers in public health

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Allen Ingabire J C JC Tumusiime David K DK Sagahutu Jean Baptiste JB Urimubenshi Gerard G Bucyibaruta Georges G Pilusa Sonti S Stewart Aimee A

Addressing neurosurgical challenges in war conflict countries.

Journal: Neurosurgical review

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Okon Inibehe Ime II Rehman Ibad Ur IU Amir Muhammad Ayhan MA Musharaf Imshaal I Lucero-Prisno Iii Don Eliseo DE Atallah Oday O Musa Muhammad Kabir MK Udokang Ephraim Ikoongifono EI Chaurasia Bipin B

Factors affecting the prevention of unwanted pregnancies among young adolescents in secondary schools in the Eastern Province of Rwanda: An explorative qualitative study.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Uhawenimana Thierry Claudien TC Muganwa Kellen K Uwimana Marie Chantal MC Musabwasoni Marie Grace Sandra MGS Tengera Olive O Bahumura Joy J Mukashyaka Joella J Mukakamanzi Jackline J Habyarimana Emmanuel E Ngerageze Innocent I

Cognitive interviewing to assess and adapt three measures of mental health symptoms among people living with HIV in Rakai, Uganda: the Thinking a Lot Questionnaire, the Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9), and the Hopkins Symptoms Checklist (HSCL).

Journal: Research square

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Authors & Co-authors:  West Nora S NS Namuganga Lydia P LP Isabirye Dauda D Nakubulwa Rosette R Ddaaki William W Nakyanjo Neema N Nalugoda Fred F Murray Sarah M SM Kennedy Caitlin E CE

Diagnostic pattern of mental, neurological and substance use disorders at primary health care facilities in Uganda.

Journal: International journal of mental health systems

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Authors & Co-authors:  Mutamba Byamah B BB Twikirize Gad G Ssemalulu Jimmy J Babirye Roseline R Semakula Lynn L Cappo David D

Study protocol for a stepped-wedge implementation study investigating the intersectoral collaboration of implementering the TREAT INTERACT intervention for primary school teachers and the mhGAP for health care workers for child mental health promotion in Uganda.

Journal: Trials

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Skar Ane-Marthe Solheim AS Engebretsen Ingunn Marie S IMS Braathu Nora N Aber Harriet H Bækkelund Harald H Kühl Melf-Jakob MJ Mukisa Marjorie M Nalugya Joyce Sserunjogi JS Skokauskas Norbert N Skylstad Vilde V

Community-Based Intervention and Its Effect on Decreasing the Prevalence of Urinary Schistosomiasis in an Al-Alaqa Male Primary school in Al-Alaqa Village White Nile State, Sudan.

Journal: Parasite epidemiology and control

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Authors & Co-authors:  Balola Hamza Hussain Ahmed HHA Idress Eltayeb Abdelazeem EA Moreljwab Mohammed Hassan MH Mokhtar Amani Mahmoud Fadul AMF Tia Murtada Mustafa Gabir MMG Alharbi Mohammed F MF Osman Abdalla Mohamed Ahmed AMA Swamy D S Veerabhadra DSV MohamedAhmed Abubakr Ali Elamin AAE Elnageeb Mohamed E ME

The state of health in the European Union (EU-27) in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study 2019.

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Santos João Vasco JV Padron-Monedero Alicia A Bikbov Boris B Grad Diana Alecsandra DA Plass Dietrich D Mechili Enkeleint A EA Gazzelloni Federica F Fischer Florian F Sulo Gerhard G Ngwa Che Henry CH

Improving alcohol and substance use screening in school-age children: translation, adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the CRAFFT tool for Lumasaaba, Uganda.

Journal: Addiction science & clinical practice

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Nalugya Joyce Sserunjogi JS Engebretsen Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv IMS Nakasujja Noeline N Ndeezi Grace G Babirye Juliet N JN Bakken Victoria V Skar Ane-Marthe Solheim AS Tumwine James K JK Skokauskas Norbert N

Prevalence of adolescent mental disorders in Kenya, Indonesia, and Viet Nam measured by the National Adolescent Mental Health Surveys (NAMHS): a multi-national cross-sectional study.

Journal: Lancet (London, England)

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Authors & Co-authors:  Erskine Holly E HE Maravilla Joemer C JC Wado Yohannes Dibaba YD Wahdi Amirah Ellyza AE Loi Vu Manh VM Fine Shoshanna L SL Li Mengmeng M Ramaiya Astha A Wekesah Frederick Murunga FM Odunga Sally Atieno SA

Clinical profile and mortality among adult patients presenting with altered mental status to the emergency departments of a tertiary hospital in Tanzania: a descriptive cohort study.

Journal: The Pan African medical journal

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Manji Hussein Karim HK Sawe Hendry Robert HR Kilindimo Said S Premji Elishah Nuralah EN Yussuf Amne Omar AO Simbila Alphonce Nsabi AN Versi Sabira Akber SA Weber Ellen Joyce EJ

The Development of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression Symptoms in Iraqi Refugees: Associations with Acculturation and C-reactive Protein.

Journal: The Journal of nervous and mental disease

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Yamin Jolin B JB Sudan Sukhesh S Lumley Mark A MA Dhalimi Abir A Arnetz Judith E JE Stemmer Paul M PM Burghardt Paul R PR Jamil Hikmet H Arnetz Bengt B BB

Knowledge of safe handling, administration, and waste management of chemotherapeutic drugs among oncology nurses working at Khartoum Oncology Hospital, Sudan.

Journal: PeerJ

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Sargidy Abdelgayoom Alhag Warsha AAW Yahia Amira A Ahmad Mehrunnisha M Abdalla Adel A Khalil Suhail Naser SN Alasiry Sharifa S Shaphe Mohammad Abu MA Mir Shabir Ahmad SA Kashoo Faizan Z FZ

[Non-drug psycho-active substance use and pregnancy].

Journal: L'Encephale

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors:  El Ammouri A A Sabir M M Ahid S S Toufiq J J El Omari F F

Predictive Factors for Impaired Mental Health among Medical Students during the Early Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Morocco.

Journal: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Essangri Hajar H Sabir Maria M Benkabbou Amine A Majbar Mohammed Anass MA Amrani Laila L Ghannam Abdelilah A Lekehal Brahim B Mohsine Raouf R Souadka Amine A

Post-traumatic stress disorder in patients treated for schizophrenia: A cross-sectional study in the psychiatric department of Oujda, Morocco.

Journal: Annals of medicine and surgery (2012)

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Authors & Co-authors:  El Jabiry Salah-Eddine SE Barrimi Mohamed M Oneib Bouchra B El Ghazouani Fatima F

Early-onset versus late-onset HIV-related secondary mania in Uganda.

Journal: Psychosomatics

Publication Year: 2009

Authors & Co-authors:  Nakimuli-Mpungu Etheldreda E Musisi Seggane S Kiwuwa Mpungu Steven S Katabira Elly E

Prevalence and factors associated with depressive disorders in an HIV+ rural patient population in southern Uganda.

Journal: Journal of affective disorders

Publication Year: 2012

Authors & Co-authors:  Nakimuli-Mpungu E E Musisi S S Katabira E E Nachega J J Bass J J

Vulnerability to high risk sexual behaviour (HRSB) following exposure to war trauma as seen in post-conflict communities in eastern uganda: a qualitative study.

Journal: Conflict and health

Publication Year: 2011

Authors & Co-authors:  Muhwezi Wilson Winstons WW Kinyanda Eugene E Mungherera Margaret M Onyango Patrick P Ngabirano Emmanuel E Muron Julius J Kagugube Johnson J Kajungu Rehema R

Psychiatric disorders and psychosocial correlates of high HIV risk sexual behaviour in war-affected Eastern Uganda.

Journal: AIDS care

Publication Year: 2013

Authors & Co-authors:  Kinyanda E E Weiss H A HA Mungherera M M Onyango-Mangen P P Ngabirano E E Kajungu R R Kagugube J J Muhwezi W W Muron J J Patel V V

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the self-reporting questionnaire among HIV+ individuals in a rural ART program in southern Uganda.

Journal: HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.)

Publication Year: 2012

Authors & Co-authors:  Nakimuli-Mpungu Etheldreda E Mojtabai Ramin R Alexandre Pierre K PK Katabira Elly E Musisi Seggane S Nachega Jean B JB Bass Judith K JK

Cognitive dysfunction among HIV positive and HIV negative patients with psychosis in Uganda.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2013

Authors & Co-authors:  Nakasujja Noeline N Allebeck Peter P Agren Hans H Musisi Seggane S Katabira Elly E

Sexual behaviour of heterosexual men and women receiving antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention: a longitudinal analysis.

Journal: The Lancet. Infectious diseases

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Mugwanya Kenneth K KK Donnell Deborah D Celum Connie C Thomas Katherine K KK Ndase Patrick P Mugo Nelly N Katabira Elly E Ngure Kenneth K Baeten Jared M JM