AUTHOR'S PROFILE

Abir

Publications (173)

Intimate partner violence as seen in post-conflict eastern Uganda: prevalence, risk factors and mental health consequences.

Journal: BMC international health and human rights

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors:  Kinyanda Eugene E Weiss Helen A HA Mungherera Margaret M Onyango-Mangen Patrick P Ngabirano Emmanuel E Kajungu Rehema R Kagugube Johnson J Muhwezi Wilson W Muron Julius J Patel Vikram V

Does child and adolescent mental health in-service training result in equivalent knowledge gain among cadres of non-specialist health workers in Uganda? A pre-test post-test study.

Journal: International journal of mental health systems

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Akol Angela A Nalugya Joyce J Nshemereirwe Sylvia S Babirye Juliet N JN Engebretsen Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv IMS

"We are like co-wives": Traditional healers' views on collaborating with the formal Child and Adolescent Mental Health System in Uganda.

Journal: BMC health services research

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors:  Akol Angela A Moland Karen Marie KM Babirye Juliet N JN Engebretsen Ingunn Marie S IMS

Does mhGAP training of primary health care providers improve the identification of child- and adolescent mental, neurological or substance use disorders? Results from a randomized controlled trial in Uganda.

Journal: Global mental health (Cambridge, England)

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Akol A A Makumbi F F Babirye J N JN Nalugya J S JS Nshemereirwe S S Engebretsen I M S IMS

Crime, recidivism and mental disorders among prisoners in Mbarara municipality, southwestern Uganda.

Journal: International journal of law and psychiatry

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors:  Forry Jimmy Ben JB Kirabira Joseph J Ashaba Scholastic S Rukundo Godfrey Zari GZ

Psychiatric disorders among children and adolescents with active epilepsy in southwestern Uganda.

Journal: PAMJ one health

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Kirabira Joseph J Lam Alice A Ssuna Bashir B Rukundo Godfrey Zari GZ

"I feel good when I drink"-detecting childhood-onset alcohol abuse and dependence in a Ugandan community trial cohort.

Journal: Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Engebretsen Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv IMS Nalugya Joyce S JS Skylstad Vilde V Ndeezi Grace G Akol Angela A Babirye Juliet N JN Nankabirwa Victoria V Tumwine James K JK

Comparison of the health-related quality of life of end stage kidney disease patients on hemodialysis and non-hemodialysis management in Uganda.

Journal: BMC palliative care

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Bagasha Peace P Namukwaya Elizabeth E Leng Mhoira M Kalyesubula Robert R Mutebi Edrisa E Naitala Ronald R Katabira Elly E Petrova Mila M

"A Double Stress": The Mental Health Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among People Living with HIV in Rakai, Uganda.

Journal: AIDS and behavior

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  West N S NS Ddaaki W W Nakyanjo N N Isabirye D D Nakubulwa R R Nalugoda F F Kagaayi J J Kennedy C E CE

Child and adolescent mental health services in Uganda.

Journal: International journal of mental health systems

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Iversen Silje Akselberg SA Nalugya Joyce J Babirye Juliet N JN Engebretsen Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv IMS Skokauskas Norbert N

Child alcohol use disorder in Eastern Uganda: screening, diagnostics, risk factors and management of children drinking alcohol in Uganda (TREAT C-AUD): a mixed-methods research protocol.

Journal: BMJ paediatrics open

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Skylstad Vilde V Aber Harriet H Bakken Victoria V Dierkes Jutta J Iversen Silje Akselberg SA Kisaakye Esther E Kühl Melf-Jakob MJ Nalugya Joyce Sserunjogi JS Rayamajhi Divya D Sebuwufu Deogratious D

Suicidality in Bangladeshi Young Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Behavioral Factors, COVID-19 Risk and Fear, and Mental Health Problems.

Journal: Risk management and healthcare policy

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Mamun Mohammed A MA Al Mamun Firoj F Hosen Ismail I Hasan Mahmudul M Rahman Abidur A Jubayar Ahsanul Mahbub AM Maliha Zeba Z Abdullah Abu Hasnat AH Sarker Md Abedin MA Kabir Humayun H

Electroencephalogram utilization and psychiatric comorbidities among children and adolescents with epilepsy in rural Southwestern Uganda.

Journal: International journal of psychiatry in medicine

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Kirabira Joseph J Rukundo Godfrey Z GZ Kibuuka Moses M

Psychological distress and associated factors among hospital workers in Uganda during the COVID-19 lockdown - A multicentre study.

Journal: Heliyon

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Kirabira Joseph J Ben Forry Jimmy J Ssebuufu Robinson R Akimana Benedict B Nakawuki Madrine M Anyayo Lucas L Mpamizo Emmanuel E Chan Onen Bruno B Ingabire Jane J Gumisiriza Nolbert N

Are we overlooking alcohol use by younger children?

Journal: BMJ paediatrics open

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Skylstad Vilde V Babirye Juliet Ndimwibo JN Kiguli Juliet J Skar Ane-Marthe Solheim AS Kühl Melf-Jakob MJ Nalugya Joyce Sserunjogi JS Engebretsen Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv IMS

Challenges and Fears of Adolescents and Young Adults Living with HIV Facing Transition to Adult HIV Care.

Journal: AIDS and behavior

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Ashaba Scholastic S Zanoni Brian C BC Baguma Charles C Tushemereirwe Patricia P Nuwagaba Gabriel G Kirabira Joseph J Nansera Denis D Maling Samuel S Tsai Alexander C AC

Cognitive functioning and prevalence of seizures among older persons in Uganda: A hospital-based, cross-sectional study.

Journal: Medicine

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Kaddumukasa Mark M Bongomin Felix F Mugenyi Levicatus L Kiyingi Micheal M Katabira Elly E Sajatovic Martha M

Prevalence and factors associated with post traumatic stress disorder among field police patrol officers serving in Kampala Metropolitan region.

Journal: BMC psychiatry

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Isabirye Rogers Agenda RA Namuli Justine Diana JD Kinyanda Eugene E

Capacity to Consent to Research Among Adolescent-Parent Dyads in Rakai, Uganda.

Journal: The Journal of pediatrics

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Kreniske Philip P Hoffman Susie S Ddaaki William W Nakyanjo Neema N Spindler Esther E Ssekyewa Charles C Isabirye Dauda D Nakubulwa Rosette R Proscovia Nabakka N Daniel Lee L

Health facility readiness to screen, diagnose and manage substance use disorders in Mbale district, Uganda.

Journal: Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Aber-Odonga Harriet H Nuwaha Fred F Kisaakye Esther E Engebretsen Ingunn Marie S IMS Babirye Juliet Ndimwibo JN

Identifying longitudinal patterns of HIV treatment (dis)engagement and re-engagement from oral histories of virologically unsuppressed persons in Uganda: A thematic trajectory analysis.

Journal: Social science & medicine (1982)

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Rosen Joseph G JG Nakyanjo Neema N Ddaaki William G WG Zhao Tongying T Van Vo Anh A Nakubulwa Rosette R Ssekyewa Charles C Isabirye Dauda D Katono Ruth L RL Nabakka Proscovia P

The Relationship between Age at Initiation of Regular Drinking of Alcohol and Viral Suppression Status, and Depression Symptoms Among People Living with HIV in South-Western Uganda.

Journal: AIDS and behavior

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Odokonyero Raymond Felix RF Fatch Robin R Emenyonu Nneka I NI Cheng Debbie M DM Ngabirano Christine C Adong Julian J Muyindike Winnie R WR Nakasujja Noeline N Camlin Carol S CS Kamya Moses M

Prevalence and factors associated with psychosis among adults with epilepsy at a tertiary hospital in Uganda, cross-sectional study.

Journal: Epilepsy & behavior : E&B

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Ceasar Kimera Julius J Mpungu Nakimuli Etheldreda E Kampikaho Turiho Andrew A Levin Jennifer J Kaddumukasa Martin M Sajatovic Martha M Katabira Elly E Kaddumukasa Mark M

Rights of people with mental disorders: Realities in healthcare facilities in Tunisia.

Journal: The International journal of social psychiatry

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors:  Rekhis Mayssa M Ben Hamouda Abir A Ouanes Sami S Rafrafi Rym R

Is Religiosity Related to Suicidal Ideation Among Tunisian Muslim Youth After the January 14th Revolution?

Journal: Community mental health journal

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Fekih-Romdhane Feten F Tounsi Abir A Ben Rejeb Riadh R Cheour Majda M

Hospitalizations in psychiatry during the month of Ramadan: A study at the Tunisian mental health hospital.

Journal: The International journal of social psychiatry

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Ben Ammar Hanen H Ben Massoued Rihab R Ben Hamadi Asma A Khelifa Emira E Hakiri Abir A El Hechmi Zouhaier Z

Covid-19 and mental disorders in children and adolescents: Experience of the child and adolescent psychiatry department of the Mongi Slim Hospital of Tunis.

Journal: La Tunisie medicale

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Charfi Fatma F Ben Hamouda Abir A Bourgou Soumaya S Hamza Meriem M Belhadj Ahlem A

Association between Bullying Victimization and Aggression in Lebanese Adolescents: The Indirect Effect of Repetitive Negative Thinking-A Path Analysis Approach and Scales Validation.

Journal: Children (Basel, Switzerland)

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Fekih-Romdhane Feten F Malaeb Diana D Sarray El Dine Abir A Yakın Ecem E Hallit Souheil S Obeid Sahar S

Validation of an Arabic version of the eating disorder inventory's body dissatisfaction subscale among adolescents, adults, and pregnant women.

Journal: Journal of eating disorders

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Gerges Sarah S Obeid Sahar S Malaeb Diana D Sarray El Dine Abir A Hallit Rabih R Soufia Michel M Fekih-Romdhane Feten F Hallit Souheil S

Early antiretroviral therapy improves neurodevelopmental outcomes in infants.

Journal: AIDS (London, England)

Publication Year: 2013

Authors & Co-authors:  Laughton Barbara B Cornell Morna M Grove Debbie D Kidd Martin M Springer Priscilla E PE Dobbels Els E van Rensburg Anita J AJ Violari Avy A Babiker Abdel G AG Madhi Shabir A SA

Severe mental illness at ART initiation is associated with worse retention in care among HIV-infected Ugandan adults.

Journal: Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH

Publication Year: 2013

Authors & Co-authors:  Nachega Jean B JB Mutamba Brian B Basangwa David D Nguyen Hoang H Dowdy David W DW Mills Edward J EJ Katabira Elly E Nakimuli-Mpungu Ethel E

Growing inequities in maternal health in South Africa: a comparison of serial national household surveys.

Journal: BMC pregnancy and childbirth

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors:  Wabiri Njeri N Chersich Matthew M Shisana Olive O Blaauw Duane D Rees Helen H Dwane Ntabozuko N

Direct provision versus facility collection of HIV self-tests among female sex workers in Uganda: A cluster-randomized controlled health systems trial.

Journal: PLoS medicine

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors:  Ortblad Katrina K Kibuuka Musoke Daniel D Ngabirano Thomson T Nakitende Aidah A Magoola Jonathan J Kayiira Prossy P Taasi Geoffrey G Barresi Leah G LG Haberer Jessica E JE McConnell Margaret A MA

The UCL-Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move.

Journal: Lancet (London, England)

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Abubakar Ibrahim I Aldridge Robert W RW Devakumar Delan D Orcutt Miriam M Burns Rachel R Barreto Mauricio L ML Dhavan Poonam P Fouad Fouad M FM Groce Nora N Guo Yan Y

The Effect of HIV Self-Testing Delivery Models on Female Sex Workers' Sexual Behaviors: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Urban Uganda.

Journal: AIDS and behavior

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Ortblad Katrina F KF Kibuuka Musoke Daniel D Ngabirano Thomson T Nakitende Aidah A Harling Guy G Haberer Jessica E JE McConnell Margaret M Salomon Joshua A JA Oldenburg Catherine E CE Bärnighausen Till T

Clinical advances in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a position statement by the International College of Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders.

Journal: International clinical psychopharmacology

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Fineberg Naomi A NA Hollander Eric E Pallanti Stefano S Walitza Susanne S Grünblatt Edna E Dell'Osso Bernardo Maria BM Albert Umberto U Geller Daniel A DA Brakoulias Vlasios V Janardhan Reddy Y C YC

The value of occupational therapy intervention for the worker roles of forensic mental healthcare users in Cape Town, South Africa.

Journal: Work (Reading, Mass.)

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Soeker Mogammad Shaheed MS Hare Saabirah S Mall Saadia S van der Berg Jean J

Functional interventions as augmentation strategies for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): scoping review and expert survey from the international college of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders (ICOCS).

Journal: International journal of psychiatry in clinical practice

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Varinelli Alberto A Caricasole Valentina V Pellegrini Luca L Hall Natalie N Garg Kabir K Mpavaenda Davis D Dell'Osso Bernardo B Albert Umberto U Fineberg Naomi A NA

Internet Use Impact on Physical Health during COVID-19 Lockdown in Bangladesh: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Study.

Journal: International journal of environmental research and public health

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Abir Tanvir T Osuagwu Uchechukwu Levi UL Nur-A Yazdani Dewan Muhammad DM Mamun Abdullah Al AA Kakon Kaniz K Salamah Anas A AA Zainol Noor Raihani NR Khanam Mansura M Agho Kingsley Emwinyore KE

South African Children: A Matched Cohort Study of Neurodevelopmental Impairment in Survivors of Invasive Group B Streptococcus Disease Aged 5 to 8 Years.

Journal: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Harden Lois M LM Leahy Shannon S Lala Sanjay G SG Paul Proma P Chandna Jaya J Lowick Sarah S Mbatha Sibongile S Jaye Tamara T Laughton Barbara B Ghoor Azra A