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A digital self-care intervention for Ugandan patients with heart failure and their clinicians: User-centred design and usability study
Hearn J, Wali S, Birungi P, Cafazzo JA, Ssinabulya I, Akiteng AR, Ross HJ, Seto E, Schwartz JI. A digital self-care intervention for Ugandan patients with heart failure and their clinicians: User-centred design and usability study. Digital Health 2022, 8: 20552076221129064. PMID: 36185389, PMCID: PMC9520172, DOI: 10.1177/20552076221129064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDigital health interventionsSelf-care interventionsHeart failureHF patientsUgandan patientsHealth interventionsSigns of decompensationUnstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) technologySelf-care behaviorsSelf-care efficacyResource-limited settingsHF symptomsPatients' qualityHigh-income countriesPatientsTreatment adviceCliniciansInterventionSuch interventionsLimited informationUgandaDecompensationHospitalizationFailureSymptomsLooking at non-communicable diseases in Uganda through a local lens: an analysis using locally derived data
Schwartz JI, Guwatudde D, Nugent R, Kiiza CM. Looking at non-communicable diseases in Uganda through a local lens: an analysis using locally derived data. Globalization And Health 2014, 10: 77. PMID: 25406738, PMCID: PMC4240853, DOI: 10.1186/s12992-014-0077-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-communicable diseasesNCD epidemicHealth systemImportant chronic conditionsNCD risk factorsExcessive alcohol intakeChronic respiratory diseasesMental health disordersRoad traffic accidentsMiddle-income countriesAlcohol intakeChronic conditionsRisk factorsRespiratory diseaseHealth facilitiesHealth disordersNutritional transitionDiseaseNCD policiesSaharan AfricaEpidemicTraffic accidentsRepresentative dataMulti-sector partnershipsUganda
2024
Current out of pocket care costs among HIV and hypertension co-morbid patients in urban and peri-urban Uganda
Cameron D, Morrell L, Kagoya F, Kiggundu J, Hutchinson B, Twine R, Schwartz J, Muddu M, Mutungi G, Kayima J, Katahoire A, Longenecker C, Nugent R, Loya D, Semitala F. Current out of pocket care costs among HIV and hypertension co-morbid patients in urban and peri-urban Uganda. PLOS Global Public Health 2024, 4: e0003423. PMID: 39321165, PMCID: PMC11423963, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003423.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCost of careHousehold incomeCo-morbid patientsCare costsMedian monthly household incomeHIV careCOVID-19 lockdownCascade of HIV careHIV care costsSocio-demographic characteristicsQuarter of patientsDistricts of UgandaIntegration of careMedian monthly costBorrow moneyOut-of-pocket costsDisease co-morbiditiesMonthly household incomePeri-urban UgandaService integrationUgandaHTN careCo-morbiditiesEast AfricaHypertension care