A qualitative study of the causes and circumstances of drowning in Uganda

Autor: Anthony Buyinza Mugeere, Frederick Oporia, Olive Kobusingye

Publikováno v: BMC Public Health, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2022)

Abstract Background Drowning is a serious worldwide and preventable injury problem, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The aim of this paper is to draw on the results of semi-structured interviews with witnesses, family members a

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Peer-led training improves lifejacket wear among occupational boaters: Evidence from a cluster randomized controlled trial on Lake Albert, Uganda.

Autor: Frederick Oporia, Simon P S Kibira, Jagnoor Jagnoor, Olive Kobusingye, Fredrick Edward Makumbi, John Bosco Isunju, Fred Nuwaha

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 18, Iss 10, p e0292754 (2023)

BackgroundThe burden of drowning among occupational boaters in low and middle-income countries is highest globally. In Uganda, over 95% of people who drowned from boating-related activities were not wearing lifejackets at the time of the incident. We

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Where are pedestrians injured and killed on Kampala city's road network?

Autor: Esther Bayiga Zziwa, Olive Kobusingye, David Guwatudde

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, Vol 4 (2022)

Road traffic crashes are a threat to walkers in cities in the global south. It is important for us to know where these crashes frequently occur as well as gain an in-depth understanding of the traffic generators around these sites. Kampala city has e

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Interventions to reduce pedestrian road traffic injuries: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials, cluster randomized controlled trials, interrupted time-series, and controlled before-after studies

Autor: Stellah Namatovu, Bonny Enock Balugaba, Kennedy Muni, Albert Ningwa, Linda Nsabagwa, Fredrick Oporia, Arthur Kiconco, Patrick Kyamanywa, Milton Mutto, Jimmy Osuret, Eva A. Rehfuess, Jacob Burns, Olive Kobusingye

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 17, Iss 1 (2022)

Background Road traffic injuries are among the top ten causes of death globally, with the highest burden in low and middle-income countries, where over a third of deaths occur among pedestrians and cyclists. Several interventions to mitigate the burd

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Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis assessing the effectiveness of deprescribing in falls prevention in older people

Autor: Olive Kobusingye, Kenneth Madden, Jesper Ryg, Gustavo Duque, Leilei Duan, Ian Cameron, Clemens Becker, Chris Todd, Pip Logan, Nathalie van der Velde, Sirpa Hartikainen, Alice Nieuwboer, Luigi Ferrucci, Jacqueline Close, Stephen Lord, Cathie Sherrington, Ngaire Kerse, Jennifer Watt, Tischa van der Cammen, Matteo Cesari, Rose Anne Kenny, Luis Miguel Gutierrez-Robledo, Sallie Lamb, James Frith, Ellen Freiberger, Maw Pin Tan, Sebastiana Kalula, Koen Milisen, Tahir Masud, Joe Verghese, Mirko Petrovic, Dawn Skelton, Joost Daams, MEG MORRIS, Lotta J Seppala, Nellie Kamkar, Manuel M Montero-Odasso, Ellen Vlaeyen, Robert Bourke, Finbarr C. Martin, David R. Marsh, Hubert Blain, Cedric Anweiller, Alvaro Casas-Herrero, Javier Perez Jara, Christina Alonzo Bouzòn, Ana-Karim Welmer, Stephanie Birnghebuam, Reto Kressig, Manuel Montero-Odasso, Mark Speechley, Bill McIlroy, Susan Hunter, Richard Camicioli, Mireille Norris, Louise Mallet, David B. Hogan, Ervin Sejdic, Lewis Lipsitz, David A. Ganz, Neil B. Alexander, Fabiana Giber, Marcelo Schapira, Ricardo Jauregui, Felipe Melgar-Cuellar, Roberto Alves Lourenço, Monica Pierrucini, Alejandro Ceriani, Pedro Marín-Larraín, Homero Gac Espinola, José Fernando Gómez-Montes, Carlos Alberto Cano-Gutierrez, Xinia Ramirez Ulate, José Ernesto Picado Ovares, Patricio Gabriel Buendia, Susana Lucia Tito, Diego Martínez Padilla, Sara G. Aguilar-Navarro, Alberto Mimenza, Rogelio Moctezum, Alberto Avila-Funes, Luis Manuel Cornejo Alemán, Edgar Aguilera Caona, Juan Carlos Carbajal, José F. Parodi, Aldo Sgaravatti, Cathy Said, Ryota Sakurai, Chek Hooi Wong, Chang Won Won, Jeffrey Hausdorff

Publikováno v: BMJ Open, Vol 11, Iss 11 (2021)

Introduction One of the known risk factors for fall incidents is the use of specific medications, fall-risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs). However, to date, there is uncertainty related to the effectiveness of deprescribing as a single intervention in fal

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