Africa Medical and Behavioral Sciences Organization
Uganda confirmed its first COVID-19 case in March 2020, leading to country-wide closures and a stay-at-home order. Infectious disease pandemics can overwhelm adaptive coping capacity (e.g., general self-efficacy and resilience) and increase the risk for mental distress. For individuals experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) and cohabitating with a perpetrator, stay-at-home orders can also increase risk of violence, which can further exacerbate mental distress.
To explore women’s perceived self-efficacy and resilient coping, mental health outcomes (depression and COVID-19 related anxiety), hazardous alcohol use and IPV in the context of Uganda’s national 2020 lockdown.
Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on women’s alcohol use, mental health, and experiences of intimate partner violence in Wakiso, Uganda
Amanda P. Miller, Stephen Mugamba, Robert M. Bulamba, Emmanuel Kyasanku, James Nkale, Fred Nalugoda, Gertrude Nakigozi, Godfrey Kigozi, Grace K. Nalwoga, Joseph Kagaayi, Stephen Watya, Jennifer A. Wagman
PLOS One, 2022 · DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263827
Women's access to family planning and experiences of reproductive coercion during the COVID-19 lockdown in two districts of Uganda
Mira J. Qureshia, Amanda P. Miller, Stephen Mugamba, Emmanuel Kyasanku, Fred Nalugod, Robert Malyabe Bulamba, Godfrey Kigozi,∙ Gertrude Nakigozi, James Nkale, Phillip Kato, Grace Kigozi Nalwoga, Stephen Watya, Jennifer A. Wagman
A Cell Press Journal, 2024 · DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30216
Construct validity and internal consistency of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) depression screening measure translated into two Ugandan languages
Amanda P Miller, Cristina Espinosa da Silva, Leo Ziegel, Stephen Mugamba, Emma Kyasanku, Robert B Malyabe, Jennifer A Wagman, Anna Mia Ekström, Fred Nalugoda, Grace Kigozi, Gertrude Nakigozi, Joseph Kagaayi, Stephen Watya, Godfrey Kigozi
PMC Pub Med Central, 2022 · DOI: 10.1016/j.psycom.2021.100002
Protocol Title
Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on women’s alcohol use, mental health, and experiences of intimate partner violence in Wakiso, Uganda
Study Site
Wakiso Site
Dr. Jennifer Wagman
Prof. Amanda Miller
Lead Collaborator
Mugamba Stephen
Program Associate
Kyasanku Emmanuel
Research Associate
EMERGE project (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grants: OPP1163682 and INV018007; PI Anita Raj) and National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (grant F31AA028198-01 PI)
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