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Aidah Nakitende

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Articles 14
Citations 210
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Related Specialties
Infectious Diseases
General Medicine
Health Services
Top 10 Co-Authors
Daniel Kibuuka Musoke
Moses Okumu
Carmen H Logie
Robert Hakiza
Peter Kyambadde
Brenda Katisi
Lawrence Mbuagbaw
Zerihun Admassu
Till Barnighausen
Catherine E Oldenburg
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BMJ Open
Glob Ment Health (Camb)
AIDS Behav
PLoS Med
BMC Public Health
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Recent Articles
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Findings from the Tushirikiane-4-MH (supporting each other for mental health) mobile health-supported virtual reality randomized controlled trial among urban refugee youth in Kampala, Uganda
Logie C, Okumu M, Admassu Z, MacKenzie F, Gittings L, Kortenaar J, et al.
Glob Ment Health (Camb) . 2025 Feb; 12:e12. PMID: 39935733
Virtual reality (VR) for mental health promotion remains understudied in low-income humanitarian settings. We examined the effectiveness of VR in reducing depression with urban refugee youth in Kampala, Uganda. This...
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Sociodemographic factors associated with trajectories of depression among urban refugee youth in Kampala, Uganda: A longitudinal cohort study
Admassu Z, Chen S, Logie C, Okumu M, MacKenzie F, Hakiza R, et al.
Glob Ment Health (Camb) . 2025 Jan; 11():e125. PMID: 39777003
Background: There is a high prevalence of depression among refugee youth in low- and middle-income countries, yet depression trajectories are understudied. This study examined depression trajectories, and factors associated with...
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Tushirikiane-4-Uthabiti (Supporting Each Other For Resilience): study protocol of a mental health, HIV self-testing and livelihoods randomised controlled trial for advancing HIV prevention outcomes among urban refugee youth in Kampala, Uganda
Logie C, Okumu M, Tailor L, MacKenzie F, Admassu Z, Hakiza R, et al.
BMJ Open . 2024 Nov; 14(11):e087470. PMID: 39581739
Introduction: Research with urban refugee youth in Uganda has documented co-occurring social (e.g., poverty) and health (e.g., depression) disparities associated with HIV vulnerabilities. Benefits of HIV self-testing (HIVST) in increasing...
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Social-ecological factors associated with trajectories of adolescent sexual and reproductive health stigma: longitudinal cohort findings with urban refugee youth in Kampala
Logie C, Okumu M, MacKenzie F, Kibuuka-Musoke D, Hakiza R, Katisi B, et al.
Sex Health . 2024 Aug; 21. PMID: 39208210
Background Stigma towards sexually active young people presents profound barriers to uptake of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, including HIV testing and contraception. Yet, few studies have examined adolescent...
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Exploring ecosocial contexts of alcohol use and misuse during the COVID-19 pandemic among urban refugee youth in Kampala, Uganda: Multi-method findings
Logie C, Okumu M, Admassu Z, MacKenzie F, Tailor L, Kortenaar J, et al.
J Migr Health . 2024 Feb; 9:100215. PMID: 38375158
Urban refugees may be disproportionately affected by socio-environmental stressors that shape alcohol use, and this may have been exacerbated by additional stressors in the COVID-19 pandemic. This multi-method study aimed...
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HIV Vulnerabilities Associated with Water Insecurity, Food Insecurity, and Other COVID-19 Impacts Among Urban Refugee Youth in Kampala, Uganda: Multi-method Findings
Logie C, Okumu M, Admassu Z, Perez-Brumer A, Ahmed R, Luna M, et al.
AIDS Behav . 2023 Dec; 28(2):507-523. PMID: 38048017
Food insecurity (FI) and water insecurity (WI) are linked with HIV vulnerabilities, yet how these resource insecurities shape HIV prevention needs is understudied. We assessed associations between FI and WI...
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Findings from the Tushirikiane mobile health (mHealth) HIV self-testing pragmatic trial with refugee adolescents and youth living in informal settlements in Kampala, Uganda
Logie C, Okumu M, Berry I, Hakiza R, Baral S, Musoke D, et al.
J Int AIDS Soc . 2023 Oct; 26(10):e26185. PMID: 37850816
Introduction: Urban refugee youth remain underserved by current HIV prevention strategies, including HIV self-testing (HIVST). Examining HIVST feasibility with refugees can inform tailored HIV testing strategies. We examined if HIVST...
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Kukaa Salama (Staying Safe): a pre-post trial of an interactive informational mobile health intervention for increasing COVID-19 prevention practices with urban refugee youth in Uganda
Logie C, Okumu M, Berry I, Kortenaar J, Hakiza R, Musoke D, et al.
Int Health . 2023 Jul; 16(1):107-116. PMID: 37458073
Background: Tailored coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prevention strategies are needed for urban refugee youth in resource-constrained contexts. We developed an 8-wk interactive informational mobile health intervention focused on COVID-19 prevention...
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Mobile Health-Supported Virtual Reality and Group Problem Management Plus: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Trial Among Urban Refugee and Displaced Youth in Kampala, Uganda (Tushirikiane4MH, Supporting Each Other for Mental Health)
Logie C, Okumu M, Kortenaar J, Gittings L, Khan N, Hakiza R, et al.
JMIR Res Protoc . 2022 Dec; 11(12):e42342. PMID: 36480274
Background: Although mental health challenges disproportionately affect people in humanitarian contexts, most refugee youth do not receive the mental health support needed. Uganda is the largest refugee-hosting nation in Africa,...
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Understanding how social support influences peer-delivered HIV prevention interventions among Ugandan female sex workers: a case study from HIV self-testing
McGowan M, Roche S, Nakitende A, Wachinger J, Nanyiri E, Amongin J, et al.
BMC Public Health . 2022 Mar; 22(1):427. PMID: 35241042
Background: Female sex workers (FSWs) have tightly connected peer networks and remain at high risk of HIV acquisition. Peer delivery of HIV prevention interventions, such as HIV self-testing (HIVST), is...