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Brian Beesiga

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Public Health
Infectious Diseases
General Medicine
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Kara Marson
Allen Kekibiina
Gabriel Chamie
Robin Fatch
Judith A Hahn
Sara Lodi
Winnie R Muyindike
Julian Adong
Nneka I Emenyonu
Moses R Kamya
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BMC Public Health
PLoS One
PLOS Glob Public Health
AIDS Behav
Clin Infect Dis
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Recent Articles
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Alcohol use and HIV suppression after completion of financial incentives for alcohol abstinence and isoniazid adherence: a randomized controlled trial
Muyindike W, Fatch R, Lodi S, Emenyonu N, Kekibiina A, Adong J, et al.
EClinicalMedicine . 2025 Jan; 80:103045. PMID: 39867970
Background: In a recent randomized trial, six months of financial incentives contingent for recent alcohol abstinence led to lower levels of hazardous drinking, while incentives for recent isoniazid (INH) ingestion...
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Psychometric assessment of the Runyankole-translated Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale among persons with HIV in Uganda
Espinosa da Silva C, Fatch R, Emenyonu N, Muyindike W, Adong J, Rao S, et al.
BMC Public Health . 2024 Jun; 24(1):1628. PMID: 38898463
Background: Social desirability can negatively affect the validity of self-reported measures, including underreporting of stigmatized behaviors like alcohol consumption. The Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (SDS) is widely implemented and comprised...
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Low COVID-19 vaccine uptake in people living with HIV and those with hypertension and diabetes without HIV at Mbarara and Masaka regional referral hospitals: A cross-sectional survey
Owaraganise A, Beesiga B, Okiring J, Roh M, Kakande E, Nangendo J, et al.
PLOS Glob Public Health . 2024 May; 4(5):e0003270. PMID: 38781200
Chronic diseases such as HIV, hypertension, and diabetes increase the risk of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and death. Thus, COVID-19 vaccine uptake data among these priority populations are needed...
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Participant perspectives on incentives for TB preventative therapy adherence and reduced alcohol use: A qualitative study
Appa A, Miller A, Fatch R, Kekibiina A, Beesiga B, Adong J, et al.
PLOS Glob Public Health . 2024 Apr; 4(4):e0002472. PMID: 38656992
Economic incentives to promote health behavior change are highly efficacious for substance use disorders as well as increased medication adherence. Knowledge about participants' experiences with and perceptions of incentives is...
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Association between smoking and lack of HIV virological suppression in a cross-sectional study of persons with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in Uganda
Tumwegamire A, Fatch R, Emenyonu N, Lodi S, Muyindike W, Kekibiina A, et al.
PLoS One . 2024 Mar; 19(3):e0300508. PMID: 38507431
Background: Smoking and alcohol use frequently co-occur and are the leading causes of preventable death in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and are common among people living with HIV (PLWH). While alcohol...
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A Qualitative Exploration of Intimate Partner Violence Among HIV/TB Coinfected Persons With Problematic Alcohol Use Participating in an Incentive-Based Alcohol/Medication Adherence Intervention in Uganda During COVID-19
Miller A, Appa A, Muyindike W, Fatch R, Kekibiina A, Beesiga B, et al.
Violence Against Women . 2024 Jan; 31(5):1082-1103. PMID: 38196278
In Uganda, four in ten women report experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) in the past year. Salient drivers of IPV in sub-Saharan Africa include stress related to household finances, alcohol...
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Financial incentives for reduced alcohol use and increased isoniazid adherence during tuberculosis preventive therapy among people with HIV in Uganda: an open-label, factorial randomised controlled trial
Chamie G, Hahn J, Kekibiina A, Emenyonu N, Beesiga B, Marson K, et al.
Lancet Glob Health . 2023 Nov; 11(12):e1899-e1910. PMID: 37973340
Background: Alcohol use is common among people with HIV and is a risk factor for tuberculosis disease and non-adherence to isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT). Few interventions exist to reduce alcohol...
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Effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on the HIV care continuum in Southwestern Uganda: A time series analysis
Kabami J, Owaraganise A, Beesiga B, Okiring J, Kakande E, Chen Y, et al.
PLoS One . 2023 Aug; 18(8):e0289000. PMID: 37561727
Introduction: In Uganda, COVID-19 lockdown policies curbed the spread of SARS-CoV-2, but their effect on HIV care is poorly understood. Objectives: We examined the effects of COVID-19 lockdown policies on...
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Effects of a COVID-19 Public Health Lockdown on Drinking and Health Behavior Among Persons with HIV and with Unhealthy Alcohol use in Uganda
Beesiga B, Marson K, Fatch R, Emenyonu N, Adong J, Kekibiina A, et al.
AIDS Behav . 2023 Mar; 27(10):3213-3222. PMID: 37000383
To better understand the impact of Uganda's initial COVID-19 lockdown on alcohol use, we conducted a cross-sectional survey (August 2020-September 2021) among persons with HIV (PWH) with unhealthy alcohol use...
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Unhealthy alcohol use and intimate partner violence among men and women living with HIV in Uganda
Miller A, Fatch R, Lodi S, Marson K, Emenyonu N, Kekibiina A, et al.
BMC Public Health . 2022 Oct; 22(1):1886. PMID: 36217183
Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) and alcohol use are interrelated public health issues. Heavy and frequent alcohol use increase the risk of IPV, but the relationship between alcohol use and...