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Long, Amanda, Ismail Mbabali, Heidi E. Hutton, Alvin G. Thomas, Eva Bugos, Jeremiah Mulamba, Kathy Rivet Amico, et al. "Design and Implementation of a Community Health Worker HIV Treatment and Prevention Intervention in an HIV Hot Spot Fishing Community in Rakai, Uganda." Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC) 16, no. 5 (May 22, 2017): 499–505. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2325957417709089.
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Innovative approaches are needed to increase engagement in HIV treatment and prevention services, particularly in HIV hot spots. Here, we detail our design, training approach, and early implementation experiences of a community-based HIV intervention called “health scouts.” The intervention, utilizing a novel, theory-based approach, trained 10 community residents in an HIV hot spot fishing community to use motivational interviewing strategies and a mobile phone–based counseling application. During the first 3 months, 771 residents (median 82/health scout, range 27-160) were counseled. A directly observed Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity scale–based evaluation found adequate performance (median score 20/25, range 11-23). The health scout intervention was feasible to implement in a high HIV-prevalence fishing community, and its impact on HIV care outcomes will be evaluated in an ongoing cluster randomized trial. If found to be effective, it may be an important strategy for responding to HIV in high-burden settings.
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Semujju, Brian. "Introducing Community Audio Towers as an alternative to community radio in Uganda." Journal of Alternative & Community Media 1, no. 1 (April 1, 2016): 141–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/joacm_00024_1.
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Community radio started as an alternative to commercial media. The need for an alternative was clear, with many societal voices unrepresented, indicating the domination of the means of mental production by a few. This article presents two communities in Uganda that use Community Audio Towers (CATs) as an alternative to community radio, and examines why the communities prefer the use of CATs to mainstream community radio. Using data collected through observation at two sites in Uganda and 10 key informant interviews from major communication stakeholders, including Ugandas Minister of Information and Communication Technology, the article presents findings indicating that CATs are self-sustaining, with no NGO influence, and they redefine news to mean local emergencies and occurrences, while having no structures (horizontal/vertical rhetoric) as they are started and run by one community member. The challenges of the new alternative media are also discussed.
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Osiebe, Garhe. "The Ghetto President and Presidential Challenger in Uganda." Africa Spectrum 55, no. 1 (April 2020): 86–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002039720916085.
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The political history of post-colonial Uganda is about as fascinating as that of any post-colonial state. The styles of key political figures, including Milton Obote and Idi Amin Dada, who have had the privilege of leading the country, are central to this fascination. Yet, since becoming Uganda’s leader in 1986, President Yoweri Museveni appears to have outdone his predecessors so much so that an entire generation cares little of the country’s history before Museveni. In 2021, the Ugandan people are scheduled to go to the polls in a presidential election. Following the success of a bill in parliament to expunge an upper age limit to contest for the office of president, the seventy-five -year-old Museveni is set to seek an additional mandate. Unlike in his previous electoral contests, however, Museveni faces the challenge of a man less than half his age. Thirty-seven year-old Robert Kyagulanyi is among the most successful popular musicians in East Africa. Kyagulanyi has since exploited his success and fame to become an elected Member of Uganda’s Parliament. Barely two years after the artist materialised as a politician, the Ghetto President, as he is popularly known, has declared his intention to run for the office Museveni occupies, against Museveni. Since Museveni permitted electoral contests for the presidency of Uganda, he has remained defiantly invincible. How does Kyagulanyi propose to undo this, and why does he think he can, to the extent of daring? Drawing on a socio-biographical analysis of the celebrity MP, some strategic interviewing and student-participant observation, the article engages the dynamics inherent with some of these issues.
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Johnson, Laura R., Eu Gene Chin, Mayanja Kajumba, Simon Kizito, and Paul Bangirana. "Views on Depression From Traditional Healing and Psychiatry Clinics in Uganda." Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 48, no. 2 (November 22, 2016): 243–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022022116675424.
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In Uganda, depression is a growing concern, yet mental health professionals are in short supply, and help is often sought from traditional healers. To develop an integrated system of care, we must understand sociocultural aspects of depression including beliefs about help seeking and treatment. In a mixed methods study, we used semi-structured interviews and self-report measures to assess depressed patients ( N = 30) seeking treatment in traditional healing ( n = 15) and psychiatry clinics ( n = 15) near Kampala, Uganda. We assessed demographics, symptoms, treatment characteristics, and explanatory models (EMs) of depression (e.g., labeling the problem, cause, impact on life, best type of treatment). We predicted differences across treatment settings. To further explore EMs, we assessed differences in EMs of patients and their providers by interviewing patient–provider dyads ( n = 8 dyads). Patients in both settings were similar in demographics, symptoms, perceived cause, seriousness, and impact of depression. However, patients at traditional clinics were more likely to desire herbal remedies, while those in psychiatry clinics were more likely to desire modern medication. Patient–provider dyads also had different treatment beliefs, with patients desiring financial assistance, social support, and medication, and providers more likely to suggest counseling or advice. The study highlights the need to understand diverse beliefs and treatment trajectories in a multicultural context.
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Thrasher, Amy, Jennifer Wilger, Matthew Goldman, and Catharine Whitlatch. "Perspectives: A Process Approach to Social Communication for Adolescents With Asperger's Syndrome Using Radio Interviewing." Perspectives on School-Based Issues 12, no. 4 (December 2011): 110–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1044/sbi12.4.110.
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Abstract The Perspectives program is a unique collaborative social communication intervention for adolescents with Asperger's syndrome and similar learning profiles. Clinicians use radio interviews as the vehicle to explicitly teach the process of social communication. Social skill objectives are addressed through this process approach, which was adapted from the framework of Social Thinking (Winner, 2002)
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Mwesige, Peter G. "The democratic functions and dysfunctions of political talk radio: the case of Uganda." Journal of African Media Studies 1, no. 2 (May 1, 2009): 221–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jams.1.2.221_1.
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Ross, Scott. "Encouraging Rebel Demobilization by Radio in Uganda and the D.R. Congo: The Case of “Come Home” Messaging." African Studies Review 59, no. 1 (April 2016): 33–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2016.8.
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Abstract:For several years, local radio stations in Uganda have broadcast “come home” messages that encourage the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army to demobilize. Since the rebels began carrying out attacks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Central African Republic, several international actors have introduced the same messages to these regions. This new effort has internationalized radio programming, benefited local radio stations, provided new forms of messaging, and functioned in collaboration with military actors. This article provides an overview of how “come home” messaging functions in different contexts, examines the effects of these actions, and calls for research into an important shift in military–humanitarian relations.
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Breitinger, Eckhard. "Popular Urban Theatre in Uganda: between Self-Help and Self-Enrichment." New Theatre Quarterly 8, no. 31 (August 1992): 270–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266464x00006904.
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In this article Eckhard Breitinger traces the sources of present-day popular theatre in Uganda back to the situation shortly before and after independence, when Europeans, Indians, Goans, and Ugandans each had their own separate cultural and theatrical traditions. Theatrical activity came to a virtual standstill under the repressive regimes of Obote and Amin, when many prominent theatre people were killed or exiled, but quickly began to flourish again after 1986: in downtown Kampala semi-professional groups thus produce commercial comedies, while in the suburbs amateur companies use theatre to supplement their meagre incomes. Meanwhile, government and aid organizations involve themselves mainly in theatre for education, particularly health education, and the campaign against Aids has generated new needs – met by a new style of ‘morality play’, here illustrated and analyzed in detail. Eckhard Breitinger teaches American, African, and Caribbean literature at the University of Bayreuth, and has also taught in Jamaica, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, and France. He is a translator of radio plays, author of monographs on the gothic novel and American radio drama, and editor of several books on African and new English literature. Presently he is editor of Bayreuth African Studies, and directing a research project on cultural communication in Africa.
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Ibrahim, Maggie. "Rebel voices and radio actors: in pursuit of dialogue and debate in northern Uganda." Development in Practice 19, no. 4-5 (June 2009): 610–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09614520902866439.
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Lompo, Miaba Louise, and Jean-Louis Bago. "How Does Exposure to Mass Media affect HIV Testing and HIV-Related Knowledge Among Adolescents? Evidence From Uganda." Global Journal of Health Science 10, no. 9 (August 1, 2018): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v10n9p1.
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Sexual and reproductive health remains one of the greatest challenges in developing countries. In Uganda, adolescents are the most vulnerable group of the population as far as HIV epidemic is concerned. Mass media awareness campaigns play a key role in promoting sexual and reproductive health among adolescents. Using Uganda’s 2016 Demographic Health Survey, we examine the causal effect of mass media exposure on the probability of adolescents getting an HIV test and their HIV-related knowledge. Our results suggest that the exposure to mass media increases both adolescents’ likelihood to get tested for HIV and their HIV-related knowledge score. In fact, we find that reading newspapers once a week increases the likelihood of an adolescent to test for HIV by 6.29 percentage points. Listening to radio once a week increases the probability to test for HIV by 4.57 percentage points. This effect increases to 6.56 percentage points when the adolescent listens to the radio more than once a week. Watching TV more than once a week increases adolescents’ probability to get tested for HIV by 8.57 percentage points. For HIV-related knowledge, we find that compared to adolescents who do not read newspapers at all, adolescents who read newspapers less than once a week and those who read newspapers at least once a week have a higher score of HIV-related knowledge of 9.12% and 9.64% respectively. Compared to adolescents who do not listen to radio at all, adolescents who listen to radio less than once a week have a higher (5.88%) score of HIV related knowledge. Moreover, listening to radio at least once a week increases the score of HIV-related knowledge by 5.52%. Hence, mass media awareness campaigns are important policies to promote HIV testing and HIV-related knowledge among adolescents in Uganda.
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Karubanga, Gabriel, Paul Kibwika, Florent Okry, and Haroon Sseguya. "How the timing and location of video shows influence learning among rice farmers in Uganda." International Journal of Agricultural Research, Innovation and Technology 6, no. 2 (February 27, 2017): 77–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/ijarit.v6i2.31709.
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Videos have the potential of enhancing learning among smallholder farmers. The study intended to establish whether timing and location of video shows influence learning among rice farmers in Kamwenge district, Uganda. A cross-sectional study was conducted by interviewing 48 focus group participants; 100 individual video participants and 16 key informants. Geographical Positioning System (GPS) mapping was used to establish the video catchment areas and distribution of video participants. Farmers approved the video for providing timely, useful and reliable information and bringing extension service providers closer to the farming communities. Majority (94%) of the farmers said that video provided useful information that fostered change in rice production practices and technologies. A one sample T-test indicated that the timing and location of video events are significant in influencing learning among farmers particularly by women, elderly and distant farmers. The implication is that locating video shows far away and running them late at night seriously compromised involvement by females, elderly and distant people. Thus, modalities suggested by farmers need to focus on adjusting the timing of video shows and ensuring rotational operational of videos in the respective villages or parishes purposely to reach out to the elderly, distant and women farmers.Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. & Tech. 6 (2): 77-81, December, 2016
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Mercader, Hannah Faye G., Jerome Kabakyenga, David Tumusiime Katuruba, Amy J. Hobbs, and Jennifer L. Brenner. "Female respondent acceptance of computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) for maternal, newborn and child health coverage surveys in rural Uganda." International Journal of Medical Informatics 98 (February 2017): 41–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2016.11.009.
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Paek, Hye-Jin, Byoungkwan Lee, Charles T. Salmon, and Kim Witte. "The Contextual Effects of Gender Norms, Communication, and Social Capital on Family Planning Behaviors in Uganda: A Multilevel Approach." Health Education & Behavior 35, no. 4 (August 21, 2006): 461–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1090198106296769.
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This study hypothesized a multilevel model to examine the contextual effects of gender norms, exposure to health-related radio programs, interpersonal communication, and social capital on family planning behavior in Uganda. The results of hierarchical linear modeling showed that all of the four variables were significant predictors of family planning behavior. The authors found that gender norms as a contextual factor significantly interacted with the individual-level perceived benefit. The significant cross-level interaction effect was also observed between individuals' interpersonal communication and contextual variation in listening to a health-related radio program. Practical implications for family planning communication campaigns are discussed.
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Brisset-Foucault, Florence. "A CITIZENSHIP OF DISTINCTION IN THE OPEN RADIO DEBATES OF KAMPALA." Africa 83, no. 2 (May 2013): 227–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0001972013000028.
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ABSTRACTThis article investigates practices of speech and sociability in open radio debates in Kampala to decipher imaginaries of citizenship in contemporary Uganda. In these ebimeeza (‘round tables’ in Luganda, also called ‘people's parliaments’) orators are engaged in practices of social distinction when compared to those they call the ‘common men’. These spaces of discussion reflect the importance of education in local representations of legitimacy and morality, whether in Buganda ‘neotraditional’ mobilizations or Museveni's modernist vision of politics. The ebimeeza and the government ban imposed on them in 2009 reveal the entrenchment of the vision of a ‘bifurcated’ public sphere, the separation of a sphere of ‘development’ and a sphere of ‘politics’, the latter being only accessible to educated ‘enlightened’ individuals – despite the revolutionary discourse and the institutionalization of the Movementist ‘grassroots democracy’ model in 1986.
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Holland, Mike. "A twin-track approach to developing haemophilia care in Uganda." Journal of Haemophilia Practice 3, no. 2 (July 1, 2016): 84–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.17225/jhp00090.
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Abstract Services for people with haemophilia in Uganda are poor, resulting in a very low number of confirmed diagnoses. Over the past year, the Haemophilia Foundation of Uganda (HFU) has engaged in a concerted and coordinated media campaign focusing on radio, television and social media promoting the message that haemophilia results in painful shortened lives but is a treatable condition if appropriate services are in place. At the end of 2015, this awareness campaign culminated in a patient-screening day, along with a patient information camp. In advance of the patient testing day, a team from London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital ran an educational workshop for staff from Mulago Hospital. The team also attended the testing day, taking clinical histories from those attending, and ran workshop sessions at the patient meeting. The physician-training day attracted obstetricians, paediatricians, nurses, dentists, physiotherapists, midwives and pharmacists. Delegates understood that to develop a haemophilia service in Uganda required capacity building, and awareness raising, initially at a central level but gradually moving out to the regions. Physicians in Uganda have now embarked on a journey to providing haemophilia care. The next steps are to build political engagement and to continue raising awareness among the population.
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Kiene, Susan M., Moses H. Bateganya, Haruna Lule, and Rhoda K. Wanyenze. "The Effect of Motivational Interviewing-Based Counseling During Outpatient Provider Initiated HIV Testing on High-Risk Sexual Behavior in Rural Uganda." AIDS and Behavior 20, no. 9 (April 1, 2016): 1928–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-016-1377-y.
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Ahn, Namkee, and Abusaleh Shariff. "Determinants of Child Height in Uganda: A Consideration of the Selection Bias Caused by Child Mortality." Food and Nutrition Bulletin 16, no. 1 (March 1995): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/156482659501600109.
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This paper reports a methodology for analysis and presents the determinants of child height in Uganda. A two-stage estimation method that evaluated the effects of covariates on child height for age after controlling for the selection bias caused by child mortality was necessary. Important determinants of child health in Uganda are the child's and some maternal characteristics. Some environmental factors (at the levels of both community aggregate and household) have significance. The effects of mothers’ characteristics were relatively more sensitive to correction of the selection bias. In particular, mother's secondary education almost doubled its effect and became significant in determining the height of children. Overall results suggest that Uganda is facing a phase of health transition in which the effect of socio-economic variables (at both individual and community levels) are beginning to show up significantly. Although an all-round developmental effort is essential, selective interventions aiming to improve female education and, where that is difficult, extension of appropriate information through radio are likely to improve the survival and health of children.
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Sendagala, Samuel, John Senkusu, George William Lubwama, Danstan Bagenda, Micheal Muyonga, and Wolfgang Hladik. "Suicide Ideation, School Absenteeism and Physical Violence among Secondary School Students in Kampala, Uganda." International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) 7, no. 4 (December 1, 2018): 293. http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijphs.v7i4.14589.
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<p><span lang="EN-US">School youth in many African countries face a range of non-infectious health risks, in addition to the infectious disease burden typical in resource-limited settings. We examined self-reported health behaviors associated with suicide ideation, school absenteeism and physical violence among secondary school students in Kampala, Uganda. We conducted a cross-sectional three-stage cluster-based survey among students aged >=15 years, and/or enrolled in forms 3–6 (grades 9-12) in 54 secondary schools in Kampala. Interview data were collected with a standardised electronic questionnaire through computer-assisted self-interviewing and results were weighted for sample design and non-response. Pearson’s chi-square and logistic regression methods were used for bivariate and multivariate analysis respectively. Bullying among female respondents was positively associated with suicide ideation (aOR=1.73). In multivariate analysis, suicidal ideation was positively associated with a lifetime exposure to illicit drug use (aOR=1.76), serious injury (aOR=1.67) or school absenteeism (aOR=1.46). School absenteeism was positively associated with serious injury (aOR=1.59), history of alcohol consumption (aOR=1.55), bullying (aOR=1.52) and suicide ideation (aOR=1.45). Serious injury (aOR=2.89), a life-time history of illicit drug use (aOR=2.65), recent history of having been bullied (aOR=2.38), physical activity (aOR=2.12), suicide ideation (aOR=1.58), school absenteeism (aOR=1.57) were associated with having been engaged in physical violence. Bullying, serious injury and illicit drug use were associated with suicidal ideation, school absenteeism and physical violence. Concerted efforts should be considered by education authorities, parents and the community to tackle these risky behaviors. </span></p>
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Kuhanen, Jan. "The Historiography of HIV and AIDS in Uganda." History in Africa 35 (January 2008): 301–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hia.0.0009.
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Uganda has been in the world headlines since the mid-1980s, first as a nation severely hit by HIV and AIDS, and later, from the late 1990s onwards, as the first country in sub-Saharan Africa that has managed to reverse a generalised HIV epidemic. Countless newspaper articles, television and radio documentaries and broadcasts, papers, books, and films have been produced about AIDS in Uganda, making the epidemic one of the most thoroughly researched and documented in the world. Medical doctors, virologists, epidemiologists and social and behavioral scientists, both Ugandan and expatriate, have produced massive amounts of scientific information about it since the early 1980s, in addition to which there have been policy papers, evaluation reports, and action plans produced by various government ministries, international donor agencies, and national and international NGOs and relief organizations which document the epidemic from administrative, developmental, and humanitarian perspectives.Uganda's AIDS epidemic has been publicized worldwide through the news media and various international agencies. It is being constantly monitored not only by national authorities and international health experts, but by myriads of Ugandan and international organizations, media, academics, and concerned members of the public using modern means of communication. Some of these national and international bodies not only monitor, report and educate, but demand their say in how the epidemic should be managed. Uganda has become a testing ground for medical and behavioral interventions, as exemplified by AIDS vaccination trials, the social marketing of condoms, antiretroviral treatment, and, recently, by the male circumcision trial. Positive results have then been marketed to other countries in sub-Saharan Africa as successful AIDS prevention strategies.
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Reid, Leonard N., and Karen Whitehill King. "A Demand-Side View of Media Substitutability in National Advertising: A Study of Advertiser Opinions about Traditional Media Options." Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 77, no. 2 (June 2000): 292–307. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/107769900007700205.
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Intermedia battles for advertising dollars are waged on the assumption that mass media are interchangeable in media schedules. However, there are both practical and empirical reasons to suspect that media are not seen as completely interchangeable by advertising experts. This study utilized survey and interviewing methods to examine top-level advertising managers' opinions of the substitutability of seven media options within the context of national advertising planning. Examination of the media substitutability assumption among these experts provides a buyer-side (demand) perspective called for in the literature. Contrary to expectations of little, if any, perceived substitutability among the media options, a degree of interchangeability was found. When the question of substitution arises in national advertising media planning, it would appear national advertising managers put traditional media in certain perceptual boxes. For example, cable TV was considered replaceable with broadcast TV and magazines with newspapers. Radio was perceived as a reasonable replacement not only for TV, but also for newspapers and billboards as well. Cable TV was judged an acceptable substitute for broadcast TV, radio, and magazines whereas newspapers were seen as a reasonable substitute for magazines and radio. Practical and research implications of the results are discussed.
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Ardian, Ardian. "Pemahaman Lembaga Penyiaran Radio di Provinsi Sumatera Barat dalam Pemenuhan Kebutuhan Informasi Khalayak." AL MUNIR : Jurnal Komunikasi dan Penyiaran Islam, no. 1 (March 20, 2019): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.15548/amj-kpi.v0i1.4.
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This article describes about the analysis of the understanding of institutions of broadcasting radios in west sumatera to fulfill the need of social information. This research is based from the phenomenon in the field showing the decrease of social interest in listening to a radio closed by the modernization of mass communication. To reveal the reality in the field, this research used constructive paradigm, qualitative methods and case study approach. The research data was collected by interviewing 5 key informen and documentation study. Based on the result of analysis in the field in completing the need of social information, the researcher concluded as followed: (1) Radios in West Sumatera comprehend the 3 functions of communication in fulfilling social information needs: (a) information, (b) social learning, and (c) entertainment. That was seen from the constructions of the broadcasting programs produced; (2) In the effort of fulfilling the need of information, radios conduct surveys, observations and researches of the market that need information; and (3) Radio broadcasting board of West Sumatera comprehends that in information dissemination KPID of West Sumatera is the regulator taking roll in supervising the broadcasting programs and any kinds of violations than by the radios.
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Musasizi, Benon, Elizabeth Ekirapa Kiracho, Saul Kamukama, and Geoffrey Babughirana. "Assessment of Public Health Units’ Capacity to Manage Under-Five Malnutrition: A Case Study of Kamuli District, Uganda." International Journal of Studies in Nursing 3, no. 3 (July 30, 2018): 100. http://dx.doi.org/10.20849/ijsn.v3i3.511.
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Malnutrition is a major public-health problem throughout the developing world and is an underlying factor in over 50% of the 10-11 million children under 5 years of age who die each year of preventable causes. Uganda loses US$310 million worth of productivity per year due to the high levels of stunting, iodine-deficiency disorders, iron deficiency, low birth weight, and malnutrition contributes to a loss of about 4.1% of the gross domestic product per year. This paper provides the findings of an assessment conducted in Kamuli district to determine the capacity of public health units to manage under-five malnutrition focusing on the six building blocks of the health system. This was a descriptive cross sectional study that employed both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection, analysis and presentation. This involved interviewing health workers using a semi structured questionnaire and checklist for health facilities. Supplement qualitative data was collected using key informant interviews (KIIs). Results indicate that the capacity of health facilities to manage under-five malnutrition in Kamuli district was found to be low at 36.6% only. Capacity of health facilities was based on; Nutrition leadership and human resource development, health worker knowledge, availability of equipment and supplies, physical infrastructure, availability of infant and young child nutrition policy guidelines and planning and budgeting at health facility level.
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Nathan, Isabirye, Agnes Nyabigambo, Agnes Kayego, Peter Waiswa, Kele Moley, and Salimah Walani. "Readiness for implementation of preconception care in Uganda; a review on the current policy, health system barriers, opportunities and way forward." International Journal of Pregnancy & Child Birth 7, no. 3 (May 26, 2021): 68–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.15406/ipcb.2021.07.00231.
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Background: Uganda like other low-income countries, preconception health has received no attention. Communications in this article are derived from preliminary findings of an ongoing preconception baseline pilot in Luuka-a rural eastern district of Uganda. This is a phased study, including a desk review of literature and a short baseline pilot. Methods: The review followed the methodology of systematic reviews. Key electronic databases were searched including PUBMED/MEDLINE and google scholar. Also, reports from ministries/academic institution libraries and views from experts were done. English articles published post 2000, covering preconception care, barriers, facilitators and policies were included in the review. Out of 110 shortlisted abstracts, 28 were included. Studies were extracted onto structured formats and analysed using the narrative synthesis approach. Results: There exist unstructured preconception health and service guidelines in Uganda. Barriers to preconception service integration into the district’s health system include; lack of a clear policy, careworn health system and care seeker related factors. Opportunities for preconception service integration include; poor maternal and neonatal health indicators, positive change in health seeking behaviour, existence of a gap in the care continuum, functional VHT system to link the community to services, anticipated roll out of key family care practises by Ministry of Health Uganda, and improved access to radio & mobile phones. Conclusion: Formulation of clear preconception guidelines, testing health system integration approaches, stakeholders’ engagement, awareness creation and strengthening the supply side is recommended as a way forward
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Kiiza, Barnabas, Johnny Mugisha, and Stephen Lwasa. "Effect of Access to Formal Market Information on Prices Received by Smallholder Farmers in Uganda." International Journal of ICT Research and Development in Africa 1, no. 2 (April 2010): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jictrda.2010040101.
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Much work has been done to improve smallholder farmers’ adoption of new agricultural technology packages in Uganda; however, little commensurate effort has been made to improve their access to formal market information channels like mobile telephony, FM radio stations, Internet, and other information centers. This study is based on data obtained in 2006 from farmers affiliated to Uganda Cooperative Alliance and those who are not; however, both cohorts are located in the districts of Mukono and Masaka. Findings show that households in more remote locations are less likely to use formal channels, and conversely, perception of reliability of the information, membership in a farmers’ group and commercial orientation of the farmer, all increase the likelihood of their use. The authors’ findings indicate that farmers who have access to information from formal channels consistently obtain higher farm-gate prices than those who obtain information from informal channels.
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Hampson, Karen, Mark Leclair, Askebir Gebru, Lynne Nakabugo, and Chris Huggins. "“There is No Program Without Farmers”: Interactive Radio for Forest Landscape Restoration in Mount Elgon Region, Uganda." Society & Natural Resources 30, no. 5 (October 21, 2016): 642–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2016.1239148.
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Manyozo, Linje, Goretti Nassanga Linda, and Claudia Lopes. "Models of and approaches to the station management of six African community radio broadcasters." MedieKultur: Journal of media and communication research 28, no. 52 (March 30, 2012): 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.7146/mediekultur.v28i52.5489.
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<p>This article is a political economy critique that contributes to current scholarship on community radio and development by examining the question of the management of six networks from Mali, Mozambique and Uganda. This discussion argues that understanding the models and functions of management committees will go a long way towards contributing to conversations on how community radios could achieve social, institutional, financial and ideological sustainability. The article also examines how management committees approach their work in the age of new Information Communication Technologies (especially mobile phones, computers and the Internet), and whether there is a gender digital divide within such committees. At the centre of the<br />current discussion, therefore, is an attempt to understand the flow and contestation of power within community radio management committees.</p>
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Nangooba, Margaret B. "Role of Radio in Improving Livelihoods: The Case of Central Broadcasting Services’ Project to Empower Women in Savings and Loan Associations in Nsangi Sub-County, Wakiso District, Uganda." Journal of Science and Sustainable Development 7, no. 1 (October 7, 2020): 31–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jssd.v7i1.3.
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This study investigated Central Broadcasting Services’ Project to Empower Women in Savings and Loan Associations (CBS-PEWOSA) in Nsangi sub-county, Wakiso district, Uganda. Data was gathered from members of the associations using questionnaires, key informant interviews and focus group discussions. The findings showed that the project has increased awareness about and knowledge of solutions to community development problems ranging from culture, rural development, education, and women empowerment to agriculture. Communities have been mobilized to form groups, save and borrow to invest in Small and Medium Enterprises, which has led to improvements in their livelihoods. However, illiteracy, resistance to new ideas, under funding and limited airtime allocated to development programs on the radio are constraining the project. Recommendations for the improved effectiveness of the project are made.
Keywords: Media; Radio; CBS PEWOSA; Livelihoods
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Christiansen, W. N. "History and Propaganda in Astronomy." Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 8, no. 1 (1989): 96–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1323358000023018.
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‘History is Bunk’ said Henry Ford. He was exaggerating but it is well recognized that the connection between history and truth is tenuous. Even very recent history dependent on human memory is notoriously unreliable despite the intention of the historian to tell the truth.In radio astronomy we are fortunate in having a dedicated historian-astronomer by the name of Woody Sullivan who has spent years in interviewing and reinterviewing astronomers to find out the real facts about the early years of the subject. Because of Sullivan’s work (e.g. Sullivan 1988) and because so many of my former colleagues have written histories of the period I felt very doubtful about adding my piece to the saga when asked to do so. However, I did accept the invitation to do so after I had read a statement about radio astronomy written by our usually very well informed Minister for Science, Barry Jones (Jones 1987). This statement which I shall quote later is an example of what we may call popular history.
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Kuteesa, Monica O., Helen A. Weiss, Sarah Cook, Janet Seeley, Josephine N. Ssentongo, Robert Kizindo, Paul Ngonzi, Moses Sewankambo, and Emily L. Webb. "Epidemiology of Alcohol Misuse and Illicit Drug Use Among Young People Aged 15–24 Years in Fishing Communities in Uganda." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 7 (April 1, 2020): 2401. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072401.
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Background: We determined the prevalence of and risk factors for alcohol misuse and illicit drug use among young Ugandans in fishing communities, a recognised “key population” for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey among young people (15–24 years) in fishing communities in Koome, Uganda, in December 2017–July 2018. Using Audio-Assisted Self-Interviewing, we collected data on socio-demographic characteristics and alcohol use, including the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and timeline follow-back calendar (TLFB). Blood samples were analysed for HIV, herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV2), and Phosphatidyl ethanol (PEth 16:0/18:1). Urine samples were analysed for illicit drugs. Results: Among 1281 participants (52.7% male, mean age 20 years), 659 (51.4%) reported ever drinking alcohol, 248 (19.4%) had 12-month-AUDIT ≥ 8, and 261 (20.5%) had whole-blood PEth 16:0/18:1 concentration ≥ 20 ng/mL, indicating significant consumption. In multivariable analyses, PEth 16:0/18:1 ≥ 20ng/mL, AUDIT ≥ 8 and binge drinking (≥6 standard drinks per drinking occasion in the previous month from TLFB) were all strongly associated with older age, low education, smoking, and HSV2. Illicit drug use prevalence was 5.2% and was associated with older age, low education, being single, and smoking. Conclusion: Levels of alcohol misuse were high among young people in fishing communities and associated with HSV2, a proxy for risky sexual behaviour. Alcohol and illicit drug harm reduction services and HIV prevention programs in Uganda should prioritise young fisherfolk.
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Goretti Nassanga, Linda. "Journalism ethics and the emerging new media culture of radio talk shows and public debates (Ekimeeza) in Uganda." Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism 9, no. 5 (October 2008): 646–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1464884908094163.
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Vokes, Richard. "Charisma, creativity, and cosmopolitanism: a perspective on the power of the new radio broadcasting in Uganda and Rwanda." Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 13, no. 4 (December 2007): 805–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9655.2007.00458.x.
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Kaahwa, Mark, Chang Zhu, Moses Muhumuza, Rodgers Mutyebere, and Charles Karemera. "The Effectiveness of Audio Media in Enhancing Farmers’ Knowledge: The Case of Smallholder Banana Farmers in Western Uganda." International Journal of Recent Contributions from Engineering, Science & IT (iJES) 7, no. 2 (June 21, 2019): 68. http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijes.v7i2.10847.
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<p class="0BodyText"><strong></strong>Although audio media has been presented by previous research as a suitable medium for conveying agricultural information, there is limited research in assessing its effectiveness in assisting farmers’ gain agricultural knowledge. This study thus undertook to carry out that investigation by involving 1000 smallholder banana farmers in the study which involved a baseline survey, an intervention, and an end line survey. The preliminary survey results showed that 456 farmers had relevant knowledge of farming practices and were removed from the study. However, 541 farmers were lacking the required knowledge regarding proper banana farming practices. This group was assigned to an intervention of radio broadcasts for one month. All broadcasted content was recorded on CDs and circulated to the participants for continued revision. This was followed by the end line survey and the two datasets were compared to establish the change in knowledge levels of the farmers. The tests of variances before the intervention and after the intervention indicated that the two groups being compared are assumed to be approximately equal (p >0.05). Results showed a significant difference in the mean knowledge scores before and after the intervention. Furthermore, independent t-test results reveal a statistically significant difference in the pre- and post-knowledge tests of farmers. In addition, results from Pearson Correlations show that farmers’ characteristics such as age, gender, and level of education do not influence the uptake of knowledge on farming practices by farmers. However, results reveal a statistically significant association between the source of information (Radio Broadcast & audio CDs) and knowledge gain regarding most banana farming practices by farmers. This study provides further evidence that audio media in the form of radio broadcasts and audio CDs is a vital source for agricultural information to the rural farmers. Moreover, it can be concluded that farmers’ characteristics do not influence knowledge gain for banana farming practices when audio media is used as a medium of information dissemination. And thus, audio media remains a vital source of information for resource-poor farmers and can greatly enhance their agricultural knowledge when audio media is used as an intervention.<em> </em></p>
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Sakdiah, Halimatus, and Delfi Eliza. "Implementation of language development for children in daycare." Aṭfāluna: Journal of Islamic Early Childhood Education 4, no. 1 (June 30, 2021): 31–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.32505/atfaluna.v4i1.2457.
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Language development activities in daycare are essential because they can increase children's vocabulary. This study aims to determine how the process of implementing children's language development activities in daycare centres. This study uses the qualitative method. The data were collected by observing the language development of children aged 2-4 years at the Twin Course Daycare and interviewing six caregivers there. The study results showed that the implementation of language development in the Twin Course daycare centre was carried out well. It can be seen from how the teacher applies it in daily activities by reading stories, playing games that can stimulate children's language, listening to the radio, dancing, and responding to children. Therefore, research related to the effective implementation of the language development program can be studied further.
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Sriwardiningsih, Enggal, Yopy Maulana, and Martin Fieser. "THE READINESS OF THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY "PASIRMULYA" TO DEVELOP A TOURIST HERITAGE DESTINATION COFFEE PUNTANG." ICCD 1, no. 1 (December 11, 2018): 106–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.33068/iccd.vol1.iss1.16.
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Pasir Mulya village community has the potential to become a tourist destination village, but it has not been realized until now. Therefore, there needs to be analytical factors that become strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats about the potential of this village. The method used to use SWOT analysis by interviewing some local government officials in formulating tourism village strategy. The results of this research found that the readiness of Pasir Mulya village community has more strengths factor than weakness factor, opportunities factors than threats factors, defensive retrenchment strategy according to SWOT matrix, and aggressive position space matrix strategy through into a tourist destination village. Villagers and village officials should a manage of solidarity that is high in the image of a friendly village, develop a heritage from the Malabar radio station site and the Dutch historical site, and promote the coffee Arabica Puntang the coffee-winning organic coffee in Atlanta.
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Jjuuko, Margaret. "How three communities on Lake Victoria landing sites in Uganda perceive and interpret the radio programmes on the lake's crises." African Journalism Studies 37, no. 1 (October 20, 2015): 120–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23743670.2015.1084588.
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Batliner, T. S., T. Tiwari, W. G. Henderson, A. R. Wilson, S. E. Gregorich, K. A. Fehringer, A. G. Brega, et al. "Randomized Trial of Motivational Interviewing to Prevent Early Childhood Caries in American Indian Children." JDR Clinical & Translational Research 3, no. 4 (July 12, 2018): 366–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2380084418787785.
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Introduction: In a randomized controlled trial, the effectiveness of motivational interviewing (MI) combined with enhanced community services (MI + ECS) was compared with ECS alone for reducing dental caries in American Indian children on the Pine Ridge Reservation. The intervention was developed and delivered with extensive tribal collaboration. Methods: A total 579 mother-newborn dyads were enrolled and randomized to the MI + ECS and ECS groups. They were followed for 36 mo. Four MI sessions were provided, the first shortly after childbirth and then 6, 12, and 18 mo later. Both groups were exposed to ECS, which included public service announcements through billboards and tribal radio, as well as broad distribution of brochures on behavioral risk factors for early childhood caries (ECC), toothbrushes, and toothpaste. MI impact was measured as decayed, missing, and filled tooth surfaces (dmfs). Secondary outcomes included decayed surfaces, caries prevalence, and maternal oral health knowledge and behaviors. Modified intention-to-treat analyses were conducted. Eighty-eight percent of mothers completed at least 3 of 4 MI sessions offered. Results: After 3 y, dmfs was not significantly different for the 2 groups (MI + ECS = 10, ECS = 10.38, P = 0.68). In both groups, prevalence of caries experience was 7% to 9% after 1 y, 35% to 36% at 2 y, and 55% to 56% at 3 y. Mean knowledge scores increased by 5.0, 5.3, and 5.9 percentage points at years 1, 2, and 3 in the MI + ECS group and by 1.9, 3.3, and 5.0 percentage points in the ECS group (P = 0.03), respectively. Mean maternal oral health behavior scores were not statistically significantly different between the treatment arms. Conclusion: In summary, the MI intervention appeared to improve maternal knowledge but had no effect on oral health behaviors or on the progression of ECC (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01116726). Knowledge Transfer Statement: The findings of this study suggest that motivational interviewing focusing on parental behaviors may not be as effective as previously hoped for slowing the development of childhood caries in some high-risk groups. Furthermore, social factors may be even more salient determinants of oral health than what we previously supposed, perhaps interfering with the capacity to benefit from behavioral strategies that have been useful elsewhere. The improvement of children’s oral health in high-risk populations characterized by poverty and multiple related life stresses may require more holistic approaches that address these formidable barriers.
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Xiang, Xuehua. "Constructing the ‘tellables’." Chinese Language and Discourse 3, no. 2 (December 14, 2012): 247–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/cld.3.2.05xia.
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Based on twelve celebrity interviews in Mandarin Chinese and American English, broadcast in a range of talk-radio/television programs in the U.S. and China, the current study is a comparative analysis of interviewers’ questioning practices and the cultural underpinnings of those questions. The analysis focuses on the interviewers’ question-word interrogatives in the discourse context of multiple Turn Construction Units (multi-TCUs). The study demonstrates similar interviewing strategies between two datasets including couching queries in partial knowledge of the guest’s “celebrity-induced experiences,” and using the presupposition function of question-word interrogatives to “control” responses. Significant differences exist: The English interviews primarily reference the guest’s behaviors/activities as context for query, and frame the interviewee’s first-person accounts as particularizations of commonly shared ‘tellables.’ The Chinese interviews tend to use external reference-points, particularly the behavior and sentiments of others, thus constructing a comparative/contrastive angle from which the guest relays first-person accounts.
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Komodromos, Marcos. "Interactive radio, social network sites and development in Africa: a literature review study." Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy 15, no. 2 (April 5, 2021): 282–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jec-06-2020-0111.
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Purpose The technology determinism theory facilitated in assessing the impact of interactive radio and social network sites (SNSs) on development factors such as education, agriculture, health, and governance, by conducting an integrative and comprehensive literature review focusing on African countries. This paper aims to conduct this literature review to provide comprehensive empirical evidence on the impact of interactive radio and SNSs on development in Africa. Design/methodology/approach This study examined articles that were retrieved from online databases including EBSCOhost, Elsevier, Science Direct, SAGE Journals, Springer and Wiley Online Library. The keywords used included interactive radio, radio, development in Africa, SNS, agriculture, education, health, peace and governance. Search phrases were formulated using boolean operators “AND” and “OR.” Findings Study results revealed that interactive radio and SNSs improve knowledge among farmers and allow the dissemination of information on innovative agricultural techniques, which supports the adoption of sustainable practices. Interactive radio promotes political accountability because the strategies provide the voiceless and powerless communities with a platform to express themselves. This paper discovers that the incorporation of SNS with existing multimedia communication facilitates the dissemination of health-related information on illnesses such as Ebola, HIV, hypertension, diabetes and Polio, and interactive radio and SNS promote education among marginalized communities and under-served rural schools. Research limitations/implications The findings on the impact of interactive radio and SNSs do not represent all 54 countries in Africa. Although the studies included in this literature review were conducted in several countries such as South Africa, Nigeria, Somalia, Kenya, Malawi, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, this limited the generalizability of the findings and recommendations. Also, the other potential limitation is that using the inclusion-exclusion criteria could have resulted in bias when selecting the studies to include in the review. Practical implications The paper might serve as a valuable source of information for students, academics and entrepreneurs where the impact of interactive radio and SNSs on agriculture, education, health and governance, which are core determinants of development in Africa, has been assessed for further case studies in this area. Social implications The use of interactive radio has helped in decreasing health issues caused by a deficiency in vitamin A among children in sub-Saharan Africa. Originality/value The development of sustainable and effective interactive radio programs is dependent on the collaboration of the core stakeholders such as governmental ministries, donor organizations and the mass communication sector. Numerous open sources on technology radio stations are available to employ social media managers to help in the application of knowledge.
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Fauziah, Anisak Syaid, Sumarlam Sumarlam, and Djatmika Djatmika. "KOHESI LEKSIKAL DAN JENIS TEMA PADA SPIRIT HARI INI RADIO MH FM DAN PADA UNTAIAN KATA RADIO IMMANUEL SOLO (LEXICAL COHESION AND TYPES OF THEME ON MH FM RADIO’S SPIRIT HARI INI AND ON IMANUEL RADIO’S UNTAIAN KATA IN SOLO)." Metalingua: Jurnal Penelitian Bahasa 17, no. 1 (December 31, 2019): 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.26499/metalingua.v17i1.288.
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AbstractThe article discusses lexical cohesion of words of wisdom on MH FM Radio’s Spirit Hari Ini and Immanuel Radio’s Untaian Kata in Solo. It aims at finding the themes of the words of wisdom and describing their lexical cohesion. It uses qualitative methods in four stages, namely 1) data collection using reading method, interviewing technique followed by recording technique and writing technique; 2) intuitive linguistic data collection; 3) data analysis using distributive immediate constituent technique and substitutive technique; 4) informal data presentation. The results are 1) the most found theme on SHI is patience and on UK is life; and 2) the most used lexical cohesion on SHI is antonymy, while on UK is repetition. AbstrakPenelitian ini membahas kohesi leksikal kata bijak Spirit Hari Ini Radio MH FM Solo dan Untaian Kata Radio Immanuel Solo. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menemukan jenis tema yang terdapat dalam kumpulan kedua kata bijak tersebut serta menjelaskan dan mendeskripsikan kohesi leksikalnya. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif dengan empat langkah, yaitu 1) pengumpulan data dengan metode simak, teknik simak libat cakap, dan dilanjutkan dengan teknik rekam, dan teknik catat; 2) klasifikasi data sesuai intuisi kebahasaan, 3) analisis data engan metode agih beserta teknik bagi unsur langsung dan teknik ganti, 4) penyajian data informal. Hasilnya adalah 1) tema kesabaran paling banyak ditemukan dalam SHI dan tema kehidupan paling banyak ditemukan dalam UK, serta 2) kohesi leksikal yang sering digunakan pada kata bijak SHI adalah antonimi, sedangkan pada kata bijak UK adalah repetisi.
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Olum, Ronald, Jonathan Kajjimu, Andrew Marvin Kanyike, Gaudencia Chekwech, Godfrey Wekha, Dianah Rhoda Nassozi, Juliet Kemigisa, et al. "Perspective of Medical Students on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Survey of Nine Medical Schools in Uganda." JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 6, no. 2 (June 19, 2020): e19847. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/19847.
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Background The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is a global public health concern affecting over 5 million people and posing a great burden on health care systems worldwide. Objective The aim of this study is to determine the knowledge, attitude, and practices of medical students in Uganda on the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods We conducted an online, descriptive cross-sectional study in mid-April 2020, using WhatsApp Messenger. Medical students in 9 of the 10 medical schools in Uganda were approached through convenience sampling. Bloom’s cut-off of 80% was used to determine good knowledge (≥12 out of 15), positive attitude (≥20 out of 25), and good practice (≥12 out of 15). Results The data of 741 first- to fifth-year medical students, consisting of 468 (63%) males with a mean age of 24 (SD 4) years, were analyzed. The majority (n=626, 84%) were pursuing Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees. Overall, 671 (91%) had good knowledge, 550 (74%) had a positive attitude, and 426 (57%) had good practices. Knowledge was associated with the 4th year of study (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 4.1, 95% CI 1.6-10.3; P<.001). Attitude was associated with the female sex (aOR 0.7, 95% CI 0.5-1; P=.04) and TV or radio shows (aOR 1.1, 95% CI 0.6-2.1; P=.01). Practices were associated with the ≥24 years age category (aOR 1.5, 95% CI 1.1-2.1; P=.02) and online courses (aOR 1.8, 95% CI 1.1-3.2; P=.03). In total, 592 (80%) medical students were willing to participate in frontline care if called upon. Conclusions Medical students in Uganda have sufficient knowledge of COVID-19 and will be a large reservoir for health care response when the need arises.
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López Franco, E., B. Boham, J. Elyanu, J. Howard, K. Larweh, and W. Quarmyne. "Reflecting on the use of community radio and performing arts for seeking accountability for those facing intersecting inequalities." Community Development Journal 55, no. 1 (January 2020): 177–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsz032.
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Abstract “Community Radio – a different kind of radio, we work with our people. Together we plan, together we decide; together we implement. We work with our people” (GCRN Community Radio Anthem) 1. This practice-based article presents the experiences and reflections of two pioneer organizations which are continuously innovating with the use of community radio. We share reflections on its use as a tool for building inclusive communities that are able to seek accountability, especially for those facing intersecting inequalities deriving from identity-based as well as other social, economic and spatial drivers. These organizations are Radio Ada–based in the Greater Accra region in Ghana, founding member of the Ghana Community Radio Network (GCRN) and the Soroti Justice and Peace Commission (SOCAJAPIC) in North Eastern Uganda. Both organizations see community radio as central to their participatory practice, through which they articulate and promote the right to communicate as fundamental for inclusion and accountability 2. They partnered with the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in the UK to explore how participatory action research processes can contribute to building sustainable social inclusion and pathways to accountability for the most marginalized (see Shaw, Howard and López Franco (2020) Article in this issue). The article is primarily based on an interview with Wilna Quarmyne, Kofi Larweh, Ben Boham Okiror and John Elyanu, founding members and leaders of Radio Ada and SOCAJAPIC, respectively, but also draws on research data and from previous stages of work with both organizations as part of the Participate initiative’s research on accountability for those most marginalized (Burns, Ikita, López Franco, Shahrokh, (2015) Citizen Participation and Accountability for Sustainable Development, IDS, Brighton; Howard, López Franco and Wheeler (2017) Participatory Monitoring and Accountability and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Learning Report of the Participate Network, Participate Network, Brighton. Find the full report at: https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/bitstream/handle/123456789/13326/Participate_LearningReport_Final.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y). Other reflective moments and dialogue, resulting through rounds of feedback to drafts of this article, have also shaped the outcome. The piece is organized in four sections in an aim to explain how community radio has been a key driver of accountability for populations confronting intersecting inequalities, through combining this with different expressions of participatory performing arts 3, simplified here as processes whereby “participants instigate and realise their own creative idea. They are the directors/curators of the piece. Professional artist/s are involved if it is the participants” decision to do so’ (Tiller 2013 p11). The first section introduces the work of Radio Ada and SOCAJAPIC, explaining their approach to community radio, performing arts and social change, by each organization. Section 2 presents reflections on using radio as a means for shifting social norms in the quest for building inclusion. Section 3 speaks to the ways that community radio is being used to support multiple marginalized groups in seeking accountability. Section 4 presents some limitations and obstacles emerging for community radio stations to maintain their work towards sustained social change.
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Pović, Mirjana. "Development in astronomy in Ethiopia and East-Africa through nuclear activity in galaxies." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 15, S356 (October 2019): 3–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s174392132000246x.
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AbstractIn this paper we summarise the research that is currently going on in Ethiopia and East-Africa in extragalactic astronomy and physics of active galaxies and active galactic nuclei (AGN). The study is focused on some of the still open questions such as: what are the stellar ages and populations of ultra hard X-ray detected AGN and connection between AGN and their host galaxies?, what are the properties of AGN in galaxy clusters and the role that environment has in triggering nuclear activity?, what are the morphological properties of AGN and how precisely we can deal with morphological classification of active galaxies?, what are the properties of galaxies in the green valley and the role of AGN in galaxy evolution?, and what are the properties of radio-loud and radio-quiet quasars (QSO) and dichotomy between the two?. Each of these questions has been developed under one specific project that will be briefly introduced. These projects involve 6 PhD and 3 MSc students and collaborations between Ethiopia, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Spain, Italy, and Chile. With all projects we aim: first, to contribute to our general knowledge about AGN, and second, to contribute to the development in astronomy and science in Ethiopia and East-Africa.
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Michael, Okoche. "Political Dimension in Pan-African Cross-border Banking: An Inhibitor or Catalyst?" Business and Management Studies 5, no. 1 (January 22, 2019): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.11114/bms.v5i1.3984.
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The emergence and the dominance of African banks in Africa have been touted as one of the popular mechanisms for financial development leading to a concept termed as Pan-African cross-border banking. African Banks have become dominant in the African market as opposed to European colonial banks substantially increasing their geographic footprints on the continent. African banks have become economically significant beyond their home countries and of systematic importance in a number of jurisdictions. This systematically examined the influence of the political environment on Pan-African cross-border banking using Kenya Commercial bank as a case study.Interpretive research paradigm guided the study seeking using qualitative data by interviewing employees, managers, and policymakers from the three subsidiaries of Kenya Commercial Bank; Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. This was further supported by secondary data collected from journal articles and reports from the Kenya Commercial Bank.The study established that political environment plays an important role in influencing Pan-African cross-border banking either through catalysing or inhibiting. Despite effort integration by African Union, regional unions like East African Community there still areas for improvement. In order to enhance Pan-African cross-border banking, there has to be systematically management of political environment which was distorted by history, ideologies, different political systems, different regulatory frameworks between the subsidiaries and home countries. This will further enhance the significance of Pan-African banks African cross-border banks enhancing economic development within Africa.
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Ankunda, Diana, and John Bosco Asiimwe. "Determinants of comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS among women of the reproductive age (15-49) in Uganda." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 4, no. 10 (September 22, 2017): 3530. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174215.
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Background: Globally, HIV is the leading cause of death among women of the reproductive age and unprotected sex is the main driver of HIV transmission. Lack of accurate and complete knowledge is one of the major causes of increase in the number of new HIV infections among women in Africa. This study was aimed at finding out factors associated with comprehensive knowledge among women in the reproductive age group of 15-49 years in Uganda. Methods: Data used was drawn from 2011 Uganda Demographic Health Survey (UDHS). Logistic regression model was used for analysis. Results: Only (38%) of the respondents had comprehensive knowledge of HIV. Women in lower wealth quintile had less comprehensive knowledge compared to those in the highest quintile (OR=1.28). The study also found out that the older women aged 45-49 were more knowledgeable to HIV (OR=1.46) than young ones. Women who had access to radio were associated with increased odds (OR=1.11) of high knowledge on HIV than those without. High knowledge to HIV was also associated with women who had ever tested for HIV (OR=1.20) and also increased with level of education (OR=1.63 for primary and OR=3.6 for secondary). Conclusions: Factors associated with comprehensive knowledge on HIV include: age of the woman, residence, education level, access to information and HIV response to testing. Programs designed should target young women below 19 years of age, rural women, poor women and uneducated women. Increasing campaigns to encourage more women to have HIV tests and messages using radios will increase comprehensive knowledge.
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Laker-Oketta, Miriam, Lisa Butler, Philippa Kadama-Makanga, Robert Inglis, Megan Wenger, Edward Katongole-Mbidde, Toby Maurer, Andrew Kambugu, and Jeffrey Martin. "Using Media to Promote Public Awareness of Early Detection of Kaposi’s Sarcoma in Africa." Journal of Oncology 2020 (March 21, 2020): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3254820.
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Background. Despite its hallmark cutaneous presentation, most Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) in Africa is diagnosed too late for effective treatment. Early diagnosis will only be achievable if patients with KS present earlier for care. We hypothesized that public awareness about KS can be enhanced through exposure to common media. Methods. We developed educational messages regarding early detection of KS for the general African public portraying a three-part theme: “Look” (regularly examine one’s skin/mouth), “Show” (bring to the attention of a healthcare provider any skin/mouth changes), and “Test” (ask for a biopsy for definitive diagnosis). We packaged the messages in three common media forms (comic strips, radio, and video) and tested their effect on increasing KS awareness among adults attending markets in Uganda. Participants were randomized to a single exposure to one of the media and evaluated for change in KS-related knowledge and attitudes. Results. Among 420 participants, media exposure resulted in increased ability to identify KS (from 0.95% pretest to 46% posttest); awareness that anyone is at risk for KS (29% to 50%); belief that they may be at risk (63% to 76%); and knowledge that definitive diagnosis requires biopsy (23% to 51%) (all p<0.001). Most participants (96%) found the media culturally appropriate. Conclusion. Exposure to media featuring a theme of “Look,” “Show,” and “Test” resulted in changes in knowledge and attitudes concerning KS among the general public in Uganda. High incidence and poor survival of KS in Africa are an impetus to further evaluate these media, which are freely available online.
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Gibson, Dustin G., Adaeze C. Wosu, George William Pariyo, Saifuddin Ahmed, Joseph Ali, Alain B. Labrique, Iqbal Ansary Khan, Elizeus Rutebemberwa, Meerjady Sabrina Flora, and Adnan A. Hyder. "Effect of airtime incentives on response and cooperation rates in non-communicable disease interactive voice response surveys: randomised controlled trials in Bangladesh and Uganda." BMJ Global Health 4, no. 5 (September 2019): e001604. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001604.
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BackgroundThe global proliferation of mobile phones offers opportunity for improved non-communicable disease (NCD) data collection by interviewing participants using interactive voice response (IVR) surveys. We assessed whether airtime incentives can improve cooperation and response rates for an NCD IVR survey in Bangladesh and Uganda.MethodsParticipants were randomised to three arms: a) no incentive, b) 1X incentive or c) 2X incentive, where X was set to airtime of 50 Bangladesh Taka (US$0.60) and 5000 Ugandan Shillings (UGX; US$1.35). Adults aged 18 years and older who had a working mobile phone were sampled using random digit dialling. The primary outcomes, cooperation and response rates as defined by the American Association of Public Opinion Research, were analysed using log-binomial regression model.ResultsBetween 14 June and 14 July 2017, 440 262 phone calls were made in Bangladesh. The cooperation and response rates were, respectively, 28.8% (353/1227) and 19.2% (580/3016) in control, 39.2% (370/945) and 23.9% (507/2120) in 50 Taka and 40.0% (362/906) and 24.8% (532/2148) in 100 Taka incentive groups. Cooperation and response rates, respectively, were significantly higher in both the 50 Taka (risk ratio (RR) 1.36, 95% CI 1.21 to 1.53) and (RR 1.24, 95% CI 1.12 to 1.38), and 100 Taka groups (RR 1.39, 95% CI 1.23 to 1.56) and (RR 1.29, 95% CI 1.16 to 1.43), as compared with the controls. In Uganda, 174 157 phone calls were made from 26 March to 22 April 2017. The cooperation and response rates were, respectively, 44.7% (377/844) and 35.2% (552/1570) in control, 57.6% (404/701) and 39.3% (508/1293) in 5000 UGX and 58.8% (421/716) and 40.3% (535/1328) in 10 000 UGX groups. Cooperation and response rates were significantly higher, respectively in the 5000 UGX (RR 1.29, 95% CI 1.17 to 1.42) and (RR 1.12, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.23), and 10 000 UGX groups (RR 1.32, 95% CI 1.19 to 1.45) and (RR 1.15, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.26), as compared with the control group.ConclusionIn two diverse settings, the provision of an airtime incentive significantly improved both the cooperation and response rates of an IVR survey, with no significant difference between the two incentive amounts.Trial registration numberNCT03768323.
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Muwanguzi, Samuel. "The ICT paradox in Uganda: The convergence of radio and telephony in the power contest between the resurging Buganda Nationalism and the central government." Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 46, no. 1 (2009): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/meet.2009.1450460257.
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Semujju, Brian. "ICT as an Engine for Community Participation." International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development 5, no. 1 (January 2013): 20–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jicthd.2013010102.
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This paper discusses two issues prevalent in community media: Information communication technology (ICT) and Community participation. While several studies have explored community media and ICT in Uganda (Nassanga, 2003, 2009a, 2009b), the view that ICT has changed the way media operate to an extent of reversing the agenda-setting role to the listeners (McQuail, 2006, pp. 38-39; Straubhaar & Larose 2002, p. 386) needed investigation. Using Kagadi-Kibale Community radio (KKCR), the paper shows how ICT is spreading in one Ugandan region and the relationship that technology has with participation in community media activities. Findings show that there is need to redefine the relationship between ICT and geographically defined community media as usage of ICT is dependent on forces that still require decades to harmonize. The paper therefore suggests that an alternative to community media, herein called Basic Media, is best suited to match the communication patterns of a developing world.
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Rochmah, Ari. "ISLAMISM AND THE EMERGENCE OF ISLAMIC POPULISM THE ROLE OF DA'WAH MEDIA IN MASS MOBILIZATION ON “BELA ISLAM” ACTION: CASE STUDIES OF DAKWAH SYARIAH RADIO (RDS FM) SOLO." Jurnal Ilmu Sosial Indonesia 1, no. 1 (September 2, 2020): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/jisi.v1i1.17105.
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Abstract: This article aims to analyze the raft of Dakwah Syariah Radio (RDS FM) as one of the radio stations of Islamic radical movement in Solo, on mobilizing for the 'Bela Islam' actions both in Solo and Jakarta from Islamic Populism perspective. Vedi Hadiz defines Islamic populism as an asymmetrical social class movement, even with class interests that may be antagonistic and different levels of using Islam as a shared identity. To that end, the populist Islamic movement becomes a fairly recent phenomenon in which various Islamic organizations even from different platforms such as FPI, HTI, and MMI can move in a momentum. This article will examine how the RDS FM in its broadcast to mobilize participation in the anti-Ahok rally by looking at the broadcast, website, social media and brochure papers. By using qualitative method, this article try to analyze the data by deep interviewing the radio’s staffs and anchor, also the radio’s broadcast on air, on line, or by website and social media. This article argues that radicalization in a macro level such as economic and political repression, can provoke radical Muslim euphoria to the local and global history of Islamist movements by using the rhetoric of religion and the enforcement of Islamic Shari'ah to fight 'the kafir', as well as opposing the leadership of Basuki T. Purnama which is non-Muslim. Through the perspective of Islamic-populism, the politial and religious actors also use the media like radia by its broadcast and social in the process of mass moilization.Keyword: Islamic Populism; Media; Islamism; radicalism; RDS FM; Solo. Abstrak. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis siaran Radio Dakwah Syariah (RDS FM) sebagai salah satu stasiun radio gerakan radikal Islam di Solo, dalam menggalang aksi ‘Bela Islam’ baik di Solo maupun Jakarta dari perspektif Populisme Islam. Vedi Hadiz mendefinisikan populisme Islam sebagai gerakan kelas sosial yang asimetris, bahkan dengan kepentingan kelas yang mungkin bersifat antagonis dan tingkatan yang berbeda dalam menggunakan Islam sebagai identitas bersama. Untuk itu, gerakan Islam Populis menjadi fenomena yang cukup mutakhir di mana berbagai ormas Islam bahkan dari platform yang berbeda seperti FPI, HTI, dan MMI dapat bergerak dalam suatu momentum. Artikel ini akan mengkaji bagaimana RDS FM dalam siarannya memobilisasi partisipasi dalam unjuk rasa anti-Ahok dengan melihat siaran, situs web, media sosial, dan kertas brosur. Dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif, artikel ini mencoba menganalisis data dengan melakukan wawancara mendalam kepada staf dan penyiar radio, juga siaran radio di udara, online, atau melalui situs web dan media sosial. Artikel ini berpendapat bahwa radikalisasi di tingkat makro seperti represi ekonomi dan politik, dapat memancing euforia Muslim radikal terhadap sejarah lokal dan global gerakan Islam dengan menggunakan retorika agama dan penegakan syari’at Islam untuk melawan 'kafir'. , serta menentang kepemimpinan Basuki T. Purnama yang non-Muslim. Melalui perspektif populisme-Islam, para pelaku politik dan agama juga menggunakan media seperti radia dalam penyiarannya dan sosial dalam proses moilisasi massa.Kata Kunci: Populisme Islam; Media; Islamisasi; Radikalisme; RDS FM; Solo.
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Becker-Zayas, Ava, Maureen Kendrick, and Elizabeth Namazzi. "Children’s images of HIV/AIDS in Uganda: What visual methodologies can tell us about their knowledge and life circumstances." Applied Linguistics Review 9, no. 2-3 (May 25, 2018): 365–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/applirev-2016-1059.
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AbstractIn this study we draw on three analytic frameworks (Goffman 1981. Forms of talk. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press; Rose 2007. Visual methodologies: An introduction to the interpretation of visual materials. London: Sage; Warburton 1998. Cartoons and teachers: Mediated visual images as data. In John Prosser (ed.), Image-based research: A sourcebook for qualitative researchers, 252–262. London: Routledge) to explore how multilingual children in a rural Ugandan primary school use visual and linguistic modes to create billboards messages about HIV/AIDS. Although HIV/AIDS education is required curriculum in public schools, and outside of the classroom students are exposed to various national public service announcements (e. g., on radio and television, and as billboards), there are still considerable cultural barriers that hinder open discussions between children and their teachers and parents about HIV/AIDS-related issues. Our findings suggest that communicating the complex language of HIV/AIDS prevention requires students in this cultural context to go beyond the linguistic mode and draw upon the visual in order to achieve a fuller range of socio-affective expression, and conceivably, to affect change by reaching a variety of audiences on multiple levels of human meaning making. Implications for literacy educators in multilingual contexts, where pressing social issues intersect with culturally sensitive or otherwise “unspeakable” topics, indicate that the visual offers a less institutionalized and culturally-laden space for children to synthesize the messages in their environments and their own relationship to them.