Intimate Partner Violence against Women in Uganda: Victims and Perpetrators' Points of View and their Implications for Prevention Strategies

Master of Philosophy in Gender and DevelopmentGAD350MAPS-GA

Challenges and experiences faced by social workers working with children exposed to abuse and neglect

Child abuse and neglect are the most disturbing problems in the field of child welfare. In the area of child welfare, all over the world, it is common social workers engaged with children such as psychologists; nurses and pediatrician are often affected while carrying out their respective duties.  The study is intended to explore the dynamic problems such social workers experience in their line of duty. The issue of social workers engaging with children exposed to child abuse and neglect require much attention and it has to be addressed in line with the child protection system. The child protection system is one of the frameworks of the whole child welfare which provide social services to children exposed to abuse and neglect. In the field of child welfare, different social workers for example pediatricians, psychologists etc work together in assessing children in relation to abuse and neglect. Therefore, this study showcases the need for supportive practice for social workers in the field of child protection to work together. Key Words: Child protection, Social worker, Child abuse and neglect

Orientation and Mobility Skills of Children with Visual Impairment in Low-income Families in Central Uganda

The study investigated the Orientation and Mobility (O&M) skills of children with visual impairment in low-income families in Central Uganda. Specifically, the study explored the existing situation of Orientation and Mobility (O&M) skills of children with visual impairment, their independence, as well as factors responsible for the existing situation. The qualitative research collected information from parents or guardians of children with visual impairment and a Social Worker. The findings indicated that children with visual impairment had poor O&M skills because of lack of involvement in activities. These due to several reasons that included overprotection, no exposure to stimulating environments, and negative attitudes which consequently led to neglect, mistreatment, starvation, and fear to initiate movement. Results also indicated that, involvement in rehabilitation care for the children was generally lacking among fathers than mothers. Artikel ini meneliti keterampilan Orientasi dan Mobilitas (O&M) anak-anak tunanetra di keluarga berpenghasilan rendah di Uganda Tengah. Secara khusus, penelitian ini mengeksplorasi kondisi tingkat keterampilan Orientasi dan Mobilitas (O&M) anak tunanetra, kemandirian mereka, serta faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi atas kondisi yang ada. Penelitian kualitatif dalam artikel ini mengumpulkan informasi dari para orang tua atau wali anak tunanetra dan seorang pekerja sosial yang dipilih secara sengaja. Temuan menunjukkan bahwa anak tunanetra memiliki keterampilan O&M yang buruk karena kurangnya keterlibatan dalam kegiatan. Di antara penyebabnya adalah perlindungan orang tua yang berlebihan, tidak memiliki lingkungan yang stimulatif, dan sikap negatif yang mengakibatkan pengabaian, perlakuan buruk, kelaparan, dan ketakutan untuk memulai gerakan. Hasil juga menunjukkan bahwa, keterlibatan bapak dalam perawatan rehabilitasi untuk anak-anak umumnya lebih sedikit daripada keterlibatan ibu

Screening for HIV I through the regional blood transfusion service in southwest Uganda: the Mbarara experience

Antibody screening for HIV has reduced transmission of AIDS by blood transfusion. Of the 12,768 units of blood donated to the Mbarara Regional Blood Bank between January 1992 and December 1994, 577 were found to be HIV I-positive using the ELISA technique. Percentage of positivity decreased from 5.4 in 1992 to 3.9 in 1994. Replacement donors had a higher positivity rate than volunteer donors. The females had more positives than the males. Distribution of the blood groups O and AB was similar between the Ugandan and English samples. There were differences in the blood groups A and B. The AB blood group which was only 4 per cent of the total had a higher percentage of HIV I positives. This preliminary finding should be confirmed by a more organized study

Co-occurence of risky driving behaviours and associations with seatbelt and helmet use - a descriptive cross-sectional study among young adults

Background: Greece exhibits one of the highest rates of deaths and injuries due to motor vehicle crashes in young adults in Europe. The personal, social and financial cost is still very high as road traffic crashes account for 65.8% of all deaths among young people aged 10-24 years, with prominent gender differences that are not fully explained yet.  Methods: using a descriptive cross-sectional study design, we examined the associations of seatbelt and helmet use with the likelihood of manifesting multiple driving violations (fail to stop at STOP signs, running red traffic lights, driving towards the wrong direction, illegal overtaking, speeding, cellphone use while driving, driving under the influence of alcohol) in a sample of 536 1st year university students in Greece. A ‘Risky Driving Index’ score (RDI) was produced by summing the frequencies of all behaviours (range 0-28).  Results: only 8.8% of the students reported not performing any of the driving violations, whereas 8.6% engaged in all 7 of them when driving (male: 11.5%; female: 1.9%; score>8, male: 31.7%; female: 8.1%). Male, but not female participants, who never used seatbelts and helmets, reported significantly higher RDI scores with evidence of a dose-response effect in the increase. In adjusted logistic regression models, those who never used (vs regular use) seat belt ‘as drivers’ and ‘as rear seat passengers’ had increased odds of being in the higher score category of RDI (OR=5.239 95%CI=1.280-21.441 and OR=6.782 95%CI=1.891-24.324, respectively).  Conclusion: young male drivers and riders, but not their female counterparts, that do not take typical safety measures (seatbelt and helmet use), reported more illegal and risky driving behaviours. Preventive interventions using a gender-informed approach are needed to address co-occurring risk driving behaviours.  &nbsp

Volterra integral operators and general linear integral operators representing polynomial covariance type commutation relations on LpL_p spaces

Conditions for linear integral operators on $L_p$ over measure spaces to satisfy the polynomial covariance type commutation relations are described in terms of defining kernels of the corresponding integral operators. Representation by integral operators are studied both for general polynomial covariance commutation relations and for important classes of polynomial covariance commutation relations associated to arbitrary monomials and to affine functions. Representations of the covariance type commutation relations by integral Volterra operators and integral convolution operators are investigated.Comment: 39 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2305.09851, arXiv:2305.0414