Global Mental Health

Academic article

• Kakwangire, Paul; Atukunda, Prudence; Ngari, Moses et al. (2024). Long-term effects on depressive symptoms among Ugandan mothers – Findings from a follow-up of a cluster-randomized education trial in a rural low-resource setting. (external link)
• Kakwangire, Paul; Muhoozi, Grace Kyamazima Mehangye; Ngari, Moses et al. (2024). 8-Year Follow-up of a Maternal Education Trial in a Low-Resource Setting. (external link)
• Kardel, Kristin Reimers; Iversen, Per Ole; Kaaya, Archileo Natigo et al. (2024). A pragmatic randomized trial to examine the effect of combining healthy diet with mindfulness cognitive therapy to reduce depressive symptoms among university students in a low-resource setting: protocol for the NutriMind Project. (external link)
• Ahmed, Md Montasir; Muhoozi, Grace Kyamazima Mehangye; Atukunda, Prudence et al. (2023). Cognitive development among children in a low-income setting: Cost-effectiveness analysis of a maternal nutrition education intervention in rural Uganda. (external link)
• Engh, Marit Stokke; Muhoozi, Grace Kyamazima Mehangye; Ngari, Moses et al. (2022). Long-Term Effects of a Randomized Maternal Education Trial in Rural Uganda: Implications for Child Oral Health. (external link)
• Muhoozi, Grace Kyamazima Mehangye; Li, Kelvin; Atukunda, Prudence et al. (2022). Child saliva microbiota and caries: a randomized controlled maternal education trial in rural Uganda. (external link)
• Atukunda, Prudence; Ngari, Moses M.; Chen, Xi et al. (2021). Longitudinal assessments of child growth: A six-year follow-up of a cluster-randomized maternal education trial. (external link)
• Kort, Remco; Schlosser, Job; Vazquez, Alan et al. (2021). Model selection reveals the butyrate-producing gut bacterium Coprococcus eutactus as predictor for language development in three-year-old rural Ugandan children. (external link)
• Kakwangire, Paul; Moss, Cami; Matovu, Nicholas et al. (2021). The association between dietary diversity and development among children under 24 months in rural Uganda: Analysis of a cluster-randomised maternal education trial. (external link)
• Iversen, Per Ole; Atukunda, Prudence; Kort, Remco et al. (2020). No associations between microbiota signaling substances and cognitive, language and motor development among three-year-old rural Ugandan children. (external link)
• Atukunda, Prudence; Muhoozi, Grace Kyamazima Mehangye; Diep, Lien My et al. (2020). The association of urine markers of iodine intake with development and growth among children in rural Uganda: A secondary analysis of a randomised education trial. (external link)
• Wacoo, Alex; Atukunda, Prudence; Muhoozi, Grace Kyamazima Mehangye et al. (2020). Aflatoxins: Occurrence, Exposure, and Binding to Lactobacillus Species from the Gut Microbiota of Rural Ugandan Children . (external link)
• Atukunda, Prudence; Muhoozi, Grace Kyamazima Mehangye; van den Broek, Tim et al. (2019). Child development, growth and microbiota: follow-up of a randomized education trial in Uganda. (external link)
• Atukunda, Prudence; Muhoozi, Grace Kyamazima Mehangye; Westerberg, Ane Cecilie et al. (2019). Nutrition, hygiene and stimulation education for impoverished mothers in rural Uganda: Effect on maternal depression symptoms and their associations to child development outcomes. (external link)
• Muhoozi, Grace Kyamazima Mehangye; Atukunda, Prudence; Diep, Lien My et al. (2018). Nutrition, hygiene, and stimulation education to improve growth, cognitive, language, and motor development among infants in Uganda: A cluster-randomized trial. (external link)
• Muhoozi, Grace Kyamazima Mehangye; Atukunda, Prudence; Skaare, Anne B et al. (2018). Effects of nutrition and hygiene education on oral health and growth among toddlers in rural Uganda: follow-up of a cluster-randomised controlled trial. (external link)
• Muhoozi, Grace Kyamazima Mehangye; Atukunda, Prudence; Mwadime, Robert et al. (2016). Nutritional and developmental status among 6- to 8-month-old children in southwestern Uganda: a cross-sectional study. (external link)

Academic literature review

• Meshkovska, Biljana; Gebremariam, Mekdes; Atukunda, Prudence et al. (2023). Barriers and facilitators to implementation of nutrition-related actions in school settings in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): a qualitative systematic review using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR). (external link)
• Atukunda, Prudence; Eide, Wenche Barth; Kardel, Kristin Reimers et al. (2021). Unlocking the potential for achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goal 2 – “Zero Hunger” - in Africa: Targets, strategies, synergies and challenges. (external link)

Short communication

• Iversen, Per O.; Ngari, Moses; Westerberg, Ane C. et al. (2021). Child stunting concurrent with wasting or being overweight: A 6-y follow up of a randomized maternal education trial in Uganda. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

1. The NutriMind Project: Implementing healthy diet with mindfulness cognitive therapy to treat depression among university students in Uganda.

2. Child Nutrition and Development (CHNUDEV), a nutrition project in Uganda