Welcome to the Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training (MHIRT) Program at CBU.

Uganda - Locations: Gulu and Mbarara

Gulu: One project, 2 student positions available

Project description: Efficacy of art therapy to reduce post-traumatic stress in formerly abducted child soldiers.  Conduct art therapy intervention with experimental and control groups.

 2008 Project Title: The Efficacy of Art Therapy as a Psychosocial Intervention for Former Child Soldiers in Northern Uganda.

 Site mentors: Dr. Teri Mason, Christian Brothers University; Dr. Mohamed Kanu, Tennessee State University

 Recent mentor publications:

• Kanu, M., Baker EA & Brownson, RC. Exploring Associations Between Church-Based Social Support and Physical Activity. Journal of Physical Activity and Health 2008;5:504 – 515.

• Williams EA.; Kanu M & Williams C. Something Old is New Again: Mutual Aid and the Tennessee Office of Minority Health. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice (in press - Accepted March 2008)

• Kanu, M., Williams, C., Hepler, N. The likelihood of condom use with steady and casual partners among low-income African Americans in a southern city in the United States.  Journal of the National Society of Allied Health (in press – Accepted May 2008) 
  

Mbarara: One project, 2 student positions available  

Project description: Assessing the feasibility of cooperation between traditional and modern health practitioners.  Conduct interviews with traditional healers, modern health practitioners, and community member.

2008 Project Title: Traditional and Modern Health Practitioners: Facilitating a Cooperation to Improve Healthcare in Southwest Uganda.

Site mentor: Dr. Edgar Mulogo and Dr. Fred Bagenda, Mbarara University of Science & Technology, Dept. of Community Health; Julia Hanebrink, Christian Brothers University

Recent mentor publications:

• Mabumba ED, Mugyenyi P, Batwala V, Mulogo EM, Mirembe J, Khan FA, Liljestrand J. Widow inheritance and HIV/AIDS in rural Uganda.Trop Doct. 2007 Oct; 37(4):229-31.

• Book Review: Edgar M. Mulogo (2006) AIDS and the Ecology of Poverty. African Journal of Ecology 44 (4), 540–540

• E.M. Mulogo, K.Witte, F. Bajunirwe, S.K. Nabukera, C. Muchunguzi, V.K. Batwala, F. Bagenda, Farr, Ph.D., S. Barry, (2006). Birth Plans and Health Facility Based Delivery in Rural Uganda. East African Medical Journal Vol 83 No. 3.  74-83.