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  1. “I know your problems; take your bag and go home”: a qualitative study using the social-ecological model to understand drivers of suboptimal school and social participation among secondary schoolgirls in Northwest Tanzania

    Article • BMC Public Health, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elialilia Okello

  2. A multifaceted menstrual health intervention to improve psychosocial outcomes and menstrual practices among secondary schoolgirls in Northwest Tanzania: a pilot intervention study

    Article • BMC Women s Health, April 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elialilia Okello

  3. “Ashamed of being seen in an HIV clinic”: a qualitative analysis of barriers to engaging in HIV care from the perspectives of patients and healthcare workers in the Daraja clinical trial

    Article • BMC Public Health, January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elialilia Okello

  4. Unmet menstrual needs and psychosocial well-being among schoolgirls in Northern Tanzania: baseline results from the PASS MHW study

    Article • BMC Women s Health, September 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elialilia Okello

  5. Acceptability and applicability of biometric iris scanning for the identification and follow up of highly mobile research participants living in fishing communities along the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda

    Article • International Journal of Medical Informatics, April 2023, Elsevier

    Elialilia Okello

  6. Does a school-based intervention to engage parents change opportunity for handwashing with soap at home? Practical experience from the Mikono Safi trial in Northwestern Tanzania

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, June 2022, PLOS

    Elialilia Okello

  7. Adolescent mental health research in Tanzania: a study protocol for a priority setting exercise and the development of an interinstitutional capacity strengthening programme

    Article • BMJ Open, February 2022, BMJ

    Ndekya Oriyo, Elialilia Okello

  8. A social worker intervention to reduce post-hospital mortality in HIV-infected adults in Tanzania (Daraja): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

    Article • Contemporary Clinical Trials, February 2022, Elsevier

    Elialilia Okello

  9. Co-development and piloting of a menstrual, sexual and reproductive health intervention to improve social and psychological outcomes among secondary schoolgirls in Northern Tanzania: the PASS MHW study protocol

    Article • BMJ Open, February 2022, BMJ

    Elialilia Okello

  10. Hand hygiene intervention to optimize helminth infection control: Design and baseline results of Mikono Safi–An ongoing school-based cluster-randomised controlled trial in NW Tanzania

    Article • PLOS One, December 2020, PLOS

    Elialilia Okello

  11. Understanding mobility and sexual risk behaviour among women in fishing communities of Lake Victoria in East Africa: a qualitative study

    Article • BMC Public Health, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elialilia Okello

  12. Exploring pathways to Hospital Care for Patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in rural South Western Uganda

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elialilia Okello, Professor (Associate) Godfrey Zari Rukundo

  13. The development and tailoring of a peer support program for patients with diabetes mellitus and depression in a primary health care setting in Central Uganda

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elialilia Okello

  14. Informal support for people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in rural Uganda: a qualitative study

    Article • International Journal of Mental Health Systems, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elialilia Okello

  15. Factors perceived to facilitate or hinder handwashing among primary students: a qualitative assessment of the Mikono Safi intervention schools in NW Tanzania

    Article • BMJ Open, November 2019, BMJ

    Elialilia Okello

  16. Prevalence and factors associated with major depressive disorder among adolescents attending a primary care facility in Kampala, Uganda

    Article • Tropical Doctor, October 2019, SAGE Publications

    Leticia Kyohangirwe , Elialilia Okello

  17. Implementing clinical guidelines to promote integration of mental health services in primary health care: a qualitative study of a systems policy intervention in Uganda

    Article • International Journal of Mental Health Systems, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elialilia Okello

  18. Health system constraints in integrating mental health services into primary healthcare in rural Uganda: perspectives of primary care providers

    Article • International Journal of Mental Health Systems, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elialilia Okello

  19. Barriers and facilitators to the integration of mental health services into primary health care: a systematic review

    Article • Systematic Reviews, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elialilia Okello

  20. Barriers and facilitators to the integration of mental health services into primary healthcare: a qualitative study among Ugandan primary care providers using the COM-B framework

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elialilia Okello

  21. Interactions among poverty, gender, and health systems affect women’s participation in services to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child: A causal loop analysis

    Article • PLOS One, May 2018, PLOS

    Elialilia Okello

  22. Perceptions and beliefs of lay people from northern Uganda regarding surgery for diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer

    Article • Psycho-Oncology, May 2018, Wiley

    Elialilia Okello

  23. Group Mentorship Model to Enhance the Efficiency and Productivity of PhD Research Training in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • Annals of Global Health, April 2018, Ubiquity Press, Ltd.

    Elialilia Okello

  24. Barriers and facilitators to the integration of mental health services into primary health care: a systematic review protocol

    Article • Systematic Reviews, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elialilia Okello

  25. “If my husband leaves me, I will go home and suffer, so better cling to him and hide this thing”: The influence of gender on Option B+ prevention of mother-to-child transmission participation in Malawi and Uganda

    Article • PLOS One, June 2017, PLOS

    Elialilia Okello

  26. A need to accelerate health research productivity in an African University: the case of Makerere University College of Health Sciences

    Article • Health Research Policy and Systems, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elialilia Okello

  27. Excessive bleeding is a normal cleansing process: a qualitative study of postpartum haemorrhage among rural Uganda women

    Article • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elialilia Okello

  28. Perinatal mental health care in a rural African district, Uganda: a qualitative study of barriers, facilitators and needs

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, July 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elialilia Okello

  29. Undergraduate students’ contributions to health service delivery through community-based education: A qualitative study by the MESAU Consortium in Uganda

    Article • BMC Medical Education, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elialilia Okello

  30. Alcohol, Substance Use and Psychosocial Competence of Adolescents in Selected Secondary Schools in Uganda: A Cross Sectional Survey

    Article • International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal, January 2016, Sciencedomain International

    Elialilia Okello

  31. Gaps and gains from engaging districts stakeholders for community-based health professions education in Uganda: a qualitative study

    Article • Perspectives on Medical Education, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elialilia Okello

  32. Psychological reactions of adolescent schoolgirls to human papillomavirus vaccination in western Uganda: A comparative cross-sectional study

    Article • Health Psychology Open, September 2015, SAGE Publications

    Elialilia Okello

  33. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination and Adolescent Girls' Knowledge and Sexuality in Western Uganda: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study

    Article • PLOS One, September 2015, PLOS

    Elialilia Okello

  34. Is the glass half full or half empty? A qualitative exploration on treatment practices and perceived barriers to biomedical care for patients with nodding syndrome in post-conflict northern Uganda

    Article • BMC Research Notes, August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elialilia Okello

  35. Symptomatic presentation with cervical cancer in Uganda: a qualitative study assessing the pathways to diagnosis in a low-income country

    Article • BMC Women s Health, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elialilia Okello

  36. Depression, Internalized HIV Stigma and HIV Disclosure

    Article • World Journal of AIDS, January 2015, Scientific Research Publishing, Inc,

    Elialilia Okello

  37. Medical Education for Equitable Services for All Ugandans (MESAU) Consortium

    Article • Academic Medicine, August 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Ms Rhona Kezabu Baingana, Elialilia Okello

  38. The Role of Depression in Work-Related Outcomes of HIV Treatment in Uganda

    Article • International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elialilia Okello

  39. The role of psycho-education in improving outcome at a general hospital psychiatry clinic in Uganda

    Article • African Journal of Psychiatry, July 2013, African Journals Online (AJOL)

    Elialilia Okello

  40. Effect of brief training on reliability and applicability of Global Assessment of functioning scale by Psychiatric clinical officers in Uganda

    Article • African Health Sciences, April 2013, African Journals Online (AJOL)

    Elialilia Okello

  41. Qualitative study of the influence of antidepressants on the psychological health of patients on antiretroviral therapy in Uganda

    Article • African Journal of AIDS Research, March 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Elialilia Okello

  42. Sexual Risk Behaviours and Sexual Abuse in Persons with Severe Mental Illness in Uganda: A Qualitative Study

    Article • PLOS One, January 2012, PLOS

    Elialilia Okello

  43. Depression and Its Relationship to Work Status and Income among HIV Clients in Uganda

    Article • World Journal of AIDS, January 2012, Scientific Research Publishing, Inc,

    Elialilia Okello

  44. Naturalistic outcome of treatment of psychosis by traditional healers in Jinja and Iganga districts, Eastern Uganda – a 3- and 6 months follow up

    Article • International Journal of Mental Health Systems, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elialilia Okello

  45. Stakeholder perceptions of mental health stigma and poverty in Uganda

    Article • BMC International Health and Human Rights, March 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elialilia Okello

  46. Lay Concepts of Depression among the Baganda of Uganda: A Pilot Study

    Article • Transcultural Psychiatry, June 2006, SAGE Publications

    Elialilia Okello