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  1. Social norms as influencers of type 2 diabetes risk-taking behaviours: a qualitative deep-dive diagnosis in two high-burden districts in Uganda

    Article • BMJ Open, July 2025, BMJ

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  2. Pregnancy risk behaviour among sexually active adolescent girls aged 10–17 years in high HIV prevalence districts in Uganda: a cross-sectional secondary analysis of the 2018 AGYW survey data

    Article • BMJ Public Health, July 2025, BMJ

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  3. Impact of layered behavioral, socio-economic and school-based interventions on selected behavioral and biomarker indicators among adolescent girls and young women in Uganda

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, June 2025, PLOS

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  4. Stakeholders’ perspectives on the status of family planning integration into differentiated antiretroviral therapy service delivery models in Uganda: A qualitative assessment

    Article • PLOS One, May 2025, PLOS

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  5. Study protocol for a hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial of Game Changers for Cervical Cancer Prevention in Uganda

    Article • PLOS One, January 2025, PLOS

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  6. Factors Associated with Teenage Pregnancies During the Covid-19 Period in Pakwach District, Northern Uganda: A Case-Control Study

    Article • Adolescent Health Medicine and Therapeutics, December 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  7. Secondary distribution of HIV self-test kits from males to their female sexual partners in two fishing communities in rural Uganda

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, November 2023, PLOS

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  8. Knowledge Mediates the Effects of Game Changers for Cervical Cancer Prevention (GC-CCP) Intervention on Increased VIA Screening Advocacy in Uganda

    Article • Cancer Prevention Research, September 2023, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  9. Factors associated with willingness to take Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among high-risk adolescent boys and young men in Masese fishing community, Uganda

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, June 2023, PLOS

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  10. COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among refugees in Bidibidi refugee settlement, Northern Uganda

    Article • Journal of Global Health Reports, March 2022, Edinburgh University Global Health Society

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  11. HIV healthcare providers’ perceptions on smoking behavior among PLHIV and smoking cessation service provision in HIV clinics in Uganda

    Article • Tobacco Prevention & Cessation, September 2021, E.U. European Publishing

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  12. Sexual-risk behaviours and HIV and syphilis prevalence among in- and out-of-school adolescent girls and young women in Uganda: A cross-sectional study

    Article • PLOS One, September 2021, PLOS

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  13. Coping Mechanisms of Previously Diagnosed and New HIV-Discordant, Heterosexual Couples Enrolled in a Pilot HIV Self-Testing Intervention Trial in Central Uganda

    Article • Frontiers in Reproductive Health, August 2021, Frontiers

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  14. Examination of Mediators and Moderators to Understand How and in What Context Game Changers Increases HIV Prevention Advocacy Among Persons Living With HIV in Uganda

    Article • International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  15. Tobacco use and cessation in the context of ART adherence: Insights from a qualitative study in HIV clinics in Uganda

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, March 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  16. Ease of understanding and performing HIV self-tests by pregnant women and their male partners in Uganda: a cross-sectional study

    Article • International Journal of STD & AIDS, February 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  17. COVID-19 Awareness, Adoption of COVID-19 Preventive Measures, and Effects of COVID-19 Lockdown Among Adolescent Boys and Young Men in Kampala, Uganda

    Article • Journal of Community Health, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  18. Formative research to inform the development of a peer-led HIV self-testing intervention to improve HIV testing uptake and linkage to HIV care among adolescents, young people and adult men in Kasensero fishing community, Rakai, Uganda: a qualitative study

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

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  19. Feasibility and acceptability of a pilot, peer-led HIV self-testing intervention in a hyperendemic fishing community in rural Uganda

    Article • PLOS One, August 2020, PLOS

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  20. “I would like to be part of the team distributing the kits because I have all the qualities” Formative research to inform the development of a peer-led HIV self-testing intervention to improve HIV testing uptake and linkage to HIV care among young peop...

    Article • May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  21. Missed Opportunities for Family Planning Counselling among HIV-Positive Women Receiving HIV Care in Uganda

    Article • April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  22. Missed Opportunities for Family Planning Counselling among HIV-Positive Women Receiving HIV Care in Uganda

    Article • April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  23. A Yield and Cost Comparison of TB Contact Investigation and Intensified Case Finding in Uganda

    Article • March 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  24. Risk factors for HIV infection among married couples in Rakai, Uganda: a cross-sectional study

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  25. A Pilot Test of Game Changers, a Social Network Intervention to Empower People with HIV to be Prevention Advocates in Uganda

    Article • AIDS and Behavior, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  26. Risk factors for HIV infection among married couples in Rakai, Uganda: A cross-sectional study

    Article • January 2020, Research Square

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  27. HIV testing preferences among pregnant women attending antenatal care and their male partners: a discrete choice experiment in Uganda

    Article • African Journal of AIDS Research, November 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  28. Missed Opportunities for Family Planning Counselling among HIV-Positive Women Receiving HIV Care in Uganda

    Article • October 2019, Research Square

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  29. Risk factors for HIV infection among married couples in Rakai, Uganda: A cross-sectional study

    Article • October 2019, Research Square

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  30. Repeat HIV testing of individuals with discrepant HIV self-test results in Central Uganda

    Article • AIDS Research and Therapy, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  31. Knowledge and correlates of use of safer conception methods among HIV-infected women attending HIV care in Uganda

    Article • Reproductive Health, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  32. Health providers’ experiences, perceptions and readiness to provide HIV services to men who have sex with men and female sex workers in Uganda – a qualitative study

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  33. Strengthening Global Health Security Through Africa's First Absolute Post-Master's Fellowship Program in Field Epidemiology in Uganda

    Article • Health Security, December 2018, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  34. Correlates of HIV status awareness among older adults in Uganda: results from a nationally representative survey

    Article • BMC Public Health, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  35. Cholera outbreak caused by drinking contaminated water from a lakeshore water-collection site, Kasese District, south-western Uganda, June-July 2015

    Article • PLOS One, June 2018, PLOS

    Dr. Godfrey Bwire , Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  36. ‘If I had not taken it [HIVST kit] home, my husband would not have come to the facility to test for HIV’: HIV self-testing perceptions, delivery strategies, and post-test experiences among pregnant women and their male partners in Central Uganda

    Article • Global Health Action, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  37. Trends in cesarean section deliveries from 2012 – 2014 in Uganda, 2016

    Article • Pan African Medical Journal Conference Proceedings, January 2018, Pan African Medical Journal

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  38. HIV counseling and testing practices among clients presenting at a market HIV clinic in Kampala, Uganda: a cross-sectional study

    Article • African Health Sciences, September 2017, African Journals Online (AJOL)

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  39. Risk Factors for Podoconiosis: Kamwenge District, Western Uganda, September 2015

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, June 2017, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  40. Pregnant women and male partners' perceptions on female-partner delivered HIV self-testing in Uganda

    Article • International Journal of STD & AIDS, April 2017, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  41. HIV prevalence and uptake of HIV/AIDS services among youths (15–24 Years) in fishing and neighboring communities of Kasensero, Rakai District, South Western Uganda

    Article • BMC Public Health, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  42. Uptake and correlates of cervical cancer screening among HIV-infected women attending HIV care in Uganda

    Article • Global Health Action, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  43. Facilitators and Barriers to Linkage to HIV Care among Female Sex Workers Receiving HIV Testing Services at a Community-Based Organization in Periurban Uganda: A Qualitative Study

    Article • Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, July 2016, Wiley

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  44. Factors associated with utilization of motorcycle ambulances by pregnant women in rural eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study

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

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  45. Availability of human immunodeficiency virus prevention services in secondary schools in Kabarole District, Uganda

    Article • Journal of Public Health in Africa, August 2015, AOSIS Open Journals

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  46. Determinants and processes of HIV status disclosure to HIV - infected children aged 4 to 17 years receiving HIV care services at Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation Tanzania, Centre of Excellence (COE) in Mbeya: a cross-sectional study

    Article • BMC Pediatrics, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  47. Correlates of previous couples’ HIV counseling and testing uptake among married individuals in three HIV prevalence strata in Rakai, Uganda

    Article • Global Health Action, June 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  48. Fertility desires and unmet need for family planning among HIV infected individuals in two HIV clinics with differing models of family planning service delivery

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

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  49. Challenges in accessing sexual and reproductive health services by people with physical disabilities in Kampala, Uganda

    Article • Reproductive Health, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  50. Determinants of HIV Counseling and Testing Uptake among Individuals in Long-Term Sexual Relationships in Uganda

    Article • Current HIV Research, July 2014, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  51. Opt-out cervical cancer screening increases coverage of cervical cancer screening in HIV clinical care settings: Experiences from Mildmay, Uganda

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  52. HIV counselling and testing on the move

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, July 2011, Elsevier

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  53. Preventing HIV Transmission in Married and Cohabiting HIV-Discordant Couples in Sub-Saharan Africa through Combination Prevention

    Article • Current HIV Research, September 2010, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  54. Expanding access to voluntary HIV counselling and testing in sub‐Saharan Africa: alternative approaches for improving uptake, 2001–2007

    Article • Tropical Medicine & International Health, October 2007, Wiley

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  55. Repeat Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing (VCT), Sexual Risk Behavior and HIV Incidence in Rakai, Uganda

    Article • AIDS and Behavior, October 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu

  56. Voluntary HIV counseling and testing acceptance, sexual risk behavior and HIV incidence in Rakai, Uganda

    Article • AIDS, March 2005, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Joseph KB Matovu