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The Ugandan youth public health ambassador program: a community-based public health initiative
Wipfli H, Kim A, Alonyo C, Guy K, Fabian A, Gillis S, Wipfli R, Tumuhimbise P, Odur K. The Uganda youth public health ambassador program: a community-based public health initiative. Frontiers in Public Health, 2025, Vol 13. DOI.10.3389/fpubh.2025.1640598. FULL TEXT ABSTRACT Background: In 2020, the Global Research, Implementation, and Training (GRIT) Lab at the University of Southern California was forced to quickly shift its large community-based youth public health trainin
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Dec 2, 20252 min read


Adolescent mental health in post-conflict communities: results from a cross-sectional survey in Northern Uganda
Wipfli H, Guy K, Kim A, Tumuhimbise P, Odur K; Lira Youth Public Health Ambassadors. Adolescent mental health in post-conflict communities: results from a cross-sectional survey in Northern Uganda. Confl Health. 2023 Nov 2;17(1):52. doi: 10.1186/s13031-023-00549-2. PMID: 37919822; PMCID: PMC10623748. ABSTRACT Purpose: This study evaluated adolescents' mental health their knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about mental health conditions, and their access to critical mental heal
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Nov 2, 20232 min read


Community- Based Participatory Research: A Cross-Sectional Study Understanding Malaria in Rural Northern Uganda
Kim AJ, Guy K, Tumuhimbise P, Odur K, Wipfli H, et al. J Community Med Health Educ 12:794.
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Aug 1, 20231 min read


Sexual Health, Reproductive Intentions, and HIV Knowledge among Primary and Secondary Students in Northern Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study
St.Claire, S, Kia J, Alobo W, Wipfli RW, Wipfli W.1. Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health . 2020 March. 4:175. DOI: 10.29011/2577-2228.100075. Full Text
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Mar 4, 20201 min read
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