Christine Oryema's research while affiliated with Gulu University (GU) and other places
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Publications (8)
Our study contextualized empirical factors influencing adolescent behaviors. An assessment using focus group discussion (FGD) was done with randomly selected adolescents in primary schools in Northern Uganda to explore the influence of child poverty and parenting among other factors on adolescents' behaviors. A semi-structured interview guide and i...
Termites are the most destructive pests in many agricultural and forest plantations in Uganda. Current control of termites mostly relies on chemical pesticides. However, the adverse effects of chemical insecticides necessitate the need to search for and popularize the usage of environmentally safer options. Plants represent one of the most accessib...
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Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the 13th leading cause of death worldwide. The emergence of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) poses a major health security threat. Plants have traditionally been used as a source of medicine, since olden days and 80% of the communities in Africa still rely on herbal medicines for t...
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Insecticide-based tools remain critical for controlling vector-borne diseases in Uganda. Securing public support from targeted populations for such tools is an important component in sustaining their long-run effectiveness. Yet little quantitative evidence is available on the perceived benefits and costs of vector control programmes amon...
Vitellaria paradoxa Gaertn locally known as ‘Yaa’ in Acholi is a valuable edible indigenous wild fruit in Gulu District, northern Uganda. It is a multipurpose fruit tree and highly favoured by the inhabitants of this district. Its fruit pulps are eaten when fresh and/or made into cakes and dried. This study determined the nutrient compositions of t...
Erute county is known to have a number of medicinal plants that are used commonly as remedies of many ailments. The study was conducted in 54 parishes of Erute county and aimed at determining the phytochemical constituents and toxicity of the medicinal plants used by the community. Questionnaires, semi-structured interviews and focused group discus...
Communities are dependent on wetlands resources for income generation. However, anthropogenic activities that result into pollution of water are one of the major public health problems. Assessment of socio–economic activities and pollution levels of domestic water sources in Gulu Municipality, Pece wetland was done. The technique for socio–economic...
A medicinal plant study was carried out in eighteen parishes and 54 villages of Erute county, Lira district, Uganda. Parishes and villages were selected using stratified random sampling techniques. Questionnaires, interviews and discussions with the local people were used to obtain information on the names of the plants, their medicinal uses and co...
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... The dominant occupation of the people in the area is farming, which occurs mainly in the rainy season. The major ethnic groups in the state include Berom, Afizere, Amo, Anaguta, Bache, and Irigwe (located in northern part of the state); Ngas, Ron-Kulere, Mwaghavul, Boghom, and Mushere (found in the central part of the state); and Taroh, Goemai, Doemak, Youm, Tehl, and Jukun (found in the southern part of the state), located in the 17 LGAs. The major crops grown include maize, rice, soya bean, groundnuts, acha, yam, Irish potatoes, and temperate vegetables. ...
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... Despite ethno-conservation being widely used to support various conservation programs, the use of this approach for species conservation is still limited, particularly for wildlife species. Most ethno-conservation studies highlight the importance of plant species, particularly medicinal plants (Singh et al., 2020;Lokonon et al., 2021;Oryema et al., 2021). For wildlife conservation, avian species became a central of attraction for many researchers (e.g., Romero-Bautista et al., 2020;Iskandar et al. 2021) and has resulted in a comprehensive study (Tidemann & Gosler, 2012). ...
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... The odds ratio of good IRS acceptance was two times higher among male study participants as compared with female. This finding is consistent with other studies done in Uganda (25,28). As men are usually the household heads (29), they receive detailed information related with health. ...
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... The methanolic bark extract of Trichilia emetica displayed the highest level of toxicity, with 69.52% mortality, while the dichloromethane extract exhibited 19.60% mortality at 48 h (Table 3). These findings are in accordance with a study by Oryema et al. [103], who reported that methanol and water extracts of the roots were more toxic than ether extracts. The first report of toxic properties of T. dregeana (closely related to T. emetica) was observed in 1899, when an African woman died as a result of drinking a decoction of the bark for use as a laxative [104]. ...
... Pece wetland in Uganda accounts for more than 50% of the monthly income of the rural community living around this wetland (Opio et al., 2011). Bosma et al. (2012) estimated that 40% ...
... When the community returned to their original homestead in 2006, they continued mixing freely with no precautionary measures hence increasing chances of infection. Inadequate functional medical facilities and poor access to healthcare in rural communities cause many people to seek herbalists who use medicinal plants as remedies for various disease conditions [19,20]. Due to the prolonged war in the Acholi sub-region, limited research on ethnobotanical plant resources has been undertaken. ...
