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Prof Louise Ackers' Outputs (37)

Introducing an adjustable upper limb prosthesis into a Ugandan clinical service: impacts on free living behaviour and prosthetic use (2025)
Journal Article

Access to prosthetic services in Uganda is poor, negatively impacting people with upper limb difference in function, community participation, and employment. Technologies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of services are needed, but there i... Read More about Introducing an adjustable upper limb prosthesis into a Ugandan clinical service: impacts on free living behaviour and prosthetic use.

The practice, nature, and impact of nurse-led type 2 diabetic foot prevention services and educational programs in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review (2024)
Journal Article

Objective: The objective of this study is to assess the scope of existing practice,
nature, and impact of nurse-led type 2 diabetic foot prevention services and
educational programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes me... Read More about The practice, nature, and impact of nurse-led type 2 diabetic foot prevention services and educational programs in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.

The practice, nature, and impact of nurse-led type 2 diabetic foot prevention services and educational programs in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review (2024)
Journal Article
Sajith, R., Ackers, L., Ackers-Johnson, S., Parker, D. J., & Stephens, M. (2024). The practice, nature, and impact of nurse-led type 2 diabetic foot prevention services and educational programs in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. Frontiers in Public Health, 12, Article 1465750. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1465750

Objective: The objective of this study is to assess the scope of existing practice, nature, and impact of nurse-led type 2 diabetic foot prevention services and educational programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mel... Read More about The practice, nature, and impact of nurse-led type 2 diabetic foot prevention services and educational programs in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.

Virtual volunteering: A collaborative prosthetics research project (2023)
Journal Article

An international multi-disciplinary team has demonstrated a low-carbon way for clinicians and scientists in the UK to engage with global health, and how their counterparts in low-resource settings can benefit from these exchanges of expertise.

Evaluation of the current status of prosthetic rehabilitation services for major limb loss: a descriptive study in Ugandan Referral hospitals (2023)
Journal Article
Mulwinda, B., Nalwoga, R. P., Mwaka, E. S., Kenney, L. P. J., Ackers, L., & Ssekitoleko, R. T. (2024). Evaluation of the current status of prosthetic rehabilitation services for major limb loss: a descriptive study in Ugandan Referral hospitals. Disability and Rehabilitation, 46(5), 969-978. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2023.2188266

Background: Low-income-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) have a large
burden of major limb loss. No recent study has reported on Uganda’s state of
public sector prosthetics services. This study aimed to document the landscape of
major limb loss,... Read More about Evaluation of the current status of prosthetic rehabilitation services for major limb loss: a descriptive study in Ugandan Referral hospitals.

Piloting digital tools to understand cancer prevention in Uganda: a case study of cervical cancer prevention in Western Uganda (2022)
Thesis

Background
In Uganda cancer of the cervix is still a public health problem ranked as the leading cause of female cancer related deaths. According to the World Health Organisation (2018) Uganda has one of the highest incidence rates in the world est... Read More about Piloting digital tools to understand cancer prevention in Uganda: a case study of cervical cancer prevention in Western Uganda.

An exploration of midwives' understanding of antibiotic resistance and stewardship in Uganda (2022)
Journal Article
Welsh, J., & Ackers, H. (2022). An exploration of midwives' understanding of antibiotic resistance and stewardship in Uganda. African journal of midwifery and women's health, 16(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.12968/ajmw.2020.0028

Background/Aims A shortage of healthcare professionals has led to task shifting. Antibiotic prescribing is one such task that has been informally shifted to midwives in Uganda. This study aimed to explore the understanding of Ugandan midwives about a... Read More about An exploration of midwives' understanding of antibiotic resistance and stewardship in Uganda.

Biosciences for antibiotic resistance : a mixed methods study assessing the level of knowledge and learning experiences among preregistration nursing students in Uganda (2021)
Thesis
Nantamu, M. Biosciences for antibiotic resistance : a mixed methods study assessing the level of knowledge and learning experiences among preregistration nursing students in Uganda. (Thesis). University of Salford

Biosciences form the basis on which our understanding of human biology and body functions is established. They guide nurses to detect risks to health and improve and sustain health through informed decisions. Task-shifting has expanded the scope of p... Read More about Biosciences for antibiotic resistance : a mixed methods study assessing the level of knowledge and learning experiences among preregistration nursing students in Uganda.

Antibiotic resistance profiles and population structure of disease-associated Staphylococcus aureus infecting patients in Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, Western Uganda (2021)
Journal Article

Tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is particularly challenging in low-resource settings such as Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital (FPRRH) in Western Uganda. Specific knowledge of local AMR epidemiology is required to inform evidence-based i... Read More about Antibiotic resistance profiles and population structure of disease-associated Staphylococcus aureus infecting patients in Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, Western Uganda.

‘Working for nothing?’ : how do students and graduates utilise unpaid work for career mobilities? (2021)
Thesis
Cunningham, E. ‘Working for nothing?’ : how do students and graduates utilise unpaid work for career mobilities?. (Thesis). University of Salford

A degree is no longer enough to guarantee graduate career success, so work experience increasingly provides a way to meet requirements of graduate employers. Such experience is often unpaid in the form of internships, work experience and volunteering... Read More about ‘Working for nothing?’ : how do students and graduates utilise unpaid work for career mobilities?.

Anti-microbial resistance in global perspective (2020)
Book
Ackers, L., Ackers Johnson, G., Welsh, J., Kibombo, D., & Opio, S. (2020). Anti-microbial resistance in global perspective. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62662-4

This open access book provides an accessible introduction to the mechanics of international development and global health text for policy-makers and students across a wide range of disciplines. Antimicrobial resistance is a major threat to the well-b... Read More about Anti-microbial resistance in global perspective.

Antibiotic resistance profiles and population structure of disease-associated Staphylococcus aureus infecting patients in Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, Western Uganda (2020)
Journal Article
Goodhead, I., Ackers, H., Birtles, R., & James, C. (2020). Antibiotic resistance profiles and population structure of disease-associated Staphylococcus aureus infecting patients in Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, Western Uganda. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.20.371203

Tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is particularly challenging in low-resource settings such as Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital (FPRRH) in Western Uganda. Specific knowledge of local AMR epidemiology is required to inform evidence-based i... Read More about Antibiotic resistance profiles and population structure of disease-associated Staphylococcus aureus infecting patients in Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, Western Uganda.

Opportunities and challenges for improving antimicrobial stewardship in low and middle income countries ; lessons learnt from the maternal sepsis intervention in Western Uganda (2020)
Journal Article

This paper presents findings from an action-research intervention designed to identify ways of improving antimicrobial stewardship in a Ugandan Regional Referral Hospital. Building on an existing health partnership and extensive action-research on ma... Read More about Opportunities and challenges for improving antimicrobial stewardship in low and middle income countries ; lessons learnt from the maternal sepsis intervention in Western Uganda.

A questionnaire study of the negative outcomes for UK health professional volunteers in low and middle income countries (2020)
Journal Article
Tyler, N., Ackers, H., Ahmed, A., Byrne, G., & Byrne-Davis, L. (2020). A questionnaire study of the negative outcomes for UK health professional volunteers in low and middle income countries. BMJ Open, 10(6), e037647. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037647

Introduction: Past research has reported considerable benefits of international health professional volunteering for British healthcare professionals; however, there are also some negative outcomes reported. Negative outcomes reportedly happen on a p... Read More about A questionnaire study of the negative outcomes for UK health professional volunteers in low and middle income countries.