Kate presented her Masters thesis research on food security among the Indigenous Batwa of Kanungu District, Uganda. Her oral presentation assessed food insecurity using a mixed methods approach and her poster detailed the lived experience of food insecurity and malnutrition.
Sierra presented her undergraduate thesis research on acute gastrointestinal illness among the Batwa, as well as her work conducted as a research assistant on bednet use in Kanungu District.
Citations:
Patterson, K., L. Berrang‐Ford, S. Lwasa, D. Namanya, F. Twebaze, S. Clark, IHACC research team, and S.L. Harper. (2015). Analyzing longitudinal food security in an indigenous African population: Comparing determinants and predictors from quantitative and qualitative methods. Oral Presentation at at the International Medical Geography Symposium, Vancouver, Canada.
Patterson, K., L. Berrang‐Ford, S. Lwasa, D. Namanya, F. Twebaze, S. Clark, IHACC Research Team, and S.L. Harper. (2015) "Because eating is life": A qualitative approach to analyzing food security and malnutrition in the Batwa pygmies of Southwestern Uganda. Poster presentation at the International Medical Geography Symposium, Vancouver, Canada. Click here for poster.
Clark, S., L. Berrang‐Ford, S. Lwasa, D. Namanya, F. Twebaze, K. Patterson, IHACC research team, and S.L. Harper. (2015). Acute gastrointestinal illness in an Africa Indigenous population: the lived experience of Uganda’s Batwa. Poster presentation at the International Medical Geography Symposium, Vancouver, Canada. Click here for poster.