Research Article, J Trauma Stress Disor Treat Vol: 3 Issue: 2
Coping Amidst Life Adversity in Post-Conflict Societies: Qualitative Revelations from Communities in Eastern Uganda
| Wilson Winstons Muhwezi1*, Eugene Kinyanda2, Margaret Mungherera1, Patrick Onyango3, Emmanuel Ngabirano3, Julius Muron4, Johnson Kagugube5 and Rehema Kajungu3 | |
| 1Makerere University College of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Uganda | |
| 2Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute (MRC/UVRI), Uganda | |
| 3Transcultural Psychosocial Organization Uganda (TPO-Uganda), Uganda | |
| 4Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital, Uganda | |
| 5Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), Uganda | |
| Corresponding author : Wilson Winstons Muhwezi Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, P. O. Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda E-mail: wmuhwezi@chs.mak.ac.ug |
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| Received: September 02, 2013 Accepted: November 29, 2013 Published: December 09, 2013 | |
| Citation: Muhwezi WW, Kinyanda E, Mungherera M, Onyango P, Ngabirano E, Muron J, Kagugube J, Kajungu R (2014) Coping Amidst Life Adversity in Post-Conflict Societies: Qualitative Revelations from Communities in Eastern Uganda. J Trauma Stress Disor Treat 3:2. doi:10.4172/2324-8947.100119 |
Abstract
Coping Amidst Life Adversity in Post-Conflict Societies: Qualitative Revelations from Communities in Eastern Uganda
There is paucity of research about how previously internally displaced people in post-conflict Uganda cope amidst adversity and trauma. Understanding factors that underlie coping amidst such adversity is vital in identifying resilience and health promoting behaviors. We conducted 8 FGDs in 4 sub-counties in Uganda between March and May 2009. We tape-recorded and transcribed the data. We used thematic analysis to manage, analyze and interpret the data. We constantly identified and compared themes and sub-themes in the dataset as we read the transcripts.
