A geospatial analysis of malaria prevalence, lived experiences and healthcare access by Batwa indigenous people in Kanungu District, Southwestern Uganda Namanya Didacus Bambaiha

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CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION.
Background- - -
Malaria a global public health problem and IPs concern- -
Access to healthcare services among IPs - -
Place and health context- -
Geospatial analysis in health research- --
Problem statement- -
Research Questions- -
Study Objectives- -
Hypotheses and propositions - -
Significance of the study- -

Knowledge to scientific community- -
Health geography methodological contribution - -
Support to health policy development - -
Benefits to Batwa and other IPs - -
Training - -
Contribution to health equity promotion - -
Rationale - -
Definition of key concepts - -
Geographical access - -
Geospatial analysis - -
Indigenous People(s) IP- -
Malaria lived experiences - -
Malaria Prevalence - -
Marginalisation - -
Place - -
Structure of the Thesis - -
CHAPTER TWO: THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS...
Introduction.
Understanding Theory - -
Theoretical framework - -
Disease prevalence and healthcare access theory - -
Theory justification - -
Philosophical Assumptions: ontological epistemological - -
Conceptual Framework - -
Scope of the study - -
CHAPTER THREE: LITERATURE REVIEW
Introduction - -
Literature review capture - -
Malaria epidemiology - -

Etiopathogenesis and pathophysiology of malaria - -

Malaria Control Interventions - -

Understanding the concept 'Indigenous - -
Malaria among Indigenous People - -
Access to health services - -
Uganda's national and sub-national healthcare system - -
Understanding geospatial analysis - -
Indigenous Peoples' experiences of access to health services - -
Geospatial techniques to research malaria - -
Synthesis of the literature - -
CHAPTER FOUR: RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY.
Introduction - -
Methodolog - -
Paradigmatic background - -
Geographic inquiry and its philosophical foundations -
Applying postpositivist assumptions - -

Research Design
Objective 1 To determine the association between place and non-place risk factors and malaria prevalence - -
Objective 2 To characterize malaria illness and accessing healthcare lived experience - -
Objective 3 To assess geographic access to malaria healthcare services- -

Summary of study variables, methods and data analysis - -

Analysis of existing literature - -

Data quality control - -

Validity and reliability - -

Ethics approvals and procedures - -

Management of risks to participants - -

Limitations of the study - -

CHAPTER FIVE: EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF PLACE AND MALARIA
PREVALENCE AMONG BATWA IP
Introduction - -
Place and malaria prevalence among Batwa IP - -
Socio-demographic characteristics - -
Malaria prevalence - -
Spatial distribution of malaria cases - -
Spatial malaria prevalence - -
Elevation and malaria prevalence - -
Malaria prevalence and seasons - -
Batwas' place-related life-style characteristics - -
Bivariate analysis of socio-demographic characteristics and malaria prevalence - -

Bivariate analysis place-related lifestyle characteristics and malaria prevalence - -

Multivariable analysis of Batwas' socio-demographic and place-related life-style characteristics with malaria
Prevalence - -
Interrogating the association between of place and other risk factors and malaria prevalence - -.
Contrasting Batwa IP malaria prevalence - -
Association place and malaria prevalence among Batwa IP - -
Place-related lifestyle characteristic and malaria prevalence - -
Gender and malaria prevalence - -
Age and malaria prevalence - -
Elevation and malaria prevalence - -
Season and malaria prevalence - -
Comparing disease burden among Batwa and other Indigenous People - -
Limitations of the study - -
CHAPTER SIX: EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF BATWA IPS MALARIA LIVED
EXPERIENCE - -
Introduction - -
Scrutiny of Batwa malaria illness lived experiences - -
Characteristics of the participants - -
Pre-disposing Factors - -
Enabling Environment - -
Need Factors - -
Barriers to accessing malaria treatment - -
Situating malaria illness lived experiences of the Batwa IP - -
Exploring enabling resources and experiences of treating malaria - -
Understanding barriers to accessing malaria treatment - -
Dissecting experiences of need and predisposing factors - -
Limitation of the study - -
CHAPTER SEVEN: EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF BATWA IPS GEOGRAPHIC ACCESS TOHEALTHCARE
Introduction - -
Results of geographic accessibility and coverage - -
Walking travel scenario (Map 2A, 2B, 2C) - -
Cycling travel scenario - bicycle (Map 3A, 3B, 3C) - -
Motorized travel scenario -boda-boda (Map 4A, 4B, 4C) - -
Combining walking, cycling and motorized scenarios (Map 1A, 1B, 1C) - -
Examining Batwa geographic access to healthcare services - -
Limitations of geographic access study - -
Conclusion - -
CHAPTER EIGHT: IMPLICATIONS OF THE STUDY AND CONTRIBUTION
TO NEW KNOWLEDGE
Introduction. Role of place and other predicting factors on malaria prevalence - -
Lessons from Batwa malaria lived experiences --
Implications of Batwa geographic access analysis A New Indigenous People - -
Centred model for managing malaria - -
Implications of this thesis for future research - -
CHAPTER NINE: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction - -
Conclusion on malaria prevalence, place and other risk factor - -
Conclusion on Batwa malaria lived experiences - -