About the Authors

Irene Mildred Neumbe

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale, Uganda

Lydia Ssenyonga

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale, Uganda

David Jonah Soita

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Community and Public Health, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale, Uganda

Jacob Stanley Iramiot

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

jiramiot@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale, Uganda

Rebecca Nekaka

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Community and Public Health, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale, Uganda

Competing Interests

The authors declare no competing interests.