Dr. Joweria Nambooze

Lecturer

Department of Nutritional Science and Dietetics

Contact information:

Tel: 0701193017

Email: jngalabuzi@yahoo.com

 jnambooze@kyu.ac.ug

Personal Profile:

Dr Joweria holds a PhD in Agricultural Sciences from the United Graduate School of

Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University in Japan and a Master of Science in

Agricultural Sciences from Saga University in Japan. She has authored a number of papers about childhood and elderly malnutrition as well as the relationships between nutrition and agriculture. For the last 10-years, she has worked on various Agriculture-Nutrition studies with both state and non-state actors including; Ministries, Departments and Agencies, International Development Agencies, including Bilateral and Multi-lateral Organizations in the areas of programming for Agriculture, nutrition and health. She has also undertaken several national scale, regional and district level program assessments, reviews and evaluations using qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approaches. Her continuous interactions and collaboration with national and international researchers gives her a competitive grasp of Food systems, Agriculture-nutrition linkages, Maternal Newborn and Child Health and Nutrition issues including infant and young child and adolescent nutrition at international, regional and national levels.

Research Interests

  • Agriculture, health and nutrition linkages
  • Geriatric nutrition
  • Women’s time use and nutrition outcomes

Publications

  • Kawuki J, Nambooze J, Chan PS, Chen S, Liang X, Mo PKH, Wang Z. Differential practice and associated factors of COVID-19 personal preventive measures among the slum and estate communities of Uganda: A community-based cross-sectional survey. J Glob Health. 2023 Sep 15;13:06039. doi: 10.7189/jogh.13.06039. PMID: 37712388; PMCID: PMC10502765.
  • Bulungu, A.L.S.; Palla, L.; Priebe, J.; Forsythe, L.; Katic, P.; Varley, G.; Galinda, B.D.; Sarah, N.; Nambooze, J.; Wellard, K.; et al. Validation of an Automated Wearable Camera-Based Image-Assisted Recall Method and the 24-h Recall Method for Assessing Women’s Time Allocation in a Nutritionally Vulnerable Population: The Case of Rural Uganda. Nutrients 2022, 14, 1833. https://doi.org/10.3390/ nu14091833
  • Kimere NC, Nambooze J, Lim H, Bulungu ALS, Wellard K, Ferguson EL. A food-based approach could improve dietary adequacy for 12-23-month-old Eastern Ugandan children. Matern Child Nutr. 2022 Jan 3:e13311.
  • J Nambooze et al(2021) The Potential Contribution of Senior Citizens’ Grant (SCG) Towards Nutrition Outcomes in Older Persons’ Households in Uganda  IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 810 012035
  • Asiimwe, J.K., Nambooze, J., Ssonko, G.W., Kakande, J., Nyanzi, L. and Kaddu, P. (2021) Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Caregivers of Children 0 – 23 Months in Eastern and Central Uganda. Food and Nutrition Sciences, 12, 494-508.
  • Bulungu ALS, Palla L, Priebe J, Forsythe L, Katic P, Varley G, Galinda BD, Sarah N, Nambooze J, Wellard K, Ferguson EL. Validation of a life-logging wearable camera method and the 24-hour diet recall method for assessing maternal and child dietary diversity. Br J Nutr. 2020 Sep 11:1-32
  • Palla, L., Spray, A.L., Vestri, A., Varley, G., Nambooze, J., Wellard, K., & Ferguson, E.L. (2020). Characterising ratings of 12 commonly consumed foods with respect to a set of desirability attributes in a survey on women s dietary habits in rural Uganda.
  • Joweria Nambooze, Miho Fujimura and Tsukasa Inaoka (2013) The Impact of 2009 Typhoon Ketsana on Nutritional status of children below five years in Southern Laos. The Japanese journal of health and human ecology. 2013;79 (5): 112-122
  • Takashi Tsuji, Joweria Nambooze and Miho Fujimura. Function and Structure of Loum-pa (traditional fishing ponds) in Southern Laos (in Japanese). The society for ecological anthropology newsletter, No. 18, March 2013
  • Joweria Nambooze, Miho Fujimura and Tsukasa Inaoka. (2014). Nutritional status and Functional capacity of community-dwelling elderly in southern Laos. Environmental health and preventive medicine journal of the Japan society of Hygiene. 2014; 19:143-150.