Ronald Luwangula

@article{Nanfuka2025,

title = {“They Steal Our Food”: Food Insecurity as a Barrier to Social Cohesion Between Refugee and Host Communities in Uganda},

author = {Esther Kalule Nanfuka and Ronald Luwangula and James Thomas Ssenfuuma and Samuel Baker Tibengana and Jordan Canocakacon and Magdalene Ndagire and Joseph Irumba and John-Baptist Kahuma and Eddy Joshua Walakira},

doi = {10.3390/socsci14020116},

issn = {2076-0760},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-02-00},

journal = {Social Sciences},

volume = {14},

number = {2},

publisher = {MDPI AG},

abstract = {Although maintaining social cohesion between refugees and host communities is a major policy goal, due to protracted refugee situations, research on potential barriers is scant, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where a majority of the world’s refugees live. This article provides insights into food insecurity as a barrier to refugee–host community social cohesion in the wake of food aid cuts to refugees globally. We conducted 24 focus group discussions, 3 in-depth interviews, and 8 key informant interviews with refugee and host community members, local leaders, and staff of entities overseeing refugee affairs in two settlements in Southwestern Uganda. We found that refugees experiencing food insecurity and limited coping resources resort to negative and socially unacceptable means, such as theft and aggression, to obtain food. This causes social tensions and social fragmentation that directly contribute to the deterioration of social cohesion by undermining trust, inhibiting cooperation, and weakening the sense of shared purpose between refugees and their host communities. Food insecurity is a significant threat to the social integration of refugees, as it weakens their social connections in the host community. Measures to address food insecurity among refugees are imperative to mitigate its potential deleterious effects on the social integration of refugees in protracted situations.},

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@article{latimer2025sportb,

title = {A sport-for-protection program reduces anxiety and depression in youth affected by displacement: A randomized controlled trial of the Game Connect program in Uganda},

author = {Kathleen Latimer and Rita Larok and John Paul Nyeko and Lydia Murungi and Ronald Luwangula and Bashir Lukungu and Jeroen Carrin and Robinah Nannungi and Daniel Ojara Comboni and Esther Nanfuka Kalule and others},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Affective Disorders},

volume = {376},

pages = {84–91},

publisher = {Elsevier},

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pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{latimer2025sport,

title = {A sport-for-protection program reduces suicidal ideation in youth affected by displacement: a secondary analysis of the Game Connect trial in Uganda},

author = {Kathleen Latimer and Rita Larok and John Paul Nyeko and Bashir Lukungu and Simon Rosenbaum and Lydia Murungi and Robinah Nannungi and Jeroen Carrin and Esther Nanfuka Kalule and Ronald Luwangula and others},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-01-01},

journal = {Frontiers in Psychiatry},

volume = {16},

pages = {1569793},

publisher = {Frontiers Media SA},

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pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{walakira2021parenting,

title = {Parenting Initiatives in Uganda Learning from UZAZI AVSI Parenting Model and Related Initiatives},

author = {Eddy J Walakira and Fred Matovu and Agnes Kyamulabi and Alfred Biribonwa Agaba and John Paul Nyeko and Ronald Luwangula},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-01-01},

publisher = {Fountain Publishers},

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pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{walakira2021parentingb,

title = {Parenting Initiatives in Uganda Learning from UZAZI AVSI Parenting Model and Related Initiatives},

author = {Eddy J Walakira and Fred Matovu and Agnes Kyamulabi and Alfred Biribonwa Agaba and John Paul Nyeko and Ronald Luwangula},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-01-01},

publisher = {Fountain Publishers},

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pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{kelly2020building,

title = {Building Positive Futures: Exploring a peer research approach to study leaving care in Africa},

author = {Berni Kelly and Adrian D Breda and Olinda Santin and Joana Bekoe and Paul Bukuluki and Admire Chereni and Kwabena Frimpong-Manso and Darryline Jacobs and Ronald Luwangula and Moses Maanyi and others},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-01-01},

publisher = {Queen's University Belfast},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{luwangula2019culturally,

title = {Culturally responsive social work practice in Uganda: A review of selected innovative and indigenous models},

author = {Ronald Luwangula and Janestic M Twikirize and Justus Twesigye and Stanley Kitimbo},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-01-01},

journal = {Social Work Practice in Africa: Indigenous and Innovative Approaches},

pages = {125–144},

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pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{luwangula2019traditional,

title = {Traditional fostering in a post-conflict context: The case of Laroo-Pece Women’s Association in Northern Uganda},

author = {Ronald Luwangula and Janestic M Twikirize and Justus Twesigye},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-01-01},

journal = {Social work practice in Africa: Indigenous and innovative approaches},

pages = {161–179},

publisher = {Fountain Publishers Kampala},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{twesigye2019building,

title = {Building resilience through indigenous mechanisms: The case of Bataka groups in Western Uganda},

author = {Justus Twesigye and Janestic M Twikirize and Ronald Luwangula and Stanley Kitimbo},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-01-01},

journal = {Social work practice in Africa: Indigenous and innovative approaches},

pages = {145–160},

publisher = {Fountain Publishers Kampala, Uganda},

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pubstate = {published},

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}

@article{salgado2017using,

title = {Using a service design model to develop the “Passport to Safer Birth” in Nigeria and Uganda},

author = {Mariana Salgado and Melanie Wendland and Damaris Rodriguez and Meghan A Bohren and Olufemi T Oladapo and Olubunmi A Ojelade and Adebimpe A Olalere and Ronald Luwangula and Kidza Mugerwa and Bukola Fawole},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-01-01},

journal = {International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics},

volume = {139},

pages = {56–66},

publisher = {Wiley Online Library},

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pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{luwangula2014integrating,

title = {Integrating social work services into schools: A case for school social work in Uganda},

author = {Ronald Luwangula and Sabrina Riedl},

year  = {2014},

date = {2014-01-01},

journal = {Professional social work in East Africa: Towards Social Development, Poverty Reduction and Gender Equality. Kampala: Fountain Publishers},

pages = {315–332},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{luwangula2014psychosocial,

title = {Psychosocial problems among survivors and suggested interventions for coping with child sacrifice in Uganda},

author = {Ronald Luwangula and Paul Bukuluki and Justus Twesigye},

year  = {2014},

date = {2014-01-01},

journal = {International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences},

volume = {41},

pages = {66–77},

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pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{bukulukicultural,

title = {Cultural Dimensions of HIV/AIDS and Gender-Based Violence: A Case of Alur and Tieng Adhola Cultural Institutions in Uganda},

author = {Paul Bukuluki and Ronard Mukuye and Ronald Luwangula and Aloysious Nnyombi and Juliana Naumo Akoryo and Eunice Tumwebaze},

journal = {The Tensions Between Culture and Human Rights},

pages = {236},

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pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}