Catherine Abbo

1.7k total citations
53 papers, 976 citations indexed

About

Catherine Abbo is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Infectious Diseases and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Catherine Abbo has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 976 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Clinical Psychology, 13 papers in Infectious Diseases and 13 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Catherine Abbo's work include Mental Health Treatment and Access (12 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (10 papers) and Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment (7 papers). Catherine Abbo is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health Treatment and Access (12 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (10 papers) and Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment (7 papers). Catherine Abbo collaborates with scholars based in Uganda, United States and United Kingdom. Catherine Abbo's co-authors include Seggane Musisi, Elialilia S. Okello, Jonathan Levin, Eugene Kinyanda, Richard Idro, Ruth Kizza, Solvig Ekblad, Paul Waako, Bernard Opar and Sheila Ndyanabangi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nutrients and BMC Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Catherine Abbo

47 papers receiving 953 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Catherine Abbo Uganda	20	357	255	216	201	181	53	976
Emilio Ovuga Uganda	22	567 1.6×	289 1.1×	155 0.7×	82 0.4×	361 2.0×	50	1.3k
Byamah Brian Mutamba Uganda	12	427 1.2×	365 1.4×	74 0.3×	91 0.5×	245 1.4×	24	798
Seyed Abbas Bagheri Yazdi Iran	14	570 1.6×	281 1.1×	91 0.4×	98 0.5×	275 1.5×	58	1.1k
Zachary Silver United States	12	715 2.0×	146 0.6×	112 0.5×	79 0.4×	135 0.7×	18	1.2k
Theresa E. Gildner United States	18	127 0.4×	147 0.6×	48 0.2×	64 0.3×	168 0.9×	53	1.2k
James Okello Uganda	18	470 1.3×	225 0.9×	171 0.8×	30 0.1×	189 1.0×	25	732
Kassahun Habtamu Ethiopia	12	165 0.5×	142 0.6×	35 0.2×	85 0.4×	108 0.6×	38	470
A. Fekadu Ethiopia	20	621 1.7×	568 2.2×	43 0.2×	495 2.5×	140 0.8×	36	1.2k
Jean Gilbert United States	15	395 1.1×	208 0.8×	44 0.2×	198 1.0×	154 0.9×	27	1.2k
Louise Jilek‐Aall Canada	20	92 0.3×	82 0.3×	325 1.5×	615 3.1×	63 0.3×	34	1.2k

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Dickson‐Gómez, Julia, et al.. (2025). Correlates of behavioral and emotional disorders among school-going adolescents in Uganda. PLOS Global Public Health. 5(6). e0003907–e0003907.

Anguzu, Ronald, Allen Kabagenyi, Simon Kasasa, et al.. (2025). Effect of intimate partner violence on depression severity among women in informal settlements of Uganda. BMC Psychology. 13(1). 1054–1054.

Munube, Deogratias, et al.. (2024). Prevalence and factors associated with opioid use disorder among adolescents with sickle cell disease in Mulago hospital, Uganda. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. 18(1). 94–94.

Giordani, Bruno, Alla Sikorskii, Catherine Abbo, et al.. (2023). Vitamin D and Probability of Developmental Disorders among Perinatally HIV-Affected and Unaffected Ugandan Children. Nutrients. 15(9). 2020–2020.

Abbo, Catherine, et al.. (2023). Victimization among adolescents of female sex workers: findings from the children of at-risk parents (CARP) study in Uganda. BMC Pediatrics. 23(1). 311–311. 1 indexed citations

Clarke‐Deelder, Emma, Slawa Rokicki, Mark E. McGovern, et al.. (2022). Levels of depression, anxiety, and psychological distress among Ugandan adults during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional evidence from a mobile phone-based population survey. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9. 274–284. 7 indexed citations

Stewart, Robert C., et al.. (2022). Views and experiences of traditional and Western medicine practitioners on potential collaboration in the care of people living with mental illness in Malawi. Malawi Medical Journal. 34(4). 231–238. 5 indexed citations

Tumwesigye, Nazarius Mbona, et al.. (2022). Factors associated with the uptake of long-acting reversible contraception among female sex workers in post-conflict Northern Uganda: a cross-sectional study. Reproductive Health. 19(1). 34–34. 8 indexed citations

Ndejjo, Rawlance, et al.. (2021). Client-perpetrated gender-based violence among female sex workers in conflict-affected Northern Uganda: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 11(9). e046894–e046894. 5 indexed citations

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Abbo, Catherine, et al.. (2020). Traditional and Complementary Medicine Use Among Adult Cancer Patients Undergoing Conventional Treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review on the Use, Safety and Risks. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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Salisbury, Tatiana Taylor, Jonathan Levin, Noeline Nakasujja, et al.. (2020). Substance use among HIV-infected adolescents in Uganda: rates and association with potential risks and outcome factors. AIDS Care. 33(2). 137–147. 8 indexed citations

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O’Neill, Sarah, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Catherine Abbo, et al.. (2019). Stigma and epilepsy in onchocerciasis-endemic regions in Africa: a review and recommendations from the onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy working group. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 8(1). 34–34. 30 indexed citations

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Idro, Richard, Catherine Abbo, Mark Kaddumukasa, et al.. (2018). Prevalence and factors associated with sleep disorders among children with cerebral palsy in Uganda; a cross-sectional study. BMC Pediatrics. 18(1). 26–26. 26 indexed citations

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Idro, Richard, Bernard Opar, Joseph Francis Wamala, et al.. (2016). Is nodding syndrome an Onchocerca volvulus-induced neuroinflammatory disorder? Uganda's story of research in understanding the disease. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 45. 112–117. 46 indexed citations

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Abbo, Catherine, Elialilia S. Okello, Wilson Winstons Muhwezi, Grace Akello, & Emilio Ovuga. (2016). Alcohol, Substance Use and Psychosocial Competence of Adolescents in Selected Secondary Schools in Uganda: A Cross Sectional Survey. International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal. 7(2). 1–14. 29 indexed citations

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Idro, Richard, Hanifa Namusoke, Catherine Abbo, et al.. (2014). Patients with nodding syndrome in Uganda improve with symptomatic treatment: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 4(11). e006476–e006476. 44 indexed citations

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Abbo, Catherine, et al.. (2013). Effect of brief training on reliability and applicability of Global Assessment of functioning scale by Psychiatric clinical officers in Uganda. African Health Sciences. 13(1). 78–81. 5 indexed citations

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Kinyanda, Eugene, Ruth Kizza, Catherine Abbo, Sheila Ndyanabangi, & Jonathan Levin. (2013). Prevalence and risk factors of depression in childhood and adolescence as seen in 4 districts of north-eastern Uganda. BMC International Health and Human Rights. 13(1). 19–19. 50 indexed citations

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Abbo, Catherine, Elialilia S. Okello, Seggane Musisi, Paul Waako, & Solvig Ekblad. (2012). Naturalistic outcome of treatment of psychosis by traditional healers in Jinja and Iganga districts, Eastern Uganda – a 3- and 6 months follow up. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. 6(1). 13–13. 22 indexed citations

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Abbo, Catherine, Solvig Ekblad, Paul Waako, et al.. (2008). Psychological distress and associated factors among the attendees of traditional healing practices in Jinja and Iganga districts, Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. 2(1). 16–16. 45 indexed citations

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