Peter Kisaakye, PhD

• International Union for Scientific Study on Population (IUSSP)

Under graduate

• • • Population Dynamics
    • Research Methods
    • Urbanisation and Rural Development

Post graduate

• • • Basic Statistics for Population Scientists
    • Advocacy for Reproductive Health
    • Research Methods

Journal Articles

1. Deignan, C, A Odiachi, P Kisaakye, NIE Woks, D Amongin, E Spindler, et al. 2025. Capturing the Dynamic Nature of Choice: Qualitative Perspectives on Contraceptive Acceptability from Cameroon and Kenya, Studies in Family Planning n/a(n/a). doi: http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/sifp.70030.
2. Palattiyil, G, H Mwenyango, D Sidhva, P Kisaakye, H Nair, and P Bukuluki. 2025. A qualitative study on sexual and reproductive health needs and risks of adolescents in Bidibidi refugee settlement, Uganda, Global Social Challenges Journal: 1-23. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/27523349y2025d000000042
3. McDougal, L, C Deignan, P Kisaakye, C McLarnon, R Lundgren, S Pryor, et al. 2024. Using the 5C Vaccine Hesitancy Framework to Elucidate and Measure Contraceptive Acceptability in sub-Saharan Africa, Global Health: Science and Practice. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-24-00210
4. Appeli, S, SK Omala, P Kisaakye, and J Izudi. 2024. Modeling hypertension risk factors: continuous versus binary blood pressure scales, J Glob Health Sci 6. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.35500/jghs.2024.6.e4
5. Jovanović, V, M Rudnev, M Abdelrahman, NBy Abdul Kadir, DF Adebayo, P Akaliyski, et al. 2023. The Coronavirus Anxiety Scale: Cross-national measurement invariance and convergent validity evidence, Psychological Assessment: No Pagination Specified-No Pagination Specified. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pas0001270
6. Kisaakye, P, P Bukuluki, SP Wandiembe, V Kiwujja, C Kajungu, W Mugwanya, et al. 2023. How Self-Efficacy and Agency Influence Risky Sexual Behavior among Adolescents in Northern Uganda, Adolescents 3(3): 404-415. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/adolescents3030028
7. Kisaakye, P, A Kafuko, and PMW Bukuluki. 2023. Lifetime violence and suicide ideation among young women (18-24 years) in Uganda: Results from a population-based survey, Frontiers in Global Women’s Health 4: 49. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2023.1063846
8. Kyei-Arthur, F, MW Agyekum, GF Afrifa-Anane, RT Larbi, and P Kisaakye. 2023. Perceptions about COVID-19 preventive measures among Ghanaian women, PLOS ONE 18(4): e0284362. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284362
9. Ndugga, P, B Kwagala, SO Wandera, P Kisaakye, MK Mbonye, and F Ngabirano. 2023. “If your mother does not teach you, the world will…”: a qualitative study of parent-adolescent communication on sexual and reproductive health issues in Border districts of eastern Uganda, BMC Public Health 23(1): 678. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15562-6
10. Bukuluki, P, SP Wandiembe, P Kisaakye, V Kiwujja, C Kajungu, W Mugwanya, et al. 2023. The sexual behavior of young people living with a disability: Findings from the KAP study in Northern Uganda, Frontiers in Reproductive Health 5. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frph.2023.1065437
11. Kisaakye, P, P Bukuluki, A Nabulya, B Nakijoba, R Kasirye, and R Mutaawe. 2023. Substance use and watching pornography are drivers of transactional sex: evidence from young women receiving care from Uganda Youth Development Link, Journal of Substance Use: 1-7. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2023.2183907
12. Bukuluki, PMW, P Kisaakye, SP Wandiembe, V Kiwujja, C Kajungu, W Mugwanya, et al. 2023. Utilization of sexual and reproductive health services among young people in refugee settings in Uganda, Frontiers in Reproductive Health 5. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frph.2023.1077761
13. Bukuluki, P, P Kisaakye, SP Wandiembe, G Bulenzi-Gulere, B Mulindwa, D Bazira, et al. 2023. Access to information on gender-based violence prevention during COVID-19 lockdown in Uganda: a cross-sectional study, eClinicalMedicine 57: 101846. doi: http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.101846
14. Bukuluki, P, P Kisaakye, G Bulenzi-Gulere, B Mulindwa, D Bazira, E Letiyo, et al. 2023. Vulnerability to violence against women or girls during COVID-19 in Uganda, BMC Public Health 23(1): 23. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14951-7
15. Kisaakye, P, P Ndugga, E Kwagala, M Kayitale Mbonye, F Ngabirano, and S Ojiambo Wandera. 2022. Parent–child communication on sexual and reproductive health in border districts of Eastern Uganda, Sex Education: 1-13. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2022.2135500
16. Bukuluki, P, P Kisaakye, F Mulekya, J Mushomi, C Mayora, G Palattiyil, et al. 2022. Disruption in accessing sexual and reproductive health services among border populations during COVID-19 lockdown in Uganda, J Glob Health 12: 04065. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.7189/jogh.12.04065
17. Palattiyil, G, P Kisaakye, H Mwenyango, S Katongole, F Mulekya, D Sidhva, et al. 2022. Access to HIV/AIDS or TB care among refugees in Kampala, Uganda: exploring the enablers and barriers during the COVID-19 pandemic, Journal of Migration and Health 5: 100098. doi: http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.2022.100098
18. Kisaakye, P, P Bukuluki, and KJ Matovu. 2022. COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among refugees in Bidibidi refugee settlement, Northern Uganda, Journal of Global Health Reports 6(e2022013). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.29392/001c.33053
19. Sempewo, JI, P Kisaakye, J Mushomi, MD Tumutungire, and R Ekyalimpa. 2021. Assessing willingness to pay for water during the COVID-19 crisis in Ugandan households, Social Sciences & Humanities Open 4(1): 100230. doi: http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2021.100230
20. Bukuluki, PM and P Kisaakye. 2021. The Decision to Wear a Face Mask as a Protective Behavioral Measure Against COVID-19: Survey Results From Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area, Uganda, Frontiers in Public Health 9(1501). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.675734
21. Bukuluki, P, P Kisaakye, SP Wandiembe, and S Besigwa. 2021. Suicide ideation and psychosocial distress among refugee adolescents in Bidibidi settlement in West Nile, Uganda, Discover Psychology 1(1): 3. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s44202-021-00003-5
22. Bukuluki, P, P Kisaakye, M Houinato, A Ndieli, E Letiyo, and D Bazira. 2021. Social norms, attitudes and access to modern contraception for adolescent girls in six districts in Uganda, BMC Health Services Research 21(1): 1040. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-07060-5
23. Bukuluki, P, P Kisaakye, SP Wandiembe, T Musuya, E Letiyo, and D Bazira. 2021. An examination of physical violence against women and its justification in development settings in Uganda, PLOS ONE 16(9): e0255281. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255281
24. Sempewo, JI, J Mushomi, MD Tumutungire, R Ekyalimpa, and P Kisaakye. 2021. The impact of COVID-19 on households’ water use in Uganda, Water Supply 21(5): 2489-2504. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/ws.2021.044
25. Bukuluki, P, P Kisaakye, B Etti, M Ocircan, and R-R Bev. 2021. Tolerance of Violence against Women and the Risk of Psychosocial Distress in Humanitarian Settings in Northern Uganda, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18(15). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18158103
26. Bukuluki, P, S Wandiembe, P Kisaakye, S Besigwa, and R Kasirye. 2021. Suicidal Ideations and Attempts Among Adolescents in Kampala Urban Settlements in Uganda: A Case Study of Adolescents Receiving Care From the Uganda Youth Development Link, Frontiers in Sociology 6(58). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.646854
27. Bukuluki, P, P Kisaakye, H Mwenyango, and G Palattiyil. 2021. Adolescent sexual behaviour in a refugee setting in Uganda, Reproductive health 18(1): 131. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01181-0
28. Kisaakye, P, A Nzabona, C Kakuba, JB Asiimwe, J Mushomi, R Tuyiragize, et al. 2021. Youth migration and perception on business start-up in Uganda, Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40497-021-00287-w
29. Nzabona, A, R Tuyiragize, JB Asiimwe, C Kakuba, and P Kisaakye. 2021. Urban Household Energy Use: Analyzing Correlates of Charcoal and Firewood Consumption in Kampala City, Uganda, Journal of Environmental and Public Health 2021: 5904201. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5904201
30. Wandera, SO, NM Tumwesigye, EJ Walakira, P Kisaakye, and J Wagman. 2021. Alcohol use, intimate partner violence, and HIV sexual risk behavior among young people in fishing communities of Lake Victoria, Uganda, BMC Public Health 21(1): 544. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10595-1

31. Kisaakye, P, P Ndagurwa, and J Mushomi. 2020. An assessment of availability of handwashing facilities in households from four East African countries, Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 11(1): 75-90. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2020.129.

Book Chapters

1. Bukuluki, P and P Kisaakye. 2022. Face Mask Wearing in Kampala, Uganda, in MCS Gonçalves, R Gutwald, T Kleibl, R Lutz, N Noyoo, and J Twikirize (eds), The Coronavirus Crisis and Challenges to Social Development. Switzerland: Springer.

2. Wandera, SO, R Naitala, P Kisaakye, and B Kwagala. 2019. Correlates of Self-reported Sexually Transmitted Infections among Older Persons in Rural Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Survey, in G Rutaremwa (ed.) Uganda and its Demography: Dynamics and Implications for Development (A Book to Commemorate the 8th African Population Conference in Uganda, 2019).

• Evangilistar Nyiramahoro
• John Willy Mandela
• Said Appeli
• Patrick Semyalo
• Lydia Nakitende Mukiibi

• 2024: Vice Chancellor Research Excellence Award
• 2023: Vice Chancellor Research Excellence Award

1. Larson, E, P Kisaakye, C Makia, H Mohamadou, C McLarnon, S Pryor, et al. 2025. Validation of a New Contraceptive Acceptability Measure in Cameroon and Kenya. Paper presented at The International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) Bogota, Columbia 3-6 November 2025.
2. Kisaakye, P, S Kung, F Obare, C Rich, G Odwe, B Wandera, et al. 2025. Post-abortion family planning among women in refugee settings in Uganda. Paper presented at The International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) Bogota, Columbia 3-6 November 2025.
3. Kisaakye, P, F Obare, G Odwe, Y Wado, G Seruwagi, Y Dessie, et al. 2025. Insights from the Uganda Humanitarian Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (HVACS). Paper presented at the National Symposium on Ending Violence Against Children Kampala, Uganda 2 September 2025.
4. Kisaakye, P, S Muthuri, G Odwe, CW Kabiru, D Habteyesus, Y Dessie, et al. 2025. Associations between Endorsement of Inequitable Gender Norms, Justification of Intimate Partner Violence and Violence Victimisation and Perpetration in Childhood in Uganda’s Refugee Settlements, in International Union for the Scientific Study of Population Brisbane, Australia 13-19 July 2025.
5. Kisaakye, P, S Muthuri, G Odwe, C Kabiru, D Habteyesus, Y Dessie, et al. 2024. Magnitude of childhood sexual violence (SV) in refugee settlements among females and males ages 13-24 years in Uganda: Implications for programming, in Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) Forum Cape Town, South Africa 21-25 October 2024.
6. Kisaakye, P, G Odwe, F Obare, S Muthuri, G Seruwagi, Y Wado, et al. 2023. Experience of sexual violence among boys in refugee settings in Uganda: Implications for programming Paper presented at the Symposium on Male Child and Adolescent Survivors of Gender-Based Violence (GBV). 26 September 2023.
7. Kisaakye, P and OS Wandera. 2023. HIV Knowledge, Attitudes and Stigma Among Sexually Active Older Persons in Uganda, in Ageing and Health of Older Persons in Sub-Saharan Africa. Entebbe, Uganda.
8. Kisaakye, P and P Bukuluki. 2021. What determines face mask wearing against COVID-19 in humanitarian settings: Findings from Bidibidi refugee settlement in Yumbe district, Uganda, in Pan African Scientific Research Council. New Jersey, USA, 18th-19th August 2021.
9. Bukuluki, P, P Kisaakye, M Houinato, A Ndieli, E Letiyo, and D Bazira. 2021. Social norms, attitudes and access to modern contraception for adolescent girls in six districts in Uganda, in Eastern Africa Social and Gender Norms Learning Collaborative Kampala, Uganda 28th-29th July 2021.
10. Bukuluki, P, P Kisaakye, H Mwenyango, and G Palattiyil. 2021. Adolescent’s sexual behaviour in a refugee setting in Uganda, in International Consortium for Social Development. Johannesburg, South Africa 13th-16th July 2021.
11. Kisaakye, P, P Ndagurwa, FX Gómez-Olivé, K Kahn, S Tollman, and C Kabudula. 2021. Long-Term Effects of Teenage Birth on Education: Longitudinal Analysis of a Rural Population From Agincourt, South Africa in Population Association of America (PAA). Virtual/ St Louis, 5th-8th May 2021.
12. Wandera, S. O., Naitala, R., Kisaakye, P., & Kwagala, B. (2019). Correlates of self-reported sexually transmitted Infections among older persons in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional survey. Paper presented at the Union of African Population Studies (UAPS) Conference, Entebbe, Uganda, 18th-22nd November 2019.
13. Kisaakye, P and AT Moultrie. (2018). Quality in provision and use of modern contraception: the utility of information exchange in five East African countries. Paper presented at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP). Kigali, Rwanda, 12th-15th November.
14. Kisaakye, P and AT Moultrie. (2017). Contraceptive (dis)continuation: examining the switching status among the users of the injectable in five East African countries Paper presented at the Population Association of Southern Africa (PASA). Pretoria, South Africa, 12th-14th July.
15. Kisaakye, P and AT Moultrie. (2015). An analysis of calendar data: examining contraceptive use dynamics in Uganda. Paper presented at the Union of African Population Studies (UAPS) Conference. Pretoria, South Africa, 30th November-4th December.
16. Kisaakye, P, KJ Anarfi, and OS Kwankye. (2014). Does women’s autonomy matter in determining unmet need for contraception among married women in Uganda? Results from UDHS, 2011. Paper presented at the Population Association of Southern Africa (PASA). Mafikeng, South Africa, 1st -2nd October.
17. Kisaakye, P, KJ Anarfi, and OS Kwankye. (2013). Determinants of unmet need for contraception to space and limit births among various groups of currently married women in Uganda. Paper presented at the International Interdisciplinary Conference. Azores, Portugal, 24th-25th April.
18. Kisaakye, P and ANS Codjoe. (2013). Educational attainment and domestic violence in Uganda. Paper presented at the Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA). New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 11th-13th April.

• Fellow of the Pan-African Scientific Research Council
• Departmental Ambassador of Makerere University Retirement Benefits Scheme