Profile Details

Create Project

★★★★★

☆☆☆☆☆

USD 30 /hr

★★★★★

☆☆☆☆☆

Hire Dr. Desire N.

Uganda

USD 30 /hr

Freelance science writer | Expert in Rasch Analysis | Quantitative data analyst | Grant Proposal consultant

Profile Summary

I am a driven public health nutritionist with a keen interest in implementation research. I believe that for scientific research to be relevant, we must disseminate it to the appropriate stakeholders. Only then can we be able to design evidence-based solutions to the public health challenges that communities and individuals face. Over the course of my career, I have been engaged in conducting scientific research, analyzing research findings and sharing these through conferences and articles in peer-reviewed journals. As a freelance scientific writer and editor, i bring initiative and attention to detail to each task that i undertake. My core skills are research, scientific editing, development of psychometric assessment tools and research and development.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Nutrition Science
• ★ Literacy Education
• ☆ Health Data Analysis
• ☆ Child & Adolescent Psychology
• ☆ Health Policy
• ☆ Media Literacy
• ☆ Women's Health
• ☆ Public Health
• ☆ Research
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing

Research Market Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Work Experience

Lead Consultant

UTMERKE Solutions for Research in Health and Education

October 2019 - Present

Education

PhD Health Sciences

Oslo Metropolitan University

August 2015 - Present

PhD Health Sciences (Department of Nursing and Health Promotion. The Public Health Nutrition Studies)

Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus

August 2015 - Present

MSc Public Health Nutrition (Department of Nursing and Health Promotion. The Public Health Nutrition Studies)

Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus

August 2012 - June 2014

MSc Public Health Nutrition

Oslo Metropolitan University

August 2012 - June 2014

BSc Human Nutrition and Dietetics (Human Nutrition )

Kyambogo University

January 2007 - August 2010

BSc Human Nutrition & Dietetics

Kyambogo University

August 2007 - June 2010

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

CONFERENCE ABSTRACT

(2016). Validating the Norwegian short version of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q16) in 10th grade students. A latent trait analysis using multidimensional Rasch modelling. International Health Forum 2016.

(2016). Validating the Norwegian short version of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q16) in 10th grade students. A latent trait analysis using multidimensional Rasch modelling. International Health Forum 2016.

CONFERENCE POSTER

(2015). Measuring maternal health literacy of adolescents in Uganda. The 3rd European Health Literacy Conference.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Naigaga, M. D., Guttersrud, Ø., & Pettersen, K. S. (2015). Measuring maternal health literacy in adolescents attending antenatal care in a developing country–the impact of selected demographic characteristics. Journal of clinical nursing, 24(17-18), 2402-2409 .

Guttersrud, Ø., Naigaga, M. D. A. S., & Pettersen, K. S. (2015). Measuring Maternal Health Literacy in Adolescents Attending Antenatal Care in Uganda: Exploring the Dimensionality of the Health Literacy Concept Studying a Composite Scale. Journal of nursing measurement, 23(2), 50E-66E .