Indigenous Ancestral Spirit Possession Attribution and Antipsychotic Adherence in Ugandan Baganda Households: A Vignette-Based Discrete Choice Estimation of Family Accommodation and Medication Persistence
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) October 22, 2026 Namukasa Nalwoga Kirabo, Kizza Mbalire Ssentongo, Nabirye Namutebi Kigozi preprint
Antipsychotic non-adherence in Ugandan Baganda households is frequently attributed to ancestral spirit possession, yet the behavioural pathway linking possession attribution to medication persistence remains unmodelled. The framework specifies how possession attribution shifts the marginal utility of biomedical treatment relative to ritual accommodation, and derives testable propositions about...