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TUKAMUHABWA EVARISTO
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Curriculum innovation, school environment and physics teacher effectiveness. The case of the SESEMAT program in Kabale Municipality, Uganda
REFNo: SS837ES

1. To establish the relationship between curriculum innovation and teacher effectiveness.
2. To find out the relationship between school environment and teacher effectiveness.
3. To establish whether school environment has a moderating effect on the relationship between curriculum innovation and teacher effectiveness.

Uganda 2021-08-02 2024-08-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Eddy Walakira Joshua
ID: UNCST-2022-R009077
Uganda Overseas Labor Recruitment—Forced Labor Prevalence Study
REFNo: SS940ES

Specific objectives
In specific terms, the study will generate data that establishes the:

a) Prevalence of forced labour and labour exploitation among overseas (middle east) labour returnees to Uganda

b) Characteristics of overseas labor, including hours worked, renumeration, freedom of movement, and recruitment among others

c) Determining the profiles of the different segments in the subpopulations among labour migrants
Uganda 2021-08-02 2024-08-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Daniella CHUSYD Elyse
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Anthropogenic related stress on reproduction in African forest elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclostis)
REFNo: NS137ES

(i) To determine how human activity influences elephant stress and reproduction.

(ii) To assess Elephants’ allostatic load (measure of the wear and tear on the body) in relation to proximity to humans.

(iii) To determine Elephants’ reproductive cycling status (is the elephant cycling or not) in relation to the elephant’s allostatic load.

USA 2021-07-30 2024-07-30 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Joeri Smits Smits
ID: UNCST-2021-R013841
Reducing comparison frictions in the Ugandan credit market
REFNo: SS733ES

• To evaluate the source of comparison frictions for borrowers in the Ugandan credit market: cognitive cost of calculating the total cost of credit versus a lack of information on cost (components).
• To elicit valuations (Willingness-To-Pay (WTP))
• To evaluate the effectiveness of three types of interventions in terms of the extent to which they can help (potential) borrowers’ access cheaper and/or larger loans:
- Price aggregator tool, requiring the user to collect the pricing data him/herself
- Information provision, in the form of a table showing the potential borrower the interest rate, its calculation method, and the various fees and charges associated with a comparable loan from different institutions.
- A price aggregator that at once provides the Total Cost of Credit for a comparable loan across institutions.
Netherlands 2021-07-30 2024-07-30 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
David Obot Obot
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Uptake of Public Health Practices for Prevention of COVID-19 among Refugees, Pastoralist Communities, Truck Drivers and Slum Dwellers in Uganda
REFNo: SS838ES

1) Establish how culture, information, attitudes and practices unique to targeted communities influence the risk of COVID-19 transmission.
2) Promote culturally sensitive radio and mobile phone communication to enhance awareness of the COVID-19 prevention; specifically, the relevance and the importance of community engagement and local solutions.


3) Examine the role of trust in health organization with the aim to build local community capacity to respond to pandemics, and to gather local evidence that can inform health policy and humanitarian response.

Uganda 2021-07-30 2024-07-30 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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