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Janet SEELEY
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The impact of COVID-19 and related public health response on vulnerable populations in Uganda
REFNo: SS455ES

This study aims to understand how the current COVID-19 impact as well as information and response affects the daily lives of these vulnerable groups and inform responses to the emerging needs.
In this qualitative study we will assess:
- Participants’ knowledge of COVID-19, and related public health response
- The impact of COVID-19, and related public health response on participants and their children’s, and community members day to day life (health, education, economic, social, psychological)
- Participants’ concerns about COVID-19, and related public health response
- Actions participants have taken in response to the information about and public health response to reduce the spread of COVID-19
- Recommendations for measures to reduce spread and help support/respond to participants concerns

UK 2020-06-17 2023-06-17 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Tom  Kakaire
ID:
Coping strategies of individuals from low income country organizations in collaborations with individuals from high income country organizations
REFNo: SS429ES

1) To identify individuals’ behavioral responses that result from specific conditions of structural inequality at various stages of workplace collaborations in which they participate
2) To identify generalisable patterns in the behavioural coping strategies of Low income Country (LIC) researchers, which are triggered by their experiences of structural inequality at specific stages of their collaborations with High Income Country (HIC) researchers
3) To develop a model that predicts behavioural patterns arising from a sequential order of conditions in unequal research collaborations by adapting an existing model from the acculturation literature
Uganda 2020-06-16 2023-06-16 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Mpimbaza Arthur Kagoya
ID:
Evaluating malaria case management at public health facilities in the Busoga sub-region, Uganda
REFNo: HS618ES

1.To evaluate the availability and readiness of public health facilities in providing malaria case management services to patients in the Busoga sub-region.
2.To evaluate the quality of malaria case management practices received by patients seeking care at public health facilities in the Busoga sub-region.
3.To assess health worker competencies in malaria case management standards at public health facilities in the Busoga sub-region
To explore provider and user perspectives of the state of quality of services and opportunities for improving service delivery
Uganda 2020-06-16 2023-06-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Semitala Fred
ID: UNCST-2020-R014202
TB Screening Improves Preventive Therapy Uptake (TB SCRIPT study)
REFNo: HS628ES

The overall objective of this application is to evaluate the impact of a potentially more effective and cost-effective TB screening strategy, which is the next step required for successful uptake of TBPT.

Uganda 2020-06-16 2023-06-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Esther Buregyeya
ID: UNCST-2020-R014116
A Mobile Health Intervention with Transfer of Social Bundle Incentives to Increase Treatment Adherence in Tuberculosis Patients in Uganda
REFNo: HS656ES

1a: To identify perceptions, acceptability, perceived barriers and facilitators for the use of VDOT among TB patients, health providers and community DOT volunteer workers in Uganda.
1b: To adapt the VDOT platform to the local context using the information from the qualitative interviews and create the DOT Selfie intervention with automated social bundle incentives to reward adherence
2: To conduct a pilot randomized trial to compare treatment adherence between patients using DOT Selfie and in-person DOT

Uganda 2020-06-16 2023-06-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
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