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Denis Muhangi
ID: UNCST-2020-R014258
 Social – Behavioral / Anthropological Study on COVID-19 in Uganda
REFNo: SS700ES

The overall objective of this anthropological study is to generate evidence-based insights on why people behave the way they do in response to COVID-19 and the recommended preventive measures; and to provide recommendations on potential approaches that are culturally and socially acceptable that can be applied to improve compliance and enhance adoption of sustainable behavior change across different groups and the general public in Uganda.

The specific Objectives are:

To assess the extent and how different sections of the population adhere to / comply with the set of desired behaviors / practices as recommended by Government.

To establish trends in behaviour change since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis.

To establish why people behave the way they do, taking into account the different target groups (individual or group), differences in culture and the immediate context (social economic and structural factors).

To assess the changing community dynamics and the effect of the COVID-19 measures on individual and communal norms that have a bearing on COVID-19 transmission such as - mass gatherings in school set-ups, religious, social and cultural congregations e.g., entertainment, weddings and burial practices.

To establish what each target group thinks would be the prerequisites to protect themselves from COVID-19.

To identify potential culturally and socially acceptable approaches/solutions to health problems which can be applied to improve compliance and enhance adoption of sustainable behavior change - across different groups.
 Uganda 2021-01-25 2024-01-25 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Innocent Besigye Kabahena
ID: UNCST-2019-R001025
 Evaluating the use of the primary care assessment tool to improve primary care performance in Tororo District, Uganda
REFNo: HS1174ES

1. To adapt and validate the patients'. managers' and health care providers' primary care assessment tools.
2. To measure primary care performance using adapted and validated PCAT tools.
3. To evaluate the implementation of the designed intervention to improve primary care performance.
 Uganda 2021-01-25 2024-01-25 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Eddy Walakira Joshua
ID: UNCST-2022-R009077
 Uganda Commercial Sex Exploitation of Children
REFNo: SS724ES

1) Estimate the prevalence of children at of, and engaged in commercial sex exploitation in Karamoja

2) Estimate the proportion of children in Kampala involved in commercial sex exploitation

3) Measure Knowledge, attitudes and practices around CSEC in Karamoja
 Uganda 2021-01-25 2024-01-25 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Evelyn Avalos
ID:
The impact of protracted refugee displacement and disrupted intergenerational relations on the secure and healthy futures of older people in Uganda
REFNo: SS462ES

-To identify later-life forcibly displaced survival strategies/sustainable livelihoods in a context of family separation
- To understand who covers the needs of aged refugees and to what extent they are covered. Specifically when family relationships and State's social security are disrupted
- To explain the role of place in shaping lives and ageing experiences of aged refugees
-To discover how later-life identities and attachments could be shaped at different social and spatial scales
 El Salvador 2021-01-22 2024-01-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Sona Shah
ID:
Adoption of a wireless vital sign monitor for observation of COVID-19 patients
REFNo: HS733ES

1. To evaluate the feasibility of a wireless vital sign monitor for use on critical patients in COVID-19 treatment facilities
2. To assess the accuracy of a wireless vital sign monitor (neoGuard) on adult patients
 USA 2021-01-22 2024-01-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
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