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Edith Wakida K
ID: UNCST-2019-R001225
Feasibility of a culturally tailored implementation strategy: WHO Lay Health Worker Dementia Care with Internal Facilitation from Health Assistants as supervisors
REFNo: HS5150ES

2. Evaluate the feasibility of an implementation strategy consisting of WHO Lay Health Worker Dementia Care with Internal Facilitation (WLDC+IF),1. Co-design an implementation strategy guide for the WHO Lay Health Worker Dementia Care, with Internal Facilitation (WLDC+IF) ,To develop and evaluate the feasibility of a culturally tailored implementation strategy consisting of the WHO dementia toolkit by indigenous village-based LHWs to provide dementia care at village level supported by internal facilitation (implementation support, process improvement and practice sustainment) from indigenous HAs as supervisors: the “WHO Lay Health Worker Dementia Care, with Internal Facilitation (WLDC+IF)”.,
Uganda 2024-10-23 17:37:07 2027-10-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Christine Nalwadda Kayemba
ID: UNCST-2020-R014220
Health Education on Heart Failure in Uganda: A study on effective interventions for early diagnosis and disease prevention
REFNo: HS4323ES

How can stronger levels of trust be developed between the Medly program and local communities; and what policies would be most effective for increasing clinical access in Uganda to improve the identification of people at risk of heart failure? ,To identify resources that could be utilized to promote heart health education for health workers and community members, support heart failure prevention efforts, and increase screening of people at risk in their local communities early on,Toidentify interventions (e.g., clinical, technological, community-led) would be most effective in improving the early diagnosis of cardiovascular disease and the prevention of heart failure in Uganda,To determine factors that contribute to CVD risk at the individual, family and community level ,The objective of this project is to generate new and actionable knowledge focused on strengthening the uptake of Medly Uganda by heart failure patients through a mixed-methods research approach among Ugandan communities,
Uganda 2024-10-23 17:35:52 2027-10-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Esther Nanfuka Kalule
ID:
MID-TERM (2022) AND FINAL/EX-POST (2023) EVALUATION OF THE GAME CONNECT PROGRAMME
REFNo: SS2703ES

To learn on an ongoing basis so as to improve the design and implementation of Game Connect, as well as other ongoing (and future) ORF-funded sport for protection programmes in Uganda and beyond.

To build the evidence base on specific areas of the intervention, and to increase knowledge and understanding of the outcomes and impacts for the participants.
Uganda 2024-10-23 17:34:41 2027-10-23 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Elisa  Macchi
ID: UNCST-2023-R004097
Gains: Perceptions of Misaligned Incentives in Health:
REFNo: SS2729ES

To understand the correlation between BMI, and wealth/earnings.
Italy 2024-10-23 17:32:50 2027-10-23 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Stephen Agonzibwa
ID: UNCST-2024-R004214
Resource Mobilization Modalities And Their Influence On The Viability Of Academic Programs In Private Universities In Fort Portal City
REFNo: HS4561ES

3. Examine the efficiency of current resource allocation practices and their contribution to sustainability in Fort Portal City\'s Private Universities.,2. To investigate the effectiveness of partnerships and collaborations in mobilizing resources on the viability of academic programs in private universities in Fort Portal City.,1. Evaluate how private universities in Fort Portal City engage with various stakeholders to mobilize resources for the viability of their academic programs,The general objective of this study is to systematically investigate the effectiveness of existing financial resource mobilization approaches and their direct influence on the viability of academic programs in Uganda.,
Uganda 2024-10-23 17:31:44 2027-10-23 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Ouma Simple
ID: UNCST-2021-R012820
AJOLI: Developing culturally-sensitive understanding of autism and community needs in Uganda
REFNo: HS4564ES

1. Work with stakeholders in three representative districts in Northern Uganda (Gulu city, Amuru and Pader) to develop culturally sensitive understandings of autism and community needs using a qualitative methodology.
2. Use participatory methods, to develop accessible resources to explain about autism and address sociocultural misconceptions.
3. Map likely autism prevalence among communities using a brief, low-cost, culturally-sensitive autism screener across three sites
to increase policy justification at a regional level for wider autism support.
Uganda 2024-10-23 17:30:07 2027-10-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Douglas Serwada
ID: UNCST-2024-R003939
Assessing The Influence of Climate Change on Sexual Reproductive Health Outcomes for Young People in Jinja and Mayuge districts-MAKSHSREC-2024-718
REFNo: SS3155ES

To investigate the psychosocial stressors related to climate change and their effects on young people SRH outcomes in Jinja and Mayuge districts.,To explore the relationship between resource scarcity and SRH outcomes among young people in Jinja and Mayuge districts.,To assess the impact of extreme weather events on the availability and accessibility of SRH services for young people in Jinja and Mayuge districts within the last 4-year period.,• To investigate the influence of climate change on the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of young people in Mayuge and Jinja districts.,
Uganda 2024-10-23 17:26:31 2027-10-23 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Cissy  Kityo
ID: UNCST-2021-R013663
Tuberculosis case finding at the completion of the Ubuntu clinical trial: a substudy to CoVPN 3008 (Ubuntu
REFNo: HS4739ES

Primary Objective 1: Identify participants with previously undiagnosed
tuberculosis (TB) disease, including subclinical TB.
Primary Objective 2: Identify demographic and other participant characteristics
that are associated with the diagnosis of TB, including subclinical TB.
Primary Objective 3: Investigate peripheral blood biomarkers associated with
diagnosis of TB, including subclinical TB.
Primary Objective 4: Follow participants with confirmed TB for six months and
identify those that remain microbiologically positive for TB.

Uganda 2024-10-23 17:24:22 2027-10-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Joseph Rujumba Rujumba
ID: UNCST-2022-R011160
Delivery strategies for post-discharge malaria chemoprevention (PDMC) in children with severe anaemia in African children: Formative research in Benin, Kenya, Malawi and Uganda
REFNo: HS4895ES

3. To develop user-friendly Job Aids for healthcare providers and IEC materials for health workers, CHWs and caregivers to promote effective service delivery and uptake.,2. To develop optimal packaging and information leaflets for PDMC drugs to optimise adherence by caregivers,1. To use the findings to finalise the design of the implementation trial to be conducted in two countries that will evaluate at least two of the preferred delivery strategies for PDMC most likely to optimise adherence. ,1. To explore the perceptions of national malaria programme managers, healthcare providers, community health workers and caregivers of hospitalised children in Benin, Kenya, Malawi and Uganda on PDMC and considerations for implementation in different contexts and assess preferences for choice of drug, drug regimen, and preferred delivery strategies for PDMC drugs taken in the home.,
Uganda 2024-10-23 17:22:44 2027-10-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Gabriel Iguma
ID: UNCST-2024-R003801
The Role of Sustainable Livelihoods in Enhancing Sexual and Reproductive Health Resilience to Climate Change Among Young People in Mayuge and Jinja Districts.-MAKSHSREC-2024-721
REFNo: SS3158ES

To investigate the role of sustainable livelihoods in enhancing the resilience of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) to climate change in Mayuge and Jinja districts.To assess the impact of sustainable livelihood practices on the availability and accessibility of SRH services in the context of climate change.To explore the relationship between improved livelihoods and SRH outcomes among young people in climate-affected areas.To identify and document community-based strategies that leverage sustainable livelihoods to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change on SRH.
Uganda 2024-10-23 17:20:45 2027-10-23 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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