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marie nanyanzi
ID: UNCST-2019-R001553
 Sauti Za Wananchi (Voices of citizens) Baseline Survey Panel II
REFNo: SS887ES

o Gather opinions from the citizens on the key services they receive especially
 Establish citizen access to safe water;
 Establish citizen access and usage of health services;
 Establish the citizens attitudes and practices on issues related to COVID-19
 Find out level of participation/involvement/interaction in development and public activities /institutions;
 Find out access and usage of financial services amongst citizens;
 Find out how; what and when citizen access different type of information including government and development information.
 Establish the knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAPs) of citizens on different policies; laws and regulations etc

 Uganda 2021-07-05 2024-07-05 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Amos Kijjambu
ID:
EVALUATION OF THE BARRIERS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND VACCINE HESITANCY FOR CHILDHOOD IMMUNISATIONS IN URBAN AREAS; A CASE STUDY OF NANSANA MUNICIPALITY, UGANDA.
REFNo: HS1507ES

General Objective
• To assess the barriers, opportunities, and vaccines hesitancy for childhood immunizations in urban areas to design relevant interventions to improve immunization coverage and improve the health outcomes of children.
Specific Objectives
• To establish the immunization coverage rates in Nansana municipality for children aged under two years.

• To identify factors (parents/guardians-child, health system factors) associated with uptake of immunization for preventable childhood illnesses in Nansana Municipality, Uganda.

• To establish the prevalence of vaccine hesitancy among parents/guardians of children aged <24 months in Nansana Municipality.
• To identify the determinants of vaccine hesitancy among the parents/guardians of children aged < 24 months in Nansana Municipality.

Uganda 2021-07-05 2024-07-05 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Nathan Kenya-Mugisha
ID: UNCST-2021-R013752
 Exploring Understanding and Acceptability for Participation in Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trials and Delayed Consent Involving Sepsis Patients in Uganda (REVISTA-QUAL)
REFNo: SS913ES

General objective
The overarching goal of this study is to explore patients’, clinical providers’ and caregivers’ understanding of placebo controls, delayed consent and overall acceptability of participation in RCTs involving sepsis patients in a representative Ugandan RRH.
4.3 Specific objectives
1. To describe the patients’, clinical providers’ and caregivers’ understanding of RCTs and the informed consent processes in a representative Ugandan RRH
2. To explore the patients’, clinical providers’ and caregivers’ acceptability of participation in RCTs, including being randomized to a placebo arm and alternative approaches to the consenting process (e.g., delayed consent) for critically ill patients hospitalized in a representative Ugandan RRH.

 Uganda 2021-07-05 2024-07-05 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Francis Anyanzu
ID:
The role of social networks in destination selection among urban refugees in Uganda
REFNo: SS519ES

Main objective
To investigate the role of social networks in destination selection among the urban refugees in Uganda
Specific objectives
a) To investigate the socio-demographic characteristics of the urban refugees in Uganda
b) To map the movement histories and social networks of the urban refugees in Uganda.
c) To examine the influences of social networks in the selection of city of destination.

 Uganda 2021-07-02 2024-07-02 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Laban Musinguzi Kashaija
ID: UNCST-2020-R014407
 Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) Study on Children with Disabilities (CWD) living in families and institutions in Uganda
REFNo: SS585ES

The study seeks to achieve two primary aims/objectives:
1. To evaluate the current Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) regarding the (i) attributes and conceptualization of CWD (ii) the use of institutional care for CWD and (iii) the barriers/enablers of the full and meaningful integration of CWD into community life.
2. To explore possible interplay between the identified Knowledge/Attitudes and Practices. This includes investigating the relations between the conceptualization/attributes of CWD, the use of institutional care for CWD and the integration of CWD into community life.
Uganda 2021-07-02 2024-07-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
MICHAEL KAWOOYA GRACE
ID: UNCST-2020-R014672
 A Retrospective review of new interventional and selected imaging procedures at ECUREI-Mengo Hospital from 2008-2018
REFNo: HS1053ES

Main Objective
1. To identify diagnostic and interventional radiology procedures at ECUREI radiology department, Mengo Hospital.

Specific Objectives
1. To identify and determine image-guided interventional radiology procedures and related outcomes at ECUREI radiology department, Mengo Hospital from 2008 to 2018
2. To identify and determine diagnostic radiology procedures and related outcomes at ECUREI radiology department, Mengo Hospital from 2008 to 2018.
 Uganda 2021-07-02 2024-07-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Pia Raffler Johanna
ID:
Access to social media during COVID-19: An analysis of social media's effect on engagement with public affairs and health behaviours in Uganda
REFNo: SS682ES

This study’s objectives are twofold. First, we seek to generate descriptive evidence relating to an important and understudied topic, as outlined in Section 2: social media usage in the Global South, in particular in Uganda. This aspect of our research will generate informative data on the frequency of social media use among peri-urban Ugandans under the age of 40, the types of social media they use, and whether they use it for entertainment, to seek information, or to communicate with fellow citizens and local politicians.
Second, we seek to generate causal evidence regarding the effect of increased access to social media on knowledge and behavior with regards to COVID-19 and public affairs, as well as general measures of wellbeing. With regard to knowledge, this causal component of the study will assess whether greater access to social media can help to inform citizens about public affairs and COVID-19, and the extent to which social media contributes to the spread of misinformation. With regard to behavior, the study will assess whether increased access to social media leads to disengagement from real-life social interactions, increased community and political engagement, and changes in the adoption of safe practices to prevent the spread of COVID-19. With regard to wellbeing, the study will assess whether greater access to social media leads to decreased happiness and wellbeing, as has been found in other contexts such as the United States.
Germany 2021-07-02 2024-07-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Josephine  Ataro
ID:
MANAGEMENT OF INDIGENOUS MATERNAL HEALTH KNOWLEDGE: A CASE OF ACHOLI SUB-REGION, NORTHERN UGANDA
REFNo: SS719ES

i) To examine the existing indigenous maternal health knowledge practices in Acholi Sub-region, Northern Uganda.
ii) To examine the current methods for managing indigenous maternal health knowledge in Acholi Sub-region, Northern Uganda.
iii) To examine the regulatory and policy framework on indigenous maternal health knowledge in Acholi Sub-region, Northern Uganda.
iv) To identify the factors influencing the management of indigenous maternal health knowledge in Acholi Sub-region, Northern Uganda.

Uganda 2021-07-02 2024-07-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Brenda Ainomugisha
ID: UNCST-2021-R013462
 CERVICAL AMNIOTIC FLUID BACTERIOLOGY AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
REFNo: HS1459ES

General objective

To determine the bacteriology in cervical amniotic fluid, the antibiotic susceptibility and factors associated with antibiotic resistance among women with premature rupture of membranes at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.

Specific objectives

1. To determine the prevalence of bacterial growth in cervical amniotic fluid of women with premature rupture of membranes at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.
2. To describe the cultured bacteria and antibiotic susceptibility patterns in cervical amniotic fluid of women with premature rupture of membranes at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.
3. To identify bacteria using 16s PCR and sequencing method in culture negative cervical amniotic fluid of women with premature rupture of membranes at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.
4. To determine the factors associated with antibiotic resistance among women with premature rupture of membranes at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.

 Uganda 2021-07-02 2024-07-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Dirk Verschuren H
ID:
Half-precessional solar insolation and the long-term climate history of equatorial East Africa
REFNo: NS121ES

The main objective of this project is to constrain the area of East Africa which has experienced a truly low-latitude climate history influenced primarily by long-term trends in local solar insolation, rather than by the influence of changes in the extent of Northern Hemisphere glaciation. Our working hypothesis is that this area is limited to the region where rainfall originates predominantly from the Indian Ocean rather than the tropical Atlantic Ocean.
 Belgium 2021-07-01 2024-07-01 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Emily Tumwakire
ID:
Sexual and reproductive health of people with mental illness: Ugandan mental health care worker’s perspectives and experiences.
REFNo: SS911ES

1. To explore Ugandan mental health care worker’s perspectives and experiences on the sexual and reproductive health of people living with mental illness in Uganda. ________________________________________ Specific Objectives 1. To understand the sexual and reproductive health challenges of people with MI in Uganda from the perspectives of mental health care workers. 2. To identify the current SRH service provisions in the mental health unit from the perspectives of mental health care workers. 3. To explore experiences of Mental Health Care workers in provision of SRH to people with MI in mental health unit.
Uganda 2021-07-01 2024-07-01 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Stephen Bugabo Gumisiriza
ID:
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLES IN COLLABORATIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ECHUYA CENTRAL FOREST RESERVE-SOUTH WESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: SS706ES

To assess how fair benefit sharing under CFM has led to the conservation of Echuya Central Forest reserve

To determine the participation of relevant stakeholders in decision making in CFM for the conservation of Echuya Central Forest Reserve

To determine the recognition and respect for relevant actors in CFM for the conservation of Echuya Central Forest Reserve

 Uganda 2021-07-01 2024-07-01 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Timothy  Muwonge Ronald
ID: UNCST-2020-R014680
 ART on the GO: Assessing the impact of mobility on HIV care cascade outcomes in refugee settlements in Uganda
REFNo: HS1197ES

Aim 2: To enroll individuals living with HIV and currently or formerly in HIV care in Nakivale, Palorinya and Adjumani Refugee Settlements in Uganda, and prospectively assess their mobility to evaluate associations between mobility and retention in HIV care.,Aim 1: To prospectively enroll a longitudinal cohort of people newly diagnosed with HIV in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda and assess the association of mobility and linkage to HIV care.,
 Uganda 2021-07-01 2024-07-01 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Bruce Kirenga J
ID: UNCST-2019-R001460
 MID-TERM PROJECT EVALUATION: CAPACITY BUILDING OF NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL
REFNo: HS1253ES

Primary objectives
1. To analyze the matching rate of M-KIT testing results between NTRL and Kumoh National Institute of Technology (KIT).
2. To analyze the change in TB case detection rate in Bukomansimbi from 2017 to 2020

Secondary objectives
1. To analyze the change in TB treatment success rate in Bukomansimbi from 2017 to 2020
2. To analyze the change in TB case notification rate in Bukomansimbi from 2017 to 2020
3. To analyze the change in DOT coverage in Bukomansimbi from 2017 to 2020
4. To analyze the trend of the number of DST performed in NTRL from 2017 to 2020
5. To review the satisfaction of NTRL training program
6. To identify potential activities to incorporate into the ongoing project
Uganda 2021-07-01 2024-07-01 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Harriet Kisembo Nalubega
ID:
EFFECT OF CLINICAL IMAGING GUIDELINES ON APPROPRATENESS OF COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY REQUISITIONS FOR YOUNG PATIENTS IN SIX SELECTED HOSPTALS IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS1313ES

General objective
To assess the effect of CIG on appropriateness of CT requisitions for common CT examinations among young patients in six selected hospitals in Uganda.
Specific objectives:

1.To systematically review literature for barriers and facilitators for guideline implementation in diagnostic imaging with special emphasis to low resource setting
2.To determine the proportion of inappropriate CT requisitions for commonly performed examinations among patients 35 years and below in the six selected hospitals in Uganda

3.To identify the factors contributing to inappropriate Imaging in the six selected hospitals in Uganda
4.To explore the barriers and facilitators of CIGs use in six selected Hospitals in Uganda
5. To determine the proportion of inappropriate CT requisitions for common examinations among patients 35 years and below after introducing the ESR (iGuide) in six selected hospitals in Uganda

Secondary objectives
1.To assess the quality of requisition forms in regard to appropriateness of CT examinations among patients 35 years and below in six selected hospitals in Uganda
2.To measure the base-line (pre-intervention) and the post-training (post intervention) knowledge level of prescribers regarding the use of CIGs in the selected hospitals in Uganda

 Uganda 2021-07-01 2024-07-01 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Sarika Dewan
ID:
Maternal exposure to violence and child malnutrition: a cross-sectional survey in northern Uganda
REFNo: SS845ES

Understand the impact of COVID-19 on maternal well-being and victimization, feeling of safety and access to services,Examine the role of maternal depression as a mediator between violence exposure, nutrition-sensitive behaviour and child malnutrition.,Determine the impact of exposure to violence on maternal nutrition-sensitive behaviour.,Examine the types of violence exposure associated with child malnutrition.,
 Germany 2021-07-01 2024-07-01 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Richard Mallett
ID:
The effects of digital employment on livelihoods, associational life and politics in the urban informal economy: a case study of Kampala’s boda boda sector
REFNo: SS844ES

This proposed research looks at the effects of digital employment on livelihoods, associational life and politics within the urban informal economy – an important area of research lacking serious academic engagement. It aims to do so through an analysis of labour and livelihoods in the motorcycle taxi (or boda boda) sector of Uganda’s capital city, Kampala. Though difficult, dangerous and poorly paid, boda riding nonetheless provides vital work in a context of widespread unemployment, helping a significant share of the urban population make a living in the absence of formal alternatives and safety nets. With the recent arrival of the gig economy, involving app-based motorcycle taxi companies, the nature and organisation of employment in the sector is being reconfigured in uncertain ways and with uncertain effects – testing, amongst other things, the capacity of boda work to absorb urban unemployment. The purpose of the study is to engage critically with the idea that new technologies of employment integrate smoothly and seamlessly into local settings, creating jobs and connecting workers to new economic possibilities in ways that are often perceived to be unproblematic. Instead, it focuses on the challenges that occur as digital innovations come into contact with the urban informal economy, and the unintended consequences that accompany the disruption of people’s livelihoods within it. There are three specific objectives guiding the study, which have been formulated through a review of relevant literature. These are as follows: 1. To examine the effects of digital employment on the livelihoods of riders in Kampala’s boda boda sector 2. To examine the effects of digital employment on the associational and organisational features of work within Kampala’s boda boda sector 3. To examine the effects of digital employment on the relationship between riders in Kampala’s boda boda sector and political actors and processes
UK 2021-07-01 2024-07-01 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Matt Baillie Smith
ID:
Volunteering Together: Blending Knowledge and Skills for Development
REFNo: SS848ES

This research project aims to develop a critical understanding of how different types of volunteers (e.g. community, youth, corporate, national, international and remote volunteers) work together in Uganda. VSO have long carried out their projects using a range of volunteer modalities. They refer to this approach of different types of volunteers working together as “blended volunteering”. The aim of this research is to enhance the understanding of how this “blended approach”, where different types of volunteers work together, can contribute value to the work of VSO Uganda. Beyond that, we expect the research will tell us something about how volunteer modalities may be combined to maximise development impact in other contexts and overall. Furthermore, we will examine relationships between volunteers, primary actors and partner organisations in the field, to capture the wider context within which VSO volunteers work, interact, and deliver development outcomes. Based on our analysis of existing preliminary work as building blocks in this analysis, we have identified significant knowledge gaps in the evidence basis of volunteering and development studies to further explore the concept and practice of blended volunteering: although VSO has observed that blended volunteering can lead to better development outcomes, the exact reason for the impacts of this type of development work remains little understood. Having a fuller understanding of what types of combinations work best, how, when, and why, will not only help VSO deliver higher quality projects and programmes; it will also help them communicate the importance of their development work, and the importance of not just volunteering, but of the particular synergies that emerge when volunteer teams consisting of national, international, and local volunteers with different backgrounds, experiences and skill-sets work together. By ‘volunteer knowledge and skills’ then, we refer not only to individual assets, but also to group assets that emerge from the context in which they work together and the relationships with primary actors and other relevant stakeholders.

Therefore, through this study we aim to better understand: team-focused approaches to volunteering; the programming dimensions of blended volunteering; how different volunteers and primary actors experience blended volunteering approaches; and ‘What works and why’ in the ‘blended volunteering’ model. Furthermore, the research will explore the challenges and obstacles that arise when different types of volunteers and other actors work together, as identified by volunteers, VSO staff and primary actors. This will further help VSO navigate some of these challenges in practice and manage these difficulties as early as the design phase for upcoming projects. This research will thus help VSO develop a deeper understanding on what combination of volunteering and implementation models may be most effective in which specific contexts, and how leveraging these contributions can assist VSO to deliver development impact at scale. This includes understanding the respective strengths and weaknesses of different volunteering modalities in diverse contexts. This presents an opportunity to make a significant contribution to knowledge of volunteering and development, as well as to support innovative programming for ‘blended volunteering’.
 
Based on an extensive literature review and on the experience of VSO Uganda in the field, the general objective of this short-term research project is: To understand how blended volunteering can improve development impacts.
To achieve this objective, we need to understand various areas of the planned and unplanned aspects, outcomes, successes and challenges of VSO’s work. In order to gain a better understanding of this, we divide our main research objective into 4 distinct aims:

(1) Strengthen the evidence base about how combining volunteering modalities has potential to improve programme outcomes (relationships and combinations; impacts);
(2) Deepen understanding of the unique contribution of diverse volunteering modalities, and whether when combined these contribute to enhanced programme outcomes (relationships and combinations; impact);
(3) Understand how the knowledge of diverse volunteering modalities can be designed into VSO programmes to improve outcomes and deliver impact for primary actors (programme design);
(4) Support VSO’s thought leadership by using the findings to influence debates around volunteering and development in policy, practice and academic spaces (impact).

In order to achieve these aims and this main objective, the main research question in this study is the following:
How does different types of volunteers working together improve development impacts?
Our research design is informed by participatory and people-centred approaches and methodologies, as will be described in detail in our methodology section. The study will contribute to policy, practice, and academic understandings in this field by exploring existing examples of blended volunteering contributing to improving development outcomes among VSO Uganda’s portfolio of programmes. Moreover, the study will highlight the potential for further exploring blended volunteering both as a practice and a concept beyond the selected case studies.
 UK 2021-07-01 2024-07-01 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Frank Muhereza Emmanuel
ID:
Civil Society in Uganda: Emerging Perspectives and New Narratives.
REFNo: SS694ES

1. To examine the full extent and implications of the rapid expansion of the civil society sector in Uganda
2. To explore the successful initiatives to strengthen the sector and how best to enhance such initiatives
3. To comprehensively explore the contemporary dynamics of the civil society sector in Uganda, and how much the sector contributes to national development.
Uganda 2021-06-30 2024-06-30 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Mulinde Peterson
ID:
Developing a mobile phones usability and adoption model to promote health among older persons at Kiruddu Hospital
REFNo: HS1305ES

Main Objective
1. To develop a mobile phones’ usability and adoption model for older persons at Kiruddu Hospital.

Specific Objectives
1. To determine key requirements and also investigate the challenges facing mobile phone usability and adoption among older persons at Kiruddu Hospital.
 Uganda 2021-06-30 2024-06-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
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