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Clare Bangirana Ahabwe
ID: UNCST-2021-R012842
AN OUTCOME RESEARCH ON THE WESTERN UGANDA BANTWANA PROGRAM ON VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES (VACiSC) IN THE THREE DISTRICTS OF KABAROLE, KYENJOJO and BUNYANGABU
REFNo: SS3625ES

The study aims to assess the effectiveness of the Western Uganda Bantwana Program (WUBP) in preventing and responding to Violence Against Children (VAC), including child sexual abuse (CSA), in schools and surrounding communities in the three Districts of Kabarole, Kyenjojo, and Bunyangabu

Specific Objectives
1. To measure the change in knowledge, attitude and practices on risks exposures to VACiSC including CSA with focus on prevention and response among children, young adults, caregivers and teachers.
2. To assess how the WUBP aligned to the needs of communities and existing practices (structures and approaches) on prevention and response to VACiSC including CSA.
3. To evaluate the role of caregivers, teachers, para-social workers, and community leaders in creating and maintaining safe environments for children.

Uganda 2025-02-07 18:09:14 2028-02-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Eva Smallegange Sophia
ID: UNCST-2023-R005788
Effectiveness of PlayMatters in Uganda: a teacher professional development programme aiming to integrate Learning through Play as pedagogical approach in the classroom
REFNo: SS3617ES

1. To study the effectiveness of PlayMatters Teacher professional Development program on teacher practices and teacher wellbeing.
2. To study how do the effects of the intervention vary by teachers’ age, gender, displacement status, level of education and professional experience?
3. To study how do effects of the intervention vary by differences in adherence to implementation of the Teacher Continuous Professional Development (TCPD) component of the intervention?
4. To study the effectiveness of the PlayMatters Teacher professional Development program at child outcome level (cognitive, social, emotional, physical and creative skills and on their mental health and wellbeing).
5.To study the cost-effectiveness of the PlayMatters intervention.
Netherlands 2025-02-07 18:07:38 2028-02-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Damari Atusasiire
ID: UNCST-2024-R002645
Evaluation of the One Acre Fund project - making 34,000 coffee farmers more resilient by 2027
REFNo: A560ES

To establish whether all household members are equally benefiting from the impacts of the project and how? ,To determine which pursued pathways of change are the main drivers in delivering outcome and impact? ,To establish the causal effects of the project for direct project participants? ,
Uganda 2025-02-07 18:04:15 2028-02-07 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Michelle Brown
ID: UNCST-2022-R009670
Describing the vocal repertoire of L’Hoest’s monkeys
REFNo: NS410ES

To test whether L’Hoest’s monkeys (Allochrocebus lhoesti) contradict the ‘social complexity hypothesis’ by determining whether they communicate in frequencies too low for human hearing.
USA 2025-02-07 18:02:59 2028-02-07 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Damari Atusasiire
ID: UNCST-2024-R002645
Incidence and economic impacts of bovine mastitis in smallholder dairy farms in Kenya and Uganda
REFNo: A564ES

To assess knowledge of bovine mastitis, its control and treatment among smallholder dairy farmers.
To assess the effectiveness of using cell phone technology as a method of disseminating information on udder health to farmers.
To estimate the incidence rate of clinical and subclinical mastitis among recently-calved dairy cows (≤4 weeks prior to baseline data collection).
To determine the drivers of bovine mastitis among sampled dairy cows.
To estimate the monthly and annual financial losses attributed to clinical and subclinical mastitis.
Uganda 2025-02-07 18:01:56 2028-02-07 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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