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Joseph Kizito BADA
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FOSTERING DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION
REFNo: SS1489ES

Specific Objectives
1) To sensitize and introduce a select sample of 14 teachers from 7 schools to multimedia teaching material and digital stories for teenage reproductive and mental health education with the goal of expanding teachers’ knowledge and skills in use of digital stories and multimedia content as pedagogical tools.
2) To provide hands on training on e-content curriculum creation, multimedia content development, digital stories development and digital game design for teenage reproductive and mental health education.
3) To implement multimedia educational content, multimedia content and digital stories in the 7 schools and train a total of 400 students in reproductive health education.
4) To evaluate effectiveness and impact of cartoon-based stories and multimedia educational materials on the higher level cognitive skills developent of the students.
5) To mentor 10 junior teaching staff in action research through participation in project implementation activities and disseminate the outcomes of the project in the form of online resources, academic and professional publications, conference presentations as well as policy briefs to the government agencies.

Uganda 2022-11-11 17:20:33 2025-11-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jonathan Marino
ID:
How the social and material conditions of teaching influence early grades teachers’ implementation of reading pedagogies
REFNo: SS1509ES

To understand how social and material conditions shape the way teachers think about these reading pedagogies and their own teaching practice.,To understand how early primary educators in Uganda make sense of various reading pedagogies they are asked to undertake, such as mother-tongue instruction and child centered pedagogies.,To understand what are the social and material conditions of teaching experienced by early primary educators in Uganda. and how the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced these conditions.,The goal of this study is to explore how early primary teachers in Uganda make sense of and implement new pedagogical approaches to teaching reading and how the social and material constraints of their teaching environment influence their reading instruction.,
USA 2022-11-11 17:18:21 2025-11-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
GRACE  MUSINGUZI
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Relationship between family support and self efficacy on resilience among school going adolescent victims of trauma in Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: SS1475ES

Purpose of the study The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between family support, self-efficacy and resilience among adolescents facing trauma in Kampala, Uganda. Specific objectives 1.To find out the prevalence of trauma among adolescents in Kampala District. 2.To find out the relationship between family support and resilience among adolescent trauma victims. 3.To find out the relationship between family breakdown and resilience among adolescent trauma victims. 4.To find out the relationship between self-efficacy and resilience among adolescent victims of trauma. 5.To explore strategies that can be put in place to foster resilience among traumatised adolescents in broken families in Kampala District.
Uganda 2022-11-11 17:16:15 2025-11-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Fred Ssewamala
ID: UNCST-2020-R014060
Suubi+Adherence4Youth: Optimizing the Suubi Intervention for Adherence to HIV Treatment for Youth Living with HIV in Uganda
REFNo: SS1449ES

The proposed Suubi+Adherence4Youth study seeks to unpack the Suubi intervention to identify the most impactful and sustainable components: economic vs. psychosocial components, for adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) across the HIV care continuum. The Suubi intervention was tested as a package of four components: 1) Financial Literacy Training (FLT); 2) Incentivized Matched Youth Savings Accounts (YSA) with income-generating activities (IGAs); 3) a manualized and visual-based intervention for ART adherence and stigma reduction; and 4) Engagement with HIV treatment-experienced role models. We propose a factorial experiment to unpack and optimize the Suubi intervention to enhance scale up in health systems using the multi-phase optimization strategy (MOST) -an engineering-inspired intervention framework. Our ultimate goal is to build Suubi version 2.0 that meaningfully improves viral suppression while performing efficiently, affordably, and at scale for a sustained impact.

Aim 1. Conduct a factorial experiment (optimization trial) to test the main effects of each of the four Suubi intervention components and combinations of components (interactions) on viral suppression (primary outcome).

Aim 2. Test mediators and explore moderators that explain and modify the relationship between each of the four Suubi intervention components and viral suppression.

Aim 3. Compare the cost and cost-effectiveness of each of the four Suubi intervention components and every combination of components.

Uganda 2022-11-11 17:11:59 2025-11-11 Social Science and Humanities Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Moses Adriko
ID: UNCST-2019-R001787
Field testing of a portable low-cost diagnostic for the automated diagnosis of soil transmitted helminth infections from Kato-Katz thick faecal smears
REFNo: HS2431ES

Our plan of work is to travel to Uganda, where we will initially stay in Kampala, Uganda to prepare any equipment that needs to be purchased in-country (including reagents, consumables and treatment), and engage with stakeholders at the MOHU and Vector Control Division (VCD). We will then embark on a 14-day field study, travelling to an endemic area in the Tororo district. Samples will be taken from patients and analysed using gold standard diagnostic methods and the novel portable diagnostic. Clinical diagnoses will be made using gold standard microscopy by trained technician, and the efficacy of the investigational device will be compared to these diagnoses. Feedback of technicians will also be gathered during practical demonstrations, to inform a development and translation roadmap.
Uganda 2022-11-11 17:02:30 2025-11-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
OKELLO DAMOI JOSEPH
ID: UNCST-2022-R011560
The implementation of ambulatory surgery in a rural setting in Eastern Uganda
REFNo: HS2489ES

Identify factors contributing to utilization of surgical care,Develop new strategies to improve ambulatory surgery based on the results of these studies,Access the logistics and infrastructure needed to run an ambulatory surgery centre,Access surgical outcomes performed at an ambulatory surgery centre,Assess preoperative considerations for ambulatory surgery,Assess differences in outcomes of surgeries at Kyabirwa Surgical Centre,Longitudinally collect an extensive medical history, intra-operative details, clinical outcomes of the patients undergoing ambulatory procedure at KSC,Understand the prevalence of surgical diseases in the community, as compared to the prevalence of surgical diseases treated in the Centre,Analyze the data for correlative factors. The correlative factors could be the impact of demographics, medical treatment history, and/or surgical technique,Understand the needs of the patient and the community in providing better healthcare,
Uganda 2022-11-11 17:01:15 2025-11-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
RICHARD NABONGO
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EXPERIMENTING WITH POTTERY DESIGNS TO PRESERVE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN THE RURAL COMMUNITIES OF JINJA AND IGANGA DISTRICTS IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS1084ES

The aim of this study is to explore and experiment with pottery design to preserve fruits and vegetables in the rural communities of Jinja and Iganga districts through creation of a practice based pottery product.,To establish a practice-based pottery prototype product for selected villages of Jinja and Iganga districts.,To evaluate the extent to which modern technology has influenced food production and preservation practices in the local communities of Jinja and Iganga districts.,To examine the contribution of pottery to the local communities in Jinja and Iganga districts in Uganda.,To assess the influence of pottery design in today’s contemporary world. ,
Uganda 2022-11-11 16:59:14 2025-11-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Namulema Edith
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Feasibility of using Continuous Positive Airway Pressure via the ‘LeVe CPAP System’ among Children with Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure at Mengo Hospital Kampala Uganda: A mixed methods study
REFNo: HS2478ES

1) To assess the acceptability of the LeVe CPAP system to deliver continuous positive airway pressure among children with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure at Mengo Hospital Uganda.
2) To assess the safety of LeVe CPAP system among children with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure at Mengo Hospital Uganda.

Uganda 2022-11-09 13:49:10 2025-11-09 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Zula Namubiru
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HARNESSING FISHERS' KNOWLEDGE FOR SUSTAINABLE FISHERY ON LAKE VICTORIA: A CASE OF KIGUNGU FISHING GROUND WAKISO DISTRICT
REFNo: SS1511ES

1.To assess fishers’ perceived attitude, knowledge and practice on illegal fishing on Lake Victoria
2. To engage fishers especially the youth on what they can do and how best they can be enabled to sustain the fishery resource
3. To discuss with fishers’ wives/ spouses and female fish smokers on what they can do and how best they can be enabled to sustain the fishery resource
4. To understand how different stakeholders can best support fishers for the sustainable conservation of the fishery resources
Uganda 2022-11-08 14:17:17 2025-11-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Francis Garuzooka John
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Work and learning experiences of graduates from Technical and vocational Training Institutions in Uganda. A case Study
REFNo: SS1507ES

is to understand the work and learning experiences of graduates of TVET institutions in Uganda with a view of proposing strategies for recognizing and validating non-formal workplace learning and improving productivity,4. To Evaluate how TVET graduates balance work, training apprentices and learning at their workplaces.,3. To3. To analyse the progression of TVET graduates to higher level competences and qualifications as they work. ,2. To explain the relevance of the knowledge and skills acquired by graduates of TVET institutions to the current tasks they perform at their workplaces. ,1. To find out how TVET institutions prepare their learners for work and continuous learning,
Uganda 2022-11-08 14:14:34 2025-11-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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