Stevens Bechange
ID: UNCST-2022-R009190
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Investigating the factors for the successful legal protection of the rights of people with disabilities in employment in Uganda: a qualitative study
REFNo: SS3102ES
To assess the factors that determine whether people with disabilities look to protect their rights through the legal system,To explore the factors that determine whether the legal system is capable of protecting the employment rights of people with disabilities,To explore the factors that determine whether people with disabilities look to protect their employment rights through the legal system; and assess whether the legal system is capable of protecting those rights,
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Uganda |
2024-10-08 16:46:23 |
2027-10-08 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Sharon Muita
ID: UNCST-2024-R003345
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Social Marketing Research to Understand Barriers to and Increase Consumption of Fortified Whole Grains in Uganda
REFNo: SS3251ES
Generate insights for development of a Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) campaign. A big idea was developed based on Rwanda Survey findings. Consumer Focus Group Discussions will be instrumental in generating insights for adopting the big idea in Uganda to prepare the SBCC campaign for execution. It is understood that behavior change campaigns are contextual and must consider the intersections of diverse identifies to be effective for the desired behavior change and ensure they do no harm by reinforcing negative stereotypes and further marginalizing vulnerable populations. The campaign intends to shift behavior towards increased consumption of fortified whole grain maize flour and develop SBCC tools for use in awareness campaign activities within schools, households and larger communities. ,Gather insights from key stakeholders, including policy makers and nutritional experts, on whole grain promotion and consumption. The study seeks to establish the demand, profitability, and ease of access of whole grains especially for the millers and traders both in the retail and wholesale space, highlighting gender, social status, cultural and rural/urban specific challenges, and opportunities that shape the whole grain supply environment. ,Analyze the school feeding ecosystem. This study will seek to understand school feeding programs including key actors and their relationships, establishing the key decision makers, cost, policy influencers, schools\' management systems and structure, and the school feeding program’s value chain. Gender analysis will consider composition, leadership structures, knowledge and decision-making power across the actors, systems and processes that result in or facilitate school feeding programmes. ,Identify factors influencing the consumption choices of whole grain maize flour at household and community levels. This study will ascertain the awareness, cultural and social expectations, roles and responsibilities, access, decision-making, purchase power and habits, barriers and drivers, underlying preferences and gender dynamics influencing consumption of whole grains in Uganda. It will evaluate consumer acceptance and satisfaction of whole grain maize flour based on sensory attributes such as taste, texture, appearance and overall preference. ,1. Understand consumers and food consumption patterns. This research aims to understand consumer’s knowledge, attitudes and practices as well as perceptions, preferences, and habits in their choice of food consumed at the household and in particular, both refined and whole grains. It will explore the influencers of food choices, the motivators, enablers, and inhibitors to maize flour consumption among women and men, boys and girls and examine the influence of gender, demographics, beliefs and practices, geolocation, nutritional awareness and access, social expectations and agency and other social constructs on personal and household food provision dynamics and whole grains consumption. It will also assess bases of minimum dietary diversity for both men and women in relation to their consumption patterns at the household level. ,The overall objective is to understand consumer whole grain eating habits with a view of shifting consumer behavior to the consumption of fortified whole grains. ,
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Kenya |
2024-10-08 16:35:40 |
2027-10-08 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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