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Geoffrey Otim
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Affordability perceptions of hybrid DTM seed in Uganda: Are expectations or status-quo driving low willingness to pay?
REFNo: A183ES

The objective of this study is therefore:
To test whether behavioral reference points influence willingness to pay for hybrid maize seed and subsequent affordability perceptions about hybrid DTM seed.

The proposed study aims to provide:
1. Innovative and evidence-based insights on behavioral barriers that drive (low) willingness to pay for DTM seed.
2. Policy recommendations to address these potential behavioral barriers to purchasing hybrid seed.

Uganda 2022-02-22 2025-02-22 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
David Guwatudde
ID: UNCST-2021-R008522
ADDENDUM to the study: THE UGANDA NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCD) RISK FACTOR MOBILE PHONE SURVEY - 2021 (Your ref: HS1738ES).
REFNo: HS1999ES

MAIN OBJECTIVE OF ADDENDUM To determine the level of understanding of the NCD risk factor questions in the main mobile phone questionnaire by participants. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF ADDENDUM The specific objective of this addendum are: i) To determine if participants will be able to easily to understand the questions in the questionnaire of the mobile phone survey (MPS) ii) If found necessary, adjust questions in the MPS study questionnaire
Uganda 2022-02-21 2025-02-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Catherine Maiteki
ID:
It's (NOT) just blood: Identifying gaps and exploring the intersections of menstrual health, adolescent’s rights, and environmental sustainability
REFNo: HS1594ES

Objective 1: To explore barriers and facilitators to availability and access to MHM for adolescents;
Objective 2: To identify MHM-related threats to adolescents’ rights;
Objective 3: To identify MHM products-related threats to the environment;
Objective 4: To identify and map stakeholders on MHM;
Objective 5: To establish a network of researchers and stakeholders for future research and interventions on MHM

Uganda 2022-02-21 2025-02-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
David Mafigiri Kaawa
ID: UNCST-2019-R001276
LIVED EXPERIENCES, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF DEMENTIA PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN URBAN, KAMPALA
REFNo: SS1152ES

• To assess perceptions of dementia among family caregivers of patients.

• To assess the nature of the lived experiences of family caregivers of patients with dementia.
• To examine the challenges of dementia patients and their family caregivers.
• To identify workable opportunities for mitigating the challenges of dementia patients and caregivers.

Uganda 2022-02-21 2025-02-21 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Samuel Biraro
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COVID-19 Vaccine Knowledge, Attitudes and Preferences in Uganda (CVKAPU)
REFNo: HS2032ES

Objective 1: Estimate COVID-19 vaccine knowledge, attitudes and practices in a nationally representative sample.

Objective 2: Compare estimates of key health behaviors between UPHIA and mobile phone survey respondents.

Objective 3: Characterize the sociodemographic profile of phone owner respondents and secondary respondents with the UPHIA sample and assess whether secondary respondents improve the representativeness of the survey.

Uganda 2022-02-21 2025-02-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Julius Lutwama Julian
ID: UNCST-2021-R011979
Surveillance, Control and Prevention of Neglected Zoonotic Diseases in Uganda - A case study of Rift Valley Fever (RVF), Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) and Brucellosis at the Human-Animal-Wildlife Interface in Diverse Agricultural systems
REFNo: HS2053ES

Overall objective
To improve understanding and control of RVF, CCHF and Brucellosis using enhanced surveillance systems and a One Health approach at the human-animal-wildlife interface in the cattle corridor of Uganda.

2.2 Specific Objectives
Five specific objectives will contribute to achievement of the overall objective. The first two will explore the natural history of the three infections while the third will explore socio-cultural factors affecting disease epidemiology. The final two specific-objectives relate to developing interventions based on the findings of specific-objectives 1-3.
2.2.1 Natural History of the Infections
1. Investigate the burden of RVF, CCHF and Brucellosis at the human-animal-wildlife interface.
2. Describe dynamics and drivers of spill-over events/epidemics at human-animal-wildlife interfaces in diverse agricultural systems.
2.2.2 Exploring Socio-cultural Factors relating to disease spread
3. Undertake a gender and inequalities analysis of knowledge, attitude, and practices of transmission dynamics of CCHF, RVF and Brucellosis at the human –animal –wildlife interface.
2.2.3 Developing Interventions
4. Design One Health centered models for the Control and Prevention of RVF, CCHF and Brucellosis in Uganda that can be adapted for other zoonoses of global significance.
5. Develop sustainable One Health disease surveillance and reporting system in order to support need for development a One Health policy

Uganda 2022-02-21 2025-02-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Johannes Haushofer
ID: UNCST-2021-R012087
Well-being and Experience of Ugandan Students.
REFNo: SS1184ES

To determine the medium-term effects of the Malengo program on the students who attend in terms of labor market outcomes, job choice, income, and country of residence and the effect on their psychological well-being (e.g. homesickness, life satisfaction)
To establish How the demand for ISAs compare to demand for student loans
What are the immediate and medium-term effects of the program on the families of selected students, e.g. in terms of remittances received, psychological well-being (e.g. pride, but also missing a child), aspirations, and/or disappointment of siblings? What are the effects on the home communities of the students, e.g. in terms of aspirations and/or disappointment of friends and neighbors?

Germany 2022-02-21 2025-02-21 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Florence Kyoheirwe Muhanguzi
ID: UNCST-2021-R002777
Strengthening Women Smallholders’ Resilience to Agricultural Shocks for Enhanced Income Diversification and Empowerment in Uganda
REFNo: A179ES

• Document the characteristics and intensity of agricultural shocks experienced by rural women smallholder farmers in Uganda
• Examine smallholder women farmers’ ability to manage the risks associated with agricultural shocks.
• Design a mix of interventions and explore their complementarities in relation to enhancing women’s financial and agricultural resilience through the provision of good quality seed, fertilizer, improved agroeconomic practices, training and weather-based index insurance.
• Test which intervention mix will contribute to strengthening women’s capacity to adopt more resilient and dynamic farming systems and enhance their income/livelihood diversification.
• Engage rural men and community members to challenge the discriminatory social and gender norms that are against women’s economic autonomy

Uganda 2022-02-17 2025-02-17 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Eddy Walakira Joshua
ID: UNCST-2022-R009077
Payments in Primary and secondary schools implementing universal education programme in Uganda: Forms, effects and Accountability
REFNo: SS1164ES

The objective of the study is to enhance the evidence base on fees payments in primary and secondary schools implementing free education programmes to support the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) in making evidence-based decisions to streamline, standardise and regulate user fees in the country.

Specific objectives:

(i) Establish the nature and extent of fees payments in schools implementing UPE and USE programmes in Uganda.

(ii) Examine the determination, collection, utilisation and accountability arrangements of the fees collected in public primary and secondary schools in Uganda.

(iii) Determine the willingness of parents/caregivers to pay for public primary and secondary schooling in Uganda

(iv) Analyse how fees payment effects the education prospects of various categories of vulnerable children in Uganda

(v) Provide the MoES with recommendations for revising the UPE and USE financing frameworks, based on the findings of the primary research and analysis of the policy framework for education financing in Uganda.
Uganda 2022-02-15 2025-02-15 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Caroline Asekenye
ID:
Consumption, Phytochemical evaluation and Hypoglycemic effect of frequently eaten vegetables in Ankole and Teso sub-regions of Uganda.
REFNo: HS1840ES

i.To document the most frequently eaten vegetables and household prevalence of hyperglycemia in Ankole and Teso sub-regions of Uganda.
ii. To establish the phytochemical composition of selected most frequently eaten vegetables in relation to soil properties from the two regions
iii. To determine the hypoglycemic effect of crude extracts of the most frequently eaten vegetables per study region
iv. To determine the hypoglycemic phytochemical fractions from the most potent vegetable crude extract
v. To estimate the effective amount of the most active vegetables for prevention and management of hyperglycemia based on the animal (rat) model.

Uganda 2022-02-15 2025-02-15 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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