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Herbert Kiwalya
ID: UNCST-2024-R004872
Electronic healthcare registries: An evaluation of current practices, stakeholder perceptions and implementation effectiveness.
REFNo: HS4359ES

Evaluate the effectiveness and usability of an electronic registry implemented to enhance the availability and accessibility of patient-level data for quality improvement and decision-making.,Describe the implementation requirements for an electronic healthcare registry in Uganda and identify barriers that may be encountered during its’ setup and utilisation.,Assess the current practices and challenges in documenting, accessing and using patient-level, registry-based healthcare data in eastern Uganda.,Describe stakeholder perceptions of electronic healthcare registries to facilitate quality improvement, clinical benchmarking and research at local, regional, national and international levels of the healthcare system in Uganda, Ethiopia, and South Africa.,We aim to understand current views of stakeholders in three African countries about the use of electronic healthcare registries. This will include developing a detailed understanding of the local context from eastern Uganda. Following implementation of an integrated electronic registry to support quality improvement work we will conduct a process evaluation that will allow us to reflect on the effectiveness of our registry in this setting.,
Uganda 2024-05-31 18:30:37 2027-05-31 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Alice Endra Ezuru
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Access and Application of digital technologies among fishing communities in Uganda: a case of Lake Victoria community
REFNo: SS2677ES

i). To examine the information needs (personal, trade, health, fishing inputs, technology) of the fishing communities of Lake Victoria, Uganda.
ii). To establish the digital technologies used in information access by the fishing communities of Lake Victoria, Uganda.
iii). To determine the access and application of digital technologies in information dissemination within the fishing communities and managers of Lake Victoria in Uganda.
v). To examine challenges (if any) in access and application of digital technologies among the fishing communities of Lake Victoria in Uganda.

Uganda 2024-05-31 18:29:42 2027-05-31 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Ali Kudamba
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Anticancer activity and safety of Rhoicissus tridentata (L.f) Wild & R.B. Drumm. as used in the treatment of prostate cancer in the Elgon sub-region, Uganda
REFNo: HS3007ES

To determine the effect of aqueous, methanol, & total crude of Rhoicissus tridentata (Lf.) Wild & R.B. Drumm. on the antiproliferative activity (% growth inhibition or cell viability) of the prostate cancer cell line,To assess the effect of aqueous, methanol, and total crude extracts from Rhoicissus tridentata (Lf.) Wild & R.B. Drumm. on the apoptotic index of the prostate cancer cell line. ,To assess the effect of methanol, aqueous, and total crude extracts Rhoicissus tridentata (Lf.) Wild & R.B. Drumm. on sub-acute toxicity in Wistar albino rats. ,To assess the effect of methanol, aqueous, and total crude extracts Rhoicissus tridentata (Lf.) Wild & R.B. Drumm. on acute toxicity in female Wistar albino mice. ,To determine the phytochemical compositions of aqueous and methanol extracts of Rhoicissus tridentata (Lf.) Wild & R.B. Drumm. harvested from the volcanic soils of mountain Elgon slopes.,To describe the medicinal plants used in the treatment of cancers with emphasis on prostate cancer,The study is aimed at assessing the anticancer activity and safety of Rhoicissus tridentata (L.f.) Wild & R.B. Drumm used in the treatment of prostate cancer in the Elgon sub-region. ,
Uganda 2024-05-31 18:28:36 2027-05-31 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Lauren Wolf
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The Spatial Ecology of the Red Colobus Monkeys
REFNo: NS808ES

The overall goal of this project is to comprehensively understand the ecological and social determinants that influence the spatial behavior of the Ashy Red Colobus Monkey.
USA 2024-05-31 18:27:17 2027-05-31 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
SHANNA NANTUME AGNES
ID: UNCST-2024-R004915
CHILD MALTREATMENT,SOCIAL SUPPORT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN NAGURU REMAND HOME
REFNo: SS2642ES

1. To identify the best predictor of psychological well-being among adolescents in a remand home. 2. To determine the relationship between child maltreatment and social support among these adolescents. 3. To assess the relationship between social support and psychological well-being among adolescents. 4. To examine the relationship between child maltreatment and psychological well-being among adolescents.
Uganda 2024-05-31 18:26:39 2027-05-31 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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