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Ziidah Namwaya
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Exploring the use of Active Birthing Techniques for Normal Labour and Birth among Midwives working in the Metropolitan Region, Kampala-Uganda
REFNo: SS976ES

1. To evaluate the status of the environment in the three health facilities Kitebi, Komamboga and Kisugu as regards the use of active birthing techniques
2. To identify the available active birthing techniques at the health facilities
3. To assess current practice as regards the use of active birthing techniques for normal labour and birth among midwives working at the health facilities
4. To determine the level of knowledge as regards the use of active birthing techniques
5. To explore the potential factors that might influence the use of active birthing techniques for normal labour and birth among midwives working at the facilities
6. To describe the acceptability and experience of using upright positions such as hands- and-knees position, squatting, leaning forward, kneeling among pregnant women and midwives in the selected health facilities.

Uganda 2021-09-03 2024-09-03 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Solomon Wafula Tsebeni
ID: UNCST-2021-R013883
Assessment of indoor air quality, risk factors and potential health effects among residents in an urban informal settlement in Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: SS996ES

To describe the potential health effects associated with indoor air pollution. ,To assess the factors associated with indoor air pollution among households. ,To determine the levels of indoor PM2.5, and Carbon monoxide (CO) in households.,ï‚§ To determine levels of indoor air pollution, its associated risk factors and potential health effects among residents in an informal settlement in Kampala so as to generate information that can be used in design appropriate strategies, policies and practices that promote good air quality in households, hence mitigate health problems associated with indoor air pollution. ,
Uganda 2021-09-03 2024-09-03 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Amy  Ritterbusch Elizabeth
ID:
Child Protection Mapping and Honour
REFNo: SS970ES

1.To examine the effect of global narratives of child wellbeing on child protection and rights practices in Uganda
2.To explore prospects for local child protection practices in informing and enriching global child protection policy
3.To explore the concept of honour and examine how it promotes children’s wellbeing and or sustains violence against children in the Ugandan context.

USA 2021-09-03 2024-09-03 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jesca Nantume
ID: UNCST-2021-R013984
Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards the tobacco use control measures among teenagers aged (13-19) years; A cross sectional study in the slum areas of Kampala Uganda
REFNo: SS988ES

To evaluate knowledge, attitudes and practices towards tobacco control among teenagers
aged (13-19) years
1. To evaluate existing control measures among teenagers
2. To assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of the current tobacco control
measures among teenagers.
3. To evaluate the cause of initiation of tobacco use in slums among teenagers
Uganda 2021-09-03 2024-09-03 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Danette Cagnet Lee
ID:
Community-led Total Sanitation Programming and the Maintenance of Sanitation Behaviors
REFNo: SS737ES

The purpose of this qualitative, exploratory, case study research is to better understand stakeholder's, including village community members, village leadership, and CLTS practitioner, perceptions of the facilitators and hindrances to the maintenance of sanitation in the maintenance stage of Community-led Total Sanitation programming in Uganda, East Africa. This study seeks the perspective of and participation of village community stakeholders receiving the Community-led Total Sanitation intervention implemented by the non-governmental organization, Kibo Group International.
USA 2021-09-02 2024-09-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Joyce Kambugu Balagadde
ID: UNCST-2020-R014996
Acute Leukemia Banking and Biology Study for Patients at the Uganda Cancer Institute.
REFNo: HS1590ES

1. To determine the genomic profile of patients with acute leukemia and identify the prevalence of various fusions and mutations in these patients.
2. To collect and store corresponding subjects’ medical information including diagnosis and disease characterization, laboratory and imaging studies, treatment, and outcome.

Uganda 2021-09-02 2024-09-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
John Baptist Asiimwe
ID: UNCST-2021-R013716
The Traditional Medicine Practitioner’s Concept of Cancer, its Care, Herbal medicine use and the Patients Perceived benefits (Clinical outcomes) in Selected Districts of Central Uganda.
REFNo: HS1602ES

1. To establish the prevalence and predictors of the use of herbal medicines’ in cancer
2. To explore the concept of cancer and its care in traditional medicine as perceived by traditional medicine practitioners (TMPs) in selected districts of central Uganda
3. To document the herbs used by traditional medicine practitioners (TMPs) to manage cancer in selected districts of central Uganda.
4. To determine the clinical outcomes in patients with cancer treated by traditional medicine practitioners (TMPs).

Uganda 2021-09-02 2024-09-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Moses Adriko
ID: UNCST-2019-R001787
Gaining community insights into societal causes of and solutions for schistosomiasis transmission hotspots (InSight-ScHot)
REFNo: HS1616ES

To identify non-mass administration preventative chemotherapeutic control measures for schistosomiasis that members of the community see as implementable
Uganda 2021-09-02 2024-09-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Enock Matovu
ID:
Identification of the Genetic Markers of Trypanotolerance in Indigenous Cattle of Apach District, Northern Uganda
REFNo: NS247ES

Main Objective
To identify genetic markers of Animal African Trypanosomiasis (AAT) tolerance in indigenous cattle

Specific Objectives

i. To set up a panel of phenotypically characterized indigenous cattle with respect to AAT susceptibility

ii. To develop a data base of reference genomes and transcriptomes of indigenous cattle from an AAT endemic region of mid-northern Uganda
iii. To determine the genotypes associated with trypanotolerance in indigenous cattle

Uganda 2021-08-31 2024-08-31 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Rhoda Wanyenze
ID: UNCST-2021-R013352
Assessment of the Implementation Processes and Outcomes of the HIV Assisted Partner Notification Program, Ministry of Health, Uganda
REFNo: HS1671ES

3.2 General Objective
To assess the Implementation processes and outcomes of the HIV Assisted Partner Notification Program in Uganda
3.3 Study Objectives
1. To determine the current level of uptake of APN services and the factors associated with uptake of these services among HIV index clients.
2. To assess the acceptability and uptake of APN services among a sub-sample of partners of APN clients.
3. To assess the extent to which the existing service delivery environment influences the delivery of APN services.
4. To document the perceptions and experiences of users of APN services, challenges faced in utilizing APN services and concerns those users have regarding the way APN services are provided.
5. To determine the positive and negative outcomes of APN services in Uganda, and the support mechanisms available for those who experience negative outcomes.
6. To document the barriers to and facilitators of successful APN implementation and the challenges implementers face during APN implementation.
7. To document the existing opportunities that can inform the future scale-up of the APN program.

Uganda 2021-08-31 2024-08-31 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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