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Turyamureeba  Silaji
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ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE, PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND ACADEMIC STAFF PERFORMANCE IN SELECTED CHARTERED PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN WESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: SS3145ES

i. To determine the types of organizational structure used in private universities in western Uganda. ii. To find out types of performance monitoring used in private universities in western Uganda. iii. To determine the relationship between Organization Structure and Academic Staff Performance in private universities in western Uganda. iv. To establish the Perception of Academic Staff on Performance Monitoring in private universities in western Uganda. v. To examine the Relationship between Performance Monitoring and Academic Staff Performance in private universities in western Uganda.
Uganda 2024-10-08 16:37:01 2027-10-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Sharon Muita
ID: UNCST-2024-R003345
 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. ,
 Kenya 2024-10-08 16:35:40 2027-10-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
ATWIINE SCOVIA
ID: UNCST-2023-R005846
 Prevalence of depressive symptoms, correlates and social support systems for parenting adolescents in South Western Uganda.
REFNo: SS3018ES

1. To determine the prevalence of depression among adolescent mothers and fathers (10-19 years) in South-Western Uganda. 2. To explore the lived experiences of adolescent mothers and fathers with depression (10-19 years) in South- Western Uganda. 3. To assess the social support systems for adolescent mothers and fathers (10-19 years) with depression in South-Western Uganda.
Uganda 2024-10-08 16:34:33 2027-10-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Benard Cankara
ID: UNCST-2023-R008635
 Experiences and Potentiality of Community-Directed Interventions to the Delivery of the Youth Livelihood Programme in Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS3254ES

Overall Objective: To explore the experiences and potentiality of community-directed interventions to the delivery of the youth livelihood programme in Northern Uganda. 1. To explore the various meanings assigned to and the historical development of the concept “community-directedness” by various stakeholders in the YLP in Northern Uganda. 2. To investigate community-based resources and arrangements to support community-directed interventions in the YLP in Northern Uganda. 3. To examine institutional and other formal resources available to support the community-directed intervention in YLP in Northern Uganda. 4. To assess the potential for sustainability of the new development mechanisms put in place by community-directed intervention in the YLP in Northern Uganda.
 Uganda 2024-10-08 16:27:12 2027-10-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
GORRET APOLOT MARY
ID: UNCST-2024-R005023
 NUTRIENT PROFILE AND EFFECT OF OYSTER NUT EXTRACT ON TYPE 2 DIABETIC INDUCED RATS REF NO.CAES-REC-2024-58
REFNo: A473ES

3.To investigate the bioactivity of oyster nuts and its effect on glucose levels and lipid profiles in rats induced with Type 2 Diabetes ,To evaluate the nutrient profile of oyster nuts and assessing its effect on rats induced with Type 2 diabetes. ,To determine the nutrient profile of oyster nuts from the different agro-ecological zones in Uganda,To assess oyster nut production and utilization in the different agro-ecological zones of Uganda,
 Uganda 2024-10-08 16:25:42 2027-10-08 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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