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FRANCIS TUMWESIGYE N/A
ID:
GENDER INCLUSION AND SERVICE PROVISION BY CORE SECURITY AGENCIES IN UGANDA. A CASE OF UGANDA POLICE IN KAMPALA METROPOLITAN AREA.
REFNo: SS779ES

TO EXAMINE THE EFFECTS OF WOMEN PARTICIPATION ON PROVISION OF SERVICES BY THE UGANDA POLICE FORCE.,TO FIND OUT THE BENEFITS OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT ON PROVISION OF SERVICES BY THE UGANDA POLICE FORCE.,TO ASSESS THE IMPACTS OF WOMEN REPRESENTATION ON EFFECTIVE PROVISION OF SERVICES IN THE UGANDA POLICE FORCE.,TO EXAMINE THE EFFECTS OF GENDER EQUALITY ON EFFECTIVE PROVISION OF SERVICES BY THE UGANDA POLICE FORCE.,THE STUDY OUGHT TO EXAMINE THE EFFECTS OF GENDER INCLUSION AND PROVISION OF SERVICES BY THE UGANDA POLICE FORCE IN THE CONTEPOLARY POLICING.,
 Uganda 2021-06-18 2024-06-18 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Thomas Baik
ID:
A Survey of Language Choice and Code Switching in Psychiatric and Neurological Practice
REFNo: HS1432ES

In this study we aim to explore three situations in which language choice can enhance multilingual patients’ cognitive reserve and psychological resilience. Research in psycho- and sociolinguistics suggests that languages can be used to regulate emotional and social distance. For example, one language can be associated with authority and formality, and other with compassion and solidarity (Myers-Scotton, 1995). This study aims to investigate whether such differential use of languages is also used in medicine and psychotherapy and can be applied to regulate inner emotions. This leads us to our research question: Can multilingualism benefit psychiatric and neurological patients through a mechanism of emotional distance regulation.
We will address language choice and code switching in the context of trauma and psychosis in psychotherapy as well as in the process of neurodegeneration in neurological patients. We aim to address the question of the importance of language choice in illness from all three perspectives of the biopsychosocial model, since each of the above-mentioned groups has one component of the biopsychosocial model in the foreground, meaning that in neurological patients the predominant component is biology, psychosis patients are strongly influenced by psychological factor and in trauma patients the experiences are strongly embedded in social factors.

Germany 2021-06-18 2024-06-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Levicatus Mugenyi
ID: UNCST-2020-R014759
 The Impact of Child-Optimized Financial Education (COFE) Curriculum in Uganda
REFNo: SS817ES

The main study objectives are to answer the following specific research questions/objectives. Outcomes/measures are underlined below. Primary research question: • Does participation in COFE + SILC groups increase the likelihood that caregivers pay for required education expenses of all the school-age children under the caregivers’ care to stay in school vs. participation in SILC only groups? Secondary research questions include: • Does participation in COFE + SILC increase the likelihood that caregivers pay for health-related expenses of all the children under the caregivers’ care (who have a health need) vs. participation in SILC alone? • Does participation in COFE + SILC increase caregivers’ financial self-efficacy vs. participation in SILC alone?
Uganda 2021-06-17 2024-06-17 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Damalie Nalwanga
ID: UNCST-2021-R013217
 Exploring understanding, attitudes and practices of frontline health workers and caretakers regarding the relationship between severe pneumonia and malnutrition in children in the context of COVID-19
REFNo: SS803ES

1.To assess the level of understanding of frontline health workers and caretakers regarding the relationship between severe pneumonia and malnutrition in the context of COVID -19
2.To assess the attitudes of frontline health workers and caretakers regarding the relationship between severe pneumonia and malnutrition in the context of COVID -19
3.To assess the practices of frontline health workers and caretakers regarding the relationship between severe pneumonia and malnutrition in the context of COVID -19

 Uganda 2021-06-16 2024-06-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Emmy Okello
ID: UNCST-2020-R009792
 Active Case Detection and Decentralized Dynamic Registry to Improve the Uptake of Rheumatic Heart Disease Secondary Prevention (ADD-RHD)
REFNo: HS1323ES

Primary Objective:
To develop and refine a technology-enabled approach to increase uptake of secondary prevention (ADD-RHD) that is sustainable and replicable at scale to improve outcomes for people living with RHD.

Secondary Objectives:
Aim 1: Optimize the ADD-RHD ACT Platform to maximize case retention and delivery of secondary prophylaxis.
Aim 2: Roll out and evaluate the implementation of the ACT Platform.
Aim 3: Assess the adequacy of current policy and regulatory guidance in Uganda for the adoption of new technologies for health in general, and for rheumatic heart disease diagnosis and management and to describe system and policy constructs necessary for the successful approval of new health technology.
Aim 4: Estimate costs, cost-effectiveness, and budget impact of the ACT platform intervention.

 Uganda 2021-06-16 2024-06-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Julius Okuni Boniface
ID: UNCST-2019-R000963
 A MULTI-COUNTRY, SINGLE-BLINDED, PHASE 2 STUDY TO EVALUATE RAPID DETECTION SYSTEMS OF SARS-COV-2
REFNo: HS1425ES

1. To determine the clinical sensitivity of the test assays compared to the real-time RT-PCR-based method.
2. To determine the specificity of the test assays compared to the real-time RT-PCR-based method.

 Uganda 2021-06-16 2024-06-16 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
William Worodria Ofuti
ID: UNCST-2022-R010915
 The effect of household air pollution on lung function recovery in COVID-19 disease
REFNo: SS892ES

Main objective
- The overall aim of the study is to measure the effect of air pollution on lung function recovery after COVID-19 pneumonia.

-Measure the effect of air pollution exposure on lung function recovery after COVID-19.

Specific Objectives

- Measure the effect of mobility on air pollution exposure and lung function recovery after COVID-19.
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 Uganda 2021-06-16 2024-06-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Moses  Mulumba
ID: UNCST-2021-R013832
 An Ethnographic Analysis of the Right to Health Based Monitoring of and Advocacy for the Progressive Realization of Universal Health Coverage in Uganda
REFNo: SS793ES

Study Goal

The goal of the project is to establish the extent to which OPERA plus PAR supports the localization of the right to health

Specific objectives
To build the capacity of civil society and influential academia on the use of the OPERA framework

To explore the current levels of enjoyment of the right to health in Uganda

To assess state commitments and efforts to fulfill the right to health including the use of adequate resources

To examine constraints to the state's compliance to fulfill the right to health.
 Uganda 2021-06-14 2024-06-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Christine  Wiltshire Sekaggya
ID: UNCST-2019-R000578
 Establishing the prevalence of COVID19 infection among patients attending TB clinic, and the effect of COVID19 on TB clinical care in Kampala
REFNo: HS1304ES

Primary objective: 1. To determine the prevalence of COVID-19 infection amongst adult patients attending TB clinics Secondary objectives 1. To determine the prevalence of previous COVID-19 infection amongst adult patients attending TB clinics 2. To explore the experiences of patients attending TB clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic 3. To explore the experiences of healthcare workers in relation to TB care provision during the COVID-19 pandemic
Uganda 2021-06-11 2024-06-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Arthur Bagonza
ID:
EFFECTIVENESS OF SUPPORT GROUPS ON IMPROVING LIVELIHOOD OF PEOPLE WITH ALBINISM IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS882ES

1. To map and profile all PWA and service providers of PWA in three regions (Northern, Western and Central) Uganda.

2. To construct a model of group support for PWA in three regions of Uganda based on views of PWA.

3. To determine the effectiveness of support groups on increasing access to services and inclusion of People with Albinism in mainstream development processes in Uganda.

4. To explore perceptions of key stakeholders on the use of support groups in increasing access to services and inclusion in mainstream development processes for PWA in Uganda


 Uganda 2021-06-11 2024-06-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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