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Denis Collon Akwar
ID: UNCST-2025-R019046
Student Success in Online Academic Programs: A Case of Higher Education Institutions in Uganda
REFNo: SS4612ES

The study is intended to explore students’ success in online programs at higher education institutions in Uganda. It will be guided by the following research questions:
1. What factors impact students' success in online academic programs?
2. What is the effect of different pedagogical techniques on student success in online academic programs?
3. What perceptions do students and course instructors have on student success in online academic programs?
Uganda 2025-12-22 15:35:35 2028-12-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Joweria Nambooze
ID: UNCST-2019-R001118
IMPACT OF THE TIMED AND TARGETED COUNSELLING (TTC) MODEL ON THE HEALTH AND NUTRITION OUTCOMES OF WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE AND CHILDREN IN SELECTED REGIONS OF UGANDA
REFNo: HS6366ES

To determine the cost of implementing timed and targeted counselling (ttC) behaviour change mode.,To identify the key lessons learned so far to inform future programming initiatives. ,To establish the gender dynamics that influence health and nutrition outcomes in women and children.,To assess the extent to which communities accept improved health and nutrition practices among women and children.,To establish whether the model contributes to strengthened local and community health systems. ,To assess the extent to which the model interventions are influencing how women and their supporters are adopting household practices and behaviours that promote good health and nutrition outcomes.,To examine the Impact of the Timed and Targeted Counseling (ttC) Model on the health and nutrition outcomes in women of reproductive age and children 2 years old and above in Uganda.,
Uganda 2025-12-22 15:17:24 2028-12-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
ATUHAIRE JUSTUS
ID: UNCST-2024-R004914
Exploring the Adoption and Utilization of Digital Health Technologies in Urban and Rural Healthcare Settings in Uganda: A Comparative Study
REFNo: HS6824ES

1.3 General Objective To assess the adoption and utilization of digital health technologies among healthcare providers in Uganda and identify the associated barriers and facilitators for digital health integration in Uganda. 1.3.1 Specific Objectives 1. To evaluate the extent to which healthcare providers in Uganda use digital health tools such as electronic health records (EHRs), telemedicine, clinical decision-support systems, and digital communication platforms in patient care. 2. To identify the barriers and facilitators for the adoption and utilization of digital health technologies in Uganda.
Uganda 2025-12-22 14:10:13 2028-12-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Ezekiel Mupere
ID: UNCST-2021-R012739
Evidence-based Acceleration of Wasting Treatment Reform in Uganda for Revised IMAM Guideline Implementation Research - IMAM IR
REFNo: HS6917ES

1. To document the guideline review process, operational plan development and capacity building for implementation of the revised national wasting/IMAM guideline interventions 2. To establish the burden of child wasting and contextual factors of the intervention settings that may influence implementation of the wasting/IMAM interventions in Uganda 3. To determine the uptake and sustainability of implementing the revised IMAM interventions in the country healthcare system at facility and community levels 4. To establish stakeholders, data driven beneficiary and stakeholders’ mapping and in implementation of IMAM interventions 5. To establish the effectiveness of implementing the revised wasting/IMAM guideline interventions on program service outcome indicators at the district, regional and national levels
Uganda 2025-12-22 13:56:30 2028-12-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
ROBERT SSEBUNYA
ID: UNCST-2021-R011585
Assessing the effectiveness of international human rights organizations in the promotion of political rights in Uganda. A case of Amnesty International
REFNo: SS4661ES

a) To analyse the obligation of Amnesty International in the promotion of political rights in Uganda
b) To assess the effectiveness of its advocacy strategies in the promotion of political rights in Uganda
c) To assess the role of amnesty international transformative education model in the promotion of political rights in Uganda

Uganda 2025-12-18 20:18:56 2028-12-18 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Anne Fitzpatrick Elizabeth
ID: UNCST-2024-R015774
Testing Community-led Outreach Clinics to Improve Health in Rural Areas
REFNo: SS3630ES

How do community-based outreaches affect ongoing health facility service delivery, and how can lessons from implementation science be used to improve health services in this population?,What impacts do community-based outreaches have on the labor force participation of adults aged 18 and older? ,How do community-based outreaches influence schooling outcomes for children aged 5-17? ,What is the effect of community-based outreaches on healthcare utilization and self-reported health outcomes? ,The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of community-based outreaches on the health, educational, and labor market outcomes of households located more than 5km away from public health facilities. ,
USA 2025-12-18 20:14:54 2028-12-18 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
MURISHIDI KAMYA
ID: UNCST-2025-R016909
Relationship marketing and student satisfaction in private chartered universities kampala uganda
REFNo: SS4193ES

(i)To examine the effect of trust building on student satisfaction in private chartered universities in Kampala Uganda
(ii)To determine the effect of commitment on student satisfaction in private chartered universities in Kampala Uganda
(iii)To establish the effect of communication on student satisfaction in private chartered universities in Kampala Uganda
(iv)To examine the effect of loyalty programs on student satisfaction in private chartered universities in Kampala Uganda
(v)To assess the moderating effect of electronic marketing in the relationship between relationship marketing and student satisfaction in private chartered universities in Kampala Uganda.

Uganda 2025-12-18 20:06:37 2028-12-18 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Fredrick Masiga
ID: UNCST-2024-R004721
EFFECTIVENESS OF THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN MANAGEMENT OF UNCOMPLICATED MALARIA AMONG CHILDREN IN MAYUGE DISTRICT, UGANDA
REFNo: HS6514ES

1.To determine treatment failure rates among children with uncomplicated malaria managed routinely at Kigandalo HC IV, Mayuge district.
2.To determine the factors associated with treatment failure among children managed for uncomplicated malaria at Kigandalo Health Centre IV, Mayuge district.
To explore the views and perspectives of health workers and patient caretakers on uncomplicated malaria treatment failures at Kigandalo Health Centre IV, Mayuge district.
Uganda 2025-12-18 20:02:57 2028-12-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga Kiiza
ID: UNCST-2019-R001588
A link between diet and cognitive function in Ugandan first-episode schizophrenia patients and healthy controls using nutrimetabolomics
REFNo: HS6783ES

3.To determine the effect of FES-specific DIBs generated from nine specific food groups on cognitive function.,2.To examine the modifying effect of non-genetic regulatory factors on dietary intake biomarkers generated in FES patients and healthy controls.,1.To compare dietary intake biomarkers generated from nine food groups in FES patients and healthy controls.,To utilize nutrimetabolomics to examine the link between diet and cognitive function in Ugandan first-episode schizophrenia patients and healthy controls.,
Uganda 2025-12-18 19:57:34 2028-12-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Joseph Baluku B
ID: UNCST-2019-R000612
Respiratory Morbidity of Schistosoma mansoni: Lung Function Abnormalities, Immunological Biomarkers, Radiological features, Respiratory Quality of Life, and Clinical Phenotypes
REFNo: HS6665ES

Main Objective
The overall objective is to determine and compare the nature and prevalence of
spirometric lung function abnormalities, respiratory symptoms, radiological features, and immunological biomarkers, and respiratory quality of life scores among people with and without Sm and derive clinical phenotypes of respiratory morbidity among people with Sm.

Specific Objectives
1. To determine and compare the nature and prevalence of spirometric lung function
abnormalities among people with and without Sm in Uganda

2. To determine and compare the respiratory symptoms, X-ray findings and immunological
biomarkers that are associated with lung function abnormalities among people with and
without Sm in Uganda.

3. To determine and compare the St. George Respiratory Questionnaire respiratory quality
of life scores and socio-demographic, clinical and immunological correlates among
people with and without Sm in Uganda.

4. To derive and validate clinical phenotypes of respiratory morbidity by cluster analysis of patients with Sm in Uganda.
Uganda 2025-12-18 19:08:42 2028-12-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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