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KASIRYE ANDREW KATO
ID: UNCST-2023-R008128
The Founder's Charism and child safeguard in selected ARU Member institutions
REFNo: SS2308ES

a. To suggest and recommend to religious institutions the need of designing child safeguard policies by utilizing and basing on their founder’s charism.,
Uganda 2024-01-25 17:31:27 2027-01-25 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Primah Namudiba Kwagala
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GENDER AND THE LEGAL HISTORY OF ABORTION: THE LEGACY OF COLONIAL LEGISLATION IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS2247ES

The main objective of this study is to interrogate Uganda’s legal history on abortion and its legacy on contemporary laws regulating access to safe abortion services in Uganda. Specifically, the study has objectives to
1. Analyse gender dynamics that influenced regulation and means of abortion in pre-colonial Uganda
2. Examine the influence of colonialism on regulation of abortion practices for women in Uganda
3. Assess the legacy of colonial legislation on contemporary laws regulating access to safe abortion services in Uganda and;
4. Identify strategies to decolonize abortion laws in Uganda to inform legal and policy interventions on access to safe and legal abortion

Uganda 2024-01-25 17:29:51 2027-01-25 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Andrew Tusubira Kuguminkiriza
ID: UNCST-2021-R014026
Redefining selfcare among people living with HIV: perceptions and practices of HIV and co-morbidity in Uganda.
REFNo: HS3639ES

To understand how persons living with HIV and chronic comorbidities experience and interpret selfcare, in order to redefine selfcare in the Ugandan context.

Specific objectives:
1. To explore the self-care practices of persons living with HIV for managing hypertension or diabetes comorbidities in low-and-middle income countries.
2. To explore how people living with HIV with hypertension and/or diabetes, enrolled in care in Uganda, interpret looking after themselves and their health in their daily lives (selfcare).
3. To determine treatment and heath maintenance practices adopted by people living with HIV and hypertension and/or diabetes enrolled in care in Uganda.
4. To examine the capacity and support for self-care among persons living with HIV and hypertension and/or diabetes enrolled in care in Uganda.

Uganda 2024-01-25 16:08:26 2027-01-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Elizabeth Ayebare Ombeva
ID: UNCST-2020-R003666
Evaluation of a multicomponent intervention to improve perinatal bereavement support for women and families after stillbirth and neonatal death in Kenya and Uganda: A pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial.
REFNo: HS3205ES

To explore factors influencing future scale up and sustainability of the intervention ,To explore potential mechanisms of impact of the intervention through understanding womens’, families’, health workers’ and service managers’ views and experiences of the intervention and usual care after stillbirth and neonatal death,To evaluate whether the intervention was implemented as intended during the trial by assessing fidelity, ‘dose’, reach and adaptations made in the study context. ,To assess the cost effectiveness of the intervention from the perspective of the local health systems in Kenya and Uganda ,To assess the mediating effect of perceived social support on intervention impact. ,To assess the impact of the intervention on maternal anxiety, risk of depression and development, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health conditions.,To assess the effectiveness of the co-produced multicomponent interventions in reducing perinatal grief intensity at 8-12 weeks post birth for women who have experienced stillbirth or early neonatal death. ,
Uganda 2024-01-24 23:23:30 2027-01-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Mary Nyantaro
ID: UNCST-2023-R006533
Knowledge, Perceptions and Practices of Parents, Community Members and Health workers on Unclassified Sudden Infant Deaths in Uganda.
REFNo: HS3465ES

This study aims to assess the knowledge, perceptions and practices of parents, community members and health care workers on USIDS in the community in Uganda.
1. To determine the knowledge, perceptions and practices of parents and community members on unclassified sudden infant death syndrome in Uganda.
2. To determine the knowledge, perceptions and practices of health workers on unclassified sudden infant death syndrome in Uganda.
Uganda 2024-01-24 23:17:54 2027-01-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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