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CATHERINE ABBO
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Incorporating mental health and psychosocial support in the Ugandan Police Child and Family Protection Department toll free line to address sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) complaints.
REFNo: HS791ES

1. To explore the understanding of TFLOs regarding MHPSS needs of complainants of SGBV. 2. To develop and implement a mental health and psychosocial support training for 20 TFLOs working in Kampala and Wakiso Districts. 3. To conduct an evaluation of the training programme among the TFLOs.
Uganda 2020-08-24 2023-08-24 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Gilbert Habaasa
ID:
Death registration completeness, gendered Social norms and Behavioural practices affecting death registration in Uganda
REFNo: SS539ES

i. To establish the prevalence of death registration in HDSS sites of Uganda (absolute number of deaths registered).
ii. To find out the level of data quality for death registration in HDSS sites of Uganda
(death registration completeness, timeliness of death registration).
iii. To generate gendered vital statistics using existing death data in HDSS sites of Uganda (Age Specific Mortality Rates, Life expectancy at birth and cause of death by age and gender)
iv. To find out the gendered social norms and behavioral practices that lead to under-registration of deaths in Uganda.

Uganda 2020-08-24 2023-08-24 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Faith Sebuliba Rosemary Kasumba
ID:
To explore Nursing Students Readiness to Learn in a Technology Enhanced Environment in Degree Completion Programs in Institutions of Higher Education in Uganda
REFNo: HS716ES

i.Describe nursing student self-efficacy of technical competencies that promote, their readiness to learn in technology enhanced environments.
ii.Describe personal attributes associated with nursing students’ readiness to learn in technology enhanced environments.
iii.Determine institutional support that promote nursing students readiness to learn in technology enhanced environments.
iv.Determine nursing students’ perspectives regarding their readiness to learn in a technology enhanced environment.

Uganda 2020-08-21 2023-08-21 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Noah Kiwanuka
ID: UNCST-2021-R010125
Bio ethical Issues in the Use of Mobile Phone Data for Public Health Research in Uganda
REFNo: HS717ES

1. To perform a systematic review of the literature to document the current state-of-evidence on the ethics related to the use of mobile phone CDRs and data from other mobile devices for public health research in Africa. We will search published and unpublished literature to identify what is known and gaps in knowledge about ethics of CDRs.
2. To assess perception, attitudes and concerns of key stakeholders in relation to the utilization of CDRs for public health research in Uganda. We will conduct a mixed- methods study using key informant interviews and focus group discussions and quantitative surveys to gather information about ethical concerns, opinions, and suggestions from a range of selected stakeholders. The stakeholders will include patients, community members, health workers, health researchers, government officials, telecommunication companies, Institutional Review Boards/Ethics Committees, academic faculty, research organizations, ICT regulatory boards among others.


Uganda 2020-08-21 2023-08-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Andrew Mujugira
ID: UNCST-2019-R000871
Same-Day PrEP Initiation and Sexual Health for Transgender Women
REFNo: HS772ES

1) Evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of same-day F/TAF PrEP initiation among African trans women

2) Characterize F/TAF persistence and test the impact of drug level feedback among African trans women taking PrEP

3) Explore how self-care interventions for sexual health influence HIV/STI prevention choices among African trans women and their sexual partners
Uganda 2020-08-21 2023-08-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Simon Peter Katongole
ID:
Strengthening health systems for quality health care: case study of misdiagnosis among hospitalized patients in general hospitals in Uganda
REFNo: HS826ES

To examine health system factors associated with misdiagnosis for improving health care quality in general hospitals in Uganda.
Specific objectives
a) To determine the prevalence of misdiagnosis for patients admitted to general hospitals in Uganda.
b) To examine association between health system and individual-related predictors with misdiagnosis in general hospitals in Uganda.
c) To explore health workers’ perspectives of the predictors of misdiagnosis among admitted patients in general hospitals in Uganda.
d) To assess the financial cost of misdiagnosis among inpatients in hospitals in Uganda.

Uganda 2020-08-21 2023-08-21 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Richard Muhindo
ID:
Fighting COVID-19: Assessment of Health Systems Support for Psychosocial Preparedness and Needs of Health Workers Providing Essential Patient Care in Uganda
REFNo: HS715ES

3. To develop and propose a model for psychosocial and emotional support for healthcare professionals working in contexts of contagious disease outbreaks ,2. To examine health systems institutional capacity to provide psychosocial and emotional support to health professionals providing essential care to people with COVID-19.,1. To describe the psychosocial preparedness and of healthcare professionals providing essential care to people with COVID-19,To assess the health systems’ support for psychosocial preparedness and needs of healthcare professionals providing essential care for people with COVID-19 in Uganda,
Uganda 2020-08-20 2023-08-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Japheth Kwiringira Nkiriyehe
ID: UNCST-2019-R000408
GEO-SOCIO, CAPACITY INTERSECTIONS ON HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES IN KALANGALA ISLANDS, UGANDA
REFNo: SS506ES

Main Objective
To explore how intersections of social, geographical and health provider capacity influence access to health care and outcomes.
Specific Objectives
1. Investigate the relationship between geo-social factors, health care providers’ capacity and health care access (supply and demand factors) produce health outcomes.

2. Investigate the relationship between geo-social factors, health care providers’ capacity and utilisation of health care services.

Uganda 2020-08-20 2023-08-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Hawa  Nalwoga
ID:
Improving access to prompt and adequate cancer care: Liquid biopsy biobank to promote early cancer diagnosis, screening and monitoring (Makerere University Liquid Biopsy Biobank Project (MakLBBP)
REFNo: HS808ES

1. To create a liquid biopsy biobank of blood samples obtained from Ugandan patients with any of the five cancers: cervical cancer, breast cancers, prostate, colorectal and oesophageal cancers and from normal control participants
2. To assess awareness, knowledge and opinion of cancer patients and health volunteers regarding causes of cancer, cancer diagnosis and management of cancer
Secondary specific objectives
3. To explore likely acceptability and perceptions of cancer patients and caregivers towards biospecimen donation for biobanking to use in cancer research at Hoima, and Jinja Regional Referral hospitals and Uganda Cancer Institute

Uganda 2020-08-20 2023-08-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Matt Baillie Smith
ID:
Skills acquisition and employability through volunteering by displaced youth in Uganda
REFNo: SS447ES

Research Objectives 1.To conceptualize the relationship between different forms of volunteering and the acquisition of skills by Ugandan refugee youth. 2. To map and explain where and how young refugees in Uganda are engaged in volunteering. 3. To identify and understand the factors that shape participation in volunteering by refugee youth in Uganda. 4. To assess the impact of volunteering by refugee youth in Uganda on employability and achieving meaningful work. Research Questions 1. How is volunteering understood by young refugees in Uganda and how does this vary between settings (e.g. urban or rural settlement), and by factors such as gender, age, sexuality, nationality and ethnicity? 2. Where and how do young refugees in Uganda engage in volunteering? 3. What factors shape young refugees’ participation in volunteering in Uganda? 4. How have volunteering experiences shaped the employment trajectories of refugees who have found meaningful work in Uganda and how does the impact of volunteering on employability vary by setting, and by factors such as gender, age, sexuality, ethnicity and nationality?
UK 2020-08-19 2023-08-19 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
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