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BYAMUGISHA EDISON
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RETENTION LEVEL AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS IN MBARARA, RUBIRIZI AND RWAMPARA DISTRICTS: A 15-19 YEAR FOLLOW UP STUDY RefNo: MUST-2023-1183
REFNo: SS2542ES

1. To determine the level of retention of Community Health Workers in Mbarara, Rubirizi and Rwampara Districts after 15 -19 years. 2. To establish factors associated with retention among Community Health Workers in Mbarara, Rubirizi and Rwampara Districts after 15 -19 years
Uganda 2024-04-16 9:15:32 2027-04-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
BYAMUGISHA EDISON
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LIVED EXPERIENCES OF LONG-SERVING (>15 YEARS) COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS IN MBARARA, RUBIRIZI AND RWAMPARA DISTRICTS. A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY Ref No: MUST 2023-1294
REFNo: SS2538ES

To discover the copying strategies utilized by long-serving (>15 years) Community Health Workers in persisting for their volunteer roles and responsibilities in Mbarara, Rubirizi and Rwampara Districts.,To identify challenges faced by long-serving (>15 years) Community Health Workers when carrying out their roles and responsibilities in Mbarara, Rubirizi and Rwampara Districts.,To explore the motivational factors enabling sustained engagement among long-serving (>15 years) Community Health Workers in Mbarara, Rubirizi and Rwampara Districts,To explore the lived experience of long-serving (>15 years) Community Health Workers regarding their motivations, challenges and coping strategies in carrying out their roles and responsibilities in Mbarara, Rubirizi and Rwampara Districts,
Uganda 2024-04-16 9:10:48 2027-04-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
James Kiwanuka-Tondo
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Olutindo (loosely translated “THE BRIDGE”): Promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health Behavior Change among Teenage Girls in Mukono district, through Strategic Communication intervention
REFNo: SS2529ES

The aim of this study is to design a strategic communication intervention to promote effective sexual and reproductive health behavior change,What communication strategies can be used to reduce teenage pregnancies in Mukono District,What specific factors lead to high teenage pregnancies in Mukono District? ,What are the perceptions and attitudes of the teenage girls about the causes of teenage pregnancy in Mukono District? ,
Uganda 2024-04-16 9:03:57 2027-04-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Robert MPIIRA
ID: UNCST-2022-R005391
Economic and Environmental Impacts of Infrastructure Improvement in Kampala and Land Acquisition Frictions
REFNo: SS2510ES

Understand how the frictions and their potential heterogeneity may alter the equilibrium location of infrastructure in Kampala, and what the economic and welfare costs of these frictions are,3. Identify the frictions that hinder the acquisition of the Right of Way for the construction of infrastructure in Kampala and assess whether these frictions are heterogeneous over space,2. Quantify the impact of road improvements in Kampala in terms of (i) changes in land and property value, (ii) changes in air quality and (iii) changes in flood risk,1. Investigate the role of economic market failures and other economic mechanisms in affecting the government’s ability to acquire the land needed to build infrastructures.,
Uganda 2024-04-16 8:57:43 2027-04-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Douglas Bulafu
ID: UNCST-2021-R011774
Strengthening Death Notification and Reporting in Kalangala and Buvuma Districts in Uganda
REFNo: HS3966ES

To explore the status of death notification and registration and implement a capacity building intervention to strengthen mortality surveillance systems at health facility and community levels in Buvuma and Kalangala Districts ,6. To strengthen the technical capacity of facility health workers and community health workers to notify and report deaths that occur in health facilities and communities. ,5. To improve the knowledge and awareness of death notification and reporting among facility and community health workers as well as community leaders.,4. To explore the barriers of death notification and reporting among facility and community health workers as well as community leaders. ,3. To explore the facilitators of death notification and reporting among facility and community health workers as well as community leaders. ,2. To explore the individual experiences of community members regarding death notification and reporting in Buvuma and Kalangala districts,1. To describe the process of death notification and reporting among facility and community health workers in Buvuma and Kalangala districts. ,
Uganda 2024-04-16 8:53:03 2027-04-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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