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Mathew Amollo
ID: UNCST-2025-R022152
Psychological Distress among Victims of Violence Against Children in Uganda: Prevalence, Enablers and Barriers to Help Seeking in Uganda
REFNo: HS6872ES

a) To determine the prevalence of psychological distress among adolescents (13-17 years) who experience violence in Uganda. b) To examine the association between lifetime childhood violence exposure and psychological distress. Does help seeking mediate the association? c)To explore the enablers and barriers to accessing services for psychological distress among adolescents (13-17 years) who experienced lifetime violence in Uganda.
Uganda 2026-07-24 7:40:29 2029-07-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Nazarius Tumwesigye Mbona
ID: UNCST-2019-R000664
ASSESSMENT OF STATISFACTION OF THE VILLAGE HEALTH TEAMS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH THE CAPACITY BUILDING FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS PROJECT IN CENTRAL UGANDA
REFNo: HS8168ES

2. To assess the level of satisfaction among household and community members with the VHT services delivered under the CHW project in Masaka City, Masaka District, and Bukomansimbi District,1. To assess the level of VHT satisfaction with the support provided under the CHW project in Masaka City, Masaka District, and Bukomansimbi District. ,To assess the impact of the investments made by KOFIH on the performance of VHTs and the satisfaction of community members with VHT-provided services, following multiple trainings, equipment provision, mentorships, referrals, and integrated outreaches.,
Uganda 2026-07-24 12:50:17 2029-07-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Robert MPIIRA
ID: UNCST-2022-R005391
A Pilot Study on Workers’ Exposure to Air, Noise and Water Pollution, Heat, Flooding, and Waste across Homes, Workplaces and Commutes, and Its Effects on Their Health, Productivity, and Behavior in Kampala Metropolitan Area.
REFNo: SS5590ES

(i) To assess objective and perceived (self-reported) exposure to water, noise and air pollution, heat (temperature, humidity), flooding and waste at the home, at the workplace, and along the commute for prime-age workers in two contrasting parishes of the Kampala Metropolitan Area.
(ii) To characterise the socio-economic gradient of this joint exposure — the association between exposure and respondents' occupation, sector of employment, formality, earnings, and education.
(iii) To examine workers' beliefs about environmental conditions, pay, and working conditions at workplaces other than their own; compare these beliefs against the objective measurements and quantify the resulting perceived–objective exposure gaps ("information mismatches").
(iv) To analyse the association between joint environmental exposure and self-reported outcomes — including health (recent illness, respiratory and heat-related symptoms), productivity (work hours, days affected), and protective practices (actions taken at home, at the workplace, and along the commute).
(v) To validate the operational feasibility of the sampling, listing, survey, and monitoring protocol — measured by listing rates, eligibility rates, refusal rates, interview duration, item non-response, and monitor compliance — for deployment at scale in the subsequent full-scale study.

Uganda 2026-07-24 11:46:25 2029-07-24 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Richard Kica Ocaya
ID: UNCST-2026-R026002
Preventive health practices for Reducing Under-Five Mortality in the Refugee and the Rural Host Communities in Palabek Settlement, Uganda
REFNo: SS5566ES

i) To determine the level of knowledge of cause, symptoms and preventive measures for malaria among the refugee and host community households;

ii) To determine the attitude of the refugee and the host community households towards preventive health practices for malaria;

iii) To determine the extent of practice of preventive health behaviors and related challenges for malaria in the refugee and host community households; and

iv) To develop knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) based primary prevention model for reduction of U5M for the refugee and the rural host communities.

Uganda 2026-07-24 11:39:56 2029-07-24 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
JOYCE NAMWASE
ID: UNCST-2024-R005002
STRENGTHENING GERIATRIC SERVICES AT BUTABIKA NATIONAL REFERRAL MENTAL HOSPITAL: A SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INTEGRATED CARE FOR OLDER PEOPLE (ICOPE)–BASED SCREENING AND CARE PATHWAY
REFNo: HS7950ES

III. To introduce and implement a routine standardized geriatric health screening and care pathway for patients aged 60 years and above at BNRMH using integrated care for older people (ICOPE).,II. To identify the potential barriers and facilitators of a geriatrics screening and care pathway at BNRMH.,I. To determine the prevalence of geriatric health conditions ands individuals screened in the past 12 months at Butabika NRMH.,
Uganda 2026-07-24 11:33:57 2029-07-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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