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Jerome  Kabakyenga Kahuma
ID: UNCST-2021-R013729
BACKTRACK: A technology enabled care pathway delivered by clinical officers and nurses to manage low back pain
REFNo: HS2636ES

BACKTRACK will enable the clinical officer or nurse to identify the cases that should be referred onwards for specialist assessment and intervention such as physiotherapy,BACKTRACK will enable the clinical officer or nurse in dispatching evidence based self-management advice,BACKTRACK will enable the clinical officer or nurse to safely identify LBP cases that are amenable to self-management,to develop and evaluate a digital clinical decision support system (DCDSS) called BACKTRACK. ,to improve access to rehabilitation for people with low back pain to reduce its disability burden, and to improve functional and participatory outcomes (such as return to work or school).,
Uganda 2023-02-15 16:53:46 2026-02-15 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Charles Bawate
ID: UNCST-2022-R009806
Determinants and impact of health education intervention on patients' adherence to Arteminsinin-based combination therapy treatment in Kamuli District, Uganda
REFNo: HS2576ES

General Objective
To assess the determinants and the impact of health education intervention on patients' adherence to ACT treatment in kamuli District, Uganda.

Specific Objectives
1. To determine the level of patients' adherence to ACT in the case management of malaria in Kamuli District, Uganda.
2. To determine the factors influencing patients' adherence to malaria ACT treatment in Kamuli District, Uganda.
3. To establish the impact of a health education intervention on the patients' adherence to malaria ACT treatment in kamuli District, Uganda.
Uganda 2023-02-15 16:35:05 2026-02-15 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Jackline  Kiwelu Estomihi Mayende
ID:
Evidence-based information practice framework for maize postharvest handling by rural smallholder farmers in Uganda.
REFNo: SS1435ES

1. Evaluate the current status
of evidence-based
information practices by
maize smallholder farmers in
Uganda concerning maize
postharvest handling.
2. Describe the evidence
information practice needs
for rural smallholder farmers
as far as maize postharvest
handling is concerned.
3. Explain the access and use
of the available maize postharvest
handling evidence-based
information practice.
4. Describe difficulties that
smallholder farmers and
extension service librarians
are experiencing with the
available maize postharvest
handling evidence-based
information practice in terms
of access and use.
5.
5. Propose evidence-based
information practice
framework for maize
postharvest handling by rural
smallholder farmers in
Uganda.
Tanzania 2023-02-15 16:33:01 2026-02-15 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Casey Crow Lynn
ID:
Exploring Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Amongst Refugees with Disabilities in Uganda
REFNo: SS1611ES

4. To identify barriers and facilitators to accessing SRHR-related services with the aim of improving uptake and informing future service provision.,3. To explore how disability, migration, and access to sexual and reproductive health influence lived experience from micro (individual, family, intimate relationships), to meso (school, community, NGOs, healthcare), to macro (societal, policy) levels. ,2. To describe how refugees with disabilities navigate and resist violence, stigma, and marginalisation of their sexual and reproductive health and rights.,1. To explore the ways disability and migration interact in the process of seeking sexual and reproductive health services.,To explore the SRHR-related lives, needs, contexts, and access to services amongst refugees with disabilities in Uganda.,
USA 2023-02-14 17:15:17 2026-02-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
JOHNBAPTIST BWANIKA
ID:
A Research study to understand the impact and cost-effectiveness of a digital health platform for iCCM in Uganda
REFNo: HS2645ES

Specific objectives
1.Determine the impact of the eCHIS intervention on OPD attendance (due to malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea) among children under five,
2.Determine the impact of the eCHIS intervention on hospitalisation (due to malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea) among children under five,
3.Determine the impact of the eCHIS intervention on malaria related mortality in the community and health facilities among children under five,
4.Determine if translating the eCHIS into the local language improves VHTs’ service delivery (satisfaction, confidence, accuracy, interpretation, and quality),
5.Determine the cost-effectiveness of implementing the eCHIS intervention.

Secondary objectives
1.To assess the data quality of VHT monthly digital reports,
2.To assess use of digital dashboards for decision-making at HF and district level,
3.To assess the proportion of the devices still functioning each month throughout the study and document reasons why they malfunctioned,
4.To assess maintenance requirements

Uganda 2023-02-14 16:58:01 2026-02-14 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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