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Justine Bukenya Nnakate
ID: UNCST-2021-R012503
ARISE ADOLESCENT HEALTH SURVEY: HARNESSING LONGITUDINAL DATA AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPROVE ADOLESCENT HEALTH
REFNo: HS1906ES

Evaluate the feasibility of digitally engaging with adolescents using Short Message Service (SMS), Email, and other social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Telegram, or locally relevant social media platforms,Establish a framework for longitudinal data collection in adolescents to track changes in key adolescent health indicators and nutrition status over time and inform interventions to improve adolescent health across low- and middle-income countries.,Implement a standardized survey instrument among adolescents (aged 10-19 years) in Iganga Mayunge DSSs (IMDSSS) to collect key adolescent health indicators related to nutrition, sexual and reproductive health, mental health, physical health, health services utilization and substance use.,To conduct a multi-site longitudinal adolescent health surveillance study in Africa, in order to track adolescents’ health changes over time by implementing two survey rounds and incorporating easy-to-implement simple interventions that can be easily scaled up. ,
Uganda 2021-12-23 2024-12-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Amina  Abubakar Ali
ID:
Assessing and Supporting Mental Health Outcomes among Adolescents in Kenya and Uganda in the Context of COVID-19
REFNo: HS1939ES

1. Formative study with the aims of
a) To quantify the burden of mental health among adolescents in Kenya and Uganda in the context of COVID-19
b) To carry out a scoping review to identify evidence-based mental health programmes that can be scaled up
c) To map out the CSOs providing services to adolescents that can be capacity built to provide mental health services to adolescents
2. To co-design a package of intervention such as peer to peer support group and persuasive games in collaboration with CSOs working with adolescents in Kenya and Uganda
3. To build capacity for CSOs to be able to implement these packages of interventions.
4. To evaluate the implementation process and outcomes of the mental health intervention among adolescent in Kenya and Uganda.

Kenya 2021-12-23 2024-12-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Ivan Busulwa Gabriel
ID:
Addressing Social Determinants of Health for a Noncommunicable Disease in Ddundu Parish, Mukono District, Uganda
REFNo: HS1943ES

To support the Integrated Community Wellness and Development project in Ddundu parish, Mukono district, to identify the social determinants of health associated with hypertension and propose interventions to address them
Uganda 2021-12-23 2024-12-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Catherine Birabwa
ID: UNCST-2021-R012851
Examining the pathways, organization, delivery and governance of institutional maternal healthcare in an African city – the case of Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: HS1952ES

General objective: To investigate the pathways, organization, delivery and governance of maternal healthcare in relation to institutional mortality in Kampala City. Specific objectives 1) To examine the burden of institutional maternal mortality in Kampala city. 2) To assess the care-seeking pathways among women admitted with obstetric emergencies and how the pathways affect delivery outcomes. 3) To examine the service delivery processes for EmOC in selected facilities in Kampala city and how they influence delivery outcomes. 4) To explore the influence of selected governance functions on the delivery and utilization of EmOC in Kampala city.
Uganda 2021-12-23 2024-12-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Wasswa Senoga Asaph
ID:
An Exploration of financial control practices in the central dioceses of the church of the Province of Uganda
REFNo: SS720ES

i. To explore the types of financial control practices used in the central dioceses of the Church of the Province of Uganda.
ii. Analyze effective are the financial control practices identified in (I) above.
iii. Examine does the Church of Uganda's central dioceses comply with the standards set by the Committee of Tread way Sponsoring Organizations (COSO).

Uganda 2021-12-22 2024-12-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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