Caitlin Monroe Cooke
ID:
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Defining History: Education, expertise, and women's knowledge in Western Uganda, 1800-1980
REFNo: SS269ES
This project has four objectives:
1.) Identify early systems of indigenous education in Western Uganda
2.) Explore the role of women and women's knowledge in those indigenous education initiatives
3.) Explore how education initiatives – from indigenous ones to colonial schools – separated the discipline of "history" from other kinds of knowledge about the past
4.) Ask how this neglected women's knowledge changes our contemporary understandings of intellectual history
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USA |
2019-07-01 |
2022-07-01 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Daniel Shephard
ID:
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Resilient Learners, Teachers, and Education Systems in Uganda: An Exploratory Study
REFNo: SS280ES
There are two overarching research questions in this exploratory study:
1. How do instructors participating in the AVSI-Oxfam program in Palabek, Uganda conceptualize well-being and resilience?
2. How do young people who are currently participating (or may eventually participate) in the AVSI-Oxfam program in Palebek, Uganda conceptualize well-being and resilience?
a) To begin exploratory research about how learners and teachers conceptualize well-being and resilience in contexts of displacement.
b) To learn more about project interventions, especially accelerated education (AE) and teacher education and professional development (TEPD) through key informant interviews and observations.
c) To gain insights about the larger context and operational space in Palabek settlement.
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USA |
2019-08-06 |
2022-08-06 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Daniel Stein
ID:
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Unconditional Cash Transfers in Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement, Uganda
REFNo: SS281ES
Due to limited evidence on the effect of large, one-off unconditional cash transfers in refugee contexts, the commissioning organization GiveDirectly has requested IDinsight to conduct a rigorous impact evaluation. The research study aims to answer the following core research questions:
1. What is the impact of large, unconditional cash transfers on refugee households for outcomes such as income, assets, consumption, enterprise, food security and psychological wellbeing?
2. What do any changes caused by the cash transfers mean for the lives of refugee households and how did those changes come about?
3. What is the effect of cash transfers on host communities, and their relationship with the refugee communities?
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USA |
2019-03-26 |
2022-03-26 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Grace Brown
ID:
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Sustainable Coffee Farming: Agricultural Growth, Cultural Shift, and Its Direct Effect on Decreased Gorilla/Human Disease Transmission
REFNo: NS87ES
To record the influence of local agricultural shifts on the health of gorilla group populations within Bwindi.
-Record diseases and illnesses through fecal sample that are linked to some sort of human interaction, whether it be direct or through livestock.
-Determine how coffee farmers perspectives on gorilla conservation have changed, if at all, with their participation in Gorilla Conservation Coffee.
-Study how farmers with steadier incomes can better support sustainability and conservation efforts within Bwindi Impenetrable National Forest.
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USA |
2020-11-26 |
2023-11-26 |
Natural Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Nicolette Manglos-Weber D
ID:
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Religion and Community Caregivers in Uganda
REFNo: SS290ES
This research project investigates the overlapping fields of religion and social welfare provision in Uganda, with a focus on local community leaders who are caring for social welfare needs related to poverty and economic insecurity. It seeks to understand the role of religious beliefs, practices, and structures in the formation and success of such local community caregivers. It also seeks to evaluate the impact of local community caregivers relative to other types of social welfare providers within the religious and political fields. The aim is to produce several academic articles as well as an original book. This book would use portraits of Ugandan community caregivers to describe what makes such a person successful and how to emulate their efforts toward social transformation. It would also use these portraits as a means of instructing readers on the dynamics of religion and politics in post-colonial Africa.
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USA |
2019-07-23 |
2022-07-23 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Katia Peterson
ID:
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A quasi-experimental study of Interpersonal Group Therapy (IPT) treatment attribution on decreasing depression severity among depressed women in Iganga District, Makuutu Sub County and Mukono District, Kimenyedde Sub Counties
REFNo: SS297ES
General objective
To establish a baseline prevalence of depression and determine the period and treatment effects of depression severity between depressed women in Iganga (Makuutu Sub County) and Mukono District (Kimenyedde Sub Counties).
Specific objectives
1. Determine the prevalence of depression in Makuutu Sub County (Iganga) and Kimenyedde Sub Counties (Mukono).
2. Determine the change in depression severity, as measured by the PHQ-9, within control subjects at six months and one year follow up.
3. Determine the change in depression severity, as measured by the PHQ-9, between control and treatment subjects at six months and one-year follow up.
4. Determine the change in well-being as measured by the “Well-being Indicator Survey†within control subjects and between control and treatment subjects at six months and one year follow up.
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USA |
2019-05-07 |
2022-05-07 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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PETER SPENCER SIMNER
ID:
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Etiology of Nodding Syndrome: an Epileptic Disorder of East African Children
REFNo: HS410ES
Increase understanding of the role of environmental exposures, notably to specific neurotropic viruses, as risk factors for Nodding syndrome.
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USA |
2019-12-04 |
2022-12-04 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Mackenzie Carlson
ID:
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Investigating the prevalence and practices of herbal medicine use in antenatal care in Mukono District, Uganda
REFNo: HS386ES
Specific Aim 1: Collect qualitative data using a standardized questionnaire to evaluate the prevalence of herbal medicine use in pregnancy, including which herbs are taken for what purposes.
Specific Aim 2: Identify ways in which herbal medicines are obtained and prepared for use in pregnancy.
Specific Aim 3: Identify the concordance between what recommendations and medications are given to pregnant women to prepare for labor and delivery by traditional birth attendants versus government midwives.
Hypotheses: We hypothesize that most pregnant women in the Mukono District use herbal medicine during pregnancy and that the exact preparations of herbal medications vary by traditional birth attendant preparing them and by village.
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USA |
2019-06-24 |
2022-06-24 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Christa Kuntzelman Marie
ID:
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Refugee Perceptions of their Rights in Uganda
REFNo: SS305ES
The purpose of this study is to learn (a) learn what rights refugees believe they have in Uganda; (b) learn how refugees understand the roles and responsibilities of the Ugandan Government, UNHCR, InterAid, and other NGOs (non-governmental organizations) to provide for refugees in the cities and in the settlements, (c) gain understanding of to whom refugees turn when they need assistance, and (d) understand the role of refugee-led organizations to support other refugees for learning rights or gaining assistance.
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USA |
2019-08-20 |
2022-08-20 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Dorsa Amir
ID:
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Decision-making across cultures
REFNo: SS308ES
The aim of this study is to understand how children learn to make virtuous decisions – that making the right decision-- about resources and how children learn to invest cost and effort in resources that benefit the public community. We plan to determine how these behaviors develop and change with age and how they influence cooperation in children all over the world.
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USA |
2019-10-31 |
2022-10-31 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Jennifer Davis
ID: UNCST-2019-R000218
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Reliable handpumps at scale? Evaluating costs and benefits of, and demand for, professionalized preventative maintenance services in rural Uganda
REFNo: SS309ES
(1) Characterize common models of infrastructure maintenance for rural boreholes with handpumps in Uganda.
(2) Assess rural communities’ willingness and ability to pay for professionalized preventative maintenance service designed to enhance handpump reliability.
(3) Estimate the costs and benefits of providing handpump maintenance services to communities in Apac and Kwania districts
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USA |
2019-06-24 |
2022-06-24 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Matthew Henderson George
ID:
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Chimpanzee communication and its function in the regulation of fission-fusion social dynamics
REFNo: NS92ES
- Enhance overall understanding of gestural and vocal communication of East Africa Chimpanzees with a focus on the understudied female sex
- Understand how female chimpanzees use short-distance gestures with their infants and long-distance vocalizations to maintain fission-fusion dynamics
- Which gestural or postural markers are used by females and their infants specifically before joint travel
- What behavioural cues produced by infants and mothers differ prior to successful joint travel of all forms
-How behavioral context affects the pant-hoot structure in female chimpanzees
- How individual life-characteristics differences affect pant-hoot vocalizations
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USA |
2019-08-06 |
2022-08-06 |
Natural Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Kevin Hunt Dean
ID:
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DRY HABITAT CHIMPANZEE ECOLOGY: IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN
EVOLUTION
REFNo: NS101ES
Document feeding, social and locomotor behavior using 1-minute focal observations. Record food items, ranging behavior, canopy use, feeding rate and habitat use. Collect hairs for trace element analysis. Collect skeletal material from any deceased individuals. Analyze skeletal material for distinctive characteristics. Analyse hormone profiles to determine if lower levels of aggression are due to low T levels. Look for poisons in Muguri River to find source of sex organ abnormalities. Examine dental micro wear and trace elements in hair to determine diet. Look at genetic variations
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USA |
2019-09-05 |
2022-09-05 |
Natural Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Heather Brown
ID:
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Evaluating the Impact of a Layperson EMS System on Morbidity and Mortality of Injured Patients in Masindi, Uganda
REFNo: HS414ES
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a pilot layperson EMS system for commercial boda drivers and the feasibility of using a pre-existing trauma registry to evaluate the outcomes of these patients.
Primary Objective:
Evaluate the impact of a boda driver EMS system on time to presentation for ill and injured patients.
Secondary Objectives:
1. Evaluate the purpose and rate of utilization for a lay person EMS system in Masindi, Uganda.
2. Evaluate the impact of a lay person EMS system on patient morbidity and mortality at MKMC.
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USA |
2019-09-19 |
2022-09-19 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Sona Shah
ID:
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Validation of the safety and performance of a clinical vital signs monitor on infants and neonates: A pilot study
REFNo: HS420ES
1. To assess the safety of the Neopenda wearable vital signs monitor (neoGuard) in healthy infants (aged 8 to 16 weeks) and stable neonates (aged 0-28 days)
2. To determine the performance accuracy of neoGuard device in comparison to a gold standard monitor comparable to the Edan M3A Vital Signs Monitor
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USA |
2019-09-19 |
2022-09-19 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Paula Rabaey Ann
ID:
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A seat for every child: Ensuring safe and dignified mealtimes for children with disabilities
REFNo: SS1247ES
Determine in country stakeholder interest in promoting and using the chair,Determine percent change in caregiver stress level while feeding child in the chair versus current position (without adaptive equipment),Determine ability and level of ease/difficulty with which caregivers can independently position their child correctly in the chair ,Determine change in feeding position and tolerance for using the chair (from child’s current feeding position to being fed in the chair),To pilot test SPOON Foundation’s low-cost feeding chair for acceptability, usability, and feasibility for families with a child with a disability (CWD) in Uganda. ,
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USA |
2022-04-20 |
2025-04-20 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Wyatt Brooks James
ID:
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Community Lending and Outside Capital (CLOC)
REFNo: SS339ES
To measure the impact of community lending and outside capital on SILC members’ returns and default rate behavior, levels of liquid savings, and change in livelihood.
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USA |
2019-09-19 |
2022-09-19 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Shana Warren
ID:
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Vitamin A Supplementation (VAS) Post Event Coverage Survey (PECS) in Uganda
REFNo: SS1261ES
To conduct a PEC survey for the October-November 2021 round of the ICHD in Uganda,
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USA |
2022-04-21 |
2025-04-21 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Rebecca Thornton
ID:
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Solid Foundations and the Transition to Post-Primary School
REFNo: SS359ES
This proposed study will:
1. extend a longitudinal dataset of students who were participants in a randomised literacy intervention during grades 1-4, as they transition out of primary school and into their adolescence years;
2. measure the effects of foundational literacy skills in primary school – due to the intervention – on primary school completion, secondary school enrolment, and learning outcomes (also measure labor market participation, aspirations, motivation, and other measures of well-being);
3. compare the differential effects of two versions of delivery of the literacy program (a full-cost version and a lower-cost version) to estimate the differences in cost- effectiveness; and
4. compare two levels of exposure to the program (one year vs. four years) to estimate the differences in cost-effectiveness. The project will follow 5,348 students in two cohorts to grades 6/7.
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USA |
2022-01-07 |
2025-01-07 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Sarah Lofgren
ID: UNCST-2019-R001647
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The Growth Study- Group Therapy In HIV For Depression In Uganda
REFNo: HS493ES
Determine if depression, which persists after depression treatment at 26 weeks, is associated with increased innate inflammation in a prospective cohort of HIV-infected Ugandans receiving SSRIs in which group psychotherapy is initiated.
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USA |
2019-12-09 |
2022-12-09 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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