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Community Health Impacts of International Service in Uganda

Community and National Service

In partnership with OmniMed and Uganda Chartered HealthNet at Makerere University, CSD helped to design a randomized clinical trial measuring the impacts of volunteer-based health trainings on health-related behaviors, including antenatal care, latrine usage, specific illnesses, consultation with community health workers or health facilities, and vitamin and medication usage. The research was conducted in the Mukono district in central Uganda.

Funding Partners: Ford Foundation, Washington University-Brookings Institution Academic Venture Fund.


Principal Investigators

Edward O’Neil M.D.

  • Email: ejoneil@omnimed.org

Amanda Moore McBride

CSD Faculty Director; ​University of Denver
Civic Engagement and Service

  • Email: Amanda.McBride@du.edu
Margaret Sherraden

Margaret Sherraden

CSD Research Professor; Washington University in St. Louis​
Financial Capability: Combining Access and Abilities,
Civic Service and Engagement

  • Email: msherraden@wustl.edu

Benjamin Lough

CSD Faculty Director; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Email: bjlough@illinois.edu

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CSD Associate Director
ejohnson@wustl.edu

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