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
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