The Onward Project on Well-being and Adversity (TOPOWA)
TOPOWA was designed to understand how a Socio-economic Strengthening Targeted Training (SeSTT) program implemented by Uganda Youth Development Link (UYDEL), a non-governmental organisation, impacts social stressors and mental health. The sample consisted of 300 adolescents and young women aged 18 to 24 years living in urban slums of Kampala, Uganda. UYDEL staff recruited participants living within 2000 m of each of the three UYDEL drop-in centres. Beginning in 2023, participants have been completing surveys and wearing fitness trackers continuously for 5-day measurement bursts at the start of the study and regular intervals for over 2 years. Half of the participants underwent the SeSTT program in addition to being observed as part of the TOPOWA study.
Study design
Cohort - research programme
Number of participants at first data collection
300 (participants)
Age at first data collection
18 - 24 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
1999 - 2005 (participants)
Participant sex
Female
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2023
Primary Institutions
Uganda Youth Development Link (UYDEL)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Activity log (e.g. food, sleep, exercise)
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Wearable devices
- Creative, arts-based and visual methods
- Interviews or focus groups
- None
- None
Engagement
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