Study Title
| Aims
| Study Design
| Contact Person
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Climate Change and Mental Health in Kilifi County, Kenya
| To explore how climate change events affect access to food, water, sanitation and hygiene, energy, and healthcare, and how people perceive these events to affect both mental and physical health in Kilifi, a coastal town in Kenya.
Target Population
- Adult members of KRHDSS study site who have been residents in the study area for a period of at least 5 years.
| Qualitative cross-sectional study (July – August 2023)
| Dr Edna Bosire
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Longitudinal Study of Health and Ageing in Kenya (LOSHAK).
| To investigate ageing trends, trajectories, and risk factors for late-life disease disability, and economic distress at the population level.
Target Population | Pilot study of key measures of LOSHAK (April - July 2023)
| Dr Anthony Ngugi Dr Roselyter Riang’a Dr Eunice Mwangi
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Cancer Epidemiology
| To describe cancer related knowledge, attitude, and practices amongst adults in Kaloleni-Rabai sub counties.
Target Population
| Descriptive cross-sectional study (July – December 2022)
| Prof Mansoor Saleh
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Climate change impact and adaptation in maternal and neonatal health in sub-Saharan Africa (CHAMNHA).
| To quantify impacts of heat exposure on MNH outcomes using secondary data from Sub Saharan Africa, Norway, and Sweden.
Target Population
- Pregnant and postpartum women.
- Influencers in the household (mothers-in-law and male partners).
| Participatory action research (January 2022 to June 2022)
| Dr Adelaide Lusambili Dr Anthony Ngugi
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Macro Eyes Mental Health Well-being Study.
| To explore how data in the public domain can help stakeholders understand prevalence and shifts in mental health through the utility of new AI approaches in the Kilifi region.
Target Population
- The entire KRHDSS adult female population
| Secondary data analysis (using data from 2017- 2022)
| Dr Anthony Ngugi Dr Rosebella Iseme-Ondiek
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Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy amongst community health volunteers working in Kaloleni-Rabai sub-counties in Kilifi.
| To conduct a Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy survey study among the community health volunteers working within the community health units in Kaloleni-Rabai sub-counties.
Target Population
- Community Health Volunteers
| Analytical cross-sectional study (March 2022)
| Mr James Orwa
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Climate associated risk factors of depression in a Coastal population cohort of Kenya
| To understand the prevalence of depression and associations with self-reported environmental and climate change indicators in a population cohort of individuals/household.
Target Population
- Household members from KRHDSS study area.
| Analytical cross-sectional study (July – Dec 2021)
| Dr Zul Merali Dr Anthony Ngugi
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Experiences of Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) in the response to Covid 19.
| To explore the perceptions of CHVs towards Covid-19.
Target Population
- Community Health Volunteers in Nairobi, Kilifi, Mombasa and Kisii.
| Qualitative cross-sectional study. (2020)
| Ms Sheila Saibu
|
COREP Study
| To assess the seroprevalence, incidence and seroconversion among different population groups.
Target Population
- Household members
- Pregnant, postpartum women and their newborns
- Community health volunteers.
| Prospective cohort study (April 2020 – July 2020)
| Dr Anthony Ngugi
|
Effect of Clinical Mentorship as an Intervention to Improve Facility-Based Quality of Care During Childbirth in Kenya.
| To examine whether a childbirth mentorship intervention for midwives and nurses could have an effect on quality of care.
Target Population
| Before-After study (May 2017 – January 2019)
| Dr Mukaindo A Mwaniki Prof Marleen Temmerman Dr. Anthony Ngugi
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AQCESS-Access to quality care through extending and strengthening health systems project
| To identify CHV preferences for income generative activities and livelihood support modalities that can be put in place to enhance the retention of CHWs with the use of IGAs.
Target Population
- Community Health Volunteers
| Qualitative cross-sectional study (January – February 2018)
| Dr Anthony Ngugi Dr Roselyter Riang’a
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Determine barriers to access breast health care within a rural community in Kenya.
| To assess the knowledge, perceptions, and practice of breast cancer among women, male heads of households, opinion leaders and healthcare providers within a rural community in Kenya.
Target Population
- Male and Female household heads
- Opinion leaders and healthcare providers.
| Mixed method cross-sectional study (September 2015 – September 2016)
| Dr Shahin Sayed
|
Mental Health Needs Assessment in Kaloleni Sub County.
| To establish the prevalence of mood disorders, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), substance abuse/dependence and PTSD among patients presenting to Mariakani Sub County hospital in Kaloleni, Kenya.
Target Population
- Patients seeking outpatient care at the Mariakani Sub County hospital
| Mixed method cross-sectional study (March 2014 – October 2015)
| Dr Linnet Ongeri Dr Anthony Ngugi
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