Joyce Olenja

Biographic Data

ID204987
NAMEJoyce Olenja
GIVEN NAMESJoyce
FAMILY NAMEOlenja
SIGNATUREOLENJA J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Nairobi
ORCID0000-0002-8401-5116
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS11
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1994
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Prevalence of cardiometabolic diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessShabana Cassambai, John Tetteh et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2025

    Cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs) are increasingly prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), underscoring the need to understand the existing public health burden. This would guide future policy strategies and interventions to mitigate the challenges posed. The aim of this systematic review was to provide a comprehensive overview of CMDs prevalence in SSA. A PRISMA 2020 compliant systematic literature search was conducted using MEDLINE and The Cochran…

  • The readiness of malaria services and uptake of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy in six sub-Saharan countries

    Open AccessXinfang Xu, Di Liang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2024

    Background: Malaria infection during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of maternal death, as well as adverse birth outcomes. Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) is known to improve pregnancy outcomes. However, the coverage of IPTp-SP in antenatal care (ANC) in sub-Saharan Africa remains well below the target. This study aims to estimate to what extent malaria service readiness affec…

  • “It Is Too Much for Us”

    Open AccessLena Morgon Banks, Shaffa Hameed et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Development2022

    Globally, people with disabilities face a heightened risk of poverty. Drivers of poverty include exclusion from work and other livelihood activities (indirect costs) and disability-related direct costs–such as for rehabilitation, personal assistance and assistive devices–that are required for participation and functioning. This research explores sources of direct and indirect costs, their impact and mitigation strategies using 42 in-depth intervi…

  • Exploring Partnerships between Academia and Disabled Persons’ Organisations

    Open AccessMaria Kett, Mark T Carew et al.ARTICLEIDS Bulletin2019

    In this article, we discuss how our academic research on disability and international development in five African countries has benefited hugely from active collaboration with advocates, practitioners, and policymakers, ultimately ensuring that research evidence is used to inform policy and practice. Whilst building such partnerships is seen as good practice, it is particularly important when working on disability issues, as the clarion call of t…

  • A qualitative study of barriers to consistent condom use among HIV-1 serodiscordant couples in Kenya

    Kenneth Ngure, Nelly Mugo et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2012

    This study explored barriers to consistent condom use among heterosexual HIV-1 serodiscordant couples who were aware of the HIV-1 serodiscordant status and had been informed about condom use as a risk reduction strategy. We conducted 28 in-depth interviews and 9 focus group discussions among purposively selected heterosexual HIV-1 serodiscordant couples from Thika and Nairobi districts in Kenya. We analyzed the transcribed data with a grounded th…

  • Who is to blame? Perspectives of caregivers on barriers to accessing healthcare for the under-fives in Butere District, Western Kenya

    Open AccessA Opwora, Antony S Opwora et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011

    Caregivers' actions were thought to influence children's progression to illness or health while the healthcare delivery system posed recurrent barriers to the accessing of healthcare for the under-fives. Actions on both fronts are necessary to reduce childhood mortality

  • Infertility

    Open AccessViolet Kimani, Joyce OlenjaARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist2001Cited by: 5

    Infertility is a growing problem in Africa and affects the lives of many couples. As a health problem, it is largely culturally and socially constructed in such a way that even though it affects a couple it is the woman who bears the burden. This perspective has major implications for women whose status hinges on fertility performance. This paper presents the cultural construction of infertility and how it impacts on the lives of infertile women …

  • Health care-seeking behavior related to the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases in Kenya

    S Moses, Elizabeth Ngugi et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1994Cited by: 2References: 13

    OBJECTIVES. The purpose of this study was to identify health-care seeking and related behaviors relevant to controlling sexually transmitted diseases in Kenya. METHODS. A total of 380 patients with sexually transmitted diseases (n = 189 men and 191 women) at eight public clinics were questioned about their health-care seeking and sexual behaviors. RESULTS. Women waited longer than men to attend study clinics and were more likely to continue to ha…

  • Sexual behaviour in Kenya

    Open AccessStephen Mose, Stephen Moses et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1994Cited by: 4References: 11