Mary Nyikuri
Biographic Data
| ID | 2170516 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary Nyikuri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary |
| FAMILY NAME | Nyikuri |
| SIGNATURE | NYIKURI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kenya Medical Research Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3338-7526 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Understanding anthropological contributions to infectious disease outbreak preparedness and response
This review explores how anthropology has been applied in outbreak preparedness and response since the onset of COVID-19 in 2019, identifying key trends and providing recommendations to its integration into global health practice. Our search of four databases yielded 68 studies published between 2019 and August 2024. Most studies (71%) focused on COVID-19, followed by Ebola (17%). Nearly half examine African contexts (46%), with fewer studies in …
Using a food-energy nexus lens to explore people's experiences of the cooking journey in African informal settlements
Solid fuels are still used by over 3 billion people worldwide, including many residents of informal settlements. Most interventions designed to improve people's solid fuel-related health have failed or fallen short of their ambitions. Often, this is because implementers have not fully understood the contexts, cultures and behaviours of the places and people they are working within and with. To address this, our study used a food-energy nexus lens…
Integrating social behavioural insights in risk communication and community engagement approaches for better health outcomes in Africa
BOX Risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) is integral to public health emergency preparedness, response and recovery and is imperative in empowering communities to protect themselves from disease outbreaks
"For how long are we going to take the tablets?" Kenyan stakeholders' views on priority investments to sustainably tackle soil-transmitted helminths
We are toothless and hanging, but optimistic”
Our study illustrates the importance in accelerated devolution contexts for: 1) mid-level managers to adopt new ways of working and engagement with higher and lower levels in the system; 2) clear lines of communication during reforms to these actors and 3) anticipating and managing the effect of change on intangible software issues such as trust and motivation. More broadly, we show the value of examining organisational change from the perspectiv…
Research Involving Health Providers and Managers
There is a growing interest in the ethics of Health Policy and Systems Research ( HPSR ), and especially in areas that have particular ethical salience across HPSR . Hyder et al (2014) provide an initial framework to consider this, and call for more conceptual and empirical work. In this paper, we respond by examining the ethical issues that arose for researchers over the course of conducting three HPSR studies in Kenya in which health managers a…
Men who have sex with men in Kisumu, Kenya
Men who have sex with men are an important yet marginalised population for HIV prevention in Africa. We conducted a two-phase study (individual qualitative interviews and a survey) of men who have sex with men, aged 18-34 years of age and living in Kisumu, Kenya. Approximately half (27/51) of survey respondents reported belonging to a support group. The odds of belonging to support groups were greater for older men (aged 24-34 versus 18-23 years …
Factors affecting breastfeeding cessation after discontinuation of antiretroviral therapy to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV
In the Kisumu Breastfeeding Study (KiBS), prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission study, highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is provided from 34 weeks gestation, through delivery to six months postpartum. The study recommends that women practice exclusive breastfeeding for six months, then wean abruptly. We sought to explore factors such as, education, family support, cultural norms, and sources of information about perinatal HIV …
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Factors affecting breastfeeding cessation after discontinuation of antiretroviral therapy to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV
In the Kisumu Breastfeeding Study (KiBS), prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission study, highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is provided from 34 weeks gestation, through delivery to six months postpartum. The study recommends that women practice exclusive breastfeeding for six months, then wean abruptly. We sought to explore factors such as, education, family support, cultural norms, and sources of information about perinatal HIV …
Men who have sex with men in Kisumu, Kenya
Men who have sex with men are an important yet marginalised population for HIV prevention in Africa. We conducted a two-phase study (individual qualitative interviews and a survey) of men who have sex with men, aged 18-34 years of age and living in Kisumu, Kenya. Approximately half (27/51) of survey respondents reported belonging to a support group. The odds of belonging to support groups were greater for older men (aged 24-34 versus 18-23 years …
Research Involving Health Providers and Managers
There is a growing interest in the ethics of Health Policy and Systems Research ( HPSR ), and especially in areas that have particular ethical salience across HPSR . Hyder et al (2014) provide an initial framework to consider this, and call for more conceptual and empirical work. In this paper, we respond by examining the ethical issues that arose for researchers over the course of conducting three HPSR studies in Kenya in which health managers a…
We are toothless and hanging, but optimistic”
Our study illustrates the importance in accelerated devolution contexts for: 1) mid-level managers to adopt new ways of working and engagement with higher and lower levels in the system; 2) clear lines of communication during reforms to these actors and 3) anticipating and managing the effect of change on intangible software issues such as trust and motivation. More broadly, we show the value of examining organisational change from the perspectiv…
"For how long are we going to take the tablets?" Kenyan stakeholders' views on priority investments to sustainably tackle soil-transmitted helminths
Integrating social behavioural insights in risk communication and community engagement approaches for better health outcomes in Africa
BOX Risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) is integral to public health emergency preparedness, response and recovery and is imperative in empowering communities to protect themselves from disease outbreaks
Understanding anthropological contributions to infectious disease outbreak preparedness and response
This review explores how anthropology has been applied in outbreak preparedness and response since the onset of COVID-19 in 2019, identifying key trends and providing recommendations to its integration into global health practice. Our search of four databases yielded 68 studies published between 2019 and August 2024. Most studies (71%) focused on COVID-19, followed by Ebola (17%). Nearly half examine African contexts (46%), with fewer studies in …
Using a food-energy nexus lens to explore people's experiences of the cooking journey in African informal settlements
Solid fuels are still used by over 3 billion people worldwide, including many residents of informal settlements. Most interventions designed to improve people's solid fuel-related health have failed or fallen short of their ambitions. Often, this is because implementers have not fully understood the contexts, cultures and behaviours of the places and people they are working within and with. To address this, our study used a food-energy nexus lens…
Medicine (5 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (3 works) · Public health (3 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Community engagement (2 works)