Catherine Gichunge
Biographic Data
| ID | 6069177 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catherine Gichunge |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catherine |
| FAMILY NAME | Gichunge |
| SIGNATURE | GICHUNGE C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Joseph Mamlin, Tomeka Petersen, Paula Braitstein, and Robert Einterz are with the School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis. Sylvester Kimaiyo and Catherine Gichunge are with the School of Medicine, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya. Stephen Lewis is with the Appropriate Grass Roots Initiative, Eldoret. Hannah Tadayo is with the Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya. Fanice Komen Jerop is with Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret. Yuehwern Yih is with Purdue University, Lafayette, IN. |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7902-3816 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Predictors of social support, physical health and mental health among food insecure internally displaced persons in Turkana, Kenya
Participants have been living in camp for the last 10 years hence the need to improve their living conditions, address their physical and mental health as well as food insecurity. This can be done by providing the participants with safe drinking water, constructing pit latrines to prevent communicable disease and adhere to the Sphere recommendations for sanitation and hygiene as well as training them in income generating activities to mitigate th…
Using a Household Food Inventory to Assess the Availability of Traditional Vegetables among Resettled African Refugees
A cross-sectional sequential explanatory mixed methods study was conducted among household food preparers to examine the association between home availability and consumption of traditional vegetables among resettled African refugees living in Queensland, Australia. Home availability of traditional African vegetables was associated with age, having a vegetable garden, employment status, and having a supermarket in the local neighborhood. Food pre…
Delivery of HIV care during the 2007 post-election crisis in Kenya
Key lessons learned in maintaining the delivery of HIV care in a crisis situation include the importance of advance planning to develop programs that can function during a crisis, an emphasis on a rapid programmatic response, the ability of clinics to function autonomously, patient knowledge of their disease, the use of community and patient networks, addressing staff needs and developing effective patient tracking systems
Integrating Nutrition Support for Food-Insecure Patients and Their Dependents Into an HIV Care and Treatment Program in Western Kenya
The Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) is a partnership between Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Moi University School of Medicine, and a consortium of universities led by Indiana University. AMPATH has over 50 000 patients in active care in 17 main clinics around western Kenya. Despite antiretroviral therapy, many patients were not recovering their health because of food insecurity. AMPATH therefore established partnership…
Integrating Nutrition Support for Food-Insecure Patients and Their Dependents Into an HIV Care and Treatment Program in Western Kenya
The Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) is a partnership between Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Moi University School of Medicine, and a consortium of universities led by Indiana University. AMPATH has over 50 000 patients in active care in 17 main clinics around western Kenya. Despite antiretroviral therapy, many patients were not recovering their health because of food insecurity. AMPATH therefore established partnership…
Integrating Nutrition Support for Food-Insecure Patients and Their Dependents Into an HIV Care and Treatment Program in Western Kenya
The Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) is a partnership between Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Moi University School of Medicine, and a consortium of universities led by Indiana University. AMPATH has over 50 000 patients in active care in 17 main clinics around western Kenya. Despite antiretroviral therapy, many patients were not recovering their health because of food insecurity. AMPATH therefore established partnership…
Delivery of HIV care during the 2007 post-election crisis in Kenya
Key lessons learned in maintaining the delivery of HIV care in a crisis situation include the importance of advance planning to develop programs that can function during a crisis, an emphasis on a rapid programmatic response, the ability of clinics to function autonomously, patient knowledge of their disease, the use of community and patient networks, addressing staff needs and developing effective patient tracking systems
Using a Household Food Inventory to Assess the Availability of Traditional Vegetables among Resettled African Refugees
A cross-sectional sequential explanatory mixed methods study was conducted among household food preparers to examine the association between home availability and consumption of traditional vegetables among resettled African refugees living in Queensland, Australia. Home availability of traditional African vegetables was associated with age, having a vegetable garden, employment status, and having a supermarket in the local neighborhood. Food pre…
Predictors of social support, physical health and mental health among food insecure internally displaced persons in Turkana, Kenya
Participants have been living in camp for the last 10 years hence the need to improve their living conditions, address their physical and mental health as well as food insecurity. This can be done by providing the participants with safe drinking water, constructing pit latrines to prevent communicable disease and adhere to the Sphere recommendations for sanitation and hygiene as well as training them in income generating activities to mitigate th…
Medicine (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Public health (3 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Food insecurity (2 works) · Food security (2 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (2 works) · General partnership (2 works)