Peninnah M Kako

Biographic Data

ID6091994
NAMEPeninnah M Kako
GIVEN NAMESPeninnah M
FAMILY NAMEKako
SIGNATUREKAKO P M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Lethality Risk in Abusive Intimate Relationships Among Urban Black Women in Wisconsin During the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Open AccessHanan Abusbaitan, Anna Pirsch et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2026

    BACKGROUND: Intimate partner homicide is one of the leading causes of death for women, disproportionately affecting Black women. PURPOSE: To investigate the severity of lethality risk and its relationship with individual characteristics, experiences of discrimination, and mental health among urban Black women in Wisconsin since the start of COVID-19. METHODS: This analysis was part of a larger mixed-methods study. Women were recruited from commun…

  • “You wish that you had been beaten…”: Women’s experiences of spousal emotional abuse in Jordan: Risk factors and consequences

    Hanan Abusbaitan, Hanan A Abusbaitan et al.ARTICLEHealth Care For Women International2026

    Intimate partner violence (IPV), specifically spousal emotional abuse, is an international concern in diverse settings and populations. However, knowledge gaps regarding the lived experiences of Arab women remain. To contribute to furthering the global understanding of IPV, we examined Jordanian women's experiences through structured interviews. Thirty women who experienced moderate-to-severe levels of emotional abuse were interviewed to share th…

  • Mental health of urban Black women experiencing intimate partner violence since the start of the Covid‐19 pandemic

    Open AccessHanan Abusbaitan, Alexa A Lopez et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Community…2025References: 45

    Black women are disproportionally impacted by intimate partner violence (IPV), which influences women's mental health. The COVID‐19 pandemic caused significant mental health strain on women experiencing IPV while also affecting their ability to seek mental health services. This study was conducted to qualitatively investigate the impact of IPV on urban Black women's mental health since the start of the COVID‐19 pandemic. This analysis is part of …

  • A qualitative assessment of gender roles in child nutrition in Central Malawi

    Open AccessElizabeth Mkandawire, Clement Bisai et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Traditional gender roles remain prevalent in the sampled communities. Women continue to be primarily responsible for the food, care, and health of the household. Women's heavy workloads prevent them from providing optimal care and nutrition for children. While efforts to advance gender equality by encouraging men to participate in child care and other household responsibilities appear to have had marginal success, the extent to which these effort…

  • The association of HIV status with rural-urban differences in wealth in Malawi: 2004–2015/16

    Emmanuel M Ngui, Emmanuel Ngui et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2021

    This retrospective cross-sectional study examined the association of HIV status with wealth in Malawi using the 2004, 2010, and 2015/16 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey (MDHS) data. A harmonized wealth index was generated using factor analysis of the pooled data. Bivariate and multivariate linear regression models were estimated to examine the association of HIV status with wealth stratified by urban and rural communities in Malawi. The sampl…

  • The built environment and perceived HIV risk among young women living in the peri-urban slum of Kibra, Nairobi, Kenya

    Open AccessFlorine Ndakuya‐Fitzgerald, Peninnah Kako et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2021References: 6

  • Advocating for HIV Prevention and Care: A Critical Role for Older Women Living With HIV in Rural Kenya

    Open AccessPeninnah Kako, Peninnah M Kako et al.ARTICLESAGE Open2014

    The number of older women living with HIV in Kenya is increasing. However, there are little empirical data available about their role in HIV prevention. The purpose of this study was to understand the nuanced role of older women in HIV prevention. We engaged 54 HIV-positive women in three narrative-eliciting interviews between 2009 and 2010 over a period of 6 months to understand their role in HIV prevention. In this article, we focus on a sample…

  • Safety Planning in Focus Groups of Malawian Women Living With HIV: Helping Each Other Deal With Violence and Abuse

    Open AccessLucy Mkandawire-Valhmu, Patricia E Stevens et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2013Cited by: 2References: 2

    In this critical ethnography, 72 HIV-infected women in Southern Malawi participated in 12 focus groups discussing the impact of HIV and violence. Our analysis, informed by a postcolonial feminist perspective, revealed women's capacity to collectively engage in safety planning. We present our findings about women's experiences based on narratives detailing how women collectively strategized safety planning efforts to mitigate the impact of violenc…

  • Where Will This Illness Take Me? Reactions to HIV Diagnosis From Women Living With HIV in Kenya

    Peninnah Kako, Peninnah M Kako et al.ARTICLEHealth Care For Women International2011

    The purpose of our study was to develop an in-depth understanding of the reactions of 40 urban and rural HIV-infected Kenyan women to HIV diagnosis. We employed narrative inquiry principles to guide this qualitative cross-sectional study. We conducted individual in-depth interviews using open-ended questions in April and May 2006. In this article we focus on women's reactions to HIV diagnosis, under which four subthemes emerged: immediate intense…