Sally Atieno Odunga
Biographic Data
| ID | 7826856 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sally Atieno Odunga |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sally Atieno |
| FAMILY NAME | Odunga |
| SIGNATURE | ODUNGA S A |
| AFFILIATIONS | African Population and Health Research Center |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Examining gender as an issue of policy priority
Background: Despite global and national commitments to gender equity, including Sustainable Development Goal 5, health policy processes often fail to adequately integrate gender considerations. This study explores how gender is prioritized in the development and implementation of four Kenyan Health Policy Implementation Strategies (HPIS), offering insight into the role of institutional actors, policy framing, and contextual factors. Methods: A qu…
Gendered socio-economic and mental health effects of the Covid-19 pandemic among adults living in selected informal settlements in Kenya
Background COVID-19 pandemic had devastating socio-economic and health effects, including mental health. This study examines the intersectionality between gender and mental health outcomes among Kenyan adults in informal settlements of Nairobi, Kisumu, and Kilifi Counties during the COVID-19 crisis. This is necessary to inform mental health response in case of another pandemic. Methods We analyzed data collected in a longitudinal survey between J…
Pathways to leadership
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to capture evidence on enablers and barriers to improving equal opportunity and effective organisational interventions that can advance women's leadership in India and Kenya's health sectors. METHODS: We systematically searched JSTOR, PubMed, SCOPUS and Web of Science databases, reference lists of selected articles and Google Scholar using string searches. We included studies that were published in English from 2000 to 2022 i…
Legislation for advancing women’s leadership in the health sector in India and Kenya
OBJECTIVES: This paper examines the availability of legal provisions, or the lack thereof, that support women to progress equitably into leadership positions within the health workforce in India and Kenya. METHODS: framework of legal domains relevant to gender equality in the workplace and applied a 'law cube' to analyse the comprehensiveness, accountability and equity and human rights considerations of 27 relevant statutes in India and 11 in Ken…
Our program manager is a woman for the first time”
We call upon health-sector organisations in Kenya to offer continuous policy sensitisation sessions to their staff and be deliberate in having supportive policies and other pragmatic interventions beyond policies such as training and mentorship that can enable women's career progression
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Gendered socio-economic and mental health effects of the Covid-19 pandemic among adults living in selected informal settlements in Kenya
Background COVID-19 pandemic had devastating socio-economic and health effects, including mental health. This study examines the intersectionality between gender and mental health outcomes among Kenyan adults in informal settlements of Nairobi, Kisumu, and Kilifi Counties during the COVID-19 crisis. This is necessary to inform mental health response in case of another pandemic. Methods We analyzed data collected in a longitudinal survey between J…
Pathways to leadership
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to capture evidence on enablers and barriers to improving equal opportunity and effective organisational interventions that can advance women's leadership in India and Kenya's health sectors. METHODS: We systematically searched JSTOR, PubMed, SCOPUS and Web of Science databases, reference lists of selected articles and Google Scholar using string searches. We included studies that were published in English from 2000 to 2022 i…
Legislation for advancing women’s leadership in the health sector in India and Kenya
OBJECTIVES: This paper examines the availability of legal provisions, or the lack thereof, that support women to progress equitably into leadership positions within the health workforce in India and Kenya. METHODS: framework of legal domains relevant to gender equality in the workplace and applied a 'law cube' to analyse the comprehensiveness, accountability and equity and human rights considerations of 27 relevant statutes in India and 11 in Ken…
Our program manager is a woman for the first time”
We call upon health-sector organisations in Kenya to offer continuous policy sensitisation sessions to their staff and be deliberate in having supportive policies and other pragmatic interventions beyond policies such as training and mentorship that can enable women's career progression
Examining gender as an issue of policy priority
Background: Despite global and national commitments to gender equity, including Sustainable Development Goal 5, health policy processes often fail to adequately integrate gender considerations. This study explores how gender is prioritized in the development and implementation of four Kenyan Health Policy Implementation Strategies (HPIS), offering insight into the role of institutional actors, policy framing, and contextual factors. Methods: A qu…
Medicine (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (3 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Diversity and Career in Medicine (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Gender equality (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)