Constance Shumba

Dados Biográficos

ID7946261
NOMEConstance Shumba
PRENOMESConstance
SOBRENOMEShumba
ASSINATURASHUMBA C
AFILIAÇÕESAga Khan University Nairobi
ORCID0000-0001-7787-9998
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS9
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR9
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2020
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Co-Creation of Global Public Health Interventions Within the Context of Limited Resources

    Open AccessKahabi Isangula, Constance Shumba et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2026

    Co-creation is increasingly promoted in global public health as a participatory methodology that centres lived experiences, the preferences, and structural realities of those most affected by health interventions. Within human-centred design (HCD), co-creation is typically operationalised through intensive cycles of qualitative inquiry, in-person workshops, facilitation, and iterative prototyping. While these approaches are methodologically robus…

  • Well-being and quality of life of Kenyan nurses, midwives and community health volunteers

    Open AccessPaul Mwangi, Sabina Adhiambo Odero et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Healthcare workers’ quality of life (QoL) and well-being is directly linked to the quality of services they deliver. However, there is a shortage of validated measures to assess QoL, well-being and their predictors among healthcare workers in Kenya, as in other LMICs. This study aimed to assess the reliability and validity of the Brunnsviken Brief Quality of Life Scale (BBQ) and WHO-5 well-being index (WHO-5) among nurses, midwives and community …

  • Willingness to be vaccinated against Covid-19 and associated factors in Migori County, Kenya

    Open AccessGianna Ferrara, Sandra Mudhune et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the daunting challenge of vaccine hesitancy. We aimed to describe attitudes towards virus containment and vaccination in rural Kenya. Identifying factors associated with willingness to be vaccinated and attitudes towards information sources and health worker outreach, will allow for targeted programming and prevention methods. Methods This was a cross-sectional observational survey. This study was condu…

  • “She tells me the HIV is eating my brains”

    Open AccessLondiwe D Hlophe, Peter S Nyasulu et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2025

    Despite the successful rollout of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and positive ART outcomes in the Kingdom of Eswatini, adolescents still present poor ART outcomes including low viral load suppression and suboptimal ART adherence. The aim of the study was to explore the perceptions of adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) on the barriers and facilitators to ART adherence in Eswatini. We conducted a qualitative study using in-depth interviews among 29 …

  • Community Health Volunteers’ experiences of implementing Covid-19 vaccine education and promotion in Kenya

    Open AccessConstance Shumba, Constance S Shumba et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Background: Vaccination was a key measure in the COVID-19 pandemic response, though much work was needed to promote vaccine uptake and acceptance. In Kenya, Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) played a key role in vaccine education and promotion. We conducted this study to explore CHVs' experiences of implementing COVID-19 vaccine education and promotion during the pandemic to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake in two areas of Kenya. Methods: In a q…

  • Psychometric evaluation of PHQ–9 and GAD–7 among community health volunteers and nurses/midwives in Kenya following a nation-wide telephonic survey

    Open AccessSabina Adhiambo Odero, Paul Mwangi et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2023

    The PHQ-9 and GAD-7 are unidimensional, reliable, and valid tools for screening depression and anxiety among nurses/midwives and CHVs. The tools can be administered in a similar population or study setting using either Swahili or English

  • A Qualitative Endline Evaluation Study of Male Engagement in Promoting Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Services in Rural Kenya

    Open AccessAdelaide Lusambili, Stefania Wisofschi et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    Background: Globally, male involvement in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) is associated with increased benefits for women, their children, and their communities. Between 2016 and 2020, the Aga Khan University implemented the Access to Quality of Care through Extending and Strengthening Health Systems (AQCESS), project funded by the Government of Canada and Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC). A key component of the project…

  • Male Involvement in Reproductive and Maternal and New Child Health

    Open AccessAdelaide Lusambili, Peter Muriuki et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    Male involvement in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) is known to improve maternal and child health outcomes. However, there is sub-optimal adoption of male involvement strategies in several low- and middle-income countries such as Kenya. Aga Khan University implemented Access to Quality of Care through Extending and Strengthening Health Systems (AQCESS), a project funded by the Government of Canada and Aga Khan Foundation …

  • Health Care Workers’ Perspectives of the Influences of Disrespectful Maternity Care in Rural Kenya

    Open AccessAdelaide Lusambili, Stefania Wisofschi et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    While disrespectful treatment of pregnant women attending health care facilities occurs globally, it is more prevalent in low-resource countries. In Kenya, a large body of research studied disrespectful maternity care (DMC) from the perspective of the service users. This paper examines the perspective of health care workers (HCWs) on factors that influence DMC experienced by pregnant women at health care facilities in rural Kisii and Kilifi count…