​Kaloleni Rabai Sub Counties Summary Projects

Ongoing Studies Nested on KRHDSS

Study Title
Aims
Study Design
Contact Person
​Identifying food system pathways that can be leveraged to improve diets, nutrition, and related health outcomes amongst farming households in Kilifi County.
​To provide empirical evidence regarding the pathway(s) through which agricultural production affects diet, nutritional status, and health outcomes amongst farming households within Kaloleni and Rabai sub-counties of Kilifi County. 
​Analytical cross-sectional study (applying a food systems assessment framework)
(July – Dec 2023)



​Dr Rosebella Iseme-Ondiek 
​Longitudinal Study of Health and Ageing in Kenya (LOSHAK) - Wave I

​To investigate 
 ageing trends, trajectories, and risk factors for late-life disease disability, and economic distress at the population level.​
Longitudinal study (5 years).





Dr Anthony Ngugi
Dr Roselyter Riang’a
Dr Eunice Mwangi




​Predicting Poor Early Childhood Development in East Africa (UZIMA-DS: Utilizing Health Information for Meaningful Impact in East Africa through Data Science).


​To determine individual, socio-demographic, caregiver, household, and health system that predict poor developmental outcomes (motor, Language, socio-emotional, behavioural and anthropometric) among children in the first three years of life.  

​Prospective cohort study (3 years)
(February – August 2023



​Prof Amina Abubakar
​Synthetic Data Generation of Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems Dataset: A Case Study of Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
​To create a curated AI-ready synthetic data set and evaluate the best use of the datasets for research and training.

​Secondary data analysis (using data from 2017 - 2022)
​Ms Dorcas Mwigereri
Dr Anthony Ngugi



​Pre- and Post-COVID-19 pandemic mortality trends and drivers in rural, coastal Kenya: findings from the Kaloleni-Rabai Health and Demographic Surveillance System.


​To determine whether the COVID-19 pandemic years influenced changes in mortality trends within a rural coastal setting in Kenya, using data from an existing health and demographic surveillance system. 

​Historical cohort study 
(Secondary data analysis using data from surveillance rounds in 2019 - 2022)



​Dr Rosebella Iseme-Ondiek

Dr Anthony Ngugi​


Completed Studies Nested on KRHDSS

​Study Title
Aims
Study Design
Contact Person
​Climate Change and Mental Health in Kilifi County, Kenya
​To explore how climate change events affect access to food, water, sanitation and hygiene, energy, and healthcare, and how people perceive these events to affect both mental and physical health in Kilifi, a coastal town in Kenya.

​Qualitative cross-sectional study 
(July – August 2023)



​Dr Edna Bosire
​Longitudinal Study of Health and Ageing in Kenya (LOSHAK) - Feasibility study
To investigate 
 ageing trends, trajectories, and risk factors for late-life disease disability, and economic distress at the population level.

​Pilot study of key measures of LOSHAK
(April - July 2023)



​Dr Anthony Ngugi
Dr Roselyter Riang’a
Dr Eunice Mwangi



​Cancer Epidemiology
​To describe cancer  related knowledge, attitude, and practices amongst adults in Kaloleni-Rabai sub counties.

​Descriptive cross-sectional study
(July – December 2022)



​Prof Mansoor Saleh
​Climate change impact and adaptation in maternal and neonatal health in sub-Saharan Africa (CHAMNHA).
​To quantify impacts of heat exposure on MNH outcomes using secondary data from Sub Saharan Africa, Norway, and Sweden.

​Participatory action research 
(January 2022 to June 2022)



​Dr Adelaide Lusambili
Dr Anthony Ngugi



​Macro Eyes Mental Health Well-being Study.
​To explore how data in the public domain can help stakeholders understand prevalence and shifts in mental health through the utility of new AI approaches in the Kilifi region.

​Secondary data analysis 
(using data from 2017- 2022)



​Dr Anthony Ngugi 
Dr Rosebella Iseme-Ondiek



​Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy amongst community health volunteers working in Kaloleni-Rabai sub-counties in Kilifi.
​To conduct a Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy survey study among the community health volunteers working within the community health units in Kaloleni-Rabai sub-counties.

​Analytical cross-sectional study
(March 2022)



​Mr James Orwa
​Climate associated risk factors of depression in a Coastal population cohort of Kenya
​To understand the prevalence of depression and associations with self-reported environmental and climate change indicators in a population cohort of individuals/household.

Analytical cross-sectional study
(July – Dec 2021)



​Dr Zul Merali
Dr Anthony Ngugi



​Experiences of Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) in the response to Covid 19.
​To explore the perceptions of CHVs towards Covid-19. 

​Qualitative cross-sectional study.
(2020)

​Ms Sheila Saibu
​COREP Study
​To assess the seroprevalence, incidence and seroconversion among different population groups. 

​Prospective cohort study 
(April 2020 – July 2020)



​Dr Anthony Ngugi
​Effect of Clinical Mentorship as an Intervention to Improve Facility-Based Quality of Care During Childbirth in Kenya.
​To examine whether a childbirth mentorship intervention for midwives and nurses could have an effect on quality of care.
​Before-After study

(May 2017 – January 2019)


​Dr Mukaindo A Mwaniki
Prof Marleen Temmerman 
Dr. Anthony Ngugi

​AQCESS-Access to quality care through extending and strengthening health systems project

​To identify CHV preferences for income generative activities and livelihood support modalities that can be put in place to enhance the retention of CHWs with the use of IGAs.

​Qualitative cross-sectional study 
(January – February 2018)



​Dr Anthony Ngugi
Dr Roselyter Riang’a



​Determine barriers to access breast health care within a rural community in Kenya.

​To assess the knowledge, perceptions, and practice of breast cancer among women, male heads of households, opinion leaders and healthcare providers within a rural community in Kenya. 
​Mixed method cross-sectional study 
(September 2015 – September 2016)




​Dr Shahin Sayed
​Mental Health Needs Assessment in Kaloleni Sub County.

​To establish the prevalence of mood disorders, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), substance abuse/dependence and PTSD among patients presenting to Mariakani Sub County hospital in Kaloleni, Kenya.
​Mixed method cross-sectional study  
(March 2014 – October 2015)



​Dr Linnet Ongeri
Dr Anthony Ngugi



​Survey of health indicators in Kaloleni District in Kenya: building a platform for Integrated Primary Health Care (IPC). 
​Enumeration of a select population with the aim of generating a population register to provide a sampling frame and denominator data for population-based research and intervention studies. 

​Descriptive cross-sectional study
(October 2012 – May 2014)



​Dr Anthony Ngugi