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Dr. Dorothy Oluoch
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Dorothy is a Social scientist, with over 10 years’ experience in qualitative research, with a focus on health systems research and medical anthropology. Her doctoral project was trying to understand the experiences of mothers of hospitalised sick newborns in Nairobi using ethnographic approaches. She has a keen interest in Maternal, neonatal, and Child Health, health systems, health care access, and delivery as well as patient experiences research.
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Her current project is focused on exploring the potential for using mothers’ experiences narratives and digital stories of pre-term birth in Kenya as educational tools to improve people-centered care in LMICs. She is also a Co-Investigator on a project Learning to Harness Innovation in Global Health for Quality Care (HIGH – Q). This project seeks to evaluate how the introduction of essential neonatal technologies coupled with the increase in nursing numbers in the neonatal units affects the quality of care provided. She is co-leading work on patients' and staff experiences of introduction of new technologies and workforce interventions. She has previously worked on the Inter-bio 21st study, leading the qualitative component of this project, where she assessed the perceptions and experiences of the use of ultrasound screening services for women attending routine antenatal clinics (ANC) in Kilifi County Hospital (KCH).
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Engaging stakeholders in embedded newborn health services/systems research in Kenya; a continuous process involving multiple actors.
Karumba, K.
Oluoch, D.
Mutua, E.
Gathara, D.
Fuller, S.
English, M.
Were, F.
Molyneux, S.
Maina, M.
NIHR Open Res, (2024). 4:73
A framework and practical approach to identify and address ethical issues arising in interventional health systems research.
Mutua, E.
Oluoch, D.
Fuller, S.
Ngaiza, G.
Odinga, N.
Waithira, C.
Kagonya, V.
Onyango, O.
Nasir, N.
Grewal, G.
Imam, A.
Rababeh, A.
Maina, M.
Karumba, K.
Kelley, M.
English, M.
Molyneux, S.
Int J Nurs Stud, (2026). 174:105263
Support for the wellbeing of frontline healthcare workers should be incorporated in health emergency preparedness planning.
McNeil, K.
Nzekwu, S.
Gilson, L.
Hinga, A.
Oluoch, D.
Zhao, Y.
Molyneux, S.
Commun Med (Lond), (2026). 6:31
Implementing a change process to support respectful communication in newborn units in Kenya: A qualitative study.
Boga, M.
Musitia, P.
Oluoch, D.
Sen, D.
Dayo, H.
Haaland, A.
Hinton, L.
Nzinga, J.
English, M.
Molyneux, S.
Int J Nurs Stud, (2026). 173:105236
Neonatal units as physical spaces for newborn care delivery in Kenya: A qualitative study.
Waithira, C.
Odinga, N.
Ngaiza, G.
Maluni, J.
Maina, M.
Karumba, K.
English, M.
Mutua, E.
Molyneux, S.
Jones, C.
Oluoch, D.
High Q. Hospital Group
Int J Nurs Stud, (2025). 172:105217
Dr. Dorothy Oluoch
Post - Doc
Biography
Dorothy is a Social scientist, with over 10 years’ experience in qualitative research, with a focus on health systems research and medical anthropology. Her doctoral project was trying to understand the experiences of mothers of hospitalised sick newborns in Nairobi using ethnographic approaches. She has a keen interest in Maternal, neonatal, and Child Health, health systems, health care access, and delivery as well as patient experiences research.
See moreCurrent Work
Her current project is focused on exploring the potential for using mothers’ experiences narratives and digital stories of pre-term birth in Kenya as educational tools to improve people-centered care in LMICs. She is also a Co-Investigator on a project Learning to Harness Innovation in Global Health for Quality Care (HIGH – Q). This project seeks to evaluate how the introduction of essential neonatal technologies coupled with the increase in nursing numbers in the neonatal units affects the quality of care provided. She is co-leading work on patients' and staff experiences of introduction of new technologies and workforce interventions. She has previously worked on the Inter-bio 21st study, leading the qualitative component of this project, where she assessed the perceptions and experiences of the use of ultrasound screening services for women attending routine antenatal clinics (ANC) in Kilifi County Hospital (KCH).
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Engaging stakeholders in embedded newborn health services/systems research in Kenya; a continuous process involving multiple actors.
Karumba, K.
Oluoch, D.
Mutua, E.
Gathara, D.
Fuller, S.
English, M.
Were, F.
Molyneux, S.
Maina, M.
NIHR Open Res, (2024). 4:73
A framework and practical approach to identify and address ethical issues arising in interventional health systems research.
Mutua, E.
Oluoch, D.
Fuller, S.
Ngaiza, G.
Odinga, N.
Waithira, C.
Kagonya, V.
Onyango, O.
Nasir, N.
Grewal, G.
Imam, A.
Rababeh, A.
Maina, M.
Karumba, K.
Kelley, M.
English, M.
Molyneux, S.
Int J Nurs Stud, (2026). 174:105263
Support for the wellbeing of frontline healthcare workers should be incorporated in health emergency preparedness planning.
McNeil, K.
Nzekwu, S.
Gilson, L.
Hinga, A.
Oluoch, D.
Zhao, Y.
Molyneux, S.
Commun Med (Lond), (2026). 6:31
Implementing a change process to support respectful communication in newborn units in Kenya: A qualitative study.
Boga, M.
Musitia, P.
Oluoch, D.
Sen, D.
Dayo, H.
Haaland, A.
Hinton, L.
Nzinga, J.
English, M.
Molyneux, S.
Int J Nurs Stud, (2026). 173:105236
Neonatal units as physical spaces for newborn care delivery in Kenya: A qualitative study.
Waithira, C.
Odinga, N.
Ngaiza, G.
Maluni, J.
Maina, M.
Karumba, K.
English, M.
Mutua, E.
Molyneux, S.
Jones, C.
Oluoch, D.
High Q. Hospital Group
Int J Nurs Stud, (2025). 172:105217
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