Gathara D
Applying a multi-layered, mixed methods approach to evaluate technology and workforce interventions in Kenyan neonatal units.Maina M, Molyneux S, Were F, Oluoch D, Mutua E, Gathara D, English M, Imam A, Ngaiza G, Rababeh A, Grewal G, Nasir N, Waithira C, Odinga N, Kagonya V, Onyango O, Karumba K, Jones C, Mwangi P, Kinyua L, Thuranira L, Njoroge V, Mwangi N, Mwangi L, Musyoka P, Kioni Z, Fuller SS
Glob Health Action, (2025). 18:2558267
The reality of neonatal nursing work in Kenya and implications for quality and safety: Direct observation of tasks and time utilisation.Onyango O, Kagonya VA, Maina M, Karumba K, Imam A, Fuller SS, Gathara D, English M
Int J Nurs Stud, (2025). 172:105204
Nurses experiences with an intervention enhancing skill-mix in Kenyan neonatal units with severe workforce deficits: A qualitative study.Odinga N, Waithira C, Maluni J, Ngaiza G, Kagonya V, Onyango O, Imam A, Gathara D, Maina M, Karumba K, Were F, Fuller S, English M, Mutua E, Molyneux S, Jones C, Oluoch D
Int J Nurs Stud, (2025). 171:105202
Implementation of a task-shifting and task sharing intervention: A case of ward assistants in Kenyan neonatal units.Kagonya VA, Odinga N, Onyango O, Waithira C, Imam A, Mutua E, Oluoch D, Maina M, Karumba K, Amadi I, Fuller SS, Gathara D, English M
Int J Nurs Stud, (2025). 171:105176
Delivery of care in high mortality hospital settings: a direct observational study examining 1848 h of neonatal nursing in Kenya.Imam A, Maina M, Aluvaala J, Kagonya V, Onyango O, Were F, Fuller S, Karumba K, English M, Gathara D
EClinicalMedicine, (2025). 87:103434
Small and sick newborn care: Changes in service readiness scoring between baseline and 2023 for 65 neonatal units implementing with NEST360 in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania.Penzias RE, Ogero MO, Tillya R, Kassim I, Dosunmu O, Odedere O, Mwaniki H, Ochieng VO, Mochache D, Ngwala SK, Zimba E, Soko GT, Bohne C, Gathara D, Cross JH, Shabani J, Paul C, Shamba D, Masanja H, Salim N, Osuagwu C, Idowu A, Ogueji IA, Tongo O, Okunlola Ogunsola O, Ezeaka VC, Rashid E, Okello G, Wainaina J, Macharia WM, Chiume M, Chalira A, Dube Q, Gicheha E, Molyneux EM, Alooh M, Cousens S, Oden M, Richards-Kortum R, Lawn JE, Ohuma EO
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004367
Strengthening neonatal care through ward assistants: a Kenyan case study in enhancing infection prevention and control practices.Maina M, Odinga N, Kagonya V, Ngaiza G, Fuller S, Onyango O, Waithira C, Oluoch D, Gathara D, Mwangi P, Mwangi L, Musyoka P, Kinyua L, Thuranira L, Njoroge V, Mwangi N, Kioni Z, English M, Mutua E
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control, (2025). 14:61
Public service motivation, public sector preference and employment of Kenyan medical doctor interns: a cross-sectional and prospective study.Mbuthia D, Zhao Y, Gathara D, Nicodemo C, McGivern G, Nzinga J, English M
Hum Resour Health, (2024). 22:61
Conducting cross-cultural, multi-lingual or multi-country scale development and validation in health care research: A 10-step framework based on a scoping review.Zhao Y, Summers R, Gathara D, English M
J Glob Health, (2024). 14:4151
COVID-19 pandemic effects on neonatal inpatient admissions and mortality: interrupted time series analysis of facilities implementing NEST360 in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania.Malla L, Ohuma EO, Shabani J, Ngwala S, Dosunmu O, Wainaina J, Aluvaala J, Kassim I, Cross JH, Salim N, Zimba E, Ezeaka C, Penzias RE, Gathara D, Tillya R, Chiume M, Odedere O, Lufesi N, Kawaza K, Irimu G, Tongo O, Murless-Collins S, Bohne C, Richards-Kortum R, Oden M, Lawn JE
BMC Pediatr, (2024). 23:657
Experiences of core outcome set developers on including stakeholders from low- and middle-income countries: An online survey.Karumbi J, Gorst S, Gathara D, Young B, Williamson P
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2024). 4:e0003365
Quantifying health facility service readiness for small and sick newborn care: comparing standards-based and WHO level-2 + scoring for 64 hospitals implementing with NEST360 in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania.Penzias RE, Bohne C, Gicheha E, Molyneux EM, Gathara D, Ngwala SK, Zimba E, Rashid E, Odedere O, Dosunmu O, Tillya R, Shabani J, Cross JH, Ochieng C, Webster HH, Chiume M, Dube Q, Wainaina J, Kassim I, Irimu G, Adudans S, James F, Tongo O, Ezeaka VC, Salim N, Masanja H, Oden M, Richards-Kortum R, Hailegabriel T, Gupta G, Cousens S, Lawn JE, Ohuma EO
BMC Pediatr, (2024). 23:656
Health facility assessment of small and sick newborn care in low- and middle-income countries: systematic tool development and operationalisation with NEST360 and UNICEF.Penzias RE, Bohne C, Ngwala SK, Zimba E, Lufesi N, Rashid E, Gicheha E, Odedere O, Dosunmu O, Tillya R, Shabani J, Cross JH, Liaghati-Mobarhan S, Chiume M, Banda G, Chalira A, Wainaina J, Gathara D, Irimu G, Adudans S, James F, Tongo O, Ezeaka VC, Msemo G, Salim N, Day LT, Powell-Jackson T, Chandna J, Majamanda M, Molyneux EM, Oden M, Richards-Kortum R, Ohuma EO, Paton C, Hailegabriel T, Gupta G, Lawn JE
BMC Pediatr, (2024). 23:655
To adopt or adapt an existing neonatal core outcome set in Kenya: a study protocol.Karumbi J, Gathara D, Young B, Williamson P
Trials, (2023). 24:806
Awareness and experiences on core outcome set development and use amongst stakeholders from low- and middle- income countries: An online survey.Karumbi J, Gorst S, Gathara D, Young B, Williamson P
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2023). 3:e0002574
Characterising support and care assistants in formal hospital settings: a scoping review.Kagonya VA, Onyango OO, Maina M, Gathara D, English M, Imam A
Hum Resour Health, (2023). 21:90
Protecting small and sick newborn care in the COVID-19 pandemic: multi-stakeholder qualitative data from four African countries with NEST360.Steege R, Mwaniki H, Ogueji IA, Baraka J, Salimu S, Kumar MB, Kawaza K, Odedere O, Shamba D, Bokea H, Chiume M, Adudans S, Ezeaka C, Paul C, Banyira L, Lungu G, Salim N, Zimba E, Ngwala S, Tarus A, Bohne C, Gathara D, Lawn JE
BMC Pediatr, (2023). 23:572
Neonatal inpatient dataset for small and sick newborn care in low- and middle-income countries: systematic development and multi-country operationalisation with NEST360.Cross JH, Bohne C, Ngwala SK, Shabani J, Wainaina J, Dosunmu O, Kassim I, Penzias RE, Tillya R, Gathara D, Zimba E, Ezeaka VC, Odedere O, Chiume M, Salim N, Kawaza K, Lufesi N, Irimu G, Tongo OO, Malla L, Paton C, Day LT, Oden M, Richards-Kortum R, Molyneux EM, Ohuma EO, Lawn JE
BMC Pediatr, (2023). 23:567
The influence of internship training experience on Kenyan and Ugandan doctors' career intentions and decisions: a qualitative study.Zhao Y, Mbuthia D, Ankomisyani DS, Blacklock C, Gathara D, Molyneux S, Nicodemo C, Okello TR, Rutebemberwa E, Tweheyo R, English M
Glob Health Action, (2023). 16:2272390
Development and validation of a new measurement instrument to assess internship experience of medical doctors in low-income and middle-income countries.Zhao Y, Jalloh S, Lam PK, Kwarshak YK, Mbuthia D, Misago N, Namedre M, Ph??ng NTB, Qaloewa S, Summers R, Tang K, Tweheyo R, Wills B, Zhang F, Nicodemo C, Gathara D, English M
BMJ Glob Health, (2023). 8:
