Rose Maina
| Post Nominals | PhD |
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| Biography | Rose is a senior faculty at the Aga Khan University School of Nursing and Midwifery-Kenya. She has been teaching undergraduate students since 2018. She has over twenty years of experience working in maternal and newborn health. Her research interest is in Maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health. Rose holds a Ph.D.-Midwifery from the University of Salford (UK) and a master's degree in Nursing-Midwifery from Mount Kenya University. Her research interest is centred around understanding and enhancing the prevention of avoidable maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. The focus being on enhancing evidence-based practices to support pregnant in normalizing birth. Rose also explores the midwives-led care models and respectful care through interpersonal communication for a positive birth experience for all women. Rose is a member of the International Stillbirth Alliance whose aim is to raise awareness and promote global collaboration for the prevention of stillbirth and newborn death and the provision of appropriate respectful care. She is an active member of the self-assessment reporting and curriculum review in the Department of Midwifery and the Midwives Association of Kenya. Her research achievements include success with external research funding and receiving competitive funding from URC for my PhD work. Her scholarly contribution includes publications in peer-reviewed journal articles and participation as a peer reviewer in a high-impact journal. Her scholarly outputs and the relative bibliometric statistics can be accessed via the link below: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=s4VRA40AAAAJ&hl=en |
| Research Interests | 1. Maternal and fetal assessment during the intrapartum period: We explored the nurse-midwives knowledge and these findings are important in addressing maternal and newborn outcomes during the childbirth process. 1. Maina, R. M., Mwenda, C. S., & Karonjo, J. (2017). Utilization of the partograph among nurse-midwives at a county referral hospital in Kenya. Kenyan Journal of Nursing & Midwifery, 1(2). 2. Impact of COVID-19: Many women in Low and Middle-income countries are affected during the pandemic and seeking care on time becomes a challenge. We reflected on the challenges encountered by women which contributed to the disruption of maternal and newborn services. Also, children were made to remain at home while all schools were closed and nurturing care during this period may affect growth and development more so in poor resource settings. We also discussed nurses' and midwives' duty to care concerning ethics during a pandemic. a) Pallangyo, E., Nakate, M. G., Maina, R., & Fleming, V. (2020). The impact of COVID-19 on midwives’ practice in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania: A reflective account. Midwifery. b) Kimani, R. W., Maina, R., Shumba, C., & Shaibu, S. (2020). Maternal and newborn care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya: re-contextualising the community midwifery model. Human Resources for Health, 18(1), 1-5. c) Lusambili, A.M., Martini, M., Abdirahman, F., Asante, A., Ochieng, S., Guni, J.N., Maina, R. and Luchters, S., 2020. “We have a lot of home deliveries” A qualitative study on the impact of COVID-19 on access to and utilization of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health care among refugee women in urban Eastleigh, Kenya. Journal of Migration and Health, 1, p.100025. d) Shumba, C., Maina, R., Mbuthia, G., Kimani, R., Mbugua, S., Shah, S., . . . Ndirangu, E. (2020). Reorienting Nurturing Care for Early Childhood Development during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kenya: A Review. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(19), 7028. e) Shaibu, S., Kimani, R. W., Shumba, C., Maina, R., Ndirangu, E., & Kambo, I. (2021). Duty versus distributive justice during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nursing Ethics, 0969733021996038. f) Namukasa, S., Maina, R., Nakaziba, S., Among, G., Asasira, L., Mayambala, P., ... & Sarki, A. M. (2024). Prevalence of sickle cell trait and needs assessment for uptake of sickle cell screening among secondary school students in Kampala City, Uganda. Plos one, 19(1), e0296119. |
| Teaching and Learning | • Midwifery -normal childbearing • Community Midwifery • Teaching and Learning • Research supervision. |