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Using a participatory action research approach and drawing from his background in health research and 13 years as a secondary school science teacher in the UK and Kenya, Alun Davies established the KWTRP Schools Engagement Programme. Funding from three Wellcome Trust International Engagement Awards and a strong working relationship with education partners, has enabled the Schools Engagement Programme to conduct engagement activities with students and teachers from over 40 schools across Kenya. These activities are aimed at promoting mutual understanding between researchers and the community; positive attitudes towards school science and science in general; and positive educational aspirations among school students. School engagement activities include an annual 3-month attachment scheme for very talented Kilifi secondary school-leavers, and visits to the KWTRP laboratories by up to 1000 local school students per year, for interactive activities with researchers and a lab tour. Alun has an MA (distinction) in Education, International Development and Health promotion from the Institute of Education at London University and a Ph.D. which explored the influence and impact of engagement between researchers and school students in Kenya. He is a mixed-method researcher, combining qualitative and quantitative methods with participatory video. The latter, as well as providing a means of evaluating engagement, offers an exciting means of communication between communities, researchers and broader audiences.
Current Work
His work explores the influence and impact of engagement between researchers and school students in Kenya. He is a mixed-method researcher, combining qualitative and quantitative methods with participatory video. The latter, as well as providing a means of evaluating engagement, offers an exciting means of communication between communities, researchers and broader audiences.Collaborations
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Publications
Layered vulnerability and researchers' responsibilities: learning from research involving Kenyan adolescents living with perinatal HIV infection.
Kimani, M., Molyneux, S., Charo, A., Zakayo, S. M., Sanga, G., Njeru, R., Davies, A., Kelley, M., Abubakar, A., Marsh, V.
BMC Med Ethics, (2024). 25:21
A rapid review of community engagement and informed consent processes for adaptive platform trials and alternative design trials for public health emergencies.
Davies, A., Ormel, I., Bernier, A., Harriss, E., Mumba, N., Gobat, N., Schwartz, L., Cheah, P. Y.
Wellcome Open Res, (2023). 8:194
A network of empirical ethics teams embedded in research programmes across multiple sites: opportunities and challenges in contributing to COVID-19 research and responses.
Ngwenya, N., Ilo Van Nuil, J., Nyirenda, D., Chambers, M., Cheah, P. Y., Seeley, J., Chi, P., Mafuleka, L., Nkosi, B., Kamuya, D., Davies, A., Schneiders, M. L., Mumba, N., Dlamini, S., Desmond, N., Marsh, V., Rippon, D., Parker, M., Molyneux, S.
Wellcome Open Res, (2022). 7:48
Evaluating and Engaging: Using Participatory Video With Kenyan Secondary School Students to Explore Engagement With Health Research.
Davies, A., High, C., Mwangome, N., Hanlin, R., Jones, C.
Front Public Health, (2022). 10:797290
Incidence of chikungunya virus infections among Kenyan children with neurological disease, 2014-2018: A cohort study.
Nyamwaya, D. K., Otiende, M., Mwango, L., Kariuki, S. M., Otieno, B., Omuoyo, D. O., Githinji, G., Kitsao, B. S., Karanja, H. K., Gitonga, J. N., de Laurent, Z. R., Davies, A., Mwarumba, S., Agoti, C. N., Thumbi, S. M., Hamaluba, M. M., Newton, C. R., Bejon, P., Warimwe, G. M.
PLoS Med, (2022). 19:e1003994
Always leave the audience wanting more: An entertaining approach to stimulate engagement with health research among publics in coastal Kenya through 'Magnet Theatre'.
Sanga, G., Jao, I., Mumba, N., Mwalukore, S., Kamuya, D., Davies, A.
Wellcome Open Res, (2021). 6:2
Participatory And Collective Film-Making.
Davies, A.
The Practice and Ethics of Participatory Visual Methods for Community Engagement in Public Health & Health Science: A Handbook, (2019). :93-97
Who should decide about children's and adolescents' participation in health research? The views of children and adults in rural Kenya.
Marsh, V., Mwangome, N., Jao, I., Wright, K., Molyneux, S., Davies, A.
BMC Med Ethics, (2019). 20:41
Evolution of a programme to engage school students with health research and science in Kenya.
Davies, A., Mwangome, N., Yeri, B., Mwango, G., Mumba, N., Marsh, V., Kamuya, D., Molyneux, S., Kinyanjui, S., Jones, C.
Wellcome Open Res, (2019). 4:39
Reflections on the ethics of participatory visual methods to engage communities in global health research.
Black, G. F., Davies, A., Iskander, D., Chambers, M.
Glob Bioeth, (2018). 29:22-38