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1. 2026
   Mapping evidence for health policy and systems decision-making: a spectrum approach bridging tacit and scientific knowledge across local and global contexts

   Waithaka, D. Tsofa, B. Glenton, C. Nzinga, et al.

   Health Res Policy Syst. 2026

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2. 2026
   Mapping the conceptualisation, contributing factors and interventions of moral distress among healthcare providers in Africa: a scoping review

   Jepkosgei, J. Oluoch, D. Nzinga, J. McNeil, et al.

   BMJ Glob Health. 2026; 11

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3. 2026
   Examining evidence use in vaccine policymaking in Kenya: A qualitative case study

   Waithaka, D. Lewin, S. Nzinga, J. Gopinathan, et al.

   Health Policy Plan. 2026

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4. 2026
   Reframing knowledge translation for health policy in Kenya: actors, practices and the constitutive role of context

   Guleid, F. H. Barasa, E. Abiiro, G. A. Nzinga, et al.

   Health Res Policy Syst. 2026; 24

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5. 2026
   Identifying community pharmacists' preferences for attributes of public health interventions in Kenya: a discrete choice experiment

   Mumbi, A. Abiiro, G. A. Kazungu, J. Nzinga, et al.

   Health Policy Plan. 2026; 41:407-420

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6. 2026
   "Poverty is a social issue, not a mathematical problem": examining the lessons for beneficiary identification from implementation of the UHC indigent program in Kenya

   Maritim, B. Mbau, R. Musiega, A. Musuva, et al.

   Int J Equity Health. 2026; 25:40

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7. 2026
   Implementing a change process to support respectful communication in newborn units in Kenya: A qualitative study

   Boga, M. Musitia, P. Oluoch, D. Sen, et al.

   Int J Nurs Stud. 2026; 173:105236

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8. 2025
   Learning sites for health systems research: Reflections on five programs in Africa, Asia, and Central America

   Witter, S. Regmi, S. Raven, J. Nzinga, et al.

   Learn Health Syst. 2025; 9:e10475

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9. 2025
   Emotional dimensions of nurses' daily work in newborn units in Kenya: a qualitative study

   Sen, D. Boga, M. Musitia, P. Oluoch, et al.

   BMC Public Health. 2025; 25:3632

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10. 2025
    Framework to guide the use of mathematical modelling in evidence-based policy decision-making

    Oliwa, J. Guleid, F. H. Owek, C. J. Maluni, et al.

    BMJ Open. 2025; 15:e093645

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11. 2025
    Management capacity of primary healthcare facilities in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review

    Ochieng, H. Musiega, A. Tsofa, B. Nzinga, et al.

    PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025; 5:e0004445

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12. 2026
    Power, interests, and maternal health care: a political economy analysis of service delivery redesign in Kenya

    Nzinga, J. Olwanda, E. Opondo, K. Kimutai, et al.

    Health Policy Plan. 2026; 41:558-569

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13. 2025
    Experiences and Outcomes of the Implementation of Cuban Health Cooperation Programs in Low and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review

    Njiriri, F. Nyanchoka, M. Nzinga, J. Tsofa, et al.

    Wellcome Open Res. 2025; 10:167

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14. 2025
    Acceptability of fixed-dose combination treatments for hypertension in Kenya: A qualitative study using the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability

    Mbuthia, D. Willis, R. Gichagua, M. Nzinga, et al.

    PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025; 5:e0003012

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15. 2025
    Assessing the potential for scaling evidence-based interventions in African health systems: A deliberate dialogue

    Karamagi, H. C. Charif, A. B. Kipruto, H. K. Sy, et al.

    Health Res Policy Syst. 2025; 23:91

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16. 2025
    Co-design and implementation of nursing handover improvement tool in Kenyan newborn units: a pilot study

    Jepkosgei, J. Gathara, D. Mbuthia, D. Wanyama, et al.

    BMC Nurs. 2025; 24:1329

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17. 2025
    Beyond evidence: how actor dynamics and power shape knowledge translation for health policy in Kenya

    Guleid, F. H. Barasa, E. Abiiro, G. A. Nzinga, et al.

    Health Policy Plan. 2025; 40:819-830

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18. 2025
    Civil Society's Evidence-Generating Role for Health Policy Decisions: A Thematic Analysis of a Healthcare Information for All (HIFA) Community Online Discussion

    Gopinathan, U. Asoka, T. Aponte-Rueda, M. E. Aryeteey, et al.

    Int J Health Policy Manag. 2025; 14:8701

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19. 2025
    Risk stratification during antenatal care failed to identify most mothers who experienced adverse pregnancy outcomes: A prospective study from Kakamega County, Kenya

    Cooper, J. E. Kruk, M. Kapaon, D. Opondo, et al.

    Trop Med Int Health. 2025; 30:531-538

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20. 2025
    Local capacity for policy development and implementation

    Azazh, A. Nzinga, J. Ngonzi, J. Bartolomeos, et al.

    Bull World Health Organ. 2025; 103:415-415A

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21. 2024
    The maternal and newborn health eCohort to track longitudinal care quality: study protocol and survey development

    Arsenault, C. Wright, K. Taddele, T. Tadele, et al.

    Glob Health Action. 2024; 17:2392352

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22. 2025
    Evaluating the impact, implementation experience and political economy of primary care networks in Kenya: protocol for a mixed methods study

    Amboko, B. Nzinga, J. Tsofa, B. Mugo, et al.

    Health Res Policy Syst. 2025; 23:14

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23. 2025
    Examining the emergence and implementation experience of Primary Health Care Networks (PCNs) in Kenya: a qualitative process evaluation

    Amboko, B. Nzinga, J. Musiega, A. Tsofa, et al.

    BMC Health Serv Res. 2025; 25:1479

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24. 2024
    Examining liminality in professional practice, relational identities, and career prospects in resource-constrained health systems: Findings from an empirical study of medical and nurse interns in Kenya

    Zhao, Y. Nzekwu, S. Boga, M. Mbuthia, et al.

    Soc Sci Med. 2024; 357:117226

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25. 2024
    Implementation of Maternal and Newborn Health Mobile Phone E-Cohorts to Track Longitudinal Care Quality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

    Wright, K. Mugenya, I. Clarke-Deelder, E. Baensch, et al.

    Glob Health Sci Pract. 2024; 12

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26. 2024
    Lessons learned from COVID-19 modelling efforts for policy decision-making in lower- and middle-income countries

    Owek, C. J. Guleid, F. H. Maluni, J. Jepkosgei, et al.

    BMJ Glob Health. 2024; 9

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27. 2024
    Women's autonomy and maternal health decision making in Kenya: implications for service delivery reform - a qualitative study

    Olwanda, E. Opondo, K. Oluoch, D. Croke, et al.

    BMC Womens Health. 2024; 24:181

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28. 2024
    The path to universal health coverage in five African and Asian countries: examining the association between insurance status and health-care use

    Odipo, E. Jarhyan, P. Nzinga, J. Prabhakaran, et al.

    Lancet Glob Health. 2024; 12:e123-e133

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29. 2024
    A mixed methods study examining the impact of primary health care financing transitions on facility functioning and service delivery in Kenya: a study protocol

    Muthuri, Rndk Nzinga, J. Tsofa, B. Musiega, et al.

    Wellcome Open Res. 2024; 9:220

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30. 2024
    Evaluating the effects, implementation experience and political economy of primary healthcare facility autonomy reforms within counties in Kenya: a mixed methods study protocol

    Musiega, A. Amboko, B. Maritim, B. Nzinga, et al.

    BMJ Public Health. 2024; 2:e001156

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31. 2024
    Factors influencing the uptake of public health interventions delivery by community pharmacists: A systematic review of global evidence

    Mumbi, A. Mugo, P. Barasa, E. Abiiro, et al.

    PLoS One. 2024; 19:e0298713

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32. 2024
    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, et al.

    Hum Resour Health. 2024; 22:61

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33. 2024
    Evaluating the effectiveness of the National Health Insurance Subsidy Programme within Kenya's universal health coverage initiative: a study protocol

    Maritim, B. Nzinga, J. Tsofa, B. Musiega, et al.

    BMJ Open. 2024; 14:e083971

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34. 2024
    Community-Based Health Information Systems in Africa: A Scoping Review of Data Generation, Utilization, and Community Empowerment

    Kuvuna, B. Nyanchoka, M. Guleid, F. Ogutu, et al.

    Wellcome Open Res. 2024; 9:485

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35. 2024
    Population assessment of health system performance in 16 countries

    Kruk, M. E. Sabwa, S. Lewis, T. P. Aniebo, et al.

    Bull World Health Organ. 2024; 102:486-497B

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36. 2024
    Population confidence in the health system in 15 countries: results from the first round of the People's Voice Survey

    Kruk, M. E. Kapoor, N. R. Lewis, T. P. Arsenault, et al.

    Lancet Glob Health. 2024; 12:e100-e111

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37. 2024
    Assessing the scalability of health system interventions in Africa: protocol for a Delphi study

    Karamagi, H. C. Charif, A. B. Kidane, S. N. Berhane, et al.

    Health Res Policy Syst. 2024; 22:176

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38. 2024
    Using evidence from civil society in national and subnational health policy processes: a qualitative evidence synthesis

    Gopinathan, U. Peacocke, E. Abankwah, D. N. Y. Aryeetey, et al.

    Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024; 6:CD015810

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39. 2024
    Primary health care in practice: usual source of care and health system performance across 14 countries

    Croke, K. Moshabela, M. Kapoor, N. R. Doubova, et al.

    Lancet Glob Health. 2024; 12:e134-e144

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40. 2024
    Care seeking during pregnancy: testing the assumptions behind service delivery redesign for maternal and newborn health in rural Kenya

    Croke, K. Kapaon, D. Opondo, K. Cooper, et al.

    Health Policy Plan. 2024; 39:1099-1108

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41. 2024
    Antenatal care quality and detection of risk among pregnant women: An observational study in Ethiopia, India, Kenya, and South Africa

    Arsenault, C. Mfeka-Nkabinde, N. G. Chaudhry, M. Jarhyan, et al.

    PLoS Med. 2024; 21:e1004446

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42. 2023
    Examining the absorption of post-internship medical officers into the public sector at county-level in devolved Kenya: a qualitative case study

    Zhao, Y. Mbuthia, D. Munywoki, J. Gathara, et al.

    BMC Health Serv Res. 2023; 23:875

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43. 2023
    Correction: Examining the absorption of post-internship medical officers into the public sector at county-level in devolved Kenya: a qualitative case study

    Zhao, Y. Mbuthia, D. Munywoki, J. Gathara, et al.

    BMC Health Serv Res. 2023; 23:952

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44. 2023
    'We were treated like we are nobody': a mixed-methods study of medical doctors' internship experiences in Kenya and Uganda

    Zhao, Y. Mbuthia, D. Gathara, D. Nzinga, et al.

    BMJ Glob Health. 2023; 8

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45. 2023
    The hidden emotional labour behind ensuring the social value of research: Experiences of frontline health policy and systems researchers based in Kenya during COVID-19

    Nzinga, J. Oliwa, J. Oluoch, D. Jepkosgei, et al.

    PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023; 3:e0002116

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46. 2023
    Exploring the complex realities of nursing work in Kenya and how this shapes role enactment and practice-A qualitative study

    Mbuthia, D. Brownie, S. Jackson, D. McGivern, et al.

    Nurs Open. 2023; 10:5670-5681

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47. 2023
    Measuring people's views on health system performance: Design and development of the People's Voice Survey

    Lewis, T. P. Kapoor, N. R. Aryal, A. Bazua-Lobato, et al.

    PLoS Med. 2023; 20:e1004294

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48. 2022
    Evaluating the role of breastfeeding peer supporters' intervention on the inpatient management of malnourished infants under 6 months in Kenyan public hospitals

    Mwangome, M. de Colombi, N. F. Chabeda, S. Mumbo, et al.

    Int Breastfeed J. 2022; 17:79

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49. 2022
    Experiences of and response to the COVID-19 pandemic at private retail pharmacies in Kenya: a mixed-methods study

    Mugo, P. M. Mumbi, A. Munene, D. Nzinga, et al.

    BMJ Open. 2022; 12:e058688

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50. 2022
    High impact health service interventions for attainment of UHC in Africa: A systematic review

    Karamagi, H. C. Berhane, A. Ngusbrhan Kidane, S. Nyawira, et al.

    PLOS Glob Public Health. 2022; 2:e0000945

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51. 2022
    Investments for effective functionality of health systems towards Universal Health Coverage in Africa: A scoping review

    Karamagi, H. C. Ben Charif, A. Ngusbrhan Kidane, S. Yohanes, et al.

    PLOS Glob Public Health. 2022; 2:e0001076

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52. 2022
    Exploring healthcare workers' perceptions on the use of morbidity and mortality audits as an avenue for learning and care improvement in Kenyan hospitals' newborn units

    Jepkosgei, J. Nzinga, J. Adam, M. B. English, et al.

    BMC Health Serv Res. 2022; 22:172

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53. 2022
    Understanding intra- and interprofessional team and teamwork processes by exploring facility-based neonatal care in kenyan hospitals

    Jepkosgei, J. English, M. Adam, M. B. Nzinga, et al.

    BMC Health Serv Res. 2022; 22:636

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54. 2022
    Improving facility-based care: eliciting tacit knowledge to advance intervention design

    English, M. Nzinga, J. Oliwa, J. Maina, et al.

    BMJ Glob Health. 2022; 7

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55. 2022
    Service delivery reform for maternal and newborn health in Kakamega County, Kenya: study protocol for a prospective impact evaluation and implementation science study

    Croke, K. Gage, A. Fulcher, I. Opondo, et al.

    BMC Public Health. 2022; 22:1727

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56. 2021
    Value of stakeholder engagement in improving newborn care in Kenya: a qualitative description of perspectives and lessons learned

    Nzinga, J. Jones, C. Gathara, D. English, et al.

    BMJ Open. 2021; 11:e045123

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57. 2021
    An innovative leadership development initiative to support building everyday resilience in health systems

    Nzinga, J. Boga, M. Kagwanja, N. Waithaka, et al.

    Health Policy Plan. 2021; 36:1023-1035

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58. 2021
    Experiences and response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID 19) pandemic at private retail pharmacies in Kenya, 2020: a mixed methods study

    Mugo, P. Mumbi, A. Munene, D. Nzinga, et al.

    1st International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA-2021). 2021

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59. 2021
    Collective sensemaking for action: researchers and decision makers working collaboratively to strengthen health systems

    Gilson, L. Barasa, E. Brady, L. Kagwanja, et al.

    BMJ. 2021; 372:m4650

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60. 2020
    Prolonged health worker strikes in Kenya- perspectives and experiences of frontline health managers and local communities in Kilifi County

    Waithaka, D. Kagwanja, N. Nzinga, J. Tsofa, et al.

    Int J Equity Health. 2020; 19:23

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61. 2020
    Perspectives and practices of health workers around diagnosis of paediatric tuberculosis in hospitals in a resource-poor setting - modern diagnostics meet age-old challenges

    Oliwa, J. N. Odero, S. A. Nzinga, J. van Hensbroek, et al.

    BMC Health Serv Res. 2020; 20:708

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62. 2020
    Improving case detection of tuberculosis in hospitalised Kenyan children-employing the behaviour change wheel to aid intervention design and implementation

    Oliwa, J. N. Nzinga, J. Masini, E. van Hensbroek, et al.

    Implement Sci. 2020; 15:102

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63. 2020
    Tracking health sector priority setting processes and outcomes for human resources for health, five-years after political devolution: a county-level case study in Kenya

    Munywoki, J. Kagwanja, N. Chuma, J. Nzinga, et al.

    Int J Equity Health. 2020; 19:165

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64. 2020
    Collective strategies to cope with work related stress among nurses in resource constrained settings: An ethnography of neonatal nursing in Kenya

    McKnight, J. Nzinga, J. Jepkosgei, J. English, et al.

    Soc Sci Med. 2020; 245:112698

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65. 2020
    Shocks, stress and everyday health system resilience: experiences from the Kenyan coast

    Kagwanja, N. Waithaka, D. Nzinga, J. Tsofa, et al.

    Health Policy Plan. 2020; 35:522-535

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66. 2020
    Developing metrics for nursing quality of care for low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review linked to stakeholder engagement

    Gathara, D. Zosi, M. Serem, G. Nzinga, et al.

    Hum Resour Health. 2020; 18:34

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67. 2020
    Are health care assistants part of the long-term solution to the nursing workforce deficit in Kenya?

    Fitzgerald, L. Gathara, D. McKnight, J. Nzinga, et al.

    Hum Resour Health. 2020; 18:79

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68. 2020
    Programme theory and linked intervention strategy for large-scale change to improve hospital care in a low and middle-income country - A Study Pre-Protocol

    English, M. Nzinga, J. Irimu, G. Gathara, et al.

    Wellcome Open Res. 2020; 5:265

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69. 2020
    Systems and implementation science should be part of the COVID-19 response in low resource settings

    English, M. Moshabela, M. Nzinga, J. Barasa, et al.

    BMC Med. 2020; 18:219

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70. 2020
    Lessons from a Health Policy and Systems Research programme exploring the quality and coverage of newborn care in Kenya

    English, M. Gathara, D. Nzinga, J. Kumar, et al.

    BMJ Glob Health. 2020; 5:e001937

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71. 2020
    A scoping review of breastfeeding peer support models applied in hospital settings

    Chepkirui, D. Nzinga, J. Jemutai, J. Tsofa, et al.

    Int Breastfeed J. 2020; 15:95

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72. 2019
    Exploring the space for task shifting to support nursing on neonatal wards in Kenyan public hospitals

    Nzinga, J. McKnight, J. Jepkosgei, J. English, et al.

    Hum Resour Health. 2019; 17:18

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73. 2019
    Hybrid clinical-managers in Kenyan hospitals

    Nzinga, J. McGivern, G. English, M.

    J Health Organ Manag. 2019; 33:173-187

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74. 2019
    Maintaining Distance and Staying Immersed: Practical Ethics in an Underresourced New Born Unit

    Jepkosgei, J. Nzinga, J. McKnight, J.

    J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2019; 14:509-512

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75. 2018
    Examining clinical leadership in Kenyan public hospitals through the distributed leadership lens

    Nzinga, J. McGivern, G. English, M.

    Health Policy Plan. 2018; 33:ii27-ii34

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76. 2017
    A systematic review of electronic audit and feedback: intervention effectiveness and use of behaviour change theory

    Tuti, T. Nzinga, J. Njoroge, M. Brown, et al.

    Implement Sci. 2017; 12:61

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77. 2017
    'Pastoral practices' for quality improvement in a Kenyan clinical network

    McGivern, G. Nzinga, J. English, M.

    Soc Sci Med. 2017; 195:115-122

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78. 2013
    Service delivery in Kenyan district hospitals - what can we learn from literature on mid-level managers?

    Nzinga, J. Mbaabu, L. English, M.

    Hum Resour Health. 2013; 11:10

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79. 2011
    Explaining the effects of a multifaceted intervention to improve inpatient care in rural Kenyan hospitals--interpretation based on retrospective examination of data from participant observation, quantitative and qualitative studies

    English, M. Nzinga, J. Mbindyo, P. Ayieko, et al.

    Implement Sci. 2011; 6:124

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80. 2009
    Implementation experience during an eighteen month intervention to improve paediatric and newborn care in Kenyan district hospitals

    Nzinga, J. Ntoburi, S. Wagai, J. Mbindyo, et al.

    Implement Sci. 2009; 4:45

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81. 2009
    Documenting the experiences of health workers expected to implement guidelines during an intervention study in Kenyan hospitals

    Nzinga, J. Mbindyo, P. Mbaabu, L. Warira, et al.

    Implement Sci. 2009; 4:44

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