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Publications (2000-2007)
1. Jones, C.M., Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, M. et al. (2007). The Global Programme on Health Promotion Effectiveness: A Global Process for Assessing Health Promotion Effectiveness with Regional Diversity. In McQueen, D.V. and Jones, C.M: Global Perspectives on Health Promotion Effectiveness. Springer Science + Business Media, LLC (pp13-37).
2. Metzler, M., Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, M, et al. (2007). Community interventions on social determinants of health : focusing the evidence. In McQueen, D.V. and Jones, C.M: Global Perspectives on Health Promotion Effectiveness. Springer Science + Business Media, LLC (pp225-245).
3. Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, M., Okeng’o, L., Wagura, A., and Mwenzwa, E. (2007). Putting on a brave face: the experiences of women living with HIV and AIDS in informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya. AIDS Care, Vol. 10, S1:24-34.
4. Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, M. (2006). Declarations upon declarations: when shall women experience real change? In The African Woman. CODESRIA Bulletin, Special Issue, November 1&2, pp10-11.
5. Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, M. (2006). Challenges and prospects of applied anthropology in Kenya. In Ntarangwi, M., Mills, D. & Babiker, M. (eds). African anthropologies: History, critique and practice. CODESRIA in association with Zed Books. London and New York. Pp 237-249.
6. Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, M., & Francis, P. (2006). Collapsing livelihoods and the crisis of masculinity in rural Kenya. In Bannon, I & Correia, M. (eds). The other half of gender: Men’s issues in development. The World Bank. Pp 219-244.
7. Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, M., & Magadi, M.A. (2006). Sexual privacy and early sexual debut in Nairobi informal settlements. Community, Work & Family.
8. Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, M., & Nyamongo, I.K. (2006). Health seeking behaviour of mothers of under-five-year children in the slum communities of Nairobi, Kenya. Anthropology & Medicine, Vol. 13, No. 1:25-40.
9. Mwenzwa, E., & Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, M. (2006). Poverty and the right to HIV/AIDS information. The East African Journal of Human Rights and Democracy, Vol. 4, No. 1&2, pp39-52.
10. Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, M., & Ezeh, A.C. (2005). A qualitative assessment of support mechanisms in informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya. Journal of Poverty 9(3): 89-107.
11. Taffa, N., Chepg’eno, G., & Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, M. (2005). Child morbidity and health care utilization in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. Journal of Tropical Paediatrics 51(5): 279-284.
12. Mboup, G., & Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, M. (2005). Getting the right data – helping municipalities help women. Habitat Debate Vol. 11 No. 1:9.
13. Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, M. et al. (2005). Qualitative evidence of adolescents’ views on sexual and reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa. Allan Guttmacher Institute. Occassional Report No. 16.
14. Taffa, N., Chepg’eno, G., & Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, M. (2005). Determinants of healthcare seeking for child illness in Nairobi slums. International Health Tropical Medicine.
15. Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, M., & Taffa, N. (2004). The triad of poverty, environment and child health in Nairobi informal settlements. Journal of Population and Health in Developing countries, page 1-14. http://www.jhpdc.unc.edu/).
16. Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, M., & Kiragu, K. (2003). Gender roles and sexual behaviour in Africa. AIDS in Africa: Scenarios for the Future, UNAIDS.
17. Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, M. (2001). HIV/AIDS in Kenya: Moving Beyond Policy and Rhetoric. African Sociological Review, Vol.5 Number 2, 2001, (pp.86-102).
18. Wambua, L., Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, M., Omurwa, T., Matasha, E., Babishangire, B. & Obara, S. (2000): Violence Against Adolescents: A Silent Ill in Rural Eastern Africa. East African Medical Journal, Vol. 77 No. 6 (supplement): S2-6.
19. Nyagero, J., Obiero, C., Mwikali, M., Wambua, L., Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, M., & Omurwa, T. (2000). Young People’s Knowledge and Use of Contraceptives in Nyamira District, Kenya. East African Medical Journal, Vol. 77 No. 6 (supplement): S7-10.
20. Wambua, L., Omurwa, T., Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, M., & Obara, S. (2000). Sexual Behavior among Church Going Youths in Mwala Division, Kenya. East African Medical Journal, Vol. 77 No. 6 (supplement): S15-22.
21. Obiero, C., Nyagero, J., Mwikali, M., Wambua, L., Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, M., & Omurwa, T. (2000). Young People’s Knowledge and Experience with STDs/HIV/AIDS in Nyamira District, Kenya. East African Medical Journal, Vol. 77 No. 6 (supplement): S11-Dr.

Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo is the Executive Director of AIHD

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