Prof Kennedy Nyabuti Ondimu

Professor
Egerton University

kondimu@egerton.ac.ke

Field of Study: Demography, Geography, Population and Development
 
Specialization: Applied Demography, Children and Youth, Data Collection and Processing, Education and Schooling, Families and Households, Fertility, Gender Roles-Differentials, HIV/AIDS and STI's, Human Ecology, Income, Poverty and Welfare, Internal Migration, International Migration, Labor force/Employment, Mortality, Health, and Longevity, Population and Development, Population and Environment, Qualitative Demography, Reproductive Health (Family Planning), Theory, Urbanization
 
Regional focus: Sub-Saharan Africa
 
Education: Doctorate (Ph.D, or MD), Egerton University, Geography, 2000
 
Working languages: English
 
Other association membership in population or related fields: Union for African Population Studies (UAPS)
Kenya National Academy of Sciences


Curriculum Vitae:
Ondimu cv nov 2021.pdf
Professional web page:
http://  
 

Publications:

 

1.     Karanja, A. M., Ondimu. K. N. and C. Recha (2018). Effect of 2009 Drought on Household Livelihoods in Laikipia West Sub-County, Kenya. Annals of Arid Zone 57(1&2): 53-60

2.     Ondimu, K. N. et al. (2014) Gender and Population Dynamics: An Analysis of the Linkages. A Manual for Graduate Training on Gender Studies. OSSREA Publication. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

3.     Kiula, N. S; Ondimu K. N and J. M. Mironga (2014). “Determinants of Low Birth Weight in Singida District, Tanzania” The African Resources Development Journal. Vol 1

4.     Ondimu K. N and Otara, A. M (2013). Workplace HIV/AIDS Programmes and Sexual Behaviour Change Among Flower Farm Workers in Naivasha, Kenya. International Journal of Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 50 (2) pp. 189-204.

5.     Otara A. M and Ondimu K. N. (2012) Cervical cancer prevention practices among flower farm workers in Naivasha, Kenya. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Eastern and Central Africa. 24 (2) pp 38-41

 

 
Honorary or professional positions and awards:
 
2010/2011: Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program Award Population Dynamics and Health, St Mary-of-the-Woods College, Indiana USA.
Research grants:
2012/2013: OSSREA Postgraduate Gender Studies program in Sub-Saharan Africa Higher Learning Institutions: Award to prepare Graduate Teaching Manual on Population Dynamics and Gender

2012/2013 Egerton University Staff Research Grants “Impact of Workplace HIV/AIDS Programs in the Kenya’s Horticultural Sector: A Case of Naivasha farms”

2006/2007: Egerton University Staff Research Grants Egerton University: “Malaria Prevalence and Impact among Internally Displaced Persons in Kenya”.

2006/2007: OSSREA: Third OSSREA Sabbatical Research Grant Award 2006: “Extent of Child Exclusion among Internally Displaced Populations in Kenya: A case of Rift Valley and Nyanza provinces”

2003/2004: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/University of Witwatersrand: Migration and Urbanization Node Award 2003: Research on Prevalence, Determinants and Consequences of Rural to Urban Domestic Labour Migration in Kenya.

2003/2004: OSSREA: Senior Scholars Research Grant “Prevalence and Determinants of Sexual Risk Behaviour among Tea Plantation Workers in Kericho District, Kenya”.

2001/2002: Forum on Agricultural Resource Husbandry, Rockefeller Foundation “Causes and Consequences of Decline of Household Production of Indigenous Food Crops in Kisii, Nyamira and Gucha Districts of Kenya”

1997/1998: OSSREA: Ninth Gender Issues Research Award 1997: Determinants of Under-Utilization of Health Facilities for Birth Delivery in Rural Kenya: A Case of Nyanza Province.

1995: UAPS Small Grants Research Programme 1995: “The Socio-economic Determinants of Adolescent Reproductive Health Problems in Kenya: Evidence from Health Service Data”.