Blessing Mberu

Nursing · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Child Nutrition and Water Access(46), Global Maternal and Child Health(39), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare(36), Urban and Rural Development Challenges(34), Migration and Labor Dynamics(14)

Publications157 total

Likelihood of timely caregiver hygiene behaviors following child exposure to animals, feces, and contaminated environments in low – and middle – income Kenyan neighborhoods
SSRN Electronic Journal·2026Open Access
Social mapping of marginalized and vulnerable groups in urban informal settlements: a participatory action research approach
Frontiers in Sustainable Cities·2025Open Access
Protective factors and stressors that influence the mental wellbeing of community health workers in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review
SSM - Health Systems·2025Open Access
Advancing Women in STEM Leadership: Policy Analysis with Insights from Water-related Sectors in Ghana and Kenya
African Minds eBooks·2025Open Access
Domestic animals and hygiene on infants' risk of contact and exposure to animal faeces in urban neighbourhoods in Kenya: A mixed methods cohort study
One Health·2025Open Access
RETRACTED: Chumo et al. The Value of Community Capitals in Sustainable Urban Development: A Qualitative Exploration of Urban Informal Workers. Challenges 2024, 15, 44
Challenges·2025Open Access
Addressing the near absence of formal governance in service provision: governance practices thriving in informal settlements
Discover Public Health·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
How informal water markets serve the urban population: Dynamics of invisible hand in Nairobi’s water sector
PLOS Water·2025Open Access
The nexus of the risk of depression and residential mobility for urban poor mothers: New longitudinal evidence from Nairobi
SSM - Mental Health·2025Open Access
Gender equality and quality of life must be central to the design and delivery of sanitation
BMJ Global Health·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Domestic Animals and Hygiene on Infants’ Risk of Contact and Exposure to Animal Faeces in Urban Neighbourhoods in Kenya
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
RETRACTED: The Value of Community Capitals in Sustainable Urban Development: A Qualitative Exploration of Urban Informal Workers
Challenges·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Progress in Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health in Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa: Are Wide Inequities Holding Back Cities?
Journal of Urban Health·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
The Intergenerational Benefits of Kin Education: New Findings from Kenya
2024
Spatial–Temporal Patterns in the Enteric Pathogen Contamination of Soil in the Public Environments of Low- and Middle-Income Neighborhoods in Nairobi, Kenya
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·2024Open Access
Landscape analysis of the Kenyan policy on the treatment and prevention of diarrheal disease among under-5 children
BMJ Open·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Beyond a facility: A cross-sectional survey on WASH service levels and informal social accountability in childcare centres in Nairobi's informal settlements
Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Health inequalities at the intersection of multiple social determinants among under five children residing Nairobi urban slums: An application of multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA)
PLOS Global Public Health·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Sanitation services for the urban poor: A social capital approach to sanitation challenges in informal settlements
PLOS Water·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Voices and challenges of marginalized and vulnerable groups in urban informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya: building on a spectrum of community-based participatory research approaches
Frontiers in Public Health·2023· 12 citedOpen Access
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Alex Ezeh(14), Catherine Kyobutungi(8), Marylene Wamukoya(7), Tilahun Haregu(6), Dickson A Amugsi(6), Donatien Béguy(5), Yazoume Yé(5), John Amuasi(5), Catherine Goodman(5), Ruilin Ren(5), Barbara Willey(5), Fred Arnold(5), Kara Hanson(5), Kanyiva Muindi(5), Oyinlola Oyebode(4), Yen‐Fu Chen(4), Jo Sartori(4), Sam Watson(4), Caroline Kabaria(4), Elizabeth Kimani‐Murage(4)