Dr. Agnes Nzioka, PhD. Profile
HOD, Department of Community health and Mental health Nursing
Dr. Agnes Nzioka, PhD.
HOD, Department of Community health and Mental health Nursing
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| Name: | Dr. Agnes Nzioka, PhD. |
|---|---|
| Mobile: | +254 709 972 000 |
| E-mail: | anzioka@daystar.ac.ke |
| Website: | None |
| Updated: | 24 Jul, 2025 |
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About
I have a wealth of experience in Midwifery, Mental health Nursing, and Reproductive health, Having worked under the ministry of health for over 20 years at different levels of responsibility in various health facilities within the country. In most of the places I served in leadership levels/ I worked in Machakos hospital as an operating Theatre Unit in charge ; Kathiani and Pumwani Maternity hospital as Labour ward in-charge during which there was significant reduction in number of maternal deaths as evidenced by hospital records at the time.; I pioneered the opening of a psychiatric unit at Malindi hospital, which remains operational to-date. When I went to Pumwani Maternity Hospital and found their operating theatre didn’t have theatre trained nurses I advocated for and championed for a theatre training induction course for 23 Nurses in collaboration with Kenyatta National Hospital.
This improved the quality of delivery outcomes for mothers undergoing caesarian sections in the hospital theatres, to-date. I worked as tutor in the school of Nursing and midwifery; I was a team player in curriculum development, and thereafter in many other forums like the development of the Kenya Costed Family planning Implementation Plan (CIP); I have worked as a part time lecturer at The Agha Khan University and Amref International University, among others .I been an active participant in voluntary medical camps in several parts of the country. When I was the Nairobi County Reproductive health trainer, in collaboration with the National office of maternal child health I was and still am, one of the master trainers in Maternal Child Health (MNH) components Nationally. I have been able together with others to do capacity building trainings in MNH in most of the counties in Kenya, sometimes as the team lead.
At Daystar University I have trained over 400 BScN students to workshops to become champions against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) which is a violation of human Rights against women and girls. I am passionate about the wellbeing of the boy child who is currently an endangered species as informed by findings from my dissertation entitled Analysis of Psychological factors' role in the development of boy children in Kenya
Academic Qualification
Recent Publications
Teaches
I teach Components of Community health Nursing, Mental health Nursing Midwifery, and Community health Science. Research supervisor for undergraduate nursing students.
Relevant Links
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Agnes-Nzioka
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=en&hl=en&user=jwlrbXUAAAAJ
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0247-614X
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/agnes-wavinyanzioka-3a293961/
Publications
Books
The parenting shift: Becoming an intentional and responsible caregiver in a dynamic setting
Published2024
Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=jwlrbXUAAAAJ&citation_for_view=jwlrbXUAAAAJ:2osOgNQ5qMEC
Journals
Cognitive Factors and Development of Boy Child in Kenya
Published2024
Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=jwlrbXUAAAAJ&citation_for_view=jwlrbXUAAAAJ:9yKSN-GCB0IC
Social Integration and Development of Boy Child in Kenya
Published2024
Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=jwlrbXUAAAAJ&citation_for_view=jwlrbXUAAAAJ:u-x6o8ySG0sC
Individual characteristics influencing utilization of cervical cancer screening services among female health care workers at selected health facilities in Machakos County, Kenya’- Ref: (http://www.sciencepublishing .com/journal/paperinfo?journalid=654&doi=10.11648/j.jctr.2018601.11)
Published2018
Link: http://www.sciencepublishing .com/journal/paperinfo?journalid=654&doi=10.11648/j.jctr.2018601.11
Activities
Invited Presentations
Published2024
Attended Midwifery 9th Conference at Mombasa and presented a paper on Impact of Bodaboda operators on male reproductive health in Kenya: Implications for work-place policies and interventions in the wake of climate change (paper being published)
Conferences attended
Published2024
Participated Grant Academic Seminar organized by Daystar University and awarded a certificate
Published2024
Participated in a 3 day seminar at Daystar University, Nairobi Campus and trained on Emotional Intelligence and awarded a certificate of participation
Workshops
Published2021
Networked with private organizations - Africa Coordinating Centre for Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (ACCAF) to improve quality of my classroom content delivery to BSN students at Daystar University where about 400 BSN students have been exposed to workshops and training on elimination of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Besides, the university has gained not only from this gesture but also additional funds of approximately more than 400, 000 Kenya shillings through payment of meal logistics during the workshops
Conferences
Published2015
Invited for a presentation at a conference held on 10-13 November 2018 at Bounty Hotel, Kenya UNFPA in conjunction with MOH . I represented MNH department in a training held at Uganda from 27th April to 1st may2015, at Kampala in a training of trainers (TOT) course for the minimum Initial Service Package in Humanitarian Settings (MISP).
Dissertation
Published2024
Analysis of Psychological factors' role in the development of boy children in Kenya
Manuals
Published2022
Consultant in the Development of Family Planning guidelines for Somalia, Supported by UNFPA
Research Interests
Maternal Newborn Health, Non communicable diseases, Youth and Adolescent health