Affiliation

Behavioural Scientist: Centre for disease control

 

Address

PO Box 1578, Kisumu, Kenya

 

Contact

Tel: 57 202 2902/3
E-mail: mnyikuri@gmail.com / mnyikuri@ke.cdc.gov

 

Biosketch

Ms. Muyoka received her BA and MA in Anthropology from the
University of Nairobi, Kenya and is currently conducting research
at the Department of HIV Research and Prevention, CDC – Kisian Field Station.

 

Key research/capacity building interests

 

Research Interests

• The changing patterns of widow inheritance and the impact on HIV transmission
• Ageing childless – the impact of HIV/AIDS on couples seeking to have children in a limited resource setting
• The empty nest – impact of HIV/AIDS on social relations

Key methodological skills

Quantitative research methods as well as qualitative research methodologies (focus group discussions, Life/Case histories, In-depth interviews, community consultations, narratives, baseline assessments, needs and assets assessments)

 

Current/planned research

Attitudes of the aged towards research