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Kennedy-Nkoma

Dr Kennedy Nkhoma RN, MSc, BA, FHEA

Global Health Research Fellow in Palliative Care

  • REaCH Project Team Member

Research interests

  • Palliative care

Biography

Dr Nkhoma has a background in nursing education and practice and health services research. He joined the Cicely Saunders Institute in 2016 as a Research Fellow (Florence Nightingale training fellowship). His fellowship focused on self-management interventions for people living with HIV/AIDS.

Dr Nkhoma works on a number of global health research projects to develop his expertise in both quantitative and qualitative research methods as applied to palliative care: such as ASSET: heAlth Systems StrEngThening in sub-Saharan Africa, Digi-Pall: Digital technology in palliative care, PRISM: Pain Relief Interventions using Self-Management, MAPS: Modelling an appropriate pain self-management intervention for adolescents with HIV/AIDS in Malawi, REaCH: Remote consulting in primary care, person centred care for patients with serious illness, and MAP-care: MAP-care: Multimorbid Ageing Primary Palliative Care.

Research interests:

  • widening access to palliative care
  • palliative care integration in primary care (in low-and-middle-income countries)
  • pain and symptom self-management
  • improving care for adolescents and adults living with HIV
  • improving care, outcomes and services for people living with and ageing with HIV
  • designing, testing, and evaluating complex interventions
  • improving care, outcomes and services for Informal caregivers

 

Research profile

    Research

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    Improving Access to High Quality Education to Develop Global Leaders in Palliative Care

    The Edupall project aims to develop the MSc in Palliative Care, maximise access and build a future network of international leaders.

    Project status: Starting

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    Centre for Global Health Palliative Care

    Centre for Global Health Palliative Care

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    Determining Trustworthiness & Safety of Remote Consulting in Primary Healthcare for Chronic Disease Populations in Africa

    The REaCH COVID-19 project tests the acceptability, safety and trustworthiness of remote consultations by REaCH-trained health workers in Nigeria and Tanzania.

    Project status: Ongoing

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    Global Health and Palliative Care

    NIHR Global Health Research Group on Global Health and Palliative Care (GHAP): expanding access

    Project status: Ongoing

    News

    Research poster makes top three in integrated care category at EAPC Congress 2021

    Work part of the ASSET project at the Cicely Saunders Institute has been recognised by the 17th World Congress of The European Association for Palliative Care

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    Events

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    How can remote healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa help keep people safe during epidemics?

    In this online seminar, Professor Jackie Sturt will discuss how remote healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa help keep people safe during epidemics

    Please note: this event has passed.

    Spotlight

    Getting palliative care to those who need it

    The research helping introduce high quality, cost-effective palliative care into the health systems where people need it.

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      Research

      globe top international csi project 780x450
      Improving Access to High Quality Education to Develop Global Leaders in Palliative Care

      The Edupall project aims to develop the MSc in Palliative Care, maximise access and build a future network of international leaders.

      Project status: Starting

      GLOBE SEA BLUE global worldwide csi 1903x558
      Centre for Global Health Palliative Care

      Centre for Global Health Palliative Care

      Nigeria 2 Embed
      Determining Trustworthiness & Safety of Remote Consulting in Primary Healthcare for Chronic Disease Populations in Africa

      The REaCH COVID-19 project tests the acceptability, safety and trustworthiness of remote consultations by REaCH-trained health workers in Nigeria and Tanzania.

      Project status: Ongoing

      global worldwide csi 1903x558 (2)
      Global Health and Palliative Care

      NIHR Global Health Research Group on Global Health and Palliative Care (GHAP): expanding access

      Project status: Ongoing

      News

      Research poster makes top three in integrated care category at EAPC Congress 2021

      Work part of the ASSET project at the Cicely Saunders Institute has been recognised by the 17th World Congress of The European Association for Palliative Care

      An Image of tree branches in blue and black

      Events

      13DecREACH Trial event image

      How can remote healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa help keep people safe during epidemics?

      In this online seminar, Professor Jackie Sturt will discuss how remote healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa help keep people safe during epidemics

      Please note: this event has passed.

      Spotlight

      Getting palliative care to those who need it

      The research helping introduce high quality, cost-effective palliative care into the health systems where people need it.

      cape-town-market-1920x1080