Contact details
Department of Reproductive Health, Midwifery and Child Health
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedical Sciences (MMUST)
P.O. Box 190-50100
Kakamega, KENYA
Office no. Star Annex, behind WEVASITY SACCO offices
Kakamega-Webuye Road
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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0256-6051
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Ms. Grace Buluma Bakesia
Ms. Grace Buluma Bakesia is a Tutorial Fellow at the department of reproductive, midwifery and child health at the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedical Sciences. She teaches, coordinates, mentors and supervises medical social work students while in class and on clinical placement.
Her areas of academic and research interests are in the fields of adolescent health and her partnerships help in linking students to fields of practice that betters’ advocacy for the overall well-being of patients in innumerable platforms.
She is pursuing PhD in Public Health with a focus on adolescent mental health wellbeing interventions from Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, she holds Masters and Bachelors in Medical Anthropology from the University of Nairobi (2015 and 2011 respectively) and Certificate in Counselling from the University of Nairobi (2008)
Professional affiliations and accreditations are;
1. Anthropological Association of kenya
Some of her key publications:
- Grace Buluma Bakesia, Roselyne Abwalaba. Effectiveness of Guidance and Counselling on Depression among Adolescents in Schools in Kakamega County, Kenya.published on 16th August 2023 in AFRICAN JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH. DOI: https://doi.org/10.51867/ajernet.4.2.22
- Bakesia, G.B. (2015). Challenges Facing Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Nairobi City County.https://www.semanticscholar.org. DOI:https://doi.org/10.24203/ajpnms.v8i6.6421
