Dr Loveday Penn-Kekana

Assistant Professor

United Kingdom

Email
Loveday

Affiliations

Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and International Health

Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Research

Research Area

Gender

Global Health

Health care policy

Health policy

Health services

Health systems

Health workers

Maternal health

Organisational research

Perinatal health

Quality improvement

Sexual and reproductive health

Implementation science

Qualitative research

Mixed methods research

Selected Publications

Strengthening Teamwork and Respect (STAR): nurses' perspectives and experiences of disrespectful maternity care in rural district hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Horwood, C; Haskins, L; Luthuli, S; Mapumulo, S; FILIPPI, V; PENN-KEKANA, L; Doherty, T;

2026

Global health action

Co-design of the Implementation Toolkit for Small and Sick Newborn Care: a global open-access knowledge management web platform and linked community targeting the know-do gap.

ALLISON, LE; Sipalo, M; Whatley, T; Griffiths, Z; Gathara, D; Murless-Collins, S; Ezeaka, C; Bolaji, O; Chiume, M; Salim, N; Walker, K; Stevenson, A; Hale, R; Ndiaye, O; Magge, H; Salvadori, M; Cassera, F; Khadka, N; Hailegebriel, TD; Richards-Kortum, R; Oden, M; Lincetto, O; Liaghati-Mobarhan, S; RUYSEN, H; Cocoman, O; ... Implementation Toolkit for Small and Sick Newborn ,

2026

BMC Pediatrics

Using Paulo Freire's philosophy to share power: early insights from planning for the co-production of knowledge in research

Dos Santos, J; Mbuo, M; Brickley, EB; Lopes de Melo, AP; Valongueiro, S; PENN-KEKANA, L;

2026

Research involvement and engagement

Voices from the neonatal unit: Mothers' and healthcare workers' perspectives on respectful and collaborative care for small and sick newborns in rural districts in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Mapumulo, S; Kinney, M; Haskins, L; Luthuli, S; John, VM; PENN-KEKANA, L; FILIPPI, V; Horwood, C; Doherty, T;

2026

Global public health

Assessing quality of childbirth care provided by skilled health personnel in Exemplar countries.

Hussain-Alkhateeb, L; He, Y; Amatya, PB; Diatta, SA; Dixit, S; Gningue, M; Ikilezi, G; Lal, BK; Masiye, F; Moller, A-B; Moreira, I; Musokwa, GT K M; PENN-KEKANA, L; Sarr, M; Shrestha, N; Thomas, J-T; Vwalika, B; Yarmol-Matusiak, EA; Phillips, DE;

2026

Nature medicine

The rhetoric of community participation in maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) in Kenya: Qualitative study.

Mbuo, M; Marston, C; Renedo, A; PENN-KEKANA, L;

2026

Global public health

Implications Biomédicales, Financières et Sociales de la Chirurgie Obstétricale : Conseil, Consentement Eclairé et Débriefing pour les Césariennes dans deux Hôpitaux de la République démocratique du Congo

DUCLOS, D; Wade, JL; Mujinga, M; Kibungu, J; Tina-Day, L; Jean-Lambert, C; Stafford, R; Tripathi, V; Kasiama, C; PENN-KEKANA, L; Akilimali, PZ;

2026

BULLETIN DE SANTE PUBLIQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO

Perspectives and practices of counselling, consent and debriefing for cesarean sections: a mixed-methods study in two Indian states.

Singh, S; Das, S; Sivaram, S; PENN-KEKANA, L; DAY, L-T; Pal, M; Khera, AK; Bn, D; Sinha, A; Porwal, A; Levin, K; Stafford, R; Tripathi, V;