PUBLICATIONS FROM 2022 TO DATE 

1.       Okelo, K., Murray, A.L., King, J. et al. (2025). Association between maternal mental health, the COVID-19 pandemic, and children's developmental outcomes in Scotland: A linked administrative health data analysis. Archives of Public Health Journal. 

2.       Hardie, I., Marryat, L., Murray, A., King, J., Okelo, K., Fenton, L., Stevely, A. K., Boardman, J. P., Lombardo, M. V., Stock, S. J., Wood, R., & Auyeung, B. COVID-19 public health and social measures (PHSM) and early childhood developmental concerns in Scotland: an interrupted time series analysis. The Lancet Regional Health – Europe. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101525 

3.       Hardie, I., Murray, A.L., King, J., Okelo, K., et al. (2025). Early childhood developmental concerns following SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy: a Scottish population-level retrospective cohort study. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health 

4.       Okelo, K., Murray, A.L., King, J. et al. (2025). Examining the potential mediating role of maternal mental health in the association between socioeconomic deprivation and child development outcomes. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 

5.       Hardie, I., Murray, A.L., King, J., Okelo, K., et al. (2024). Investigating low birth weight and preterm birth as potential mediators in the relationship between prenatal infections and early child development: a linked administrative health data analysis. J Epidemiol Community Health. 

6.       Okelo, K. O., Kitsao-Wekulo, P., Onyango, S., & Wambui, E., King, J., Murray, A. L., Auyeung, B. (2024). Sociodemographic predictors of parenting stress among caregivers in disadvantaged settings: evidence from Kenya and Zambia. Scientific Reports. 

7.       Okelo, K., Murray, A.L., King, J. et al. (2024). Parental stress and child stimulation practices: examining associations with child developmental outcomes over time in Kenya and Zambia. BMC Psychology. 

8.       Nampijja, M., Muendo, R., Owino, G.E., Onyango, S., Mutisya, M., Abiero, M., Okelo, K., Ngarega, M., Kitsao-Wekulo, P. and Okengo, L., (2024). Play-based Pedagogies for Early Learners in the African Context: A Scoping Review. African Journal of Education, Science and Technology. 

9.       Onyango S, Nampijja M, Otwate P, Langat N, Oloo L, Okelo K, Kitsao-Wekulo P. (2024). Nurturing care practices for children with developmental disabilities in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review protocol. PLoS One. 

10.   Nampijja M, Langat N, Oloo L, Okelo K, Muendo R, Kiyeng M, Amboka P, Abboah-Offei M, Ray A, Kitsao-Wekulo P, Kimani-Murage EW, Elsey H. (2023). Predictors of quality of childcare centers in low-income settings: findings from a cross-sectional study in two Nairobi slums. Front Public Health. 

11.   Wambui E, Nampijja M, Okelo KO, Muendo R, Onyango S, Kimani-Murage EW, Kitsao-Wekulo P. (2023). Perceptions of the influence of a mobile phone-based messaging platform on caregiver ECD knowledge, attitudes and practices: a qualitative exploration in an informal settlement in Nairobi. BMC Prim Care. 

12.   Oloo L, Elsey H, Abboah-Offei M, Kiyeng M, Amboka P, Okelo K, Kitsao-Wekulo P, Kimani-Murage E, Langa't N, Nampijja M. (2023). Developing an intervention to improve the quality of childcare centers in resource-poor urban settings: a mixed methods study in Nairobi, Kenya. Front Public Health. 

13.   Nampijja M, Langat N, Oloo L, Amboka P, Okelo K, Muendo R, Habib S, Kiyeng M, Ray A, Abboah-Offei M, Kitsao-Wekulo P, Kimani-Murage E, Li J and Elsey H (2023) The feasibility, acceptability, cost and benefits of a “communities of practice” model for improving the quality of childcare centres: a mixed methods study in the informal settlements in Nairobi. Front. Public Health. 

14.   Abboah-Offei M, Amboka P, Nampijja M, Owino GE, Okelo K, Kitsao-Wekulo P, Chumo I, Muendo R, Oloo L, Wanjau M, Mwaniki E, Mutisya M, Haycraft E, Hughes R, Griffiths P, Elsey H. (2023). Improving early childhood development in the context of the nurturing care framework in Kenya: A policy review and qualitative exploration of emerging issues with policymakers. Front Public Health. 

15.   Okelo, K., Onyango, S., Murdock, D. et al. (2022). Parent and implementer attitudes on gender-equal caregiving in theory and practice: perspectives on the impact of a community-led parenting empowerment program in rural Kenya and Zambia. BMC Psychol 10, 162 (2022). 

16.   Okelo K, Onyango S, Nampijja M, Kitsao-Wekulo P et al. (2022). Evaluating the effectiveness of the Kidogo model in empowering women and strengthening their capacities to engage in paid labour opportunities through the provision of quality childcare: an exploratory study in Nakuru County, Kenya: Protocol of a feasibility study. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications. 

●      MITIS Fellowship 2018- Kenyan leaders with a vision for transforming teaching and learning. 

●      2024: Selected Mentor for Mastercard Foundation Wits-Edinburgh Sustainable African Futures Doctoral Programme Fellows (WESAF) by the Royal Society of Edinburgh 
●      2023: Edinburgh Teaching Award Associate Fellow 
●      2022: The University of Edinburgh Postgraduate PhD Scholarship 
●      2018: MITIS Fellowship: Kenyan leaders with a vision for transforming teaching and learning 

●      2017: Scaling up Innovations Training by Grand Challenges Canada 

●      Other: Communication Science Training by Stellenbosch University 
●      Other: Play-based Learning by Play Africa, facilitated by Oxford University 

●      Other: Trainer of Trainees (ToT) on care for child development 

●      Other: Trainer of Trainees (ToT) Competency-based curriculum 

Pending Proposals 

Collaborations Initiated