b'CURRICULUM VITAE\nPERSONAL DATA______________________________________________________________________\nNAME\n:\nLucy Mwari Kithinji\nGENDER\n\n:\n\nFemale\n\nNATIONALITY\n\n:\n\nKenyan\n\nSTATUS\n\n:\n\nMarried\n\nRELIGION\n\n:\n\nChristian\n\nLANGUAGE\n\n:\n\nEnglish, Swahili and Meru\n\nEMAIL ADDRESS\n\n:\n\nlucymwarik@gmail.com\n\nCELL PHONE NUMBER :\n\n+254 723 553 385\n\nSUMMARY____________________________________________________________________________\nI have trained and worked as a lecturer, motivational speaker, and trainer of community health workers,\nfacilitator, a nurse tutor and nurse practitioner for more than 10 years. As a result I have gained relevant\nexperience and competence in lecturing, training and teaching to impart knowledge, skills and\nappropriate attitudes that are necessary for healthy living to various audiences. I am now looking for\nemployment on a more permanent basis.\nMISSION______________________________________________________________________________\nTo make the best use of accumulated knowledge and skills to improve the health and social economic\nstatus of the population in Kenya and beyond, through participation and involvement in information,\ncommunication and education for sustainable social change for health and development.\nPROFESSIONAL TRAINING______________________________________________________________\n2009\n\n:\n\n2006\n\n:\n\n1999\n\n:\n\n1982\n\n:\n\n1981\n1977\n\n:\n:\n\n1975\n\n:\n\nAdmitted to study the award of PhD degree of Kenyatta University, admission\nNumber P97/11069/2008. I am doing corrections on the first draft of the thesis.\nAwarded Master of Public Health and Epidemiology (MPHE) Degree of Kenyatta\nUniversity.\nAwarded Bachelor of Art in Community Development (BA Com. Dev) Degree of\nDaystar University.\nAwarded Kenya Registered Health Visitor (KRCHN) of the Nursing Council of\nKenya.\nAwarded Diploma in Advance Nursing (DAN) of Nairobi University.\nAwarded diploma in Midwifery (KRM) of the Nursing Council of Kenya upon\ncompletion of studies in Mater Hospital, Nairobi.\nAwarded Diploma in Nursing (KRN) upon completion of studies in the Aga Khan\nHospital, Nairobi.\n\n\x0cPROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE______________________________________________________________\nLECTURING/ TEACHING\n2013-To date\n\n:\n\n2007- To date :\n\n2001- 2009\n\n:\n\n1999-2001\n\n:\n\n1990-1995\n\n:\n\n1981-1985\n\n:\n\nPart time lecturer in the department of Environmental Health of Kenyatta\nUniversity. Teaching Child and Maternal Health units.\nSupervision of Research Projects for under graduates students\nPart time lecturer in the Nursing Sciences Department of Kenyatta University.\nUnits taught: Health promotion, Social work, Community Development,\nResearch Methodologies, Public Relations in Nursing practice, Occupational\nHealth, Gender and Health and Geriatric Nursing.\nMotivational Speaker on continuing education for better living study skills and\nacademic advisory board member in PREMESE Africa Community Development\nInstitute.\nLectured in the Living Word Church Bible School.\nUnits taught: Church and Community Development.\nChief trainer and curriculum vitae developer for Community Health Workers\n(CHWs) and Village Health Communities (VHCs) for the Family Health Action\nNetwork. (FHN)\nNurse Tutor and later acting principle tutor in Clive school of nursing, Chogoria\nHospital.\nUnits Taught: Pediatric nursing, Midwifery, Public Health, Mental health and\npsychiatric nursing. Also training of community health workers (CHWs), village\nhead communities (VHCs), traditional birth attendants (TBAs), Field Health\nEducators (FHEs) and facilitator. I was later promoted to the position of\nCoordinator of Primary Health Care (PHC).\n\nWORKING EXPERIENCE\n2001- 2007\n\n:\n\n1988-2011\n\n:\n\n1997- 1999\n\n:\n\nLecturing and facilitating training seminars in PREMESE Africa\nCommunity Development Institute.\nExternal examiner of the diploma programmes.\nUnits Taught: Impact of HIV/ AIDS on Community Development, Gender and\ndevelopment and Research methodologies.\nEngaged in private medical practice. Main areas of activities were preventive,\nMaternal child health, Family planning, Counseling the chronically ill including\nthose living with HIV/ AIDS and referral for specialized management.\nWorked part time in Daystar University Athi River campus Health Clinic. Major\nduties were dispensing medicine, record keeping and occasionally counseling\nthe chronically ill and emotionally disturbed.\n\n\x0c1990- 1995\n\n:\n\n1986-1987\n\n:\n\n1975-1985\n\n:\n\nFounder and program officer of Health Action Network (FAHN). Responsibilities\nincluded project proposal writing and fund raising, Project development,\ntraining women, youth and village leaders on health and development matters\nand educating sex workers on alternative methods of earning income.\nConsulted in breast feeding promotion and control of marketing breast milk\nsubstitute, curriculum development of Primary Health Care projects and training\nof community health workers at Breast feeding Information Group (BIG) and\nInternational Breast feeding Alliance Network (IBFAN)\nWorked in Pediatric, medical, maternity, Nursing School and\ncommunity health departments in Chogoria Hospital. The areas of experience\nincluded, pediatric and medical nursing as nursing officer III, Maternity ward as\nnursing officer II in charge. Part time midwifery tutor, also responsible for\ndelivery and home visiting assessment. Transferred as ordinary tutor and later\nacting principle tutor, in-charge of administration of the school of nursing. Other\nresponsibilities included teaching Community Health Nursing, Mental Health\nand Psychiatric Nursing and research methodology (Community diagnosis)\nLater I worked as a coordinator of Community Based Health Care Program in the\ncommunity Training and Coordinator of facilitators, CHWs, TBAs and Field\nHealth educators. Rose to the level of senior nursing officer by the time when I\nresigned.\n\nOTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE\n2005- 2009\n2002\n\n:\n:\n\n2001\n\n:\n\n1999\n\n:\n\n1999\n\n:\n\n1994\n\n:\n\n1987-1990\n\n:\n\n1985\n\n:\n\n1985\n\n:\n\nDeveloped manuscripts for publication when funds will be available.\nParticipated in setting up a community based health fund for parents and\nfriends of disabled children.\nCarried out a research titled \xe2\x80\x9cRESPIRATORY DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH\nQUARY MINING IN EMBAKASI, NAIROBI\xe2\x80\x9d.\nCo- authored a research paper presented in the Annual Scientific Conference in\nKenyatta University.\nCo-ordinated a training seminar for manager of Social Welfare Department of\nLavington United Church. The theme was to review the program and plan for\nnew millennium. Had seven weeks internship in the social welfare program.\nConducted a study on religious Denominational Affiliation of Commercial Sex\nworkers in Njiru Location, Nairobi (Unpublished).\nParticipated in two community diagnosis studies with a view to establish\nPrimary Health Care in Njiru Location, Nairobi and Navakholo Location,\nKakamega, respectively.\nParticipated in Food relief program during famine in Meru sponsored by UNICEF\nKenya Office.\nParticipated in comprehensive evaluation of a community based health care\nproject in Chogoria Hospital. The findings were used to restructure the project.\n\n\x0cINTERESTS____________________________________________________________________________\nResearching on community health and development issues, empowering disadvantaged groups such as\nwomen and children, gender issues and travelling.\nREFEREES_____________________________________________________________________________\nMrs. Elizabeth Ambani\nChairperson \xe2\x80\x93 Nursing Department,\nKenyatta University\nP.O BOX 43844-00100\nNairobi, Kenya.\nCell Phone: 0729 469 970\nMrs. Pricilla Kabue\nLecturer\nKenyatta University\nP.O BOX 43822-00100\nNairobi, Kenya.\nCell Phone: 0722 466 297\nDr. Catherine Mwenda\nMount Kenya University\nDepartment of Nursing Sciences\nCell Phone: 0723 846 810'