Building Higher Education and Research Capacity to Address the Physical Activity and Nutrition Transition in Kenya
NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS
Research Dissemination Symposium
KENFIN-EDURA project comes to an end on 31st December 2020. As part of its core activities, the project will conduct its research dissemination seminar targeting various stakeholders including researchers, practitioners and policy makers. In particular, the seminar will draw participants from the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Nairobi City County as well as some non-governmental organizations.
This is therefore to invite you to the research dissemination seminar scheduled to take place on 4th December 2020 9:00 a.m East-African time (8:00 am. Finnish time). To be join in the Research dissemination, kindly use the Zoom link below:
https://helsinki.zoom.us/j/65490585206?pwd=MTlQanI1L3lrRW5Da2ljWVlHWHlmZz09
Meeting ID: 654 9058 5206
Passcode: 772542
| Time | Activity | Facilitator |
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am | Arrival and registration | Secretariat |
| 9:00 am – 9:05 am | Welcome remarks | Registrar RIO, Prof. Vincent Onywera, Kenyatta University |
| 9:05 am – 9:10 am | Opening remarks | Amb. Erik Lundberg, Finnish Ambassador to Kenya. |
| 9:10 am – 9:20 am | Overview of KENFIN-EDURA project | Prof. Mikael Fogelholm, University of Helsinki |
| 9: 20 am – 9:25 am | Brief Remarks from the Ministry of Health | Ms. Veronica Kirogo, Head of the Division of Nutrition, Ministry of Health, Kenya. |
| 9: 25 am – 9:30am | Brief Remarks from the Safaricom Company | Dr. Victor Ikawa Head of Research and InsightsSafaricom Company |
| 9: 30 am – 9:40am | Nutrition and NCDs- Repositioning for the COVID-19 era | Dr. Alice Ojwang, Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Technical University. |
| OBSERVATIONS | ||
| Theme 1 | OBESITY AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS | |
| 9:45 am- 10:00 am | KENFIN-EDURA project research design | Dr. Noora Kanerva and MSc. Hanna Walsh, University of Helsinki |
| Theme 2 | PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND HEALTH | |
| 10:00 am -10:15 am | The role of physical education in promoting physical activity | Dr. Timo Vuorimaa & Tiina Laiho, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences |
| 10:15 am -10:25 am | Physical Activity for health and wellbeing. Preliminary results from the KENFIN-EDURA project | Dr. Joy Wachira, Kenyatta University & Prof, Vincent Onywera |
| 10:25 am –10:30 am | RESEARCH VIDEO DISSEMINATION | |
| Community outreach: disseminating key research results to communities through YouTube | Dr. Noora Kanerva | |
| 10:30 am-11:00 am | OBSERVATIONS AND HEALTH BREAK | |
| Theme 3 | FOOD CONSUMPTION AND DIETARY PATTERNS | |
| 11:00 am-11:15 am | Food consumption patterns among adults and adolescents in Embakasi Central Sub-County and Langata Sub-county. | Prof. Sophie Ochola & Ms. Esther Anono, Kenyatta University, & Dr. Maijaliisa Erkkola, University of Helsinki. |
| Theme 4 | SOCIO-CULTURAL BELIEFS AND HEALTH | |
| 11:15 am-11:30 am | Meaning of obesity among residents of Nairobi City County. | Dr. George Owino, Kenyatta University |
| OBSERVATIONS | ||
| PANEL DISCUSSION | ||
| 11:35 am -12:45 pm | Dr. Alice Ojwang,Dr. Victor Ikawa,Prof Sophie Ochola,Prof. Vincent Onywera,Ms. Veronica Kirogo, | Moderator: Ms. Irene Mwangi, KU TV. |
| 12:45 pm-1:00 pm | Closing remarks | Registrar RIO, Prof. Vincent Onywera, Kenyatta University |
| 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | GROUP PHOTO AND LUNCH |
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