Sheillah Simiyu

843 total citations
42 papers, 503 citations indexed

About

Sheillah Simiyu is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Urban Studies and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Sheillah Simiyu has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 503 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 21 papers in Urban Studies and 11 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Sheillah Simiyu's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (35 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (21 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (11 papers). Sheillah Simiyu is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (35 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (21 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (11 papers). Sheillah Simiyu collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, United Kingdom and United States. Sheillah Simiyu's co-authors include Mark Swilling, Sandy Cairncross, Richard Rheingans, Prince Antwi-Agyei, Oliver Cumming, Kwaku Amaning Adjei, Jane Mumma, Kelly K. Baker, Robert Dreibelbis and Kevin Tsai and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Sheillah Simiyu

37 papers receiving 479 citations

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Innocent K. Tumwebaze United States

Marieke Heijnen United States

Katharine Robb United States

Habib Yakubu United States

Antara Sinha United States

James B. Tidwell United States

Thilde Rheinländer Denmark

Peter Atekyereza Uganda

Japheth Kwiringira Uganda

Kristyna R. S. Hulland United States

Innocent K. Tumwebaze United States

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20 of 20 papers shown

Izudi, Jonathan, Evans Muchiri, Sheillah Simiyu, et al.. (2025). Effect of safe water delivery plus water and sanitation hygiene behavior change communication on diarrheal disease prevalence among children under 5 years in a slum setting in Nairobi, Kenya: a quasi-experimental study. BMC Public Health. 25(1). 3641–3641.

Simiyu, Sheillah, et al.. (2025). Determinants of access to basic handwashing facilities and handwashing with soap in low-income areas of four Kenyan cities. PLOS Global Public Health. 5(7). e0004921–e0004921.

Simiyu, Sheillah, et al.. (2025). Barriers and enablers for group-based manual emptying services for onsite sanitation facilities in Nairobi, Kenya: a qualitative study. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 267. 114595–114595.

Cumming, Oliver, et al.. (2024). Enterococcus contamination of infant foods and implications for exposure to foodborne pathogens in peri-urban neighbourhoods of Kisumu, Kenya. Epidemiology and Infection. 152. e23–e23. 1 indexed citations

Simiyu, Sheillah, et al.. (2024). Behavioral and social predictors of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among persons with disabilities in Kenya. Frontiers in Public Health. 12. 1472677–1472677.

Simiyu, Sheillah, et al.. (2024). Determinants of Willingness to Pay for Fecal Sludge Management Services and Knowledge Gaps: A Scoping Review. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(4). 1908–1920. 6 indexed citations

Lebu, Sarah, et al.. (2024). Shared sanitation in informal settlements: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence, preferences, and quality. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 260. 114392–114392. 8 indexed citations

Mberu, Blessing, et al.. (2024). Landscape analysis of the Kenyan policy on the treatment and prevention of diarrheal disease among under-5 children. BMJ Open. 14(8). e081906–e081906. 1 indexed citations

Wit, Sara de, David J. Bradley, Joe Brown, et al.. (2024). Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH): the evolution of a global health and development sector. BMJ Global Health. 9(10). e015367–e015367. 6 indexed citations

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Baker, Kelly K., Sheillah Simiyu, Abdhalah Ziraba, et al.. (2023). Protocol for the PATHOME study: a cohort study on urban societal development and the ecology of enteric disease transmission among infants, domestic animals and the environment. BMJ Open. 13(11). e076067–e076067. 1 indexed citations

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Chumo, Ivy, Caroline Kabaria, Penelope A. Phillips‐Howard, et al.. (2022). Mapping social accountability actors and networks and their roles in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in childcare centres within Nairobi’s informal settlements: A governance diaries approach. PLoS ONE. 17(11). e0275491–e0275491. 9 indexed citations

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Baker, Kelly K., Jane Mumma, Sheillah Simiyu, et al.. (2022). Environmental and behavioural exposure pathways associated with diarrhoea and enteric pathogen detection in 5-month-old, periurban Kenyan infants: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 12(10). e059878–e059878. 11 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Vivian, Sheillah Simiyu, Daniel K. Sewell, et al.. (2022). Milk Product Safety and Household Food Hygiene Influence Bacterial Contamination of Infant Food in Peri-Urban Kenya. Frontiers in Public Health. 9. 772892–772892. 15 indexed citations

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Alam, Mahbub‐Ul, Prince Antwi-Agyei, Sheillah Simiyu, et al.. (2021). Indicators for Sanitation Quality in Low-Income Urban Settlements: Evidence from Kenya, Ghana, and Bangladesh. Social Indicators Research. 162(2). 683–720. 13 indexed citations

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Chumo, Ivy, et al.. (2021). Manual Pit Emptiers and Their Heath: Profiles, Determinants and Interventions. International journal of medical and health sciences. 15(6). 207–213. 5 indexed citations

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Simiyu, Sheillah, Ivy Chumo, & Blessing Mberu. (2021). Fecal Sludge Management in Low Income Settlements: Case Study of Nakuru, Kenya. Frontiers in Public Health. 9. 750309–750309. 12 indexed citations

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Chumo, Ivy, et al.. (2020). Awareness and attitudes towards the use of recycled faecal sludge products in Nairobi’s slums. Cities & Health. 6(1). 149–158. 3 indexed citations

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Simiyu, Sheillah, et al.. (2020). Barriers and opportunities for cleanliness of shared sanitation facilities in low-income settlements in Kenya. BMC Public Health. 20(1). 1632–1632. 16 indexed citations

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Simiyu, Sheillah, Mark Swilling, Sandy Cairncross, & Richard Rheingans. (2017). Determinants of quality of shared sanitation facilities in informal settlements: case study of Kisumu, Kenya. BMC Public Health. 17(1). 68–68. 70 indexed citations

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Simiyu, Sheillah. (2011). Water risk factors pre-disposing the under five children to diarrhoeal morbidity in Mandera District, Kenya. PubMed. 7(4). 353–60. 17 indexed citations

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