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Anne Geniets

Visiting Researcher

College Affiliation: Kellogg College

Dr Anne Geniets is a Research Fellow with the Learning and New Technologies Research Group

She is a medical doctor, developmental psychologist and communications & media scholar, with a research focus on health, social justice, training and technology in low- and middle-income countries.

Anne’s main research interest is in exploring the links between health, training, inequality and technology. Anne has carried out health care- and media-related research projects in the UK, Africa and South Asia.

From 2014 – 2016, Anne has been the research officer and post-doctoral researcher on the ESRC-DFID funded mCHW project, a learning intervention to train community health workers and their supervisors in the assessment of developmental milestones of children under five in two marginalised communities in Kenya.

She is leading the Go_Girl: Code+Create Project (with Niall Winters) and collaborates on a number mHealth training research projects.

Current doctoral students

Isobel Talks (co-supervised with Niall Winters)

Funded Research Projects:

  • Refugee Health Education Programme: Addressing the lack of health education for refugees during the Covid 19 pandemic (Co-PI, with N. Winters)

    • April-December 2022

    John Fell Fund

  • Onyx Project - Development of AI application & training module (PI) (with Niall Winters)

    • Feb-Sept 2019

    University of Oxford Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund (ISSF), Budget: £50,278

  • Evidence network on technology-enhanced community health worker training in LMICs (CI)

    • 2017-2018

    HEFEC-GCRF, Budget: £68,243

  • An evaluation of a serious mobile game to improve trainee nurses knowledge and skills in emergency neonatal care in Kenyan teaching hospitals (CI, with N. Winters, C. Paton, M. English & G. Irimu)

    • Oct 2016 – Mar 2018

    University of Oxford Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund (ISSF). Budget: £61,000

  • KCL - Oxford Symposium on Ethics of innovative technologies for improving health in low-income countries (CI) (with S. Venkatapuram & N. Winters)

    • Oct – Nov 2016

    Wellcome Trust Society & Ethics Small Grant. Budget: £2,700

  • go_girl: Code+Create (Co-PI) (with Niall Winters)

    • 2015 – 2019

    IT Innovation Challenges Fund, £90,000 (2015-16), Goldman Sachs Gives (2017-19)

  • “Hidden” Children and the Politics of Poverty: Addressing Child Abuse in the Context of Disability in Kenya (Co-PI with N. Winters)

    • Sept 2015 - Sept 2016

    Oxford University John Fell Fund. Budget: £60,000

  • The Global News Challenge

    • Mar – Nov 2011

    TECT Career Development Grant. Budget: £20,000

  • Trust in news media after the revolution: The case of Egypt (Co-PI) (with R. Piccard)

    • John Fell Fund. Budget: £7000

Publications:

  • Books

    • Geniets, A. (2013). The global news challenge: Market strategies of international broadcasting organizations in developing countries (pp. 1-188). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203082607
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203082607

  • Book chapters

    • Winters, N., Geniets, A., & Lakati, A. (2022). A systems-thinking approach to the training and supervision of community healthcare workers in Kenya. In Systems Thinking for Global Health: How can systems-thinking contribute to solving key challenges in Global Health? (pp. 77-85). https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198799498.003.0006
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198799498.003.0006

    • Eynon, R., & Geniets, A. (2018). Not All Young People “Use” the Internet: Exploring the Experiences of Ex-Use Amongst Young People in Britain. In A. Normore & A. Lahera (Eds.), Crossing the Bridge of the Digital Divide: A Walk with Global Leaders (pp. 37-58). Information Age Publishing. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:a881da05-684b-420b-b4cf-11631d3ef5c8
      https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:a881da05-684b-420b-b4cf-11631d3ef5c8

    • Geniets, A. (2015). “Empowering Whom?” A Cyberjournalism Paradox. In K. Meso Ayerdi, I. Agirreazkuenaga Onaindia, & A. Larrondo Ureta (Eds.), Active audiences and journalism. Analysis of the quality and regulation of the user generated contents. University of the Basque Country.

  • Journal articles

    • O’Donovan, J., Kahn, K., MacRae, M., Namanda, A., Hamala, R., Kabali, K., Geniets, A., Lakati, A., Mbae, S., & Winters, N. (2022). Analysing 3429 digital supervisory interactions between Community Health Workers in Uganda and Kenya: the development, testing and validation of an open access predictive machine learning web app. Human Resources for Health, 20(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-021-00699-5
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-021-00699-5

    • Wanyama, C., Nagraj, S., Muinga, N., Tuti, T., Edgcombe, H., Geniets, A., Winters, N., English, M., Rossner, J., & Paton, C. (2022). Lessons from the design, development and implementation of a three-dimensional (3D) neonatal resuscitation training smartphone application: Life-saving Instruction for Emergencies (LIFE app). Advances in Simulation, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41077-021-00197-7
      https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:d07f7801-6e63-4cb5-8b20-ade6cae96dd0

    • Denton-Calabrese, T., Mustain, P., Geniets, A., Hakimi, L., & Winters, N. (2021). Empowerment beyond skills: Computing and the enhancement of self-concept in the go_girl code plus create program. COMPUTERS & EDUCATION, 175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2021.104321
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2021.104321

    • Winters, N., Venkatapuram, S., Geniets, A.-K., & Wynne-Bannister, E. (2020). Prioritarian principles for digital health in low resource settings. Journal of Medical Ethics, 46(4), 259-264. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2019-105468
      https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:91642a5e-3ce7-479d-bb2b-26fb1535cde1

    • Winters, N., Eynon, R., Geniets, A., Robson, J., & Kahn, K. (2019). Can we avoid digital structural violence in future learning systems?. Learning, Media and Technology, 45(11), 17-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2020.1708099
      https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3cdaab06-65cf-407b-8ea6-49480011b406

    • Winters, N., Langer, L., Nduku, P., Robson, J., O’Donovan, J., Maulik, P., Paton, C., Geniets, A., Peiris, D., & Nagraj, S. (2019). Using mobile technologies to support the training of community health workers in low-income and middle-income countries: mapping the evidence. BMJ Global Health, 4(4). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001421
      https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:9ad03958-a3e8-4748-a8c4-06f670583820

    • Winters, N., Langer, L., & Geniets, A.-K. (2018). Scoping review assessing the evidence used to support the adoption of mobile health (mHealth) technologies for the education and training of community health workers (CHWs) in low-income and middle-income countries. BMJ Open, 8(7). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019827
      https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:414e0b47-7529-43ed-9163-f878041472c5

    • Winters, N., O’Donovan, J., & Geniets, A.-K. (2018). A new era for community health in countries of low and middle income?. Lancet Global Health, 6(5), e489 - e490. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30072-X
      https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:600caa44-b187-4d5e-96f3-d9c494388c9a

    • Winters, N., Langer, L., & Geniets, A.-K. (2017). Physical, psychological, sexual, and systemic abuse of children with disabilities in East Africa: Mapping the evidence. PLoS One, 12(9), e0184541. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184541
      https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:e1134a89-d1b3-4792-9ea0-94192e06d6aa

    • Geniets, A. (2016). Engaging youth in low- and middle-income countries through chat apps: Challenges and opportunities for international news organizations. International Journal of Communication, 10, 3570-3584. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:eb998ac6-64fc-493f-b24f-318486396edc
      https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:eb998ac6-64fc-493f-b24f-318486396edc

    • Vu Henry, J., Winters, N., Lakati, A., Oliver, M., Geniets, A.-K., Mbae, S., & Wanjiru, H. (2016). Enhancing the supervision of community health workers with WhatsApp mobile messaging: qualitative findings from 2 low-resource settings in Kenya. Global Health : Science and Practice Journal, 4(2), 311-325. https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00386
      https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b12b67c0-d13c-4610-893a-94d47bfc41d0

    • Eynon, R., & Geniets, A. (2016). The digital skills paradox: how do digitally excluded youth develop skills to use the internet?. LEARNING MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY, 41(3), 463-479. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2014.1002845
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2014.1002845

    • Oliver, M., Geniets, A., Winters, N., Rega, I., & Mbae, S. (2015). What do community health workers have to say about their work, and how can this inform improved programme design? A case study with CHWs within Kenya. Global Health Action, 8, 27168. https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.27168
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.27168

    • Oliver, M., Geniets, A., Winters, N., Rega, I., & Mbae, S. (2015). What do community health workers have to say about their work, and how can this inform improved programme design? A case study with CHWs within Kenya. Glob Health Action, 8, 27168. https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.27168
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.27168

    • Oliver, M., Geniets, A.-K., Winters, N., Rega, I., & Mbae, S. (2015). What do community health workers have to say about their work, and how can this inform improved programme design? A case study with CHWs within Kenya. Global Health Action, 8(1), 27168. https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.27168
      https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:e286bdab-a64d-400d-a645-c0e21baf4ccf

    • Rotheray, B., & Geniets, A. (2011). International broadcasting revived: Does it merit the effort? A case study of eight developing countries. International Journal of Digital Television, 2(3), 323-344. https://doi.org/10.1386/jdtv.2.3.323_1
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/jdtv.2.3.323_1

    • Geniets, A. (2010). Lost in translation: Why civic online efforts in Britain have failed to engage young women from low socioeconomic backgrounds. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION, 25(4), 398-412. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267323110380998
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0267323110380998

  • Reports

    • Conrads, J., Rasmussen, M., Winters, N., Geniets, A., & Langer, L. (2017). Digital education policies in Europe and beyond: Key design principles for more effective policies (C. Redecker, P. Kampylis, M. Bacigalupo, & Y. Punie, Eds.). Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2760/462941
      https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:cb05ad8b-3f93-47ef-a626-3caace5e4c00

    • Geniets, A., & Eynon, R. (2012). On the Periphery? Understanding Low and Discontinued Internet Use Amongst Young People in Britain. In Report for the Nominet Trust. University of Oxford, Oxford Internet Institute. http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/publications/Lapsed_Internet_Users_Report_2012.pdf

    • Geniets, A. (2011). Trust in international news media in partially free media environments – A case study of five markets in Africa and South Asia. In Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) Working Paper. University of Oxford, RISJ. https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Trust%20in%20International%20News%20Media%20in%20Partially%20Free%20Media%20Environments.pdf

    • Geniets, A. (2010). The Global News Challenge – Assessing Changes in International Broadcast News Consumption in Africa and South Asia. In Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) Working Paper. University of Oxford, RISJ. http://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/The%20Global%20News%20Challenge%20-%20International%20Broadcast%20Consumption.pdf

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