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)
Research
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
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
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
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
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
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+create program. Computers & Education, 175, 104321. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
