Department/Unit: School of Nursing and Public Health
Qualifications: Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health, Master of Public Health, Bachelor of Nursing Science (advanced practice), University Diploma in Nursing Science(General, Community, Psychiatry) and Midwifery Science
PhD Institution: University of Namibia
PhD dissertation title: An educational programme to empower mothers and caregivers on feeding practices of children under the age of 5 years in Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Current research interests and projects: Adopting an Instant messaging application (IMA) to provide health information to pregnant women in Oshana Region, Namibia (project I am busy with now as a principal investigator which won an internal grant) My area of research interest is Maternal and child health
Selected publication 1: Pinehas L, Mulenga E and Amadhila J. 2017. Factors that hinder academic performances of nursing students who registered as first year 2010 at UNAM, Oshakati Campus. Journal of Nursing Education and practice. International peer-reviewed open access journal of nursing specialist. Vol 7 no.8
Selected publication 2: Mulenga E, Amukugo H and Shilunga A. The experiences of mothers and caregivers on feeding practices of children under the age of 5 years in Oshikoto region. International peer-reviewed open access Journal of healthcare. Vol 4 no 2. Doi10.5430/ijh. v4n2p20
Selected publication 3: Mulenga E, David S and Pinehas L. Taboos and traditional practices affecting pregnancy and childbirth in Ohangwena, Oshana and Oshikoto Region, Namibia, Oshakati campus fourth nursing students’ rural placement experience of 2016. International journal of advanced nursing studies Vol 7 no1.doi 10.14419/ijans. v7.1.12165
Selected publication 4: Ester Mulenga, Hans Justus Amukugo, Sabina Aisheoiwa David. (2018). Factors contributing to the development of undernutrition in children under the age of 5 years in Oshikoto region, Namibia. Journal of Innovation and Research in Health Sciences and Biotechnology Vol 4(1) 655-660. DOI:10.18644/jiresh-biotech.0000068
Selected publication 5: Ester Mulenga & Elise Mutanga. (2021). Challenges experienced by cancer patients receiving treatment at Oshakati Oncology clinic, Oshana Region, Namibia (Accepted for publication at International Journal of Advanced Nursing studies.
Selected publication 6: Mulenga E, David S (2018). Nurses and Midwives 4th commonwealth conference in London, 2018 Empowering mothers and caregivers on feeding practices of children under 5 years in Oshikoto region, Namibia [Oral presentation]
Selected publication 7: avid S and Mulenga E. (2018). Nurses and Midwives 4th Commonwealth Conference, London. 2018. An educational support for adolescent mothers in Oshana region, Namibia [Oral presentation]
Selected publication 8: Mwaningange IW, Sheehama J, Mulenga E. (2018). AFENETE 7th Scientific conference in Mozambique. Examining the risk factors for Hepatitis B infection among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Kunene region, Namibia [oral presentation]
Selected publication 9: Mulenga E and Mutanga E (2020). Nurses and Midwives 5th Commonwealth conference. London. 2020. Challenges faced by cancer patients receiving treatments and Oshakati Oncology clinic in Oshana Region, Namibia
Selected publication 10: Ester Mulenga, Pinehas Lusia N, David Sabina A. 2021. Taboos, traditional practices and beliefs affecting pregnancy and childbirth in Ohangwena, Oshana and Oshikoto Region: a rural placement experience of 2016, Oshakati campus, Namibia. A chapter in a book: Issues and development in Health Research
Capstone assignment title: The roles, responsibilities in supervision and reflections of current situation of my institution (University of Namibia) on supervision
Capstone assignment abstract: Supervision of doctoral candidates requires commitment from the institution, supervisors and candidates. The institution needs to create an attractive institutional environment, while the supervisors are required to support candidates to ensure that such candidate produce high quality scientific work; submit their dissertation and complete their studies on time. A good supervisor needs to be creative, innovative and resource oriented to be able to produce independent scholars. On the other hand, candidates are required to make use of the support provided and adhere to the rules and regulations guiding research studies, so that they can complete within allocated time. This assignment focuses on the roles and responsibilities in supervision, reflections on current situation on supervision at my institution as well as what need to be changed in our context.
