Climate seasonality and the health and well-being of older adults in rural Busia and Kilifi Counties, Kenya: SENIORS study – protocol for a qualitative study
This study received ethical approval from the Medical College of Wisconsin Institutional Review Board, Institutional Scientific Ethics Review Committee at Africa International University and National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation, Kenya. The study outputs will reflect the views and experiences of older adults, health workers and policy-makers. The findings will be disseminated to the scientific community through conferences and peer-reviewed publications and to the older adults, health workers, communities and policy-makers through videos and dissemination meetings, and policy briefs. The findings will deepen understanding of how climate seasonality is experienced by older people and shape strategies for resilience and adaptation.
Authors
- Wei Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4727-1540)
- Adélaïde Lusambili (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8174-7963)
- Constance Shumba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7787-9998)
- Kizito Muchanga Lusambili (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5430-4558)
- Aprill Z. Dawson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5610-9708)
Institutions
- Medical College of Wisconsin (US)
- Africa International University (KE)
- Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (KE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-103956
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00