Dr Kennedy Sigodo
Lecturer in Public Health
Department of Nursing and Community Health
Kennedy Sigodo holds a PhD in Public Health, a master’s degree in Public Health – Health Promotion and a bachelor’s degree in Medical Laboratory Science and Technology.
Kennedy currently works as a Lecturer in Public Health at Glasgow Caledonian University. Prior to his current role, he worked as a sessional lecturer and doctoral researcher at GCU London and Lecturer in Health Promotion at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (Kenya).
Kennedy’s research focuses on asset-based public health and social determinants of health. His study looks at the utilisation of social capital in public health interventions, specifically in promoting adolescent mental health outcomes. Kennedy’s research sits within Child and Adolescent Health Research Group (CAHRG) that carries out applied research that contributes to the understanding of children and young people’s physical and psychological health and wellbeing.
Dr Sigodo’s current research focuses on developing a social capital theory of change for promoting adolescents’ mental health. The research is part of a wider project on social determinants of child and adolescent mental health using the bio-ecological framework within the WHO Collaborating Centre in Sustainable Child and Adolescent Health and Wellbeing in GCU London. He is a fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health and a member of the International Social Capital Association.
Research Interests: Social capital, adolescent mental health, social determinants of health, sustainable public health, health promotion.