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Dr Jennifer Oluomachi Kehinde is a nurse-midwife and qualitative health researcher specialising in maternal and infant health. Her work integrates clinical expertise, behavioural theory, and stakeholder-engaged approaches to strengthen breastfeeding education and perinatal care systems.
She has advanced midwifery experience from Nigeria, including antenatal education, intrapartum care, postnatal rehabilitation, and the management of obstetric trauma. In Ireland, she practices as a registered nurse. This transnational clinical background informs her culturally responsive and equity-focused research agenda.Dr Kehinde completed her PhD at the University of Limerick in 2025.
Her doctoral research, grounded in Social Cognitive Theory, examined antenatal breastfeeding education in Ireland using a three-phase evidence-to-practice design. She has published three peer-reviewed papers from this work and is currently conducting a systematic review on the impact of cultural diversity on breastfeeding uptake in Ireland’s increasingly multicultural context.Her main research interests include:
- Antenatal and postnatal breastfeeding education
- Maternal self-efficacy and behavioural theory applications
- Qualitative research methodologies and stakeholder engagement
- Culturally competent maternal and reproductive health care
- Health systems strengthening in perinatal services
As Assistant Professor at the University of Limerick, she integrates her clinical insight and qualitative expertise into teaching, student supervision, and interdisciplinary collaboration. She is committed to producing research that informs policy and improves outcomes for mothers and infants.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, PhD Nursing and Midwifery , University of Limer-ick
Award Date: 29 Aug 2025
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 5 Gender Equality
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Validating and prioritizing prenatal breastfeeding education recommendations: A nominal group technique study with postnatal mothers and healthcare professionals
Kehinde, J., O’Donnell, C. & Grealish, A., Jul 2025, In: PLoS ONE. 20, 7 July, e0328542.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A qualitative study on the perspectives of prenatal breastfeeding educational classes in Ireland: Implications for maternal breastfeeding decisions
Kehinde, J., O'Donnell, C. & Grealish, A., 18 Dec 2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 12, p. e0315269 e0315269.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effectiveness of prenatal breastfeeding education on breastfeeding uptake postpartum: A systematic review
Kehinde, J., O'Donnell, C. & Grealish, A., Mar 2023, In: Midwifery. 118, p. 103579 103579.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review