Kuda Muyambi

Research Interests

Mental Health Program Evaluation Public Health Social Program Evaluation

Teaching Strengths

Health Program Evaluation

Mr Kuda Muyambi

School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science

College of Health

Kuda Muyambi has previously worked as a generalist field administrator and international development consultant for the European Commission. He has wide experience managing, implementing, coordinating, monitoring and evaluating social programs in Africa, the Caribbean, South East Asia and South Pacific regions. Currently, Kuda is the Service Evaluation and Research Assistant with the University of South Australia Department of Rural Health. His current evaluation and research interests involve public health programs and initiatives to promote the rural health workforce.

Health program evaluation,Qualitative research methods,Mixed methods research

Language Competency
Shona Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date Institution name Country Title
2014 - 2016 University of Newcastle Australia Australia Master of Public Health
2008 - 2008 University of Melbourne Australia Master of Assessment and Evaluation (Program Evaluation)
1990 - 1991 University of Birmingham United Kingdom Master of Social Science (Development Administration)

Date Title Institution Country
2007 - 2007 Graduate Certificate in Research Methodologies University of South Australia Australia
2006 - 2006 Diploma of Project Management TAFE Australia

Year Citation
2025 Yisma, E., Muyambi, K., Walsh, S., Othman, S., Gray, R., Tan, K. L., . . . Jones, M. (2025). Efficacy and safety of behavioural activation on depression in people with co-occurring non-communicable diseases: systematic review and meta-analysis. BJPsych Open, 11(2), e70-1-e70-12.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2024 Muyambi, K., Walsh, S., Dettwiller, P., Tan, K. L., Dennis, S., Bressington, D., . . . Jones, M. (2024). Australian trial of behavioural activation for people with schizophrenia experiencing negative symptoms: a feasibility randomised controlled trial protocol. BMJ Open, 14(5), 1-11.
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2024 Walsh, S. M., Muyambi, K., Dennis, S., Hutchinson, S., Turnbull, T., Tan, K. L., . . . Jones, M. F. (2024). Behavioural activation for people in custody with depression: a protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled study. PLoS ONE, 19(6), 1-16.
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2023 Muyambi, K., Walsh, S., Dan Bressington., Gray, R., Dennis, S., Brown, E., . . . Jones, M. (2023). Efficacy of behavioural activation in the treatment of negative symptoms in people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: A systematic review. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 5(100132), 11 pages.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC3
2022 Leach, M. J., Gunn, K., & Muyambi, K. (2022). The determinants of healthcare utilisation in regional, rural and remote South Australia: A cross-sectional study.. Health & social care in the community, 30(6), e4850-e4863.
DOI Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC3
2022 Muyambi, K., Dennis, S., Parange, N., Walsh, S. M., Gray, R., Martinez, L., . . . Jones, M. (2022). Rural health workers' perspectives and experience with an online educational program in behavioural activation: A thematic analysis.. Health & social care in the community, 30(6), e5539-e5548.
DOI Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC3
2022 Muyambi, K., Gardiner, F., Sollid, S., Hyldmo, P. K., Yisma, E., Spring, B., . . . Gillam, M. (2022). Aeromedical retrieval services characteristics globally: a scoping review. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 30(1, article no. 71), 1-11.
DOI Scopus11 WoS8 Europe PMC6
2021 Leach, M. J., Walsh, S., Muyambi, K., Gillam, M., & Jones, M. (2021). Expressed Demand for Health Care Services in Regional South Australia: A Cross-sectional Study. Journal of Rural Health, 37(3), 645-654.
DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC3
2021 Leach, M. J., Gillam, M., Gonzalez-Chica, D. A., Walsh, S., Muyambi, K., & Jones, M. (2021). Health care need and health disparities: Findings from the Regional South Australia Health (RESONATE) survey.. Health Soc Care Community, 29(4), 905-917.
DOI Scopus6 WoS7 Europe PMC4
2021 Muyambi, K., Gillam, M., Dennis, S., Gray, R., Martinez, L., & Jones, M. (2021). Effect of depression awareness and management training on the attitudes of rural primary health care workers. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 29(3), 449-454.
DOI Scopus6 WoS3 Europe PMC3
2020 Gillam, M., Leach, M., Muller, J., Gonzalez-Chica, D., Jones, M., Muyambi, K., . . . May, E. (2020). Availability and quality of publicly available health workforce data sources in Australia: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 10(1), e034400-1-e034400-5.
DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC7
2020 Leach, M. J., Jones, M., Bressington, D., Jones, A., Nolan, F., Muyambi, K., . . . Gray, R. (2020). The association between community mental health nursing and hospital admissions for people with serious mental illness: a systematic review. Systematic reviews, 9(1), 35.
DOI Scopus10 WoS8 Europe PMC8
2020 Leach, M., Gillam, M., Walsh, S., Jones, M., & Muyambi, K. (2020). Community pulse—Conversations in health. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 28(2), 159-160.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2020 Osborne, S. R., Alston, L. V., Bolton, K. A., Whelan, J., Reeve, E., Wong Shee, A., . . . Holliday, S. (2020). Beyond the black stump: rapid reviews of health research issues affecting regional, rural and remote Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 213(S11), S3-S32.e1.
DOI Scopus22 WoS15 Europe PMC17
2020 Gillam, M. H., Leach, M. J., Gonzalez-Chica, D. A., Muyambi, K., Jones, M., Walsh, S., . . . May, E. (2020). Availability and characteristics of publicly available health workforce data sources in Australia. MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, 213(11), S23-+.
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2019 Muyambi, K., Leach, M., Martinez, L., Cronin, K., McPhail, R., Dennis, S., . . . Jones, M. (2019). Rural and metropolitan South Australian mental health workers' views about nurse prescribing: A thematic analysis.. Health & social care in the community, 27(2), 356-365.
DOI Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC1
2018 Leach, M. J., Jones, M., Bressington, D., Nolan, F., Jones, A., Muyambi, K., . . . Gray, R. (2018). The association between mental health nursing and hospital admissions for people with serious mental illness: a protocol for a systematic review. Systematic reviews, 7(1, article no. 2), 1-5.
DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC3
2018 Muyambi, K., McPhail, R., Cronin, K., Gillam, M., Martinez, L., Dennis, S., . . . Jones, M. (2018). What do mental health workers in the bush think about mental health nurse prescribing? A cross-sectional study. The Australian journal of rural health, 26(6), 429-435.
DOI Scopus9 WoS8 Europe PMC9
2018 Smith, T., Cross, M., Waller, S., Chambers, H., Farthing, A., Barraclough, F., . . . Anderson, J. (2018). Ruralization of students’ horizons: Insights into Australian health professional students’ rural and remote placements. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 11, 85-97.
DOI Scopus58 WoS51 Europe PMC38
2018 Smith, T., Sutton, K., Pit, S., Muyambi, K., Terry, D., Farthing, A., . . . Cross, M. (2018). Health professional students' rural placement satisfaction and rural practice intentions: A national cross-sectional survey. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 26(1), 26-32.
DOI Scopus69 WoS66 Europe PMC42
2017 Muyambi, K., Gurd, B., Martinez, L., Walker-Jeffreys, M., Vallury, K., Beach, P., & Dennis, S. (2017). Issues in Using Social Return on Investment as An Evaluation Tool. Evaluation Journal of Australasia, 17(3), 32-39.
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2015 Jones, M., Martinez, L., Muyambi, K., & Murison, J. (2015). Supporting rural mental health practitioners to practice evidence based care. Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal, 23(4), 42.
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2012 Fuller, J., Hermeston, W., Passey, M., Fallon, T., & Muyambi, K. (2012). Acceptability of participatory social network analysis for problem-solving in Australian Aboriginal health service partnerships. BMC Health Services Research, 12(152), 1-11.
DOI Scopus17 WoS15 Europe PMC11
2005 Fuller, J. D., Martinez, L. A., Muyambi, K., Verran, K., Ryan, B., & Klee, R. (2005). Sustaining an Aboriginal mental health service partnership. The Medical Journal of Australia, 183(10 SUPPL.), S69-S72.
DOI Scopus19 Europe PMC12
2005 Fuller, J. D., Martinez, L., Muyambi, K., Verran, K., Ryan, B., & Klee, R. (2005). Sustaining an Aboriginal mental health service partnership. MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, 183(10), S69-S72.
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Year Citation
2017 Muyambi, K., Martinez, L., Cronin, K., & Jones, M. (2017). Is there a role for mental health nurse prescribers in regional Australia? A thematic analysis. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING Vol. 26 (pp. 29). WILEY.
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  • Co-delivery of tele trial Behavioural Activation in people with negative symptoms of schizophrenia: a feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial, Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network Incorporated, 02/10/2023 - 31/12/2026

  • Co-delivery of Tele-trial Behavioural Activation in people experiencing depression and financial distress: a feasibility study, MRFF - Clinical Trials and Registries, 02/10/2023 - 30/06/2026

  • Co-delivery of tele trial Behavioural Activation in people in custody with depression: a Randomised Controlled Trial, MRFF - Clinical Trials and Registries, 02/10/2023 - 30/06/2024

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