Although problematic drug use affects the entire spectrum of society and especially young adults in developing countries, it is becoming increasingly evident that university students are at a higher risk of its effects. ...

The purpose of this study was to find out the psychosocial resources co-wives apply in coping with the stressful polygamous environments. Studies on the area of the psychosocial effects of polygamous marriages have highlighted ...

Single parent family structure is on a high global increase, with statistics showing high prevalence of single mothers than single fathers. Recent studies focusing on family structures, have paid attention to single mother ...

Compassion is viewed as a hallmark of quality of care by patients, health workers, health care administrators and policy makers. Despite this, there is a lack of understanding of what patients and their care givers perceive ...

The practice of exclusive breastfeeding is critical to the short, medium and long term health of a child as well as the mother. It has been affirmed that failure to observe EBF in low income as well as high income countries ...

The effective use of contraceptives among adolescents remains a challenge for most developing countries. Therefore, adolescents, both unmarried and married, are faced with many risky sexual behaviors. Many teenagers are ...

Despite the rapid increase in the number of cancer patients in Kenya, the immense physical and psychological challenges that this diagnosis brings both during and after treatment remain largely unaddressed. Literature ...

University students are considered among the populations under a high risk of HIV/AIDS infection and would therefore benefit immensely from HTC services. However the utilization of HTC services among this population has ...

Juvenile delinquency has been a major problem in most parts of the world including Kenya due to its complexities attributed to its dynamic nature among different categories of children. Gender-based delinquency prevalence ...

There are various psychosocial challenges among government employees that lead to poor work performance. The introduction of mandated counseling services for public servants by the government was seen as a measure to deal ...