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Prevalence of Drug and Substance Abuse among Secondary School Students in Nzaui District Makueni County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015-02-24)
The prevalence of drug and substance abuse among Kenyan secondary school
students has been a major problem and has been linked to adverse consequences such as suicide, delinquency, criminal behaviors, psychological ...
Implications of Psycho-Social Media Networking on Adolescents Academic Performance in Public Day Secondary Schools in Nakuru East Constituency, Nakuru County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2017-11)
Most studies in Social media indicate that about 52% of the world’s population, including school going ones has been found to be frequent users of the social media networking. Despite this understanding few studies have ...
Influence of print and electronic media on selected social behaviour and relationships among school going adolescents in Nairobi, Kenya
(2003)
Media is said to influence the character of a child and adolescent in adulthood.
Kenya has had a rapid expansion of media whose large proportions of features are
western oriented. This study sought to find out the influence ...
Relationship Between Psychological Factors and Initiation of Exclusive Breastfeeding Among Mothers In Kangundo Level 4 Hospital In Machakos County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020)
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 ...
Factors influencing adolescent drug use in secondary schools in Bahari Division, Kilifi District, Kenya
(2014-01-24)
Drug use problem in Kenya is a near catastrophe, and researches done variously indicate
an increase especially among the adolescent abusers, with boys generally tending to abuse it more than girls. In this study the ...
Influence of Parental Roles on Secondary School Dropout among Girls in Kirinyaga West Sub-County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015-11)
Most studies have focused on the institutional and societal factors that influence school dropout rates among students. However, few studies have analysed the influence of parental roles in school dropout particularly among ...
Effects of emotionally absent parents on the behaviour of adolescents in selected secondary schools in Machakos county, kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2015-12)
Students’ indiscipline is a problem that has become common in most of Kenyan secondary schools. However, discipline of the adolescents in secondary schools is not an aspect of the school systems alone. Parents have a role ...
Psychological Factors that Promote Maternal Home Delivery in Kibera Informal Settlement in Nairobi County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015-02-16)
Home births continue to be witnessed in the informal settlements in spite of the risks
involved, but it is not clear why they persist. The objectives of the study were to:
establish whether there is any effect of social ...
Factors influencing adolescent precocity to sexual practice: a case study of secondary school students in Nairobi province, Kenya
(2011-12-27)
The purpose of this study was to examine factors that were responsible for adolescent precocity in sexual matters. The study was also carried out to explore the consequences of adolescent sexual practices and to establish ...
Relationship between Social Support and Self-Esteem among Teenage Mothers Attending Pumwani Maternity Hospital in Nairobi County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015-10)
Adolescence (teenage) is the transitional period between childhood and adulthood, characterized by biological, psychological, and social changes. Self-esteem of adolescents is generally low and when an adolescent becomes ...