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Anti-Doping Knowledge, Attitudes and Experiences of General Practitioners and Pharmacists In Selected Counties in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2023)The Athletic support personnel (ASP) significantly influence athletes' attitudes, perceptions, and use of Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs). Among the ASP, General Practitioners and Pharmacists play a substantial role ... -
Uptake of Pedometer-Based Physical Activity: Success and Challenges of a Church Based Physical Activity Promotion Programme among Overweight and Obese Adults in Kenya
(Science and Technology Publications, 2020)Physical inactivity is among the modifiable risk factors to overweight and obesity. Targeting community units in promoting active lifestyles is beneficial in offering social support. Technological devices such as pedometers ... -
Food and nutrition security: challenges of post-harvest handling in Kenya
(Nutrition Society, 2015)Presently, close to 1 billion people suffer from hunger and food insecurity. Statistics in Kenya indicates that over 10 million people suffer from chronic food insecurity and poor nutrition, 2–4 million people require ... -
Unbundling the Kenyan Sports Act, role, challenges and opportunities in the kenyan sports Act 2013.
(University of Dar Es-salaam, 2013-11)The Kenya National Assembly enacted the Sports Act 2013 after many years of suggestions, deliberations and proposals over the making of such a law. The Sports legislation is an Act of Parliament to harness sports for ... -
TowardsUplifting the Standard of Athletic Performance by Universities in Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2013-11)The benefits of sport to the individual participant and society are well known and widely recognized. Specifically, the social, psychological and health benefits of sport serve as a driving force for peoples' pursuit of ... -
Sports- for- all as a means to improve living standards
(Kenyatta University, 1997)This paper focuses on the importance of physical fitness through physical activity, which includes sport. It highlights the impact of industrial revolution as one of the main factors that has contributed to sedentary ... -
Patterns of injuries during the 12th Africa women's volleyball club championship in Nairobi
(Kenyatta University, 1997)Injuries are common in sports, especially dynamic ones such as volleyball. An accurate documentation of such injuries will provide useful information for future planning, prevention, treatment and management. But ... -
Kenya at the Olympics: 1956 - 1996
(Kenyatta University, 1997)Kenya has taken part in nine Olympiads since making her inaugural appearance in 1956 during the Melbourne Games in Australia. To date, Kenya has won a total of 47 medals, including 14 gold, 17 silver and 16 bronze medals. ... -
Historical perspective of women's participation in sport
(Kenyatta University, 1997)Controversies surrounding the involvement of women in sports date back to thousands of years i.e. during the time of Hummurabi and Plato there was no evidence of women's participation in organised sport, except in Ancient ... -
Effects of smoking on visual and auditory reaction time
(Kenyatta University, 1997)This study was conducted to determine the effects of three different levels of nicotine (low, medium and high) on visual and auditory reaction time of twenty regular male University smokers aged 18 and 42 years. Subjects ... -
An investigation into differences in modified stork balance abilities between experienced and inexperienced karatekas at Kenyatta University
(Kenyatta University, 1997)Karate is a martial art sport whose main objective is to develop techniques and tactics for self-defense without the use of weapons. The ability to balance determines how well an individual can perform in this sport. The ...
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Anti-Doping Knowledge, Attitudes and Experiences of General Practitioners and Pharmacists In Selected Counties in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2023)The Athletic support personnel (ASP) significantly influence athletes' attitudes, perceptions, and use of Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs). Among the ASP, General Practitioners and Pharmacists play a substantial role ... -
Uptake of Pedometer-Based Physical Activity: Success and Challenges of a Church Based Physical Activity Promotion Programme among Overweight and Obese Adults in Kenya
(Science and Technology Publications, 2020)Physical inactivity is among the modifiable risk factors to overweight and obesity. Targeting community units in promoting active lifestyles is beneficial in offering social support. Technological devices such as pedometers ... -
Food and nutrition security: challenges of post-harvest handling in Kenya
(Nutrition Society, 2015)Presently, close to 1 billion people suffer from hunger and food insecurity. Statistics in Kenya indicates that over 10 million people suffer from chronic food insecurity and poor nutrition, 2–4 million people require ... -
TowardsUplifting the Standard of Athletic Performance by Universities in Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2013-11)The benefits of sport to the individual participant and society are well known and widely recognized. Specifically, the social, psychological and health benefits of sport serve as a driving force for peoples' pursuit of ... -
Unbundling the Kenyan Sports Act, role, challenges and opportunities in the kenyan sports Act 2013.
(University of Dar Es-salaam, 2013-11)The Kenya National Assembly enacted the Sports Act 2013 after many years of suggestions, deliberations and proposals over the making of such a law. The Sports legislation is an Act of Parliament to harness sports for ... -
Sports- for- all as a means to improve living standards
(Kenyatta University, 1997)This paper focuses on the importance of physical fitness through physical activity, which includes sport. It highlights the impact of industrial revolution as one of the main factors that has contributed to sedentary ... -
Patterns of injuries during the 12th Africa women's volleyball club championship in Nairobi
(Kenyatta University, 1997)Injuries are common in sports, especially dynamic ones such as volleyball. An accurate documentation of such injuries will provide useful information for future planning, prevention, treatment and management. But ... -
Kenya at the Olympics: 1956 - 1996
(Kenyatta University, 1997)Kenya has taken part in nine Olympiads since making her inaugural appearance in 1956 during the Melbourne Games in Australia. To date, Kenya has won a total of 47 medals, including 14 gold, 17 silver and 16 bronze medals. ... -
Historical perspective of women's participation in sport
(Kenyatta University, 1997)Controversies surrounding the involvement of women in sports date back to thousands of years i.e. during the time of Hummurabi and Plato there was no evidence of women's participation in organised sport, except in Ancient ... -
Effects of smoking on visual and auditory reaction time
(Kenyatta University, 1997)This study was conducted to determine the effects of three different levels of nicotine (low, medium and high) on visual and auditory reaction time of twenty regular male University smokers aged 18 and 42 years. Subjects ... -
An investigation into differences in modified stork balance abilities between experienced and inexperienced karatekas at Kenyatta University
(Kenyatta University, 1997)Karate is a martial art sport whose main objective is to develop techniques and tactics for self-defense without the use of weapons. The ability to balance determines how well an individual can perform in this sport. The ... -
An assessment of basketball injuries in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 1997)Basketball is, theoretically, a no-contact game, but it has been established that personal contact cannot be avoided entirely when 10 players are moving with great speed over a limited space. Due to this obvious contact, ... -
Towards the promotion of sports management in Africa for individual and community empowerment: The case of Kenyatta University, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2013-11)The pronouncement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGS) by UN at the beginning of the 2151 Century marked a new beginning for all UN member states on their development agenda. All the eight MDGS have pertinent ... -
Towards improvement of sports entrepreneurship in Africa for socio-economic growth
(Kenyatta University, 2013-11)Entrepreneurship is defined in various ways by different 'authors and professionals. However, in literal sense, entrepreneurship involves an induction of various aspects of business inclination to an individual with a ... -
Towards a fashionable attire for women's' sports marketing.
(Kenyatta University, 2013-11)Sports marketing, as a business operation is capable of generating billions of dollars in revenue every year. A major source of revenue generation in sporting events, results from ticket sales attributable to spectator ... -
The management or athletics high altitude training centres in Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2013-11)As sports become more competitive, sports personalities have continually sought the latest scientific knowledge and technology to improve performance. It is in this vein that high altitude areas have been widely acknowledged ...
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