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Influence of Provider Initiated Calls on Uptake of Cervical Cancer Screening in Kirinyaga County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Every day women die from cervical cancer in the world with majority of deaths occurring in developing countries like Kenya. In Kenya, cervical cancer screening uptake is low at 3.2% for all women (GLOBOCAN 2018), below the ... -
Effects of Mhealth Technologies on Uptake of Routine Growth Monitoring among Caregivers of Children 9-24 Months in Nyamira County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Routine growth monitoring (RGM) of children is important in assessing their health and nutritional status. This provides opportunities for implementation of interventions aimed at reducing under five mortality rates, ... -
Effect of Training Mothers and Motorcycle (Boda-Boda) Riders in Community-Based Referrals on Maternal Outcome in East – Central, Uganda
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Uganda has a reproductive health situation characterized by delayed community maternal referrals; and yet timely referral to skilled care is essential for pregnant mothers who are at high-risk, to have immediate access to ... -
Utilization of Mobile Phone Platform to Enhance Treatment Compliance among Type-2 Diabetes Outpatients in Thika Level 5 Hospital, Kiambu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Type 2 diabetes results from body‟s ineffective use of insulin. Non-compliance to treatment makes metabolic control of type 2 diabetes mellitus impossible. There is need to educate, remind and empower patients with T2DM ... -
Effectiveness of Training Health Unit Management Committees on Performance of Health Centres, in East Central, Uganda
(Kenyatta University, 2021)There has been poor performance of health sector in East Central Uganda leading to the Districts in East Central Uganda perpetually being at the tail end of the Uganda National District Performance League Table. Performance ... -
Citizen Participation in Management of Devolved Healthcare Funds in Embu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Devolution of healthcare in Africa has been advocated as a response to most healthcare ills, and to facilitate greater citizen participation. Kenya, driven by the need to bring services closer to people has now joined ... -
Bioaccessibility of Iron and Zinc from Micronutrient Powder Added in Germinated Porridges among Children Aged 6-23 Months in Homabay County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Iron and zinc deficiency remains a burden among Kenyan children. Point-of-use fortification of complementary foods using micronutrient powder [MNP] containing vitamins and minerals has been recommended to improve the health ... -
Contraceptive Uptake and Adherence amongst Post Abortion Women Following Contraceptive Counselling By Physicians and Midwives in Kisumu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020-12)Complications of unsafe abortion and those of incomplete abortion, led to 120,000 Kenyan women receiving Post Abortion Care (PAC) in 2012, and of these women, 70% had not used contraception before pregnancy and repeat ... -
Influence of School-Based Sexual Risk Avoidance Education on Sexual Behavior Among Adolescent Girls in Homabay County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020-09)Adolescent sexual and reproductive health is a priority in the global agenda because of its associated negative reproductive health outcomes. It is estimated that Homabay County contributes 11.5% of adolescents aged 10-19 ... -
Effects of Training Health Workers in Cultural Competence on Satisfaction with Maternity Services Among Women in Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2020-10)A culturally competent health workforce is recognized as a priority reform area in health management as well as in improving maternal healthcare indicators in vulnerable and marginalized settings. Yet modalities of integrating ... -
Effectiveness of Albendazole on Soil Transmitted Nematodes Among School Going Children in Kakamega County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020-02)Soil-Transmitted Nematodes (STNs) are roundworms transmitted through faecally contaminated soil. Globally, major STNs include Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and hookworm (Necator americanus and Ancylostoma ... -
Use of Counseling to Mitigate Psychological Morbidity After Stillbirth Among Women in Kitui And Machakos Counties, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-11)Stillbirth is a baby born without any signs of life weighing at least 1000grams or with at least 28 weeks gestation. There is no burden affecting families is big and yet invisible in society and global arena as stillbirth. ... -
Determinants of Psychosocial Well-Being of Children (10-17 Years) Affected by Hiv and Aids in Kiambu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-09)Children affected by HIV and AIDS (CAHA) are faced with psychological, social and economic challenges among others. HIV and AIDS has compounded the situation posing more suffering to children whose parents have died of the ... -
Burden of Diabetes Mellitus among Patients in Thika Level Five Hospital, Kiambu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-05)The burden of diabetes is reflected not only in the increasing numbers of people with diabetes, but also in the growing numbers of premature deaths due to diabetes. One measure of burden of disease is disability-adjusted ... -
Relationship between Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Motorcycle Taxi Riders and Their Socio-Economic Wellbeing: Case of Homa Bay County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018)Motorcycle taxis have become a popular means of transportation which generates income for many riders in Kenya. However, there are various factors which expose riders to internal and external shocks and stresses which ...
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Influence of Provider Initiated Calls on Uptake of Cervical Cancer Screening in Kirinyaga County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Every day women die from cervical cancer in the world with majority of deaths occurring in developing countries like Kenya. In Kenya, cervical cancer screening uptake is low at 3.2% for all women (GLOBOCAN 2018), below the ... -
Effects of Mhealth Technologies on Uptake of Routine Growth Monitoring among Caregivers of Children 9-24 Months in Nyamira County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Routine growth monitoring (RGM) of children is important in assessing their health and nutritional status. This provides opportunities for implementation of interventions aimed at reducing under five mortality rates, ... -
Effect of Training Mothers and Motorcycle (Boda-Boda) Riders in Community-Based Referrals on Maternal Outcome in East – Central, Uganda
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Uganda has a reproductive health situation characterized by delayed community maternal referrals; and yet timely referral to skilled care is essential for pregnant mothers who are at high-risk, to have immediate access to ... -
Utilization of Mobile Phone Platform to Enhance Treatment Compliance among Type-2 Diabetes Outpatients in Thika Level 5 Hospital, Kiambu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Type 2 diabetes results from body‟s ineffective use of insulin. Non-compliance to treatment makes metabolic control of type 2 diabetes mellitus impossible. There is need to educate, remind and empower patients with T2DM ... -
Effectiveness of Training Health Unit Management Committees on Performance of Health Centres, in East Central, Uganda
(Kenyatta University, 2021)There has been poor performance of health sector in East Central Uganda leading to the Districts in East Central Uganda perpetually being at the tail end of the Uganda National District Performance League Table. Performance ... -
Citizen Participation in Management of Devolved Healthcare Funds in Embu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Devolution of healthcare in Africa has been advocated as a response to most healthcare ills, and to facilitate greater citizen participation. Kenya, driven by the need to bring services closer to people has now joined ... -
Bioaccessibility of Iron and Zinc from Micronutrient Powder Added in Germinated Porridges among Children Aged 6-23 Months in Homabay County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Iron and zinc deficiency remains a burden among Kenyan children. Point-of-use fortification of complementary foods using micronutrient powder [MNP] containing vitamins and minerals has been recommended to improve the health ... -
Contraceptive Uptake and Adherence amongst Post Abortion Women Following Contraceptive Counselling By Physicians and Midwives in Kisumu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020-12)Complications of unsafe abortion and those of incomplete abortion, led to 120,000 Kenyan women receiving Post Abortion Care (PAC) in 2012, and of these women, 70% had not used contraception before pregnancy and repeat ... -
Influence of School-Based Sexual Risk Avoidance Education on Sexual Behavior Among Adolescent Girls in Homabay County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020-09)Adolescent sexual and reproductive health is a priority in the global agenda because of its associated negative reproductive health outcomes. It is estimated that Homabay County contributes 11.5% of adolescents aged 10-19 ... -
Effects of Training Health Workers in Cultural Competence on Satisfaction with Maternity Services Among Women in Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2020-10)A culturally competent health workforce is recognized as a priority reform area in health management as well as in improving maternal healthcare indicators in vulnerable and marginalized settings. Yet modalities of integrating ... -
Effectiveness of Albendazole on Soil Transmitted Nematodes Among School Going Children in Kakamega County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020-02)Soil-Transmitted Nematodes (STNs) are roundworms transmitted through faecally contaminated soil. Globally, major STNs include Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and hookworm (Necator americanus and Ancylostoma ... -
Use of Counseling to Mitigate Psychological Morbidity After Stillbirth Among Women in Kitui And Machakos Counties, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-11)Stillbirth is a baby born without any signs of life weighing at least 1000grams or with at least 28 weeks gestation. There is no burden affecting families is big and yet invisible in society and global arena as stillbirth. ... -
Determinants of Psychosocial Well-Being of Children (10-17 Years) Affected by Hiv and Aids in Kiambu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-09)Children affected by HIV and AIDS (CAHA) are faced with psychological, social and economic challenges among others. HIV and AIDS has compounded the situation posing more suffering to children whose parents have died of the ... -
Burden of Diabetes Mellitus among Patients in Thika Level Five Hospital, Kiambu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-05)The burden of diabetes is reflected not only in the increasing numbers of people with diabetes, but also in the growing numbers of premature deaths due to diabetes. One measure of burden of disease is disability-adjusted ... -
Relationship between Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Motorcycle Taxi Riders and Their Socio-Economic Wellbeing: Case of Homa Bay County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018)Motorcycle taxis have become a popular means of transportation which generates income for many riders in Kenya. However, there are various factors which expose riders to internal and external shocks and stresses which ... -
Implementation of Free Maternal Services among Postnatal Women in Selected Public Hospitals in Nyanza, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018)Financial-related barriers to accessing conventional maternal health services is a major bottleneck in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) with about 600,000 maternal deaths occurring worldwide. Over 90% of these deaths ... -
Utilization of Mobile Phone Short Message Service to Enhance Uptake of Focused Antenatal Care in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018)The Sustainable Development Goals targets a global maternal mortality ratio not greater than 70 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births by 2030. In Kenya, the maternal mortality ratio is high at 362 maternal deaths per ... -
The Effects of Using Oral HIV Self-Testing Kits on Uptake of Male Partner Testing Among Pregnant Women in Selected Counties In Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018)Adult HIV prevalence peaked at 14% in Kenya in the mid-nineties and has since continued to drop and thereafter stabilized at below 5% since 2014 due mainly to a scale up of various evidence based HIV interventions including ... -
Predictors of HIV and Pulmonary TB Infections among Injection Drug Users in Mombasa County, Kenya
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Health burden of wildlife induced injuries among the Maasai cattle herders in Kajiado County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2016-11)Wildlife induced injuries are a major but neglected emerging public health problem which contributes significantly to high mortality and morbidity among cattle herders. The objectives of the study were to determine the ...
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