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Adherence to Pulmonary Tuberculosis Treatment in Murang’a County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020-03)Non-adherence to Tuberculosis treatment is a major barrier for TB control programs because incomplete treatment may result in prolonged infectiousness, drug resistance, relapse and death. Successful treatment of TB involves ... -
Adoption Level of a Proactive Safety Program Within the Construction Phase of Olkaria’s Geothermal Power Stations of Nakuru County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020-02)Kenya is among the leading countries globally with significant geothermal resources. Geothermal energy provides reliable, cost-competitive, base load power with a small carbon footprint, and reduces vulnerability to changes ... -
Adoption of Biomass Briquettes as Alternative Source of Energy in Maasai-Mau Region, Narok County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020-11)Climate change phenomenal is a trend that impacts the local communities by affecting their way of life. High demand for wood products to meet the demand of energy supply in Maasai-Mau region has seen the depletion of the ... -
Anthropogenic Impacts on Land Use and Land Cover Change in Ombeyi Wetland, Kisumu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020-11)Land use and land cover change dynamics and associated human-induced transitions studies are very critical in the formulation of sustainable land management strategies, land use systems and policies. The study aimed at ... -
Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and use of Insecticide-Treated Nets Among Students in Boarding Secondary Schools in Igembe District, Kenya
(2014-08-18)Malaria is a major public health problem causing immeasurable human suffering in many countries particularly in the sub-Saharan Africa, which account for about 90% of malaria cases in the world. Many people live in countries ... -
Assessment of Physico-Chemical and Microbiological Properties of Shallow Well Water in Kawangware Location, Nairobi City County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020-09)Lack of access to clean drinking water adversely the public health. Kawangware location is undergoing rapid expansion in population, economic growth and urbanization. One of the challenges of this growth is pressure on ... -
Assessment of Water Quality in Aquaculture Ponds in Tigoni , Kiambu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020-01)Fisheries and aquaculture is an important source of food, income and livelihoods for hundreds of millions of people around the world. Aquaculture production has increased fro m 29.5million tonnes in 2010 to 37.5 million ... -
Attitudes and Perceptions Among Issey and Masese Communities Towards Conservation of Forest Resources in Mau Forest Complex, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020-09)Forests cover approximately 30% of the earth‘s land surface area and provide critical ecosystem goods and services to mankind. However, forest cover in Kenya is among the lowest in the world, currently at around 7.6%. ... -
Compliance with Occupational Safety Practice among Petrol Station Pump Attendants in Kaduna state, Nigeria
(Kenyatta University, 2020)Petrol pump attendants in Kaduna encounter numerous hazards at the pump. This constitutes the most important threat to their survival at the workplace. Unfortunately, there are very few researches evaluating compliance ... -
Cyanotoxins Exposure and Attributable Health Effects among Residents of Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2022)Access to safe domestic water remains a challenge in many rural community and water scarce areas. One key challenge is cyanotoxins in surface water that has been known to cause serious health effects among people using ... -
Determinants of Occupational Injuries among Workers in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Activities in Ka-Kamega County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Occupational injury is any bodily damage, that may be fatal or non-fatal in nature, resulting from a work-related accident. Though preventable, these injuries have resulted in serious socio-economic consequences that have ... -
Determinants of Utilization of Youth Friendly Reproductive Health Services among School and College Youth in Thika west district, Kiambu county, Kenya
(2013-08-14)This study was on Determinants of Utilization of Youth friendly Reproductive Health services (YFRHS) among school and college youth in Thika West District of Kiambu County, Kenya. The reproductive and sexual health of the ... -
Determination of Fecal Contamination Status of Shallow Wells in Dede Division, Migori County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018-11)A shallow well is a hole dug, bored or drilled less than 50M deep to extract water. Contamination of shallow wells with fecal matter presents a grave public health threat in developing countries, such as Kenya, where large ... -
Determination of the Prevalence of Bovine Cryptosporidiosis and aflatoxin M1 among urban small holder dairy households in Dagoretti Division, Nairobi Kenya.
(2014-05-05)Cryptosporidium is a coccidian parasite belonging to the phylum apicomplexa. It causes human and animal cryptosporidiosis a disease characterized by severe gastroenteritis and watery diarrhea. The disease occurs after ... -
Evaluation of Work-Related Health and Safety Risks Associated with Hairdressers in Nairobi City County, Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2022)Hairdressers work towards changing or maintaining a person’s image. They are exposed to awkward posture, prolonged standing, long working hours and chemical hazards capable of causing adverse health effects. They are at ... -
Household Hazardous Waste Management Practices among Pastoral Community of Mandera County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018)Household hazardous waste possess physical, chemical or biological characteristics, which requires special handling and disposal procedures to avoid risk to health and/or environmental effects. The pastoral population of ... -
Implementation of Community Led Total Sanitation Program in Kajiado County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020-11)Open defecation refers to defecating in bushes, fields, water bodies and other places that are open. Across the world, approximately 1 billion people are practicing open defecation. This is worse in sub-Saharan Africa where ... -
Levels of environmental noise and perceived health implications in bus termini in Nairobi Central Business District, Nairobi City County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018-07)Environmental noise is noise emanating from all other sources except the industrial workplace, main sources include road, rail and air traffic, industries, construction, public works and social activities. WHO and NEMA ... -
Newborn care practices among postnatal mothers in Garissa County, Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2015-11)Every year, four million infants die within their first month of life, representing nearly 40 per-cents of all deaths of children under age 5 globally. In Kenya, neonatal mortality is 31 per 1000 live births with neonates ... -
Predictors of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders among Primary School Teachers in Machakos County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-10)Musculoskeletal disorders refer to a broad range degenerative and inflammatory conditions that affect the joints, muscles, ligaments, tendons, bones, nerves, and the localized blood circulation system. Despite there being ...
