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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Suitability of Electronic Health Record Data for Computational Phenotyping of Diabetes Mellitus at Nairobi Hospital, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2022)
The adoption of EHR in health care has resulted in the collection of lots of data thus the drive to utilize EHR data for secondary purposes such as research. However, EHR data are characterized by incompleteness and ...