Management of Diabetes Mellitus at the Household Level Using Community Health Strategy in Embu County, Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorHussein, Salim Ali
dc.contributor.authorKithuka, Peter
dc.contributor.authorOtieno, George
dc.contributor.authorYoos, Alison
dc.contributor.authorKaugi, Rosaline
dc.contributor.authorNjeru, Cecelia
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-11T12:56:27Z
dc.date.available2021-06-11T12:56:27Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionAn Article Published in Pan African Medical Journalen_US
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: diabetes mellitus (DM) causes 1% of the mortality in Kenya and 2% of the population in Kenya has diabetes mellitus. Embu County was the 5 th leading county in diabetes mellitus morbidity in Kenya in 2019. This study aimed at assessing the management of diabetes mellitus at the household level using the community health strategy in Embu County. Community health strategies in the county is implemented using Community Health Volunteers. Methods: it was a cross-sectional study using 422 household participants in Embu County and 150 community health volunteers´ (CHVs). Key informant interviews were used on community health strategy managers involved in diabetes management programmes in the County. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 25. Results: factors that were positively associated with effective management of DM at household level in the County were financial support and supervision of community health units, provision of tools and commodities, use of health information system, training of level of CHVs in management of hypertension and diabetes mellitus and subsequent knowledge on symptoms, defining and classifying DM, treatment, prescription of drugs, knowledge of risk factors of DM and prevention of DM at household level. Conclusion: success of utilization of community health strategies for diabetes management will require adequate training of CHVs in management of hypertension and diabetes mellitus, financial support of community health units, adequate supervision of community health units, financial support of community health units, provision of tools and commodities and community health units (CHU) utilizing health information system.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSalim Ali Hussein et al. Management of diabetes mellitus at the household level using community health strategy in Embu County, Kenya. Pan African Medical Journal. 2021;39(35). 10.11604/pamj.2021.39.35.27753en_US
dc.identifier.issn1937-8688
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/22325
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPan African Medical Journalen_US
dc.subjectDiabetes managementen_US
dc.subjectHealth systemen_US
dc.subjectKnowledgeen_US
dc.subjectCommunity health strategyen_US
dc.subjectCommunity health volunteersen_US
dc.subjectCommunity health unitsen_US
dc.subjectNon-communicable diseasesen_US
dc.titleManagement of Diabetes Mellitus at the Household Level Using Community Health Strategy in Embu County, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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