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INFLUENCE OF LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ON LEARNERS’ LITERACY OUTCOMES IN EARLY YEARS OF EDUCATION IN BUNGOMA CENTRAL SUB- COUNTY, KENYA.
(MMUST, 2024-06)Teachers efforts coupled with stimulative learning environment has a high influence on academic achievement in education for learners in primary schools. This academic achievement is imperative for learners in early years ... -
INFLUENCE OF MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON DAIRY CATTLE PRODUCTIVITY ON SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN KAKAMEGA CENTRAL SUB-COUNTY, KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2021-05)Dairy production has always been the main stay of the Kenyan economy, however many counties Kakamega included have suffered perennial milk deficiencies and production fluctuations against a backdrop of an expected increase ... -
INFLUENCE OF PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS AND SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS ON BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY DYNAMICS IN ISIUKHU RIVER, KENYA
(2023)Physico-chemical and sediments are critical aquatic habitat resources for macroinvertebrates. Macro-habitats are altered through oxygen and food availability alteration. Distribution of macroinvertebrates in responses to ... -
“INFLUENCE OF SELECTED FACTORS ON SUICIDAL IDEATION AMONG STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BUTERE SUB-COUNTY, KENYA
(2023)According to the 2017 Center for Disease C ontrol (CDC) report, suicide is the second leading cause of death for ages ten to twenty-four globally. More teenagers and young adults die from suicide than from cancer, heart ... -
INFLUENCE OF TEENAGE SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN BUNGOMA SOUTH SUB-COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2018-05)Sexual activities among adolescents have been reported to be on the increase. The trend across the world shows that many adolescents are initiating sexual activity from as early as 10 years with many disastrous effects on ... -
INFLUENCEOF STRATEGIC BUSINESS SUPPORTSERVICES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN OWNED MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN KISIICOUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-08-24)The state of women in enterprise development, the startingand growing of individual enterprises is a major concern among governments in most countries from the early days. The main objective of the study ... -
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS INFLUENCING ACQUISITION OF VOCATIONAL SKILLS BY TRAINEES IN PUBLIC VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRES IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA Josephine Muthike
(2019-11)Vocational Training Centers (VTCs) are anchored in the Technical Vocational Education and Training ACT (2013), which emphasis on imparting vocational and technical skills. The purpose of this study was to determine the ... -
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION AS A TOOL FOR IMPROVING THE UPTAKE OF VOLUNTARY MEDICAL MALE CIRCUMCISION FOR THE PREVENTION OF HIV/AIDS IN SIAYA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2021)This study has explored interpersonal communication (IPC) as tool for improving the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision in Siaya County, Kenya. It examined the specific IPC strategies employed in the voluntary ... -
INTRONIC POLYMORPHISM ALB GENE AMONG HIV-1 IN INFECTEDANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT ART-NAIVE AND ART- EXPERIENCED INJECTION SUBSTANCE USERS IN MOMBASA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-08)Injection substance use is both a social and public health concern. Globally, the co- burden of human immunodeficiency virus and injection substance use (HIV-ISU) is high especially in coastal urban and peri-urban ... -
INVESTIGATION OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE NURSING STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN THE NURSING COUNCIL OF KENYA LICENSURE EXAMINATIONS IN KENYA
(2017-11)Kenya has seen a drastic growth in nursing education sector recording high rates of enrolment of students to training while their performance in Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK) examination remained variable. This study ... -
KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE ABOUT COVID-19 PANDEMIC CONTAINMENT MEASURES AMONG STUDENTS IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(2023-11)Public health is in danger globally due to the COVID-2019 pandemic, a highly contagious illness. This has had far-reaching effects on the educational experience of students worldwide in different regions, not only those ... -
KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICESOF NURSES IN PROMOTING ANTENATALPHYSICALEXERCISES IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-07-15)Antenatal physicalexercises have proven to be beneficial. Less than 50% of pregnant women worldwide meet exercise recommendations.Sixty-sevenpercent(67%) of deliveries in Kakamega County are conducted ... -
LAND USE PRACTICES AND WATER QUALITY OF RIVER SHIMICHE ECOSYSTEM
(MMUST, 2017-11)A majority of inland water bodies are rapidly undergoing degradation and drying up mainly due to human influences and climate change. These water bodies and especially those that supply domestic water to human populations ... -
LEXICAL BORROWING IN SPOKEN LUKABARAS FROM THE NANDILANGUAGE IN CHEPSAITA SCHEME, UASIN GISHU COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-05-21)The borrowing of lexical itemsas one of the outcomes of languages in contact may affect a speaker’s communicability with other speakers of the same language in differentsettings.In this perspective, thisstudy ... -
LYMPHEDEMA MANAGEMENT OUTCOMES AND THEIR DETERMINANTS AMONG PATIENTS TREATED FOR BREAST CANCER AT SELECTED HOSPITALS IN WESTERN REGION OF KENYA
(2023-11)Globally, 28% to 38% of breast cancer survivors develop lymphedema following breast treatment affecting one in five patients, Symptoms vary but include swelling, heaviness and pain, when severe, significantly impact the ... -
MASTERY OF KENYAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PUPILS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN WESTERN REGION, KENYA
(2023)The government of Kenya recognizes the importance of special needs education as a crucial sector for accelerating the attainment of Education for all (EFA) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The purpose of this ... -
MASUALA YANAYOATHIRI UFUNZAJI NA UJIFUNZAJI WA SOMO LA UFAHAMU KATIKA SHULE ZA UPILI KATIKA KAUNTI YA KISUMU NCHINI KENYA
(MMUST, 2018-11)Comprehension is one of the several compulsory sections in Kiswahili subject syllabus. For a student to perform well in Kiswahili exams, he or she has to do well in this section. Unfortunately, this is one of the most ...