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    • Pain Assessment among African Neonates 

      Nshimirimana, Desire Aime; Kokonya, Donald; Uwurukundo, Jeanne Marie Claude; Biraboneye, Phocas; Were, Fred; Baribwira, Cyprien (American Journal of Pediatrics, 2016-10-11)
      Neonates who require treatment and venous drawing of blood samples in the newborn units are subjected to acute and painfully invasive procedures. Several tools to assess pain among newborns have been developed and are ...

    • Alcohol Use Disorders Among HIV and AIDS Patients at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) Comprehensive Care Centre, Nairobi, Kenya 

      WanjaKibera, Anne; Kuria, Mary Wangari; Kokonya, Donald A. (International Journal of Research Studies in Medical and Health Sciences, 2017-07)
      Alcohol has particularly harmful health effects in HIV-infected patients; therefore, HIV clinics are an important setting for integration of routine alcohol screening as an integral component of HIV care.In sub-Sahara ...

    • Knowledge Of Mental Health And Mental Illnesses Among Community Members In Bungoma County, Kenya 

      Munika, Jane; Simiyu, Ruth; Kokonya, Donald (IOSR Journal of Nursing and Health Science (IOSR-JNHS), 2018-10-31)
      Objective. The objective of the study was to determine the knowledge of mental health and mental illness by the community in Bungoma county Kenya. Design. The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study and Quantitative ...

    • Impact of COVID-19 on health-related quality of life in the general population: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

      Nshimirimana, Desire Aime; Kokonya, Donald; Gitaka, Jesse; Wesonga, Bernard; Mativo, Japheth Nzioki; Rukanikigitero, Jean Marie Vianey (PLOS Global Public Health, 2023-10-26)
      The World Health Organization declared coronavirus disease of 2019 as an epidemic and public health emergency of international concern on January 30th, 2020. Different factors during a pandemic can contribute to low quality ...

    • Experience of Nursing Students in Mental Health Training in Kenya 

      Sanga, Philip Kimutai; Kokonya, Donald; Arudo, John; Nyamwata, Juliah (International Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and Mental Health,, 2018-06-01)
      Introduction: In Kenya, there are few psychiatric nurses available to provide mental health services. Few students pursue psychiatric nursing specialty. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the factors ...

    • Relationship Between Nursing Students’ Psychiatric Encounters and the Choice of Psychiatric Nursing Specialty in Kenya 

      Sanga, Philip Kimutai; Kokonya, Donald (East African Journal of Health and Science, 2019)
      Management of mentally ill patients is mainly done by psychiatric nurses in Kenya. This study sought to identify the association between nursing students’ psychiatric encounters and the perception towards psychiatric nursing ...

    • Smallholder Rural Youth Farming in Kiambu County, Kenya 

      Kutwa, Abigael Asiko; Muhingi, Wilkins Ndege; Kokonya, Donald (Journal of Culture, Society and Development, 2016-08)
      Investment on agriculture by countries is essential because it is core to every nation’s development. In Kenya, people particularly youth are involved in agriculture yet it attracts limited investment. This study which was ...

    • Strategies used to improve Participation of Students in Secondary School Education in Kakamega County, Kenya. 

      Mukonyi, Philip Wanjala; Onkware, Kennedy (International Journal of Education and Research, 2020-05-05)
      Education plays a vital role in the development of human capital that is imperative in the modern technological and information age. However many factors, for example individual and household characteristics, socio-economic ...

    • Positionality, Access to the Social Space and Place of Research: Narratives from Research in Low Middle Income Settings 

      LUSAMBILI, Adelaide; BHANBHRO, Sadiq; MUCHANGA, Kizito (People, Place and Policy, 2020-12)
      Research on positionality and accessing field work for researchers studying their own communities in Lower Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) is scant. The majority of the literature on this topic emanates from High-Income ...

    • Origin, Settlement, and Beliefs of the Bisukha and Bidakho of the Luhya Community-Kenya 

      Muchanga, Kizito Lusambili; Sabatia, Kizito Handa; Nairutia, Josephat Kemei (Athens Journal of History, 2014-04)
      This study interrogated the origin, settlement and the beliefs of the Bisukha and Bidakho sub-ethnic groups in the larger Luhya ethnic group. The paper has unravelled the etymologies of the Luhya, Isukha and Idakho terms. ...

    • Small Farm Holder Cropping Systems Influence Microbial Profiles in an Equatorial Rainforest Agroecosystem 

      Matindu, Christine; Weerasuriya, Nimalka M.; Muyekho, Francis N.; Creed, Irena F.; Thorn, R. Greg; Sifuna, Anthony W. (Agronomy, 2024-03-23)
      The metabarcoding of prokaryotic and fungal (Ascomycota only) ribosomal DNA was used to describe the microbial communities in soils of a remnant equatorial rainforest, maize–bean intercrop, and sugarcane in western Kenya. ...

    • Nutritional status of people who inject drugs in Coastal Kenya: a cross-sectional study 

      Budambula, Valentine; Ngari, Moses; Budambula, Nancy L.M.; Ahmed, Aabid A.; Were, Tom (BMC Nutrition, 2024-04-04)
      Introduction Despite documentation on injection drug use (IDU) in Kenya, the nutritional status of people who inject drugs (PWIDs) is under-explored. Elsewhere studies report under-nutrition among PWIDs which is attributed ...

    • Woody Species Composition, Stand Structure and Regeneration Status of Londiani Forest in Kenya 

      Chepkoech, Evalyne Kosgey; Agevi, Humphrey; Lung’ayia, Henry; Tsingalia, Harrison Mugatsia (Forest, 2024-04-03)
      first_pagesettingsOrder Article Reprints Open AccessArticle Woody Species Composition, Stand Structure and Regeneration Status of Londiani Forest in Kenya by Evalyne Kosgey Chepkoech 1,*,Humphrey Agevi 1,2ORCID,Henry ...

    • Mentorship for capacity building among young scholars in knowledge translation, research, and practice in universities in Kenya 

      Wekullo, Caroline Sabina; Ouda, James Bill; Keseko, Enid; Shiundu, John Oyula; Moses, Wesangula Poipoi (Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2024-03-05)
      Mentoring is instrumental in professional development and capacity building to enhance attitude, skills, and knowledge. It’s need in Kenyan higher education institutions cannot be overstated. However, there exists gaps in ...

    • Science And Engineering Research: Assessment Methods 

      Kiplagat, J.K.; Rotich, P.K. (Innovations in E-learning, Instruction Technology, Assessment, and Engineering Education, 2007-01)
      The evaluation of research and indeed any aspect of science and engineering is a complex process. Engineering research encompasses a wide range of creative, theoretical and practical activities involving many communities ...

    • Attitudes of Primary Health Care (PHC) Gatekeepers Towards Patient Referral Policy, Machakos County, Kenya 

      Nshimirimana, Desire Aime; Tenambergen, Wanja Mwaura; Kokonya, Donald; Adoyo, Maureen (Science Journal of Public Health, 2016-06-13)
      Primary Health Care (PHC) serves as the foundation for building a working healthcare system that provide good health outcomes. The quality of PHC delivery and the decision to refer patients depends on some behavioural ...

    • Burnout syndrome among medical workers at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), Nairobi, Kenya 

      Kokonya, Donald A; Mburu, John M; Kathuku, Dammas M; DM, Ndetei; Adam, Adam H.; Nshimirimana, Desire A.; Biraboneye, Phocas S.; Kpoto, Louise Mapleh (Journal of Psychiatry, 2014-09-10)
      Background: Little has been documented on the extent of the impact of work environment, interpersonal relationships, coping mechanisms and the burnout syndrome on medical workers in Kenya. Worldwide, medical workers have ...

    • Incidence of Self-Esteem Among Children Exposed to Sexual Abuse in Kenya 

      Mutavi, Teresia; Obondo; Mathai, Muthoni; Kokonya, Donald; Dako-Gyeke, Mavis (Global Social Welfare, 2018-01-04)
      It has been established that sexual abuse against children is a global problem and quite widespread. Sexual abuse against children is a public health concern given that its outcomes are not only detrimental to the health ...

    • Cost-effectiveness of condom uterine balloon tamponade to control severe postpartum hemorrhage in Kenya 

      Mvundura, Mercy; Kokonya, Donald; Abu-Haydar, Elizabeth; Okoth, Eunice; Herrick, Tara; Mukabi, James; Carlson, Lucas; Oguttu, Monica; Burke, Thomas (International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2017-02-11)
      Objective To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of condom uterine balloon tamponade (UBT) for control of severe postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) due to uterine atony versus standard PPH care in Kenya. Methods A cross-sectional ...

    • Incidence of depressive symptoms among sexually abused children in Kenya 

      Mutavi, Teresia; Obondo, Anne; Kokonya, Donald; Khasakhala, Lincoln; Mbwayo, Anne; Njiri, Francis; Mathai, Muthoni (Springer: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2018-07-30)
      Background Children who experience sexual abuse undergo various negative psychosocial outcomes such as depressive symptoms. Unfortunately, not many studies have been conducted on the incidence of depressive symptoms among ...