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PERINATAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH BIRTH ASPHYXIA AMONG NEONATES IN MATERNITY WARD KAKAMEGA COUNTY REFFERAL HOSPITAL, KENYA
(MMUST, 2017-11)Despite the important advances in perinatal care in the past decades, asphyxia remains a severe condition leading to significant mortality and morbidity. Perinatal asphyxia has an incidence of 1 to 6 per 1,000 live full-term ... -
UTILIZATION OF CONTRACEPTIVES AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (MMUST)
(MMUST, 2017-11)Contraceptives uptake among the youth has been a sensitive and controversial issue in the society that has resulted to various social problems that include unwanted pregnancies and sexual transmitted infections among ... -
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 ... -
CONTRIBUTION OF PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT GROUP IN IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG FEMALE BREAST CANCER PATIENTS IN FARAJA, NAIROBI COUNTY-KENYA
(MMUST, 2017-11)Breast Cancer is one of the devastating types of cancer common and most prevalent in women accounting for 23% of all cancers of women globally, Kenya reporting high incidences. After diagnosis, the quality of life (QOL) ... -
PARENT-ADOLESCENT COMMUNICATION ON SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SIRISIA SUB-COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2017-11)Adolescents are more than one billion worldwide and more than 75% are found in developing countries and frequently engage in risky sexual behaviors, which result in unprotected sex, unwanted pregnancy, sexually transmitted ... -
EFFECTS OF “OPARANYA CARE SERVICES” IN IMPROVING SKILLED DELIVERY IN MALAVA COUNTY HOSPITAL KAKAMEGA COUNTY KENYA
(MMUST, 2018-10)is estimated that nearly 300,000 women die from pregnancy related complications and childbirth. Globally 34% of deliveries take place without skilled birth attendant. In Kenya more than 50% of deliveries are conducted ... -
PREDICTORS OF EXCLUSIVE BREAST-FEEDING AMONG WOMEN IN FORMAL EMPLOYMENT ATTENDING CHILD WELFARE CLINIC AT JARAMOGI OGINGA ODINGA TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL
(MMUST, 2019-02)Breast-feeding lays the foundation for healthy growth and child development. Despite the documented benefits of exclusively breast-feeding, studies have found that several predictors influence the duration of breast-feeding ... -
NURSING STUDENTS’ AND CLINICAL INSTRUCTORS’ PERCEPTION OF CLINICAL LEARNING AT MOI TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL AND KAKAMEGA COUNTY HOSPITAL KENYA
(MMUST, 2019-09)One of the criteria for effective learning in nursing education is clinical learning experience by students. Clinical competence is the ability to effectively integrate cognitive, affective and psychomotor skills when ... -
DETERMINANTS OF UNMET NEED FOR MODERN CONTRACEPTION AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE LIVING IN ELDORET TOWN, KENY
(MMUST, 2020-03-16)Unmet need for modern contraception is one of the most vital indicators of birth control programs and policies. It is challenging to motivate women of childbearing age to adopt contemporary means ... -
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 ... -
FACTORS AFFECTING TREATMENT COMPLIANCE AMONG TYPE 2 DIABETES PATIENTS ON FOLLOW-UP AT MOI TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL
(MMUST, 2020-08-24)Best practice in management of chronic diseases including diabetes, requires long duration of treatment, multiple therapies and remains a major challenge in primary health care settings worldwide. Factors such as ... -
DETERMINANTS OF BYPASSING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AMONG WOMEN SEEKING CHILDBIRTH SERVICES AT THE MOI TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL, ELDORET
(MMUST, 2020-08-24)Strong preferences are revealed when patients fail to utilize their nearby facilities and seek health care services at another facility. Bypassing rates for childbirth has been documented in literature and it ranges between ... -
DETERMINANTS OF MATERNAL HEALTH CARE SERVICE UTILIZATION AMONG MOTHERS OF MOUNT ELGON CONSTITUENCY BUNGOMA KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-08-24)Since independence, the Government of Kenya has made lots of efforts to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity through some women-oriented programs. These programs are included in the marginalized groups like Ogiek in Mt. ... -
PREDICTORS OF LOSS TOFOLLOW UP AMONG ADULTPATIENTSIN-ITIATED ON ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY IN NAKURU WEST SUB-COUNTY HEALTH FACILITIES, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-11-09)The loss to follow up (LTFU) has reversed the successful strengthening of antiretro-viral therapy(ART) programmes globally. The factors associated with the LTFU still remain a challenge to many countries, becoming a ...
