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Attitudes of Primary Health Care (PHC) Gatekeepers Towards Patient Referral Policy, Machakos County, Kenya
(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 ...
Incidence of Self-Esteem Among Children Exposed to Sexual Abuse in Kenya
(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 ...
Effectiveness of the Devolved Primary Health Care Gatekeeper System in Machakos County, Kenya
(American Journal of Health Research, 2016-06-30)
The low health outcomes and inequities problems in developing countries are due to ineffective gate keeping at the Primary Health Care (PHC) level, non-adherence to policy and dysfunctional health infrastructure. This study ...
Social Networks and Students’ Performance in Secondary Schools: Lessons from an Open Learning Centre, Kenya
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2015-05)
Given the known positive and negative effects of uncontrolled social networking among secondary school
students worldwide, it is necessary to establish the relationship between social network sites and academic
performances ...
Cost-effectiveness of condom uterine balloon tamponade to control severe postpartum hemorrhage in Kenya
(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
(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 ...
Smallholder Rural Youth Farming in Kiambu County, Kenya
(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 ...
Relationship Between Nursing Students’ Psychiatric Encounters and the Choice of Psychiatric Nursing Specialty in Kenya
(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 ...
Knowledge Of Mental Health And Mental Illnesses Among Community Members In Bungoma County, Kenya
(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 ...
Pain Assessment among African Neonates
(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 ...