ABSTRACT High blood pressure continues to be a global public health issue and attention needs to be given to primary preventive measures especially among health practitioners who are a channel to the entire population. Modifiable risk factors for hypertension include overweight and obesity, low consumption of fruits/vegetables, physical inactivity, occupational stress, smoking and excess alcohol consumption. The prevalence of hypertension among health workers in other countries outside and w...
ABSTRACT Antibiotic resistance represents a serious problem for clinicians, veterinarians, community and government at large. This involves cost implications as far as treatment is concerned. Multiple drug resistance as a result of empirical treatment have rendered most drugs ineffective .. In view of the above, this descriptive cross-sectional study, aimed at isolating resistant entero-bacteria E. coli from food-handlers working in both high and low budget hotels. Specimens in the form of s...
ABSTRACT HIV/AIDS continues to be a source of concern worldwide and more so in the sub-Saharan Africa region. Kenya is one of the countries with a high rate of HIV/AIDS prevalence estimated at 5.1%. About one million people in Kenya are estimated to live with HIV/AIDS but few know their status hence spreading further HIV. While most sectors of the society have been affected, one sector that has not received adequate focus and attention is education. The high mortality, morbidity and absentee...
ABSTRACT Intrauterine Device is a method of contraception, which is underutilized in Sub Saharan African countries including Kenya despite the method being safe, long acting, reversible and effective in preventing unintended pregnancies. The main objective of this study was to determine the uptake of Intrauterine Device among women seeking Family Planning services at Mbagathi and Mama Lucy Kibaki hospitals in Nairobi County. The specific objectives were to establish the level of Intra Uterin...
ABSTRACT Maternal mortality is a major concern worldwide and more so in Kenya which ranks eleventh country with highest maternal mortality ratio (530 per 100,000) worldwide. Post partum haemorrhage is one of the main causes of maternal death contributing 34% of maternal death in Kenya. Active management of third stage of labour (AMTSL) is an inexpensive and effective technique of preventing post partum haemorrhage. In spite of this technique being adopted in Kenya and internationally, its ac...
ABSTRACT Health care seeking behaviour in late childhood has not received adequate policy and empirical attention in Kenya. This study, analyzed the key factors that influence health-care seeking behaviour of heads of households! caretakers of children aged between 6,·12 years with upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) in Engashura farm, Nakuru District. A model that integrates social capital and cognitive representation of illness as determinants of healthcare seeking behaviour was us...
ABSTRACT The problem of sexual exploitation of children has become a major global concern. In the recent past, cases of sexual abuse among children have increased in Kenya. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence, knowledge, forms, effects and remedial measures of child sexual abuse among primary school pupils in Nakuru Municipality. A cross-sectional research design, involving a multistage cluster sampling technique, was used to get 259 pupils from six primary schools in Nakur...
ABSTRACT Globally, there are 2.5 billion cases of diarrhoea among under fives every year. In 2015, diarrhoea caused 9% of deaths among under fives worldwide. In Africa, there are 696 million cases of diarrhoea among under fives every year. About 46%deaths among under fives in Africa are attributed to diarrhoea. In Kenya, diarrhoea accounted for 20% of deaths among under fives in 2011 causing 38,802 deaths. In Migori County, diarrhoea is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, yet the inter...
Abstract There were an estimated 5.9 million deaths among children under five years in 2015, with infectious diseases accounting for almost half (51.8%) of these deaths. Pneumonia was the leading cause of infectious deaths, with 60% cases concentrated in 10 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. In 2014, pneumonia was the leading cause of death among children under five years in Kenya. Kenya is one of the countries that have not yet adopted community management of pneumonia as recom...
ABSTRACT The immense burden of blindness is prevalent in rural communities of developing countries, which are characterized by a high backlog of unoperated cataract and increasing incidence of cataract due to the ageing population. The factors that hinder people from accessing such sight-restoring services remain a major challenge for all eyecare professionals with a public health perspective. A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in all the six locations of Merti Division in J...
ABSTRACT Abortion is a social stigmatizing and ostracization issue as well as an important reproductive health problem associated with high morbidity and mortality. Each year 3.7 million pregnancies are terminated in Africa, with 200,000 deaths occurring from complications associated with unsafe abortions. In Kenya abortion is illegal. Women carry out abortions using unsafe methods and therefore suffer post-abortal complications. No documented studies have been carried out to determine knowl...
ABSTRACT Healthcare Organizations are now in the process of implementing computerized health management health information system (CHMIS) with a hope that they will improve on safety, efficiency and effectiveness of patient healthcare (Ammenwerth, 2004). More specifically, due to advances of technologies, the adoption of CHMIS is growing rapidly. CHMIS are believed to offer significant benefits in improving patient health care delivery (Thompson, 2005). Health care Organizations implement CH...
ABSTRACT Brucellosis is an infectious debilitating, acute or sub-acute febrile illness usually marked by an intermittent or remittent fever accompanied by malaise, anorexia and prostration, and which, in the absence of specific treatment, may persist for weeks or months. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and factors associated with brucellosis among community members in Mandera East Sub-County, Mandera County. The study was descriptive cross sectional study which collecte...
ABSTRACT There are enormous benefits accruing from spousal support during childbirth including emotional comfort, improved family communication, bonding, pain relief without analgesia and positive birth experience. Unfortunately, in low income countries like Kenya which are known to be patriarchal male dominated societies where pregnancy and child birth is regarded as exclusively women's affairs, partner participation in labor and delivery remains acutely low. The purpose of this study was to...