UoN Digital Health Repository: Recent submissions
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A survey of the attitudes of retrenches towards retrenchment/early retirement: A study of selected private sector.
(University of Nairobi.Faculty of Commerce, 2002-09)The psychological and behavioral effects of retrenchment/"early retirement" on the affected employees has received scanty attention in the Kenyan context. This research project reports a study of retrenches from the ... -
Competitive Strategies Applied by the Retail Sector of the Pharmaceutical Industry in Nairobi
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2003)This study was conducted with the objective of establishing the competitive strategies being applied by the retail sector of the pharmaceutical industry in Nairobi. Firms develop strategies to help them achieve competitive ... -
Salivary human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1-specific immunoglobulin A in HIV-1-exposed infants in Kenya
(Department of Paediatrics, 2008)Humoral immunity, and specifically immunoglobulin A (IgA) that is directed against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1, may contribute to protection against HIV-1 acquisition at mucosal surfaces. HIV-1-specific IgA has ... -
Social stigma and reintegration of obstetric Fistula survivors in west pokot, Kenya
(University of NairobiFaculty of Arts, University of Nairobi,Kenya, 2010)Obstetric fistula is a medical condition in which a woman develops a hole between the vagina and rectum or the bladder during delivery. In West Pokot, this condition attracts social stigma, abandonment, seclusion and ... -
Mothers' perception and management of malaria among young children in Nyang'oma area of Bondo district
(University of NairobiInstitute of African Studies, 2005)The control of malaria remains one of the greatest public health challenges, particularly, as we are still waiting for an efficacious and applicable vaccine. Current statistics show that over one million deaths (mostly in ... -
Health care seeking behaviour of tuberculosis patients in Obunga slums, Kisumu
(University of NairobiInstitute Of Anthropology, Gender And African Studies, 2007)This study was designed to investigate the health care seeking behaviour of TB patients in Obunga slums in Kisumu district. Field work for the study was conducted in the health care facilities located in Obunga slums and ... -
Coverage of reproductive health issues in Kenya's Print Media: A case of two Kenyan Dailies
(Department of Arts- Communication, 2007)Reproductive health is central to our existence. It is also critical to development, especially in third world countries where development and poverty eradication continue ... -
Regional Differences in Prevalence of HIV-1 Discordance in Africa and Enrollment of HIV-1 Discordant Couples into an HIV-1 Prevention Trial
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2008)Background Most HIV-1 transmission in Africa occurs among HIV-1-discordant couples (one partner HIV-1 infected and one uninfected) who are unaware of their discordant HIV-1 serostatus. Given the high HIV-1 incidence ... -
Economic costs of malaria in Kenya.
(Department of Arts-Economics, 2006)This study measures the cost of malaria among households in Kenya. The overall objective of the study is to determine the economic burden of malaria among households in Kenya.The methodology involved the use ... -
The effects of increased health facilities on quality of health care services in rural Kenya: A Case Study of MARANI Division, Kisii Central District.
(Department of sociology, 2008)This study was designed to assess the effects of increased of health facilities on the quality of health care services. Specifically, the study sought to establish the relationship between increase in health care facilities ... -
Primary carcinoma of the prostate in Nigerians as seen at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital
(1985)A prospective study of serial serum C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations was made on 21 patients who had received renal allografts. CRP was raised during 27 of 32 rejection episodes and in all of five episodes of rejection ... -
Testicular Cancer in Nigerians
(1995)This is a report of prospective study of eight patients with testicular tumours seen at the Urology Unit of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital over a five-year period (1979-1983). The mean age was 32.7 years. Four ... -
Nocturnal enuresis
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The economic burden of malaria in kenya:a household-level investigation
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts Economics, 2008)The economic impact of malaria on households and individuals is increasingly becoming a subject of considerable interest to researchers and policy makers. Available evidence indicates that malaria endemic countries stand ... -
Introduction, to Improving Health Policy in Africa
(2004)The increased demand for health care and lack of public financing for critical health services have created severe bottlenecks in the region. Governments initiated health sector reform during the past two decades and a ... -
Burns: the epidemiological pattern, risk and safety awareness at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 2006-08)BACKGROUND: Many burns are preventable but there is no published local prospective data on the epidemiological pattern of burns that would form the basis of care and formulation of burn prevention strategies. OBJECTIVES: ... -
Entering sex work in the informal urban settlement of Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya
(African Wildlife Foundation, NairobiDepartment of Community Health, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)Female sex work has long been recognized as an important factor in the urban sub-Saharan Africa HIV/AIDS pandemic, and in some cities remains a driving force for HIV transmission. However, despite a long history of ... -
Reproductive Health of Female Sex Workers in the Urban Informal Settlement of Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya
(African Wildlife Foundation, NairobiDepartment of Community Health, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)Female sex workers (FSWs) have long been recognized as important factors in the sub-Saharan HIV/AIDS epidemic. Because of their large number of sexual partners and high rate of partner change they may act as core groups ... -
Surgery of the oesophagus: a Nairobi experience
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 1993-05)On average, for every 100 patients with malignant dysphagia admitted into the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) in Nairobi, 28 will have their tumour resected. Seven in the tumour resected group will die during the postoperative ... -
Stakeholders' perception of the desired Master's program for Kenya in community health nursing: areas of competency
(Department of Nursing, University of Nairobi, 2008-06)INTRODUCTION: After the World Health Assembly approved the WHA 45.5 in 1992, which addressed the nursing shortage by refocusing nurses and midwives to meet community health needs, community demands for educated nurses ...