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Maternal knowledge and practice of Porridge preparation and storage in the home
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
Background
Food safety entails all the conditions and measures that are necessary during the production, processing, storage, distribution and preparation of food to ensure that it is safe, sound, wholesome and fit for ...
Management of Strategic Change at National Social Security Fund of Kenya
(2012-10)
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) was established in 1965 through an Act of
Parliament and operated as a department under the Ministry of Labour until 1987 when
the NSSF Act was amended, transforming it into an ...
Blood lead levels among infants and children with Rickets at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
Background & objectives:
Modem environmental health hazards including lead are becoming a public health issue of increasing concern. Lead, a toxic heavy metal accounts for 0.6 % of the global burden of disease. Centre ...
Challenges of strategy implementation facing audit firms in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2012-11)
This study sought to find out responses by audit firms as to the challenges they face in implementing strategy. The objectives of the study were to determine the challenges of strategy implementation facing audit firms in ...
Effect of body mass index on pregnancy outcome at Kenyatta National Hospital: Cohort Study
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
The increasing population of overweight and obese women world-wide is a major public health concern now reaching epidemic proportions. Two thirds of these women are in the reproductive age which has critical consequences ...
Modification of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital Comprehensive Care Clinic between years 2005-2011
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
Background: The initial ART regimen is widely considered to be the most important regimen in HIV treatment because it is associated with the greatest probability of achieving sustained ! virologic response. Modification ...
Prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in children with adenoid or adenotonsillar hypertrophy at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
Background: Adenotonsillar hypertrophy is a common condition in childhood, whose serious complications of pulmonary hypertension and cor-pulmonale are common and devastating but local prevalence is unknown.
Objectives: ...
A comparative study of cardiovascular response to laryngeal mask airway insertion and endotracheal intubation in elective surgery patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
Background: Tracheal intubation is a harmful stimulus that tends to provoke a marked sympathetic response manifested as tachycardia and hypertension which is predominantly deleterious in coronary or cerebral circulation ...
Influence of headteachers' communication strategies on level of teachers' job satisfaction in public primary schools in Nyahururu District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
Communication is fundamental to the whole process of education. The study aimed at determining the influence of headteachers' communication strategies on level of teachers' job satisfaction in public primary schools in ...
The relationship between director remuneration and performance of firms listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
The agency problem has been a source of great interest in corporate governance to both industry and academic researchers. Various proposals have been advanced to resolve the agency problem, with most of the suggestions ...