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Introduction of the Canadian CT Head Rule Reduces CT Scan Use in Minor Head Injury
(2015)
Background: The burden of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is rising in developing countries. Minor head injuries accounts for majority of non-fatal head injury and is associated with significant resource use. The utility of ...
Risk Factor Profile of Motorcycle Crash Victims in Rural Kenya
(2015)
Background: Road traffic injuries involving motorcycles are increasing especially in rural Kenya resulting in both human and economic loss. This study was done to identify the risk factors and the host characteristics ...
Assessment of the influence of the level of human resources as a component of institutional capacity on academic performance of students in public secondary schools in Usigu division – Bondo district, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
In the case of Kenyan academic institutions such as public secondary schools, the fruit of institutional capacity is the academic achievement of the students as reflected in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education ...
Outcome of the first medicines utilization research in Africa group meeting to promote sustainable and rational medicine use in Africa.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
The second Medicines Utilization Research in Africa (MURIA) group workshop and symposium again brought researchers together from across Africa to improve their knowledge of drug utilization (DU) methodologies and exchange ...
Active fault mapping in Karonga-Malawi after the December 19, 2009 Ms 6.2 seismic event
(University of Nairobi, 2015-02)
The East African Rift System (EARS) has natural hazards – earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and landslides along the faulted margins, and in response to ground shaking. Strong damaging earthquakes have been occurring in the ...
Ethnic diversity and economic instability in Africa: interdisciplinary perspectives
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Influence of physical facilities as a component of institutional capacity on academic performance of students in public secondary schools in Usigu division
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Disparities in performance have continued to be noticed as one of the many challenges facing education and had raised a lot of concern. The KCSE results had been poor in the recent years and as a result many students who ...
Designing a program of teacher professional development to support beginning reading acquisition in coastal Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-02)
What should be considered when developing a literacy intervention that asks teachers to implement new instructional methods? How can this be achieved with minimal support within existing policy? We argue that two broad ...
Analysis of blue chamomile essential oil produced by multi-solvent solvent extraction clevenger distillation method
(2015)
Blue colored essential oil samples were obtained from chamomile flowers by a Solvent Extraction Clevenger Distillation (SECD) method and by the standard Clevenger distillation of Chamomile flowers. The solvents used were ...
Our journey to build capacity to implement and study an intervention to reduce depression among pregnant, Kenyan adolescents
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Depression is the leading cause of disease burden in women of
reproductive age.1,2,3 The prevalence of depression is high
during the perinatal period, with worldwide estimates of 11-
18%.4,5,6 Depression during pregnancy ...