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Knowledge of psychiatric terms and concepts among Kenyan youth: Analysis of focus group discussions.
(2013)
Psychiatric disorders and symptoms are common worldwide. However, cultural differences in symptom manifestation and knowledge of psychiatric terms and concepts represent a challenge to accurate clinical assessment. Our ...
National culture and organizational capabilities of IT offshoring services in Kenya
(2013)
The pervasive adoption of outsourced information technology (IT) services has made the multi-billion
dollar information technology outsourcing industry become important to individual organizations and
governments as well. ...
Metabolic syndrome and its predictors in an urban population in Kenya: A cross sectional study.
(BMC, 2017-07-04)
The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a clustering of interrelated risk factors which doubles the risk of cardio-vascular disease (CVD) in 5-10 years and increases the risk of type 2 diabetes 5 fold. The identification of ...
Creating space: Sack gardening as a livelihood strategy in the Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya
(2015)
As many countries in sub-Saharan Africa undergo
rapid urbanization, a growing number of people
are joining the ranks of the urban poor. Urban
agriculture is a livelihood strategy used by the poor
to improve their ...