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Incentives for health worker retention in Kenya: An assessment of current practice
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
The importance of health workers to the effective functioning of healthcare systems is widely recognized (Ndetei et al, 2007). Shortages of health workers constitute a significant barrier to achieving health-related ...
Social change, globalization and transcultural psychiatry--some considerations from a study on women and depression
(2003)
Transcultural psychiatry, whose scientific founder Emil Kraepelin is considered as, in its 100 years of tradition has not only developed a varied range of methods but has also brought about a change in the respective ...
Obsessive-compulsive (oc) symptoms in psychiatric in-patients at Mathari hospital, Kenya.
(2008)
Objective: To document the prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD) among patients admitted at Mathari Psychiatric Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya. Method: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted at the ...
Psychiatric morbidity among convicted male sex offenders at Kamiti Prison, Kenya.
(2007-04)
OBJECTIVES:
To determine the prevalence and distribution of psychiatric morbidity among convicted male sex offenders and to establish factors associated with sexual offending.
DESIGN:
A Cross-sectional descriptive ...
Information, Needs, Resources and Analysis (INRA) for Drug Abuse in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2001)
Policies and incentives for health worker retention in east and southern Africa: Learning from country research
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
Psychosis – An African Perspective
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
Patterns of Drug Abuse in Public Secondary Schools in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2009-03)
The objective of this study was to establish the association between substance abuse and the sociodemographic characteristics of secondary school students. All the students of 17 randomly stratified public secondary schools ...
The Somali Experience: Have Mental Health Workers Forgotten The Country?
(University of Nairobi, 2009)