dc.contributor.author | Kamenwa, John Njogu | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-12-19T07:12:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-12-19T07:12:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Master of Medicine (Paediatrics and Child Health) | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/77991 | |
dc.description.abstract | Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and malnutrition are
interlinked, both epidemiologically and physiologically. The synergistic effects of
malnutrition and HIV on the immune system occur in a vicious cycle in which the decreased
immunity associated with both conditions leads to increased susceptibility to infections which
if not adequately met lead to more malnutrition. As a result, there has been the development
and implementation of guidelines on how best to offer nutritional care to HIV-infected
children.
Objectives: To Determine the Knowledge and Practices of Healthcare workers at Kenyatta
National Hospital as regards the nutritional assessment, nutritional classification and
indicators of increased nutritional needs in HIV infected children.
Methods: We conducted a Hospital based descriptive cross-sectional study in the paediatric
wards, paediatric filter clinic and the comprehensive care clinic at the Kenyatta National
Hospital (KNH).All Health Care Workers (HCWs) at KNH involved in the management of
HIV infected children under the age of five years were eligible for inclusion in the study.
These included doctors, clinical officers and nurses. The data was collected using
questionnaires guided in-depth interviews administered to the Health workers as well as
observation and a review of medical records of HIV infected children. Knowledge on the
nutritional assessment, nutritional classification and the indicators of increased nutritional
needs of HIV infected children was assessed based on the National Nutritional Guidelines on
HIV. The assessment of practice was observed as a health worker completed seeing a child
and by a review of the medical records
Results: Of the 104 heath workers in the study, only 21/104 (20%) had full knowledge of the
nutritional classification based on the standard WHO classification. As regards the nutritional | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.title | Knowledge and practices of health care workers in Kenyatta national hospital as regards nutritional status and needs of HIV infected children | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |
dc.type.material | en_US | en_US |