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The association between utilization of preventive child health services and the nutritional status of children under three years in Kibera, a spontaneous urban settlehent of Nairobi, Kenya
(1990-09)
Between February and May 1989 a cross-sectional survey
was conducted to assess the coverage and accessibility
of the available preventive child health services in a
spontaneous settlement of Nairobi. In particular, ...
Urbanization and adaptation: a reorganization process of social relations among the Maragoli migrants in their urban colony, Kangemi, Nairobi Kenya.
(1984)
African urban studies of Anthropology have their origin in one ideal model, the diachronic model. This model assumes that African urbanization can be regarded as a gradual process of detribalization in consequence of direct ...
Provision and perceptions on nutrition education for people with HIV/AIDS, at the public comprehensive care clinics: a study of Nairobi district clinics in Kenya
(2009-08)
As early as 2003, The Greater Horn of Africa Capacity Development Initiative in
Nutrition had already identified nutrition in HIV/AIDS as an area of capacity
development urgently needing attention. The Government of Kenya ...
Prevalence of malnutrition and its associated factors among children aged 6-59 months living in Kangemi and Gichagj Sub locations. Nairobi, Kenya.
(2004-12)
Malnutrition, which is a wide spread problem with devastating consequences, weakens
immune system and worsens illness. It is a factor in about half of the deaths that occur
among children under five years of age. ...
Maternal breastfeeding practices in relation to growth and nutrition status of children aged 0-24 months in Nairobi, Kenya
(2007-08)
Bottle-feeding is common with more than half of the children given prelacteal
feeds an hour after birth while median duration of breastfeeding (16.7 months) is
also below the recommended duration. These inappropriate ...
Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about STD/HIV/Aids education among primary and secondary public school teachers in Nairobi and Machakos districts, Kenya
(2001)
Children aged less than 15 years comprise 50% of Kenya's population while
adolescents aged 10-19 years are 20% of the total population. Youth between 10-14
years comprise the population that is relatively free of AIDS ...
Health and sexuality among out of school adolescents in an urban slum in Nairobi, Kenya
(1999)
In the last decade, the reproductive health and sexuality of adolescents has received
increasing recognition world-wide. Several factors have accounted for these new trend.
more than half of the population in developing ...
Hearing impaired learners in schools in Kenya
(2009-11)
This study investigated Hearing Impaired Learners (HILs) in regular schools in Kenya: A case
study of their integration in selected schools in the city of Nairobi. There was need to establish
the factors that influenced ...
Factors determining accessibility of formal credit to women entrepreneurs in Kenya (A Case Study of Kenyatta Market in Nairobi)
(2007-08)
The purpose of the study was to analyze the factors that determine accessibility of formal credit to women traders or entrepreneurs. The study also pointed out areas which should be addressed to ensure that more women have ...
The determinants of capital structure of private hospitals in Nairobi, Kenya
(2012)
Although the literature on capital structure is vast, hardly any of it is dedicated to the capital structure of non-profit organisations. In this study I investigate the relationship between leverage and profitability, ...