Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) by Title
Now showing items 1124-1143 of 4199
-
Determinants Of Mother To Child Transmission (Mtct) Of HIV Among Seropositive Mothers At Thika Level 5 Hospital, In Kiambu County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Background: In Kenya, Human Immune-deficiency Virus (HIV) prevalence is still high (6.9%) compared to national average of 6%. Despite Kenya’s prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) efforts to reduce ... -
Determinants of nevirapine plasma levels and clinical outcomes in HIV patients at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2016-11)Background Nevirapine is a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used as an antiretroviral agent for the treatment of HIV/AIDS. Current dosing schedules are based on pharmacokinetic studies in Caucasian populations ... -
Determinants of Non-adherence and Loss to Follow-up Among Tuberculosis Patients on Treatment at Mbagathi County Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Introduction: Tuberculosis is a communicable disease caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is one of the leading causes of death from infectious diseases in the world, and is a serious public health issue ... -
Determinants of Non-adherence to Chemotherapy Among Patients With Breast Cancer at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the most common cause of cancer death in women worldwide. It exerts a huge burden in form of significant physical, emotional and financial strain on individuals, ... -
Determinants of Non-adherence to Long Term Therapy With Prescription Medicines in Adult Patients Attending Medical Outpatient Clinic at Mbagathi Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Background Non-adherence is a drug therapy problem and can be due to economic factors, patient related factors among others. Studies have shown that non-adherence to prescribed medicines in general is as high as 20% to ... -
Determinants of Obstetric Fistulas occurrence among Kenyan women
(university of nairobi, 2018)This study was undertaken to explore the main indicators for obstetric fistula occurrence; a maternal childbirth injury that has been eradicated in developed countries yet it continues to be a debilitating and traumatizing ... -
Determinants of ownership of health insurance among employees working in the informal and formal sectors in Kenya case study Rift Valley provinces
(2014-12-09)The research study sought to establish the determinants of ownership of health insurance among people working in the informal and formal sectors in Kenya. It was guided by such specific objectives as; to determine the ... -
Determinants of parents’ perception of quality of paediatric oncology care at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Background: Global childhood cancer morbidity and mortality is on the increase. Quality care for childhood cancer patients is an important determinant of disease outcome in regard to mortality, quality of life and ... -
Determinants of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine uptake among children attending immunization services at Kenyatta national hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Pneumonia is the leading cause of child mortality worldwide. Statistics have shown that pneumococcal infections kill approximately one million children worldwide (WHO, 2009). Routine childhood vaccination reduces the ... -
Determinants Of Pneumonia Associated Readmissions Among Children Aged Under Five Admitted At Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Background: Pneumonia, according to WHO, is the leading single cause of mortality in children worldwide, accounting for 16% of all deaths of under five children globally, with 95% of these episodes occurring in developing ... -
Determinants Of Preeclampsia And Eclampsia Among Women Delivering In County Hospitals In Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020) -
Determinants of Satisfaction With Training and Development of a Tool to Monitor Teaching and Learning at Kenya Medical Training College
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Student satisfaction is an important means of assessing the institution’s capacity in meeting the students’ learning needs. The degree of student’s satisfaction with their educational experience is an important dimension ... -
Determinants of sexual behaviour patterns among adolescents in Laikipia District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, CHS, Kenya, 2008)Background: Twenty five percent of the world's population is between 10-24 years of age. With increasing social and peer pressures on young people to be sexually active and, in the case of boys, to have several different ... -
Determinants of Surgical Outcomes of Small Intestinal Atresia at Kenyatta National Hospital,kenya
(UON, 2021)Background: Small intestinal atresia is the third most common cause of intestinal obstruction in neonates. Advancements in the perioperative management of these patients have led to better survival rates and outcomes in ... -
Determinants Of Sustained Virological Suppression In HIV-1 Infected Female Sex Workers In The Sex Worker Outreach Project (Swop), Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2017)The goal of anti-retroviral therapy is to stem the replication of HIV virus to a point below which drug fighting mutation do not emerge, restore and preserve immune function, reduce AIDS-related events and improve the life ... -
Determinants of teenage fertility in coast province : Evidence from the 2008/9 kenya demographic and health survey (KDHS)
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Teenage fertility has been a major concern both nat ionally and globally. A better understanding, therefore, of its determinants to inform programmer s, researchers and policy makers on how best to reverse the trends ... -
Determinants of the practice of traditional Uvulectomy as seen at Thika District Hospital: a survey on children below five years
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2005)The aim of the study was to establish the determinants of uvulectomy, the indications and complications as well as establishing the methods the traditional surgeons use to clean and/or sterilize instruments. This was ... -
Determinants of the Utilization of Oral Healthcare Among Female Caregivers of Children With Hiv/aids in Nairobi City County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)This thesis presents the findings of a study on determinants of the utilization of oral healthcare among caregivers of children with HIV/AIDS in Nairobi City County. The central problem of the study were the issues ... -
Determinants of under-five mortality in Kenya: an application of Negative Binomial Regression analysis.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Introduction: Under-five mortality is a key indicator of the state of public health of a society. Globally, approximately six million children die every year before reaching their fifth birthday. Although the global ...