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AB007. Alcohol & child health in rural Kenya: patterns of use, abuse and associations with child health

Fareena Ahamed, Elizabeth Swedo, Jackie Naulikha, Dalton Wamalwa, Judd Walson, Maneesh Batra, Suzinne Pak-Gorstein (2018)

Alcohol is one of the leading contributors to non-communicable disease in the developed and developing world. Children of alcoholic parents have more emotional & health problems, school failure, learning disabilities, and ...
An Advocacy Approach to Scaling up Involvement of Men in Maternal and Neonatal Child Health: A Model of Meteitei Sub-County of Kenya

Simon Macharia Kamau, Leah Chepkurui Ng’eno, Lily Chepketer Ng’eno (2017-08)

Male partners would tend to isolate themselves when it reaches a time when a woman is in the perinatal period. With men incorporated Meteitei region showcased that the death of another mother neonate or child was one ...
Applying Margaret Newman’s theory of health as expanding consciousness to psychosocial nursing care of HIV infected patients in Kenya

Kamau Simon Macharia , Rotich Rose Jelagat , Mwembe David Juma (2014-11)

Margaret Newman’s Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness is considered a grand nursing theory, she described a process of becoming more of oneself, of finding greater meaning in life, and of reaching new dimensions ...
Assessing Nutrient Intake and Nutrient Status of HIV Seropositive Patients Attending Clinic at Chulaimbo Sub-District Hospital, Kenya

Agatha Christine Onyango, Mary Khakoni Walingo, Grace Mbagaya, and Rose Kakai (2012)

Background. Nutritional status is an important determinant of HIV outcomes. Objective. To assess the nutrient intake and nutrient status of HIV seropositive patients attending an AIDS outpatient clinic, to improve the ...
ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF INTEGRATION OF ICT ON ACQUISITION OF LITERACY SKILLS AMONG PRE-PRIMARY LEARNERS. A CASE OF NAROK SOUTH SUB-COUNTY, KENYA

Shinali, Mary Consolata (Educational Research International, 2020-05)

This paper discusses the Impact of Integration of ICT on Acquisition of Literacy Skills among Pre-Primary Learners. The world over, ICT in all spheres of life has created a social system which is driven by knowledge and ...
Association Of Complementary Feeding Practices And Nutritional Status Of Children 6-23 Months Of Age Among Maasai Community In Narok South Sub-County, Kenya

Stellah Malaso Koini, Sophie Ochola and Irene Ogada (2018)

Background: Successful complementary feeding practices during infancy and young childhood are known to be key in securing effective, long-term nutritional well-being. It is recommended that feeding a child on complementary ...
Bacteremia and Early Neonatal Mortality Among Kenyan Newborns in Health Facilities

Gillian Levine, MPH, PhDc; Judd Walson, MD, MPH- ; Maneesh Batra, MD, MPH, ; Jaqueline Mulongo, BSN, MPH (2013)

Neonatal mortality rates remain high in low-resource settings. We aimed to determine incidence and risk factors for bacteremia and early neonatal mortality among high-risk newborns in health facilities, to inform targeted ...
Correlates of multi-drug non-susceptibility in enteric bacteria isolated from Kenyan children with acute diarrhea

Rebecca L. Brander; Judd L. Walson; Grace C. John-Stewart; Jacqueline M. Naulikha; Janet Ndonye; Nancy Kipkemoi; Doreen Rwigi; Benson O. Singa; Patricia B. Pavlinac (2017)

Background Reduced antimicrobial susceptibility threatens treatment efficacy in sub-Saharan Africa, where data on the burden and correlates of antibiotic resistance among enteric pathogens are limited. Methods Fecal ...
Correlations between instructor’s caring behavior and nursing students’ caring behavior: an international study

Leodoro J. Labrague , Konstantinos Tsaras , Denise M. McEnroe - Petitte , Olaide B. Edet , Jawaher Bin Jumah , Shreedevi Balachandran , Judie Arulappan , Simon Macharia Kamau , Ioanna V. Papathanasiou (2016-05)

Introduction: Theoretically, caring relationship between faculty – student generates a caring moment. However, there is a scarcity of empirical evidence about how caring interactions with faculty can enhance students’ ...
Determinants of Smallholder Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Irrigation Water in Kerio Valley Basin, Kenya

Jonah Kiprop 1 , Kelvin Mulungu , Noah Kibet& Antony Macharia (2017)

Food security is the major outcome of irrigation development activities. However, this cannot be achieved without sustainable water resources management. With the increasing budgetary constraints in many developing countries, ...
Diagnosis and Management of Early-Onset Neonatal Sepsis (Eos) Among High-Risk Neonates in Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital and Homabay County Referral Hospital, Western Kenya

Jaqueline Mulongo Naulikha; Ondimu Thomas Orindi; Asito Stephen Amollo; Charles O Obonyo (2018)

Neonatal sepsis (NS) is the third most common contributor to neonatal deaths worldwide, the majority of which occur within the first 72 hours of life (Early-onset sepsis [(EOS)]). Diagnosis of EOS is challenging due to ...
Dietary diversity, nutrition status and morbidity of pre-school children in Matungu division, Western Kenya

Beatrice Nakhauka Ekesa, Mary Khakoni Walingo, Mary Abukutsa-Onyango (2009)

Abstract: This cross-sectional survey was to determine dietary diversity, nutrient intake, nutrition status and prevalence of childhood illnesses among pre-school children in Matungu division, Western Kenya. A total ...
Empiric deworming to delay HIV disease progression in adults with HIV who are ineligible for initiation of antiretroviral treatment (the HEAT study): a multi-site, randomised trial

Dr Judd Walson, MD; Benson Singa; Laura Sangaré; Jaqueline Naulikha; Benjamin Piper; Prof Barbra Richardson (2012)

Background Co-infection with HIV and helminths is common in sub-Saharan Africa and findings from previous studies have suggested that anthelmintic treatment might delay immunosuppression in people with HIV. We aimed to ...
Evaluation of impact of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets and point-of-use water filters on HIV-1 disease progression in Kenya

Judd Walson;Laura Sangaré;Benson Singa;Jacqueline Naulikha;Benjamin Piper;Krista Yuhas;Frankline Onchiri;Phelgona Otieno;Jonathan Mermin;Clement Zeh;Barbra Richardson;Grace John-Stewart; (2013)

Among HIV-1-infected individuals in Africa, coinfection with malaria and diarrhoeal disease may be associated with more rapid HIV-1 disease progression. We sought to determine whether the use of long-lasting insecticide-treated ...
Evaluation of impact of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets and point-of-use water filters on HIV1 disease progression in Kenya.

Walson JL, Sangaré LR, Singa BO, Naulikha JM, Piper BK, Yuhas K, Onchiri FM, Otieno PA, Mermin J, Zeh C, Richardson BA and John-Stewart G. (2013)

OBJECTIVES: Among HIV-1-infected individuals in Africa, coinfection with malaria and diarrhoeal disease may be associated with more rapid HIV-1 disease progression. We sought to determine whether the use of longlasting ...
Evaluation of Millennium Development Goals in Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality in Narok County, Kenya

Stellah Malaso Koini (2017)

Abstract Background: Millennium Development Goals are the 21st Century worlds’ concern to improve human way of life by 2015. In Kenya the Millennium Development Goals for reduction of maternal and child mortality has been ...
Evaluation of the Relationship between Clinical Outcome of Early Neonatal Sepsis and HIV Exposure in Homa bay County Referral Hospital, Western Kenya

Jacqueline Mulongo Naulikha , Samson O Adoka and Charles Obonyo (2019)

Abstract Background: Maternal HIV is the leading cause of both maternal and child morbidity in Sub-Saharan Africa and very little is known about the relationship of HIV exposure and early neonatal sepsis. Objective: To ...
The Extent of Influence of Factors on Cigarette Smoking Among Teenagers in Baguio City: A Cross-Sectional Study

Joan cheruiyot, Marjorie Retuta , Geofrey Arasa , Sabella J. Kiprono , Scholastica Korir , Simon Macharia Kamau (2013)

Introduction: Although there are several studies conducted on teenage smoking, the causes to become smokers in adolescence remain unclear. Several factors were identified but the extent of its influence still obscure. Therefore, ...
Failure of Syndrome-Based Diarrhea Management Guidelines to Detect Shigella Infections in Kenyan Children.

Patricia B. Pavlinac; Denno DM; Grace C. John-Stewart; FM. Onchiri; Naulikha JM; Odundo EA; Hulseberg CE; Singa BO; Manhart LE; Walson JL (2015)

Abstract BACKGROUND: Shigella is a leading cause of childhood diarrhea mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Current World Health Organization guidelines recommend antibiotics for children in non cholera-endemic areas only ...
A field survey for the seroprevalence of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi in donkeys from Nuu Division, Kenya.

Oduori DO; Onyango SC; Kimari JN; MacLeod ET (2015)

Equine piroplasmosis is one of the most significant tick-borne disease of equids. The prevalence of this disease in donkeys of semi-arid Kenya remains largely unexplored. The primary objective of this study was to demonstrate ...

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