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PREVALENCE OF HYPERTENSION AND ITS PHYSIOLOGICAL RISK FACTORS IN WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE AT MERU COUNTY
(Kenyan Journal of Nursing & Midwifery, 2017)
Introduction: Women of reproductive age have relatively low rates of hypertension. However, hypertension in this group present major clinical implications not only because it’s a key risk factor for cardiovascular disease ...
Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and It's Determinants among Women of Reproductive age in Meru County
(Kenyan Journal of Nursing & Midwifery, 2017)
Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of cardiovascular disease risk factors which include diabetes and raised fasting plasma glucose, abdominal obesity, high cholesterol and high blood pressure. The aim of this study was to ...
Client satisfaction with communication skills of health care providers
(Journal of Emerging Trends in Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2013)
Quality face to face communication between health providers and clients lead to information transfer that affects compliance, adherence, clinical outcomes and satisfaction. Safe motherhood plus emotional and psychological ...
Effects of hygiene and sanitation interventions on reducing diarrhoea prevalence among children in resource constrained communities: case study of Turkana District, Kenya
(Springer US, 2012)
Worldwide, lack of access to safe drinking water together with inadequate sanitation and hygiene is an overwhelming contributor to approximately 4 billion cases of illness annually. This study was set out to understand the ...
Using podcasts to help students apply health informatics concepts: benefits and unintended consequences
(LWW, 2012)
Despite requirements for robust health informatics education, a multitude of educators and policy analysts report that programs are not adequately preparing nurses to handle the bevy of technologies that will be a part of ...
Impact of polyparasitic infections on anemia and growth retardation among Kenyan children living in a Schistosoma: 1.3-042haematobium: 1.3-042endemic area: 1.3-042 Authors
(Abstract unavailable for this article., 2011)
Molecular characterization of Echinococcus species in dogs from four regions of Kenya
(Elsevier, 2018-05)
Cystic echinococcosis is endemic both in livestock and humans in many parts of Kenya. However, very little data exists on Echinococcus infections in dogs, and therefore their role in maintaining the transmission cycles and ...
Effect of Technology Orientation on Performance of Micro, Small and Medium-Scale Agro-Food Processing Enterprises in Nairobi County, Kenya
(Imperial Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 2016)
Robust Variance Estimation by Linearization Techniques for Poverty Indicators
(Southern Africa Mathematical Sciences Association, 2018)
The need for a reliable and equitable means of measuring population disparity and providing guidelines on implementation of policy decisions has necessitated the search for a precise estimating scheme for poverty indicators. ...