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MODIFIABLE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN A KENYAN PRISON
(East African Medical Journal, 2017)
Objectives: To establish modifiable factors associated with active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) among prisoners.
Design: Retrospective matched case-control study.
Setting: Nakuru GK prison in Kenya.
Subjects: A total ...
Socio-economic and geographic differences in acceptability of community-based health insurance
(Elsevier, 2011)
This study investigated the level of acceptability of community-based health insurance (CBHI) among different
population groups. The main focus of CBHI is capturing the majority of the population that depend on ...
Socioeconomic factors associated with compliance with mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis elimination in Kenya: descriptive study results
(Medknow Publications, 2012)
Annual Mass Drug Administration (MDA) to at least 65 – 80% of the population at risk is necessary for Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) elimination. In Kenya, MDA based on diethylcarbamazine and albendazole, using the community-directed ...
Students’ Perception and Preference of Problem Based Learning at Moi University College of Health Sciences
(World Journal of Medical Education and Research, 2018)
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to assess the perception and preference of the SPICES model among students at the Moi University College of Health Sciences. We can define innovative teaching and learning method ...
Inequities in skilled attendance at birth in Namibia: a decomposition analysis
(BioMed Central, 2011)
The fifth Millennium Development Goal (MDG5) aims at improving maternal health. Globally, the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) declined from 400 to 260 per 100000 live births between 1990 and 2008. During the same period, ...
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 ...
Impact of malaria morbidity on gross domestic product in Uganda
(BioMed Central, 2012)
The burden of malaria is a key challenge to both human and economic development in malaria endemic countries. The impact of malaria can be categorized from three dimensions, namely: health, social and economic. The objective ...
Health education for Primary Health Care Development in Kenya
(Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies, 2012)
This paper discusses appropriate ways to strengthen community health education activities and training for health education in order to improve the effectiveness of the National Health Education programme ...
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 ...
The use of Media Resources in Higher Learning Institution
(Lambert Academic Publishing., 2011)