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Assessing men‟s knowledge and perceptions of male involvement in maternal and child health services and their influence on clinic attendance in Suba sub county, Kenya
(2018)Male Involvement (MI) in Maternal and Child Health (MCH) services such as pre-conception care, antenatal care (ANC), prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, skilled birth and management of birth ... -
Assessing Post-Conflict Adjustment Mechanisms for Addressing Problems of Vulnerable Children in Jonglei State, South Sudan By Save the Children Organization
(2018)ABSTRACT Armed conflict has been going on in the South Sudan since 1956.The children living in this region have been subjected to a wide range of problems as a result of the conflict. The conflict has created a living ... -
Assessing Sources, Levels and Discharge Loads of Nitrogen And Phosphorus of River KISAT into Lake Victoria - Kisumu Municipality, Kenya
(Maseno university, 2012)River Kisat is a perennial river draining the Mamboleo - Kisumu basin between Latitude 0°04'12.42" S and Longitude 34°46'33.86" E to the North and Latitude 0°05' 13.52" S and 34°45'00.15" E to the South. It drains a ... -
Assessing the contribution of fisheries management strategies on compliance to fisheries regulations by fisher folk in lake Victoria: a case study of Busia county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Fisheries resources in Lake Victoria have been under immense pressure leading to over utilization and decline of fish. Fisheries resources support livelihoods, generate income, ensure food security, and provide raw ... -
Assessing the correlation between interannual climate Variability and land cover change, and flow regime of sub-catchments, and their impact on communities of the Mara river basin, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Climate variability and Land Cover Changes (LC) have negative consequences on watershed management. Whereas, the role of climate variability on land cover changes and stream flow regimes have affected people’s livelohoods ... -
Assessing the influence of community led total sanitation approach on diarrhea occurrence in households living in the intervention and control villages, Boro division, Siaya county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2016)Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) is an innovative way to achieve communities free from open defecation. Globally 1.1 billion people still practice open defecation and are at risk of diarrhea resulting in 2 million ... -
Assessing the role of beach management units in co-management of fisheries resources in Kisumu county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)Fisheries Management approaches continued being by centralized government intervention for some time after independence in countries in Africa. Later the approach proved inadequate to deal with the emerging issues in the ... -
Assessing the Role of the School Farms Towards Sustaining the School Feeding Programs in Primary Schools in Siaya County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)As a reaction to pledges in the Millennium Development Goals by the 189 nations of the United Nations member states, the Kenya government established a School Feeding program to deal with feeding of children in primary ... -
Assessing the socio-economic effect of dominion farm in Uranga division, Siaya county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)Limited land resource has resulted into poor conditions of locals in Uranga Division, Siaya County, Kenya leading to reclamation, conversion, or development of wetlands. Uranga Division has seen the reclamation, development, ... -
Assessing the sustainability of e-waste management in Kisumu city, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)The increased use of electronic gadgets has proportionately increased the accumulation of e-waste. In Kenya, a 200% rise was recorded in 2007 compared to 2005. E-waste is hazardous to the environment and health if not ... -
Assessing The Vulnerability of Sole Proprietor Businesses in Awendo Town, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2013)ABSTRACT Sole proprietor is one of the most vulnerable businesses. Issues affecting them are shortage of working capital, intensity of competition, inadequate business development services, collateral requirement by ... -
An Assessment of Awareness Level On Contraceptives and Their Use by College Students in Kisumu City, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)ABSTRACT Reproductive health problems account for 18.4% of the global disease burden. In Kenya, this burden of reproductive health manifests as a high rate of unplanned pregnancies, abortions and sexually transmitted ... -
An Assessment of Boda Boda Motorcyclists’ Compliance to The National Transport and Safety Authority (Operation of Motorcycles) Regulations, 2015 In Mbita Sub-County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)The National Transport and Safety Authority (Operation of Motorcycles) Regulations, 2015, is a Kenyan comprehensive plan designed to address safety in themotorcycle sector.Despite this, there still exist high rate of ... -
An Assessment Of Challenges and Strategies in Teaching and Learning of Kiswahili in Public Secondary Schools in Hamisi Sub-County, Kenya.
(Maseno University, 2019)Teaching and learning of Kiswahili in public secondary schools has not yielded desired results in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examinations. In Hamisi Sub-county mean scores remained low at average of 5.43 ... -
Assessment of cockroach infestation levels, awareness and control practices of vendors in ready-to-eat food premises in Kisumu city, Kisumu county
(Maseno University, 2017)In the urban areas of the world, cockroaches constitute a public health threat in the ready-to-eat food premises because they spread diseases and contaminate food. Globally, food borne diseases transmitted by pests affect ... -
Assessment of community health volunteers’ knowledge on Cervical cancer in Kadibo division, Kisumu county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2016)In sub-Saharan Africa, 34.8 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed per 100,000 women annually and 22.5/100,000 women die from the disease. The disease burden is higher in the developing countries with lower screening ... -
An assessment of community participation in design, implementation and management of Kiambai Water and sanitation project: Kaksingri location Homabay county. Kenya
(Maseno University, 2016)In sub-Saharan Africa, about 250 million people (67%) lack safe accessible water while 81% of the rural population lacks sanitation facilities (Rose and Vincent1999). People spend 40 billion hours every year just walking ... -
Assessment of competition for water between Cassia siamea lam. And zea mays l. Using Various parameters, in alley cropping under semi- arid conditions in Machakos District,Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1991)A study was carried out in Machakos district, Kenya, to investigate the competition for soil moisture in an alley cropping agroforestry system. The effects on soil moisture and crop yields of Agroforestry (AF) and ... -
An Assessment of Computer Aided Design Adoption in Apparel Production Among Small and Medium Scale Apparel Manufacturers in Kisumu City, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2019)The large scale apparel industry can acquire the latest equipment as well as computer software such as Computer-Aided Design (CAD) to maintain a competitive edge in production. The integration of CAD technology in the ...