School of Public health & Community Development: Recent submissions
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Study of Kenyan Optometrists View on Future of Optometry and Prospective Impact on Public Health
(Research Square, 2020)Background: VISION 2020: The Right to Sight, was to ensure that by the year 2020, a great reduction in the incidences of avoidable blindness be recorded. This was achivable by training optometrists. Kenya has a population ... -
Causes of preterm and low birth weight neonatal mortality in a rural community in Kenya: evidence from verbal and social autopsy
(BMC Pregnancy and Child Birth, 2021)Background: Under-fve mortality in Kenya has declined over the past two decades. However, the reduction in the neonatal mortality rate has remained stagnant. In a country with weak civil registration and vital statistics ... -
Rapid Situational Assessment of People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) in Nairobi and Coastal regions of Kenya: A Respondent Driven Sampling Survey
(Research Gate, 2020)Background: A Cross-sectional Rapid Situational Assessment of People Who Inject Drug (PWIDs) applying Respondent Driven sampling techniques (RDS) was used to recruit subjects/participants in a study aimed at assessing ... -
Changes in the frequencies of Plasmodium falciparum dhps and dhfr drug-resistant mutations in children from Western Kenya from 2005 to 2018: the rise of Pfdhps S436H
(BMC, 2020)Background: Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is the only anti-malarial drug formulation approved for intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp). However, mutations in the Plasmodium falciparum dhfr (Pfdhfr) and ... -
Comparison of Microscopy and PCR for Detection of Giardia Lamblia and Entamoeba Histolytica in Human Stool Specimens in a Resource Limited Setting in Western Kenya
(Ethiop J Health Sci, 2020)BACKGROUND፡ Accurate diagnosis of Giardia lamblia and Entamoeba histolytica is important since these intestinal parasites account for a significant proportion of morbidity and mortality globally. Microscopy is the key ... -
Nutrition and growth outcomes are affected by aflatoxin exposures in Kenyan children
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)Aflatoxin exposure, malnutrition and growth impairment in children present significant public health problems in low- and middle-income countries. Recent epidemiology studies show that exposure to aflatoxins through ... -
Caregiver’s Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Care of Schizophrenia at Mathari Teaching and Referral Hospital, Kenya
(American Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 2018)Schizophrenia is a mental disorder which is a major public health concern since it affects the quality of life of the schizophrenic patient. The patient requires a caregiver to support them in the entire phase of the ... -
Candidate-gene based GWAS identifies reproducible DNA markers for metabolic pyrethroid resistance from standing genetic variation in East African Anopheles gambiae
(Springer, 2018)Metabolic resistance to pyrethroid insecticides is widespread in Anopheles mosquitoes and is a major threat to malaria control. DNA markers would aid predictive monitoring of resistance, but few mutations have been discovered ... -
Assessment of optometrists’ knowledge, skills and practice on cataract: a crosssectional study from Kisumu County, Western Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2020)Background: The quality of life can be impacted negatively by blindness arising from cataract. The total prevalence of blindness in Kenya is estimated at 0.7%, however cataract contributes almost half (43%) of the total ... -
Impact of Four Years of Annual Mass Drug Administration on Prevalence and Intensity of Schistosomiasis among Primary and High School Children in Western Kenya: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2018)Schistosomiasis remains a major public health problem in Kenya. The World Health Organization recommends preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel (PZQ) to control morbidity due to schistosomiasis. Morbidity is considered ... -
Towards a Sustainable Working Life for Optometrists in Private Facility Setting: Factors Explaining Why They Remain in Work and Profession
(Austin Publishing Group, 2020)Abstract Background: There is insufficient research on how optometrist experiences their working conditions and environment. Therefore this study was designed to predict the level of job stress, job dissatisfaction and ... -
The prevalence and causes of visual impairment among children in Kenya – the Kenya eye study
(Springer, 2020)Background: Visual impairment is the partial or complete loss of vision in which the presenting visual acuity lie between 6/18-no perceptions of light. In Kenya, little attention has been directed towards children vision ... -
Determinants of aflatoxin exposures in Kenyan School-aged children
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)Aflatoxins are naturally occurring food toxins known to contaminate cereals with a carry-over effect in milk and meat products from farm animals raised on contaminated feed. In children, continuous consumption of ... -
Association between haematological parameters and sickle cell genotypes in children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria resident in Kisumu County in Western Kenya
(2020)Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a monogenic disorder due to point mutation in the β-globin gene resulting in substitution of Valine for Glutamic acid. The SCD is prevalent in P. falciparum endemic regions such ... -
Transdisciplinary Research Priorities for Human and Planetary Health in the Context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020): Human health and wellbeing and the health of the biosphere are inextricably linked. The state of Earth’s life-support systems, including freshwater, oceans, land, biodiversity, atmosphere, and climate, affect human ... -
Socio-Demographic Factors Influencing Nutritional Status of Children (6-59 Months) in Obunga Slums, Kisumu City, Kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2016)Poor nutrition remains a direct critical factor in child mortality in Africa. A lot of focus has been given to the rural population as poverty setting. However, urban slums display more serious poverty conditions ... -
Mother-To-Child HIV Transmission using Single, Dual and Triple ARV Prophylaxis Regimens and their Correlates in Western Kenya:
(A KeSoBAP Publication, 2016)d: It is estimated that 2.1 million individuals worldwide became newly infected with HIV in 2013, and this included 240,000 children (<15 years). Most of these children live in sub-Saharan Africa and were infected by ... -
PREVALENCE AND PREDICTORS OF VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY AMONG INFANTS IN WESTERN KENYA USING A CROSS-SECTIONAL ANALYSIS
(African scholarly science communication trust, 2016)Vitamin A (VA) deficiency (VAD) is a major nutritional public health problem among children under-5-years-old in the developing world including Kenya. A community-based crosssectional survey among 1,630 children (aged ... -
Gender Perspectives in School Health Policy Implementation among Girls in Usigu Division Primary Schools, Siaya County, Kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing., 2016)Low school completion rates for girls could be attributed to gender stereotypical biases and preferential treatments usually accorded to male as opposed to female gender in the education system. School health policies have ... -
Multiple drug resistance of Campylobacter jejuni and Shigella isolated from diarrhoeic children at Kapsabet County referral hospital, Kenya
(Springer, 2021)Diarrhoea is a common cause of mortality and morbidity in children under five years old. In Kenya, it has a 21% case fatality with Enteropathogenic E. coli, Campylobacter jejuni, Shigella spp. and Salmonella spp. accounting ...