School of Public health & Community Development: Recent submissions
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Piperaquine pharmacokinetics during intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy
(American Society for Microbiology, 2021)Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP) is a long-acting artemisinin combination treatment that provides effective chemoprevention and has been proposed as an alternative antimalarial drug for intermittent preventive therapy ... -
Studies on DNA Molecules in Identification of Unclaimed or Missing Dead Bodies Presumed Death in Western Kenya Utilizing Physical Comparison Standards
(Highlights on Medicine and Medical Science Vol. 1, 2021)Medico-legal form bench-mark of health determinants and provide integrated services towards criminal justice support in health. Investigations of medico-legal approaches are multifaceted and require expertise of multidisciplinary ... -
Pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles gambiae s.s. and Anopheles arabiensis in western Kenya: phenotypic, metabolic and target site characterizations of three populations
(Wiley Online Library, 2012)Field and laboratory investigations revealed phenotypic, target site and metabolic resistance to permethrin in an Anopheles gambiae s.s. (Diptera: Culicidae) population in Bungoma District, a region in western Kenya in ... -
Molecular epidemiology of Brucella species in mixed livestock-human ecosystems in Kenya
(Nature Publishing Group, 2021)Brucellosis, caused by several species of the genus Brucella, is a zoonotic disease that affects humans and animal species worldwide. Information on the Brucella species circulating in different hosts in Kenya is largely ... -
Presence, Abundance and Distribution of Mosquito Larvae and Their Predators On the Mara River, Kenya and Tanzania
(Maseno University, 2016)Vecor-borne diseases are becoming major health problem among communities living within major rivers of Africa. The major objective of this study was to determine the presence, abundance and distribution of mosquito larvae ... -
Knowledge, attitudes and sexual practices of university students for advancing peer HIV education
(AJOL, 2009)Objective: To determine the current HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Attitudes and Sexual Practices (KASP) indicators among university students that would facilitate development and implementation of a peer education programme and the ... -
Child health in peri-urban communities of Kenya: determinants and challenges
(Academic Journals, 2010)Infant and child death in developing countries constitute the largest age category of mortality. This is because children under the age of five years are the group most vulnerable to diseases caused by inadequate child ... -
Prevalence of Serostatus Disclosure To Sexual Partners Among HIV Infected Women in Kisii District, Western Kenya
(AJOL, 2011)Objective: To establish the prevalence and factors that determine serostatus disclosure to sexual partners among HIV infected women. Design: Hospital-based cross-sectional study. Setting: Patient’s Support Centre (PSC) ... -
A holistic approach to natural resource management: A case of Lake Victoria Basin
(CRC Press, 2012)Lake Victoria (LV), with a surface area of about 68,870 km2, is Africa’s largest and the world’s second largest freshwater lake. It lies at an altitude of 1134 m above sea level and relatively shallow with a maximum depth ... -
CD4+ Cell Response to Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ARTS) In Routine Clinical Care Over One Year Period in a Cohort of HAART Naive, HIV Positive Kenyan Patients
(AJOL, 2013)Background: Untreated HIV/AIDS leads to severe immune depletion with opportunistic infections and other co-morbidities. Highly active anti-retroviral ... -
Disclosing HIV Serostatus to sexual partners among HIV infected women in KisiI DistricT, Kenya: A qualitative study
(The African Journal of Health Sciences,, 2013)Study objective: As the rates of HIV infection continues to soar in many parts of the world, concerted efforts have been mounted on counseling to help HIV infected individuals disclose their serostatus to their sexual ... -
Household Food Security and Nutritional Status of HIV Sero-Positive Patients in Longisa County Hospital, Kenya
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Household Food Security and Nutritional Status of Hiv Sero-Positive Clients Attending Longisa County Hospital Comprehensive Care Clinic, Bomet County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018)Food insecurity remains a major problem in poor households, and its implications worsen in disease states including Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and AIDS. More than 10 million Kenyans are chronically food insecure ... -
Dietary intake of HIV-seropositive clients attending Longisa County Hospital Comprehensive Care Clinic, Bomet County, Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)Background: Dietary intake of HIV-seropositive persons remains a major concern across various settings around the globe. Inadequate dietary intake, infections and stage of disease progression elicit malnutrition among ... -
Types of injuries and treatment of pedestrians admitted to a referral hospital in Nairobi City, Kenya
(Routledge, 2017)The commonly analyzed burden of road traffic injuries is at national or urban level, using road traffic fatalities per 100,000 population or 100,000 vehicles (for instance, see Chapter 4 in this book). While this scale of ... -
Shisha use among students in a private university in Kigali city, Rwanda: prevalence and associated factors
(BioMed Central, 2018)Background All over the globe shisha smoking is fast growing among different age brackets. Shisha use has been reported to be increasing among youths in African major cities. Its use is documented to result in health ... -
Prevalence and Socio-demographic Factors Associated with Overweight and Obesity among Healthcare Workers in Kisumu East Sub-County, Kenya
(Research gate, 2016)e been reported to be having a high prevalence of overweight despite them being well informed of aetiology and risks of excessive body weight. However, the problem of overweight and obesity among Kenyan healthcare workers ... -
Schoolchildren's Body Mass Index and Dietary Practices Vary Across Socio-Economic Status in Kenya
(Oxford University Press, 2020)We conducted a cross-sectional study to examine the prevalence and determinants of overweight and obesity among schoolchildren at different levels of socio-economic status in Kenya. We explore children's weight status and ... -
Food Consumption Patterns, Diversity of Food Nutrients and Mean Nutrient Intake in Relation to HIV/AIDS Status in Kisumu District Kenya
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2009)As the causes and consequences of the AIDS epidemic become clearer, so does the fundamental importance of food and nutritional security for HIV-affected individuals. Even as food insecurity remains a major problem in poor ...