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Online learning improves substance use care in Kenya: randomized control trial results and implications
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Background Alcohol use is the 5th most important risk factor driving the global burden of diseases. WHO identifies a lack of health worker training as one of the main barriers to providing cost-effective brief interventions ... -
Epidemiological patterns and correlates of mental disorders among orphans and vulnerable children under institutional care.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Purpose The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence, comorbidity and socio-demographic correlates of common mental disorders among orphan and vulnerable children (OVCs) in residential care. Methods The ... -
Forming a joint dialogue among faith healers, traditional healers and formal health workers in mental health in a kenyan setting: towards common grounds
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Background Qualitative evidence on dialogue formation and collaboration is very scanty in Kenya. This study thus aimed at the formation of dialogue and establishment of collaboration among the informal (faith and ... -
Substance use among a sample of healthcare workers in Kenya: a cross-sectional study.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)This study describes reported substance use among Kenyan healthcare workers (HCWs), as it has implications for HCWs’ health, productivity, and their ability and likelihood to intervene on substance use. The Alcohol Smoking ... -
Characterizing psychosis risk traits in Africa: a longitudinal study of kenyan adolescents.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The schizophrenia prodrome has not been extensively studied in Africa. Identification of prodromal behavioral symptoms holds promise for early intervention and prevention of disorder onset. Our goal was to investigate ... -
Media preferences and uses: radio listening habits among students in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Media like radio plays a very significant role in the society. The main objective of this paper was to understand media preferences and choices of university students in a large public university-University of Nairobi. ... -
Moving health forward: Communication and elimination of Obstetric Fistula in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The goal of this study was to establish the effectiveness of health communication in mitigating Obstetric Fistula(OF) among women in Kenya.This research concentrated on how communication been used to improve ways of ... -
Interpreting green advertising messages: a perspective of environmentally-informed consumers in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The objective of this study was to examine the environmentally-informed consumers’ interpretation of green product advertising messages. The increasing awareness of environmental issues and diet related diseases resulting ... -
Moving in and out of poverty: a case of the Somali and Turkana of northern Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)There has been a tendency for pastoral households of northern Kenya to fall into and remain permanently trapped in poverty, while a few households have managed to escape poverty under certain circumstances. This study looks ... -
Value chain analysis of grass seeds in the drylands of Baringo county, Kenya: a producers’ perspective
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Pastoral households are increasingly practising fodder production in response to forage scarcity associated with land degradation, climate variability and change. Understanding the grass seed value chain is a prerequisite ... -
Temporal relationship between climate variability, prosopis juliflora invasion and livestock numbers in the drylands of Magadi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)A study was conducted to determine the association of climate variability, Prosopis juliflora spread, and other vegetation trends with livestock population dynamics in Kajiado County, Kenya. Monthly rainfall, mean monthly ... -
The challenges facing adult and continuing education in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2016-10)Education in any nation and to individuals within it is very important because education remains a valuable tool for fighting ignorance, disease, squalor and poverty. It is a means to raising enlightened citizenry who ... -
Problems and adaptive functioning reported by adults in 17 societies
(University of Nairobi, 2016)This study tested for similarities and differences across societies in self-ratings of problems, personal strengths, and aspects of adaptive functioning on the Adult Self- Report (ASR) for nonclinical samples of adults ... -
Mobile based MHGAP-IG depression screening in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)We aimed to determine the prevalence and determinants of depression using mobile based mental health Global Action Programme Intervention guide (mhGAP-IG) in remote health care settings where most priority mental health ... -
Medicinal plants used for management of malaria among the Luhya community of Kakamega east sub-county, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Background Malaria remains a major health problem worldwide especially in sub-Saharan Africa. In Kenya, 80% of the population is at risk of contracting the disease. Pregnant mothers and children under five years are the ... -
Banana pith as a natural coagulant for polluted river water
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Poorly managed urban runoff and wastewater collection systems contaminate surface water, making it necessary to treat the water before use in households. Coagulation and flocculation are essential components of the treatment ... -
Designing for informal contexts: a case study of Enkanini sanitation intervention
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Increasing social agency in the design profession corresponds to the call for greater participation of science in solving complex social problems. We analyse the complex problem of informal urban sanitation in the Enkanini ... -
Risk factors for ocular surface squamous Neoplasia in Kenya: a case-control study.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)OBJECTIVE: To determine modifiable risk factors of ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) in Kenya using disease-free controls. METHODS: Adults with conjunctival lesions were recruited at four eye care centres in ... -
Ethical considerations and their applications to research: a case of the University of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Human beings face many challenges especially when they are expected to make certain ethical decisions in life. Sometimes, it is difficult to classify the difference between ethics and morality. This paper examined the ... -
Internet access and security in Kitinga primary school in Mwingi central, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)In order to cope with Information Communication Technology in the contemporary society and school in particular, all stake holders must be involved in this noble exercise. But, a pupil who brings a phone to Kitinga primary ...
