Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Orbito-Maxillofacial Cutaneous Anthrax
(2015)Background: Cutaneous anthrax is a zoonotic disease that spreads to humans primarily through exposure to infected animals, animal products or spore infested soil. Microbiological identification of cutaneous anthrax may be ... -
Assessment of the Safety and Immunogenicity of 2 Novel Vaccine Platforms for HIV-1 Prevention: A Randomized Trial
(2016)Background: A prophylactic HIV-1 vaccine is a global health priority. Objective: To assess a novel vaccine platform as a prophylactic HIV-1 regimen. Design: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Both ... -
Clinical Features Associated with Group A Rotavirus in Children Presenting with Acute Diarrhoea at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
(2016)Background: Worldwide rotavirus (RV) infection is a major cause of diarrhea in children <5 years of age. Continual monitoring of RV prevalence and its associated clinical characteristics is necessary to estimate the burden ... -
Khat use and khat induced oral white lesions among khat and tobacco users at two sites in Kenya
(2015)Abstract Background: Long term chewing of khat is associated with white lesions on the oral mucosa some of which depict histopathological changes. However, due to the limited number of studies in this area, the clinical ... -
Outcomes of Severely Malnourished Children Aged 6 - 59 Months on Outpatient Management Program in Kitui County Hospital, Kenya
(2015)Severe acute malnutrition is a widely prevalent problem in developing countries and a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Traditionally, children with severe acute malnutrition were rehabilitated within inpatient ... -
Adherence of healthcare practitioners to the adolescent reproductive health and development policy at The Garissa Provincial General Hospital, Kenya
(2015)Background: Kenya’s policies relating to population, family planning (FP) and reproductive health (RH) receive weak/fluctuating levels of adherence. The Adolescent Reproductive Health and Development (ARH&D) policy gives ... -
Common mental disorder in Nyanza province, Kenya in 2013 and its associated risk factors –an assessment of change since 2004, using a repeat household survey in a demographic surveillance site
(2015)Background Repeat household surveys are useful to assess change in prevalence over time, but there have been no repeat surveys of common mental disorder (CMD) in Kenya, or indeed sub-Saharan Africa. Therefore a repeat ... -
Perception of medical professionalism among the surgical community in the University of Nairobi: a mixed method study
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Background Professionalism defines the relationship between colleagues, patients and the society as a whole. Furthermore, being a social construct, professionalism is sophisticated to be regarded simply as a single ... -
Factors influencing implementation of the nursing process in Naivasha District Hospital, Kenya
(2016)Background: The nursing process (NP) is a framework that is applicable in all clinical settings to provide quality nursing care. Training curricula for nurses and midwives in Kenya have incorporated the NP as a framework ... -
Pregnancy history and current use of contraception among women of reproductive age in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda: analysis of demographic and health survey data
(2016)Objective To examine the relationship between pregnancy history and the use of contraception among women of reproductive age (15–49 years) in East Africa. Methods Demographic and Health Surveys data from Burundi (2010), ... -
Comparison of qualitative and semiquantitative strain elastography in breast lesions for diagnostic accuracy
(2016)Strain elastography can be purely qualitative or semiquantitative using both strain score and strain ratio. The aim of this study was to establish the accuracy of semiquantitative elastography using both strain score and ... -
Clinical nursing and midwifery research: grey literature in African countries.
(2016)This study reviewed grey literature to assess clinical nursing and midwifery research conducted in southern and eastern African countries over the past decade.The shortage of published nursing research from African countries ... -
Treatment of chronic heart failure in adults at a referral hospital in Kenya: adverse drug reactions and determinants of adherence
(2016)Background: Chronic Heart Failure is a major health problem with a prevalence of between 1 and 12% in USA and Europe, and approximately 5.7% in Sub-Saharan Africa, and has socio-economic relevance owing to its high prevalence, ... -
Determinants of Discontinuation of Contraceptive Methods among Women at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya
(2016)Background: Contraceptive use prevalence in Kenya is at 58% according to the 2014 Kenya Demographic Health Survey. Several factors lead to discontinuation and switch of contraceptives. Discontinuation rate as per ... -
Impact of depression on adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV/AIDS patients at a Kenyan referral hospital
(2016)Background: Kenya is faced with an increasing challenge of co-morbid psychological and social factors among HIV-Infected patients which has had a profound impact on their medication adherence. A major psychosocial factor ... -
PhD thesis defense
(2016)A thesis oral defence is the culmination of research enquiryon a specific subject or project. The defence provides an opportunity for presentation and sustained argument in support of the findings. This is preceded by ... -
Maternal Neutralization-Resistant Virus Variants Do Not Predict Infant HIV Infection Risk
(2016)Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV provides a setting for studying immune correlates of protection. Neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) are suggested to contribute to a viral bottleneck during MTCT, but their role in ... -
High Rates of Exclusive Breastfeeding in Both Arms of a Peer Counseling Study Promoting EBF Among HIV-Infected Kenyan Women
(2016)Background: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is recommended for 6 months after delivery as the optimal infant feeding method and is especially important for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT). However, EBF ...
