Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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History of Psychiatry
(University of NairobiDepartment Of Psychiatry, 2006) -
Agenesis of the corpus callosum with associated inter-hemispheric cyst and right frontal pachygyria presenting with psychiatric symptoms in a Kenyan Citation:
(University of NairobiDepartment Of Psychiatry, 2006)This case report presents a 26 year old man who had a history of childhood onset seizures, mild cognitive slowing and social withdrawal. He gradually developed symptoms of depression and attempted suicide once. He presented ... -
Value of erect lateral pelvimetry in management of patients with one previous cesarean scar
(University of NairobiObsterics and gynaecology, 1993) -
Induced abortion in Kenya: its determinants and associated factors.
(University of NairobiObsterics and gynaecology, 1996-03)In a study involving 1077 women who were admitted and treated for incomplete abortion and its related problems at eight hospitals (seven district and one mission hospitals) in six of the eight provinces of Kenya, between ... -
Amniotic fluid embolism: case report and review. Wanyoike J G Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Eastern and central Africa. Vol 18 NO 1:1-66 May 2005
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences, 2005) -
A Survey Of Knowledge, Attitude And Use Of Emergency Contraception Among Undergraduate Female Students In Two Kenyan Universities
(University of NairobiObsterics and gynaecology, 1999) -
Traditional Healers in East Africa
(University of NairobiDepartment Of Psychiatry, 2007) -
Motivation for Reacceptance of Intradermal
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medicine- College of health Sciences, 2005) -
National Coordinating Agency for Population and Development, Ministry of Health
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medcine, 2005) -
Effects of calcium supplementation in patient at risk of pregnancy induced Hypertension
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences, 2005)Effects of calcium supplementation in patient at risk of pregnancy induced Hypertension. (This was an experimental double blind randomized clinical trial.) J. Obset. Gynaecol. East Cent.Afr 2005, 18:49-59 -
Bullying in Public Secondary Schools in Nairobi,Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment Of Psychiatry, 2007)Background: The prevalence and frequency of bullying in Nairobi public secondary schools in particular and in Kenyan schools in general is not known. Knowledge of the extent of the problem is essential in developing effective ... -
Perceptions and practices of vaginal birth after Caesarean section among privately practicing obstetricians in Kenya.
(University of NairobiObsterics and gynaecology, 2005-12)OBJECTIVE: To determine perceptions, preferences and practices of vaginal birth after Caesarean. DESIGN: Cross-sectional descriptive study. SETTING: Private clinics of obstetricians in five major towns of ... -
Millenium Development Goal 5- Review of Maternal Mortality 1995 to 1999
(University of NairobiDepartment of Gynaechology, 2006)OBJECTIVES: To review if there is a change in the maternal mortality rate at the Kenyatta National Hospital since the inception of the Millennium Development Goal strategy in 1990, compared to earlier reviews. DESIGN: A ... -
Effect of diagnosis and treatment of inoperable cervical cancer on quality of life among women receiving radiotherapy at Kenyatta National Hospital.
(University of NairobiObsterics and gynaecology, 2007-01)BACKGROUND: Cancer of the uterine cervix is the most common female cancer in Kenya. Despite being preventable, it is often diagnosed when it is already late. For this reason, only palliative therapy is provided. Hence, it ... -
Traumatic Experiences of Kenyan Secondry School Students
(University of NairobiDepartment Of Psychiatry, 2007)Background: There is no information on the socio-demographic variations and determinants of Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Kenyan adolescents. Objectives: To describe the traumatic experiences of ... -
Orientation of neurite growth by extracellular electric fields
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medical Physiology, 1982-04)Extracellularly applied steady electric fields of 0.1 to 10 V/cm were found to have marked effects on the neurite growth of single dissociated Xenopus neurons in culture: (1) neurites facing ... -
Filling the gaps in services
(Department of periodontology, 1986) -
Perturbation Of The Direction Of Neurite Growth By Pulsed And Focal Electric Fields
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medical Physiology, 1984-12)We have studied the orientation of neurite growth in the culture of embryonic Xenopus neurons in response to three types of extracellular electric fields: spatially uniform pulsed fields, focally applied steady (DC) ... -
Incentives for health worker retention in Kenya: An assessment of current practice
(University of NairobiDepartment Of Psychiatry, 2008)The importance of health workers to the effective functioning of healthcare systems is widely recognized (Ndetei et al, 2007). Shortages of health workers constitute a significant barrier to achieving health-related ... -
Integrated oral health into primary health care in Kenya
(Department of periodontology, 1983)
