Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Experiences from a marital-sex therapy clinic in Nairobi.
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1986-11)Out of 100 first referrals to a newly started family/marital - sex therapy clinic in Nairobi, 52 cases were studied for sociodemographic characteristics, help-seeking pattern for their sexual problems, presentation of the ... -
Some social-psychological characteristics of criminal homicide in Kenya
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Mental health care
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Enrichment of PUFA in Nile perch free fatty acids by selective enzymatic esterification and subsequent analysis using HPLC-ELSD
(2011)PUFA from oil extracted from Nile perch viscera were enriched by selective enzymatic esterification of the free fatty acids (FFA) or by hydrolysis of ethyl esters of the fatty acids from the oil (FA-EE). Quantitative ... -
Mycosis fungoides presenting at eight years of age
(Department of Clinical Medicine School of Medicine, Kenyatta National Hospital, 2011)The chapter discusses common both infectious and non infectious skin diseases in the tropical environment in a medicine text book: Medicine: Non-communicable Diseases in Adults; which widely explores common medical diseases ... -
The association and implications of anxiety and depression in university medical and paramedical students in Kenya.
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1987-03) -
Psychiatric phenomenology across countries: constitutional, cultural, or environmental?
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1988)Some literature on the significance of culture on psychiatric phenomenology and also literature on psychiatric phenomenology in immigrants, particularly in Great Britain, are reviewed. It is pointed out that paranoid and ... -
Study of psychiatric consequences of closed head injury at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;Department of Psychiatry, University of Zimbabwe, 1998-06)This was a study to compare the psychiatric consequences of closed head injury (CHI) in 37 patients with 39 demographically similar patients with fractured lower limb injury (FLLI), aged 16-55 years. The outcome measures ... -
Antenatal couple counselling increases uptake of intervention to prevent HIV-1 tranmission
(Department of paediatrics, University of Nairobi, 2004-12)To determine effect of partner involvement and couple counseling on uptake of interventions to prevent HIV-1 transmission, women attending a Nairobi antenatal clinic were encouraged to return with partners for voluntary ... -
Antifolate drug resistance and point mutations in Plasmodium falciparum in Kenya
(1997)Due to increased chloroquine resistance, the antifolate/sulpha drug combinations are becoming increasingly important in the chemotherapy of falciparum malaria. However, point mutations in the dihydrofolate reductase gene ... -
Social change, globalization and transcultural psychiatry--some considerations from a study on women and depression
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;Department of Psychiatry, Hannover Medical School, Germany, 2003)Transcultural psychiatry, whose scientific founder Emil Kraepelin is considered as, in its 100 years of tradition has not only developed a varied range of methods but has also brought about a change in the respective ... -
Common Skin Diseases in the Tropics. Medicine: Non Communicable Diseases in Adults
(Department of Clinical Medicine School of Medicine, Kenyatta National Hospital, 2006)The chapter discusses common both infectious and non infectious skin diseases in the tropical environment in a medicine text book: Medicine: Non-communicable Diseases in Adults; which widely explores common medical diseases ... -
Subtype C Is associated with increased vaginal shedding of HIV-1.
(Department of paediatrics, University of Nairobi, 2005-08-01)The prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1-infected cells and HIV-1 RNA levels in genital secretions and breast milk and the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 were compared among subtypes A, C, and ... -
Psychiatric morbidity among children and young persons appearing in the Nairobi Juvenile Court, Kenya.
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;Mathari Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya, 2003-06)OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence and pattern of psychiatric disorders among children and young persons appearing in the Nairobi juvenile court, Kenya. DESIGN: A point prevalence survey. SETTING: The Nairobi ... -
Repetitive sequences upstream of the pfg27/25 gene determine polymorphism in laboratory and natural lines of Plasmodium falciparum.
(2000)The structure of the genomic region located upstream of the gametocyte-specific gene pfg27/25 of Plasmodium falciparum was analysed in laboratory lines and field isolates of the parasite. The gene is located in a subtelomeric ... -
Substance use among children and young persons appearing in the Nairobi Juvenile Court, Kenya.
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;Mathari Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya, 2003-11)OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence and pattern of substance use among children and young persons appearing in the Nairobi Juvenile Court, Kenya. DESIGN: A point prevalence survey. SETTING: The Nairobi Juvenile ... -
Comparative analysis of microsatellite loci in four fruit fly species of the genus Ceratitis (Diptera: Tephritidae).
(2003)The possibility to cross-species amplify microsatellites in fruit flies of the genus Ceratitis was tested with the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) by analysing 23 Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) microsatellite markers on ... -
Psychometric properties of an African symptoms check list scale: the Ndetei-Othieno-Kathuku scale
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 2006-05)Objectives: To profile and quantify the psychometric properties of the NOK (Ndetei-Othieno-Kathuku) scale against internationally used Gold-standards and benchmarks for mild psychiatric disorders and post-traumatic stress ... -
Common skin diseases
(Department of Clinical Medicine School of Medicine, Kenyatta Hospital, 1999)The chapter discusses common both infectious and non infectious skin diseases in the tropical environment in a medicine text book: Medicine: Non-communicable Diseases in Adults; which widely explores common medical diseases ... -
Feasibility of infant cord blood HIV testing for anti-retroviral post-exposure prophylaxis.
(Department of paediatrics, University of Nairobi, 2007-12-01)Abstract BACKGROUND: Many maternity hospitals in developing country settings deliver women who are of unknown HIV status. The main objectives of this study were to evaluate the acceptability of post-partum infant ...
