Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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'Moving with the times' taking a glocal approach: A qualitative study of African student nurse views of e learning.
(Published by Elsevier Ltd., 2013)BACKGROUND: Information technology is a rapidly increasing means of communication in education and healthcare. This is also true in low resource settings, where electronic communication provides an opportunity for ... -
Psychotic symptoms in Kenya--prevalence, risk factors, and relationship with common mental disorders
(2012)There have been few epidemiological surveys to establish prevalence and associated risk factors of psychosis in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper reports a population-based epidemiological survey in rural Kenya of the prevalence ... -
Lifetime mental disorders and suicidal behaviour in South Africa.
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 2011)OBJECTIVE: There is relatively little data on the relationship between lifetime mental disorders and suicidal behaviour in low and middle income countries. This study examines the relationship between lifetime mental ... -
Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of mental illness among staff in general medical facilities in Kenya: practice and policy implications.
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 2011)Objective: To determine the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about mental illness among staff in general hospitals. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study conducted on staff in ten medical facilities in Kenya on their ... -
Prevalence of common mental disorders in a rural district of Kenya, and socio-demographic risk factors
(2012)Association between common mental disorders (CMDs), equity, poverty and socio-economic functioning are relatively well explored in high income countries, but there have been fewer studies in low and middle income countries, ... -
Qualitative research with a Kenyan flavour
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, 1991)PIP: The Essential Drugs Program in Kenya's Ministry of Health included a qualitative research phase of focus group discussions (FGDs) to assess the communication needs in educating the public about responsible essential ... -
A survey of psychosis risk symptoms in Kenya
(Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine,Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 2012)Defining the prepsychotic state in an effort to prevent illness progression and the development of disorders such as schizophrenia is a rapidly growing area of psychiatry. The presentation of psychotic symptoms can be ... -
The prevalence of substance use among psychiatric patients: the case study of Bugando Medical centre, Mwanza (northern Tanzania).
(Department of Psychiatry,University of Nairobi, 2011)World Health Organization (2004) documented that substance use or abuse and mental disorders are important causes of disease burden accounting for 8.8% and 16.6% of the total burden of disease in low income and lower ... -
Monoclonal antibodies against boar sperm zona pellucida-binding protein AWN-1. Characterization of a continuous antigenic determinant and immunolocalization of AWN epitopes in inseminated sows
(Institut für Reproduktionsmedizin, Tierärztliche Hochschule, Hannover, Germany. jcalvete@repro.tiho-hannover.de, 1997)Boar spermadhesin AWN-1 is a sperm surface-associated 14.7-kDa lectin and a major protein of porcine seminal plasma. AWN-1 binds to beta-galactosides and to porcine zona pellucida glycoproteins, suggesting that this protein ... -
Psychiatric Morbidity And Referral Rate Among Medical In-patients At Kenyatta National Hospital
(Department of Psychiatry, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi., 1991)Psychiatric morbidity among 200 medical in-patients at Kenyatta National Hospital was determined by a two-stage screening procedure, using the Self Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ) and standardized psychiatric interview (SPI). ... -
Terrorist Bombing At The USA Embassy In Nairobi: The Media Response
(2003)On 7th August 1998, a terrorist bomb destroyed the American Embassy in Nairobi, killing and injuring thousands of people. To describe the media component of the (larger) mental health response, and evaluate the impact ... -
Kenya Mental Health Country Profile
(2004)The Kenya country profile is a description of Kenya covering the demographic, economic, cultural, religious, and health aspects including mental health in the country today. Like any other developing countries, Kenya is ... -
Psychiatric morbidity among leprosy patients in Teso and Busia Districts of Western Kenya. East African Medical Journal, Vol. 82 no9, 452-456
(2005)Objective: To establish the magnitude of psychiatric disorders among leprosy patients in western Kenya. Design: A cross-sectional descriptive study. Setting: Busia and Teso districts in western Kenya. Subjects: A ... -
Post-traumatic Stress After Terrorist Attack: Psychological Reactions Following The US Embassy Bombing In Nairobi: Naturalistic Study.
(2004)Most studies of post-traumatic stress disorder following terrorist attacks are of small samples in industrialised nations and take place months or years after the incident. To describe reactions following the US embassy ... -
Maxillofacial Injuries Caused By Terrorist Bomb Attack In Nairobi, Kenya.Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2002 Aug;31(4):374-7.
(Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2002)Although military conflicts are common on the African continent, there is a paucity of data regarding bomb-blast injuries in this region and in Kenya in particular. This paper describes the pattern of maxillofacial injuries ... -
Maxillary Obturator Prosthesis Rehabilitation Following Maxillectomy For Ameloblastoma: Case Series Of Five Patients.
(Department of Conservative and Prosthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2004)THE PURPOSE:The purpose of this case report is to demonstrate the benefits and applicability of appropriate maxillofacial prosthetic rehabilitation following surgical resection of ameloblastoma of the maxilla in ... -
Endometrial histopathology in patients with laparoscopic proven salpingitis and HIV-1 infection
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)Study Objective. To identify sensitive and specific histological criteria for endometritis in women with laparoscopically-confirmed acute salpingitis. Methods. Women, age 18–40 years of age presenting with complaints of ... -
The African Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry and Mental Health. The African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF), Nairobi, pp 348-359
(The Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2006)Mice infected with Trypanosoma congolense developed a severe anaemia 1 week after infection, which persisted till treatment with diminazine aceturate when the packed cell volume (PCV) recovered to pre-infection levels. ... -
Pattern And Clinical Characteristics Of Firearm Injuries.East Afr Med J. 2008 Mar;85(3):107-12.
(Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi,, 2008)To determine the pattern and characteristics of patients admitted with firearm injuries (FAIs) and establish the morbidity and mortality associated with these injuries. Retrospective cross-sectional study. Kenyatta ...
