Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Changing concepts of health and illness among children of primary school age in Western Kenya
(Institute of African Studies, 2004)This paper examines changes in children’s concepts of health and illness following an action‐oriented health education intervention in Bondo district of Western Kenya. The study is a feasibility study exploring a specific ... -
An evaluation of Health Workers for Change in seven settings: a useful management and health system development tool
(Institute of African Studies, 2001)This paper presents the findings of a multi-centre study assessing the impact of Health Workers for Change (HWFC) workshops in seven different primary care sites, based on the common core protocol described in this paper. ... -
Belief Control Practices and Organizational Performances: A Survey of Sugar Industry in Kenya
(School of Business and Economics, Maseno University, KenyaDepartment of Business Administration, University of Nairobi, KenyaDepartment of Economics, School of Finance and Banking (SFB), RwandaDepartment of Educational Psychology, Maseno University, Kenya, 2011)The sugar industry has experienced poor performance attributed to industry deregulation, poor management and political interference. Adopting the Simons Levers of Control framework, this study sought to establish the ... -
Lemodong'o A late Miocene fossil site in southern Kenya.
(University of NairobiDepartment of History, 2002)Abstract Not Available -
Integration of Remote Sensing Technology into Local Markets: A Policy Analysis
(University of NairobiDepartment of Geography, University of Nairobi, 1998)Limits to ecological harvests which societies face result from interactions between the society’s physical resources and the ingenuity which the society can supply. Remote sensing as technical ingenuity is based on modern ... -
'KENYA Sign Language (KSL) : Some Attitudinal and Cognitive Issues in the Evolution of a Language community
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The potential of schoolchildren as health change agents in rural western Kenya
(Institute of African Studies, 2013)A prospective, quasi-experimental study was carried out in Bondo district in western Kenya to determine the potential of schoolchildren as health change agents in a rural community. A group of 40 schoolchildren were given ... -
Inventory of green House Gases from land use change and Forestry. Kenya Country Study on Climate change
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A study of risk factors for intestinal helminth infections using epidemiological and anthropological approaches
(Institute of African Studies, 2001-10)This study, conducted in Kisumu District, Kenya, identified important risk factors for infection with intestinal helminths using traditional epidemiological methods. This was combined with a rapid assessment study using ... -
Media Emerge To Serve Growing Kenyan Diaspora
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Searching for New Opportunities from the International Space Station, and Using Them in Eastern Africa
(University of NairobiDepartment of Geography, University of Nairobi, 2000)Universal acceptance of new opportunities from the International Space Station depends upon the meanings that such new opportunities have for members of the global family. While some members in the family are able to connect ... -
Teachers' experiences in teaching evolution
(University of NairobiDepartment of History, 2011-07)Although prehistory and evolutionary studies are included in the Kenyan secondary school biology and history subjects, lack of consistent up-dating of the syllabi and sheer ignorance by a very large cross-section of teachers ... -
Nafasi ya Kiswahili Cha Mazungumzo Katika Kamusi ya Kiswahil Sanifu.'
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History of Paleontological research in the Narok District of Kenya,
(University of NairobiFaculty of Arts, 2007)The geology of the Narok District of southern Kenya was first studied in the 1960s. From 1994 through 2005 more extensive paleontological and geological research was conducted on a series of late Miocene sediments of the ... -
The Role of the Media inthe Interpretation of Legalese: The case of the language of the Constitution of Kenya
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Faith in action: Examining the role of Faith-Based Organizations in addressing HIV/AIDS.
(Institute of African Studies, 2005)The HIV/AIDS pandemic has already claimed 23 million lives, 3 million in 2004 alone.1 With 39 million people now living with HIV/AIDS,1 the international community is working diligently to identify effective mechanisms to ... -
The Paleoecology and Paleogeographic context of Lemudong
(University of NairobiFaculty of Arts, 2007)The Lemudong’o Formation in the Narok District of Kenya comprises a 135-m-thick series of predominantly lacustrine and lake basin margin sedimentary rocks with interstratified primary and reworked tuffs. The formation, ... -
Dholuo Morphosyntactics in a Minimalist Program
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The Use of Music,Dance and Drama (MDD)to fight HIV and Gender Based Violence(HGBV )amongst Women in Nothern Uganda
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Savanna ecosystems and origins of modern human behaviour.
(University of NairobiCollege of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2005)Biotic and abiotic factors interact to influence plant and animal community structures, which in turn, influence human subsistence, land use, mobility, population density, territorial organization and social structure. ...
