SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES

COMMUNITY-BASED INTERVENTIONS IN REDUCING ALCOHOL ABUSE IN KAPSABET WARD, NANDI COUNTY, KENYA

Faraja, Samweli Miyayo (2020-12)

Climate change extremes are now a contemporary issue. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change acknowledges that evidence on trends in public health threats, including infectious diseases resulting from climate ...

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, AND UTILIZATION OF NATURAL REMEDIES TO CURE INFECTIOUS DISEASES AMONG NAROK RESIDENTS, NAROK COUNTY, KENYA

Nyabuto, Henry Gori (2021-07)

Natural remedies have been used globally as an intervention in the management, healing and prevention of disease. Some have been used as a stand-alone medicine or alongside western medicines depending on the nature of ...

FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH UTILIZATION OF PRECONCEPTION CARE AMONG WOMEN ATTENDING MOTHER AND CHILD HEALTH CARE IN KAPSABET REFERRAL HOSPITAL, NANDI COUNTY, KENYA

Ndungwa, Hanna Nyabuto (2021-07)

Preconception care (PCC) is the care provided to all male and female who have not conceived before, whether planning or not to have a baby for they are potential parents. It is also the care given to women who have had ...

LIFESTYLE FACTORS INFLUENCING BODY WEIGHT AMONG WORKERS AT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST INSTITUTIONS IN KIGALI, RWANDA: IMPLICATIONS ON MAJOR ORAL DISEASES

Susana, Judith Tito Mamani (2015-07)

This study examined the lifestyle factors which influence body weight and their relationship with major oral diseases among workers at Seventh-day Adventist institutions in Kigali, Rwanda. Furthermore, this study also ...

FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH UTILIZATION OF CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE AT GELEGELE LOCATION, IN BOMET COUNTY, KENYA

Chelangat, Martha (2019-07)

Cervical cancer is a major global public health problem. Cervical cancer is a malignant neoplasm of the cervical area of the uterus in which the cells of the cervix become abnormal and begin to grow uncontrollably. The ...

FACTORS INFLUENCING COMPLIANCE TO LIFESTYLE MODIFICATIONS AMONG HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS ATTENDING SPECIAL CLINIC IN NYAMIRA COUNTY REFERRAL HOSPITAL, KENYA

Ogega, Stephen Marita (2017-06)

Compliance to lifestyle modification is essential in the management of hypertension. The aim of this study was to identify factors that influence compliance to lifestyle modification among hypertensive patients attending ...

ASSESSMENT OF THE LEVEL OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS OF HEALTH MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS IN NANDI COUNTY, KENYA

Limo, Obed (2017-06)

This study aimed at assessing the level of disaster preparedness of health management committees in public hospitals in Nandi County. The study employed descriptive research design. The researcher used census method where ...

FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AMONG ADULT CANCER PATIENTS ATTENDING TEXAS CANCER CENTRE, NAIROBI KENYA

Ogega, Kelvin Asiagi (2019-03)

The diagnosis of cancer is a tough affair resulting to significant emotional anguish. Patients with both anxiety and depressive disorders tend to have drastic symptoms, extended healing periods, worse outcomes, and greater ...

FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH COMPLIANCE TO TREATMENT AMONG TYPE 2 DIABETES PATIENTS ATTENDING DIABETES OUTPATIENT CLINIC AT MOI TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL, ELDORET, KENYA

Kapten, M. Muthoka (2019-07)

Medication and treatment noncompliance among type 2 diabetes patients has been shown to predict morbidity, disability, immature mortality and general poor health outcome. Given the increased risks associated with poor ...