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nfluence Of Farmers’ To Extension Services On Their Decision To Adoption Of Horticulture Farming In Nandi County, Kenya
(2017-08-08)
The study sought to establish the influence of respondents’ socio-demographic characteristics on adoption
of Horticulture farming among small scale farmers in Nandi County, Kenya. A cross-sectional survey research design
was ...
Interpersonal influences in the scale-up of male circumcision services in a traditionally non-circumcising community in rural western Kenya
(2011-01)
Promoting male circumcision (MC) is now recognized as an additional, important strategy for the
prevention of heterosexually acquired HIV infection in men, and plans are underway to scale-up this
intervention especially ...
Educational consequences of orphanhood and poverty in western Kenya
(Routledge, 2010-12-01)
During the past decades, many developing countries have been severely hit by a combination of poverty and the HIV pandemic. However, there has been a debate about the relative contribution of these two factors. This study ...
Social capital and climate change perception in the Mara River Basin, Kenya
(iiste, 2015)
Climate change is a phenomenon that affects different facets of human livelihood. However, the general public does not
easily comprehend it. This study was inspired by the realization that climate change is not just an ...
Sexuality and the youth with disabilities in Kenya
(2012)
Sexual expression is a basic human need throughout our lives. Sexual behaviour of young people has been a source of concern to societies worldwide due to the adverse effects on the individual as well as society at large. ...
Implementation Gaps in Re-Entry Policy in Primary Schools in Kenya, the Case of Muhoroni Sub County, Kisumu County, Western Kenya
(2016)
School Re-entry Policy has been adopted as a key measure to improving gender equity in education by minimizing pregnancy related wastage. However, its impact on mitigation of exclusion of teenage mothers from education in ...
Somali refugees in Kenya and social resilience: Resettlement imaginings and the longing for Minnesota
(Oxford University Press, 2018-10-01)
Refugee camps are often perceived as unproductive places that waste people’s potential. What is left unremarked in many refugee accounts, however, is the positive side of camps. Highlighting suffering alone raises academic ...
Socio-cultural determinants of anticipated acceptance of an oral cholera vaccine in Western Kenya
(Cambridge University Press, 2013-03)
Determinants of anticipated acceptance of an oral cholera vaccine (OCV) were studied in urban and rural communities of Western Kenya. An explanatory model interview administered to 379 community residents assessed anticipated ...
Comparing sociocultural features of cholera in three endemic African settings
(BioMed Central, 2013-12-01)
Background
Cholera mainly affects developing countries where safe water supply and sanitation infrastructure are often rudimentary. Sub-Saharan Africa is a cholera hotspot. Effective cholera control requires not only a ...
Village Elites and Community Development in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014-06-30)
Current statistics show that urban growth rates are relatively higher in the Small and
Intermediate urban centres in Kenya. This study sought to analyze the impacts of
urbanization driven land use changes within the Mara ...