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    • A confirmatory factor analysis of the career locus of control scale with secondary school students in Kenya 

      Migunde, Quinter (Elixir International Journal, 2021)
      This article presents the confirmatory factor analysis of the 20 item career locus of control scale with a sample of 370 secondary school students. The instrument consists of 4 subscales measuring Internality, Luck, ...

    • Determinants of Uptake of Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria among Pregnant Women in Suba Sub-County, Homabay County, Kenya 

      Kenneth Otieno Omodhi, Charles Angira, Samson Ong’wen Adoka (International Journal of Innovative Research and Development, 2020)
      Background: Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) is one of the effective and efficacious interventions recommended for prevention of malaria in pregnancy. The drug of choice is Sulphadoxine-Py ...

    • Patient care and clinical outcomes for patients with COVID-19 infection admitted to African high-care or intensive care units (ACCCOS): a multicentre, prospective, observational cohort study 

      Bruce M Biccard, Pragasan Dean Gopalan, Malcolm Miller, William Lance Michell, David Thomson, Adesoji Ademuyiwa, Ernest Aniteye, Greg Calligaro, Maman Sani Chaibou, Hailu Tamiru Dhufera, Mohamed Elfagieh, Mahmoud Elfiky, Muhammed Elhadi, Maher Fawzy, David Fredericks, Meseret Gebre, Abebe Genetu Bayih, Anneli Hardy, Ivan Joubert, Fitsum Kifle, Hyla-Louise Kluyts, Kieran Macleod, Zelalem Mekonnen, Mervyn Mer, Atilio Morais, Vanessa Msosa, Wakisa Mulwafu, Andrew Ndonga, Zipporah Ngumi, Akinyinka Omigbodun, Christian Owoo, Fathima Paruk, Jenna Lynn Piercy, Juan Scribante, Yakob Seman, Elliott Taylor, Dawid van Straaten, Ahmed Awad, Hend Hussein, Mahmoud Shaban, Merihan Elbadawy, Ahmed O Elmehrath, Ahmed Cordie, Mohamed Elganainy, Mostafa El-Shazly, Mahmoud Essam, Omar A Abdelwahab, Aboubakr Ali, Aliae Mohamed Hussein, Fatma A Monib, Islam Ahmed, Mahmoud M Saad, Mohammed Ali Al-Quossi, Nashwa Rafaat, Islam Galal, Dalia Omran Omran, Ahmed Azzam, Mohammed Azab, Ahmed Tawheed, Mahmoud Gamal, Mohamed El Kassas, Aml Azzam, Neama Ahmed, Yasmin NasrEldin, Omar Abdewahab, Omar Elmandouh, Meseret MeGebre, Abebe Addisie, Akine Eshete, Kokeb Desita, Hiruy Araya, Yared Agidew, Addisu Desalegn Andabo, Emnet Tesfaye, Elias Ali Yesuf, Gelaw Hailemariam, Menbeu Sultan Mohammed, Yemane Gebremedhin, Yoseph Taye, Tamiru Assefa Mebrate, Tirunesh Busha Gemechu, Tigist Tesfaye Bedane, Elias Tewabe Abera, Ayele Teshome, Ernest Aniteye Ernest Aniteye, Christian Owoo Christian Owoo, Alfred Doku, Jane Sandra Afriyie-Mensah, Aba Lawson, Daniel Akwanfo DYaw Sottie, Emma Addae, Ernest Ofosu-Appiah Ernest Ofosu-Appiah, William Obeng William Obeng, Anne Mugera, Caesar Bitta, Mohammed Abdalraheem Huwaysh, Mohammed Mahdi Ali Yahya, Alsnosy Abdullah Khalefa Mohammed, Amrajaa Alsalihin Mohammed Majeed, Amkhatirah Emad Mousay Mohammed, Elsalhein Majeed, Abdurraouf A Abusalama, Ehab Altayr, Taha Abubaker, Akram Mohammed Alkaseek, Butaina Abdulhafith, Zainab Alziyituni, Marwa F Gamra, Mohamed Muftah Anaiba, Samer Khel, Mohammed Abdelkabir, Saedah Abdeewi, Safia Adam, Abdulmueti Alhadi, Ahmed Alsoufi, Muhannad Hassan, Ahmed Msherghi, Ahmad Elmabri Mohammad Bouhuwaish, Francis Masoo, Singatiya stella Chikumbanje, Delia Mabedi, Antonio Carlos, Cesaltina Lorenzoni, Jorge Mambo, Isabel Isabel Chissaque, Mouzinho Mouzinho Saide, Maikassoua Mamane, Foumakoye Amadou, Adesoji Ademuyiwa Adesoji Ademuyiwa, Akinyinka Omigbodun Akinyinka Omigbodun, Ademola Adeyeye, Akinola Akinmade, Yakubu Momohsani, John Bamigboye, Donald Orshio, Erdoo Suckie Isamade, Henry Embu, Samuel Nuhu, Samuel Ojiakor, Ahmed Nuhu, Adeola Fowotade, Arinola Sanusi, Babatunde Osinaike, Olusola Idowu, Abdullahi Oteikwu Amali, Sanusi Ibrahim, Adamu Abba Adamu, Ibrahim Kida, Job Otokwala, Olubusola Alagbe-Briggs (Elsevier, 2021)
      Background Molecular imaging is increasingly used to guide treatment decisions and planning in prostate cancer. We aimed to evaluate the role of 18F-fluciclovine-PET/CT in improving cancer control compared with conventional ...

    • Determinants of revenue management practices and their impacts on the financial performance of hotels in Kenya: a proposed theoretical framework 

      Michael Murimi, Billy Wadongo, Tom Olielo (SpringerOpen, 2021)
      This conceptual paper aims at identifying a theoretical framework for the determinants of revenue management (RM) practices and their impacts on the financial performance of hotels. To create this framework, a two-phased ...

    • Developing a livelihood: conservation model for the Kakamega Forest region, Kenya using experiences from Berchtesgaden National Park, Germany 

      Oscar Kambona Ouma, Christoph Stadel (Routledge, 2021)
      Active participation of local community of Kakamega Forest in conservation has rather been elusive. Conservation efforts directed at the Forest have resulted into more resource use restrictions instead of access. Furthermore, ...

    • Environmental management practices implemented by the hotel sector in Kenya 

      Beryl Omune, Oscar Kambona, Billy Wadongo, Amon Wekesa (Routledge, 2021)
      Environmental management has become an important concept among the hotel sector globally following the negative impacts of its operations on the natural environment. In this regard, hotels have embarked on a course of ...

    • Research capacity building integrated into PHIT projects: leveraging research and research funding to build national capacity 

      Bethany L. Hedt-Gauthier1, 2*, Roma Chilengi3,4, Elizabeth Jackson5 , Cathy Michel6 , Manuel Napua7 , Jackline Odhiambo1 , Ayaga Bawah5,8 and with input from the AHI PHIT Partnership Collaborative (BMC Health Services Research, 2017)
      Background Inadequate research capacity impedes the development of evidence-based health programming in sub-Saharan Africa. However, funding for research capacity building (RCB) is often insufficient and restricted, ...

    • Assessing the cost of laparotomy at a rural district hospital in Rwanda using time-driven activity-based costing 

      J Ruhumuriza, J Odhiambo, R Riviello, Y Lin, T Nkurunziza, M Shrime, R Maine, JM Omondi, C Mpirimbanyi, J de la Paix Sebakarane, P Hagugimana, C Rusangwa, B Hedt-Gauthier (Oxford University Press, 2018)
      Background: In low- and middle-income countries, the majority of patients lack access to surgical care due to limited personnel and infrastructure. The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery recommended laparotomy for ...

    • Adherence to renal function monitoring guidelines in HIV-infected patients starting tenofovir disoproxil fumarate-based antiretroviral therapy in rural Rwanda 

      Jean Claude Uwamungu, Benjamin J Eckhardt, Bethany L Hedt-Gauthier, Jackline Odhiambo, Ange Uwimana, Muhayimpundu Ribakare, Sabin Nsanzimana, Eric Kagabo, John Wilson Niyigena, Cheryl L Amoroso (International Scholars Journals, 2019)
      Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) is a component of several first-line HIV antiretroviral regimens. However, TDF causes nephrotoxicity and guidelines for creatinine monitoring are in place. This study evaluated creatinine ...

    • Health facility cost of cesarean delivery at a rural district hospital in Rwanda using time-driven activity-based costing 

      Jackline Odhiambo, John Ruhumuriza, Theoneste Nkurunziza, Robert Riviello, Mark Shrime, Yihan Lin, Christian Rusangwa, Jack M Omondi, Gabriel Toma, Alexandre Nyirimodoka, Tharcisse Mpunga, Bethany L Hedt-Gauthier (Springer US, 2019)
      Objective To determine the health facility cost of cesarean section at a rural district hospital in Rwanda. Methods Using time-driven activity-based costing, this study calculated capacity cost rates (cost per minute) for ...

    • Stuck in the middle: a systematic review of authorship in collaborative health research in Africa, 2014–2016 

      H Jeufack, N Neufeld, A Alem, S Sauer, J Odhiambo, Y Boum, M Shuchman, J Volmink (BMJ, 2020)
      Abstract Background Collaborations are often a cornerstone of global health research. Power dynamics can shape if and how local researchers are included in manuscripts. This article investigates how international ...

    • Implementation, Outputs, and Cost of a National Operational Research Training in Rwanda 

      Jackline Odhiambo, Ann C Miller, Naome Nyirahabimana (Ubiquity Press, 2020)
      Background: Training and mentorship in research skills are essential to developing a critical mass of researchers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, reporting on the details of such training programs, ...

    • Is development aid to strengthen health systems during protracted conflict a useful investment? The case of South Sudan, 2011–2015 

      Joseph James Valadez, Sima Berendes, Jackline Odhiambo, William Vargas, Baburam Devkota, Richard Lako, Caroline Jeffery (BMJ Specialist Journals, 2020)
      Introduction Is achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 (building peaceful societies) a precondition for achieving SDG 3 (health and well-being in all societies, including conflict-affected countries)? Do ...

    • Measuring health system resilience in a highly fragile nation during protracted conflict: South Sudan 2011–15 

      Jackline Odhiambo1 , Caroline Jeffery1 , Richard Lako2 , Baburam Devkota1 and Joseph J Valadez 1 (Health Policy and Planning, 2020)
      Health systems resilience (HSR) is defined as the ability of a health system to continue providing normal services in response to a crisis, making it a critical concept for analysis of health systems in fragile and ...

    • Decentralized, primary-care delivered epilepsy services in Burera District, Rwanda: Service use, feasibility, and treatment 

      Beatha Nyirandagijimana, Alphonse Nshimyiryo, Hildegarde Mukasakindi, Jackline Odhiambo, Eugenie Uwimana, Valerie Mukamurenzi, Robert Bienvenu, Jean Sauveur Ndikubwimana, Clemence Uwamaliya, Priya Kundu, Paul H Park, Tharcisse Mpunga, Giuseppe J Raviola, Fredrick Kateera, Christian Rusangwa, Stephanie L Smith (Eneurologicalsci, 2021)
      Background Integrating epilepsy care into primary care settings could reduce the global burden of illness attributable to epilepsy. Since 2012, the Rwandan Ministry of Health and the international nonprofit Partners In ...

    • Amending Social Concerns through Language Communication in Selected Songs 

      Janet Kemunto Omwancha, Dr. Jane Ombati, and Dr. Yakub Adams (International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, 2020)
      The research analyzes the Ekegusii jazz band songs with specific reference to Bana Sungusia Jazz Band songs. Studies have been done on different songs focusing on different themes. The study determined how the language ...

    • Temperature Distribution for Magnetohydrodynamic Flow in Straight Horizontal Elliptical Pipe 

      David Kweyu, J Bitok, W Manyonge (Applied Mathematical Sciences, 2021)
      A study has been carried out on temperature distribution on Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) fluid flow in a pipe of elliptical cross section. Fluid is electrically conducting, viscous and incompressible. Governing equations are ...

    • Feasibility and Acceptability of Smartphone-Based Cervical Cancer Screening Among HIV-Positive Women in Western Kenya 

      Chemtai Mungo , MD, MPH1; Cirilus Ogollah Osongo, BA2; Jeniffer Ambaka, DipCM2; Magdalene A. Randa , MBChB2; Benard Samba, BSc2; Catherine A. Ochieng, BSc2; Emily Barker, MD3; Anagha Guliam4; Jackton Omoto, MBChB, MMed5; and Craig R. Cohen, MD, MPH6 (Gynecologic Cancer, 2021)
      PURPOSE Adjunct cervical cancer screening methods are under evaluation to improve the diagnostic accuracy of human papillomavirus (HPV)-based screening in low- and middle-income countries. We evaluated the feasibility and ...

    • To Triage or Not? Positive Predictive Value of Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid for Diagnosis of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Grade 2 or Worse (CIN2+) among HIV-Positive Women in a Low-Resource Setting 

      Chemtai Mungo, Cyrillus Ogollah, Jennifer Ambaka, Magdalene Randa, Jackton Omoto and Craig Cohen (American Association for Cancer Research., 2021)
      Purpose: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends human papillomavirus (HPV) as a primary screening test within "screen-and-treat" cervical cancer programs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Following a ...

    • The social and economic diversity of the coffee-banana farming system and technology uptake in Central Uganda 

      Samuel Mpiira, Phoebe Mose, Mary Kipsat, Christopher Sebatta, Francis Kalyango, Wilberforce Tushemereirwe, Charles Staver (American Journal of Agricultural Research, 2021)
      Food systems of the future that will guarantee food and nutrition security of millions of poor farming households will have to be both economically and socially diverse. Diversity of farming systems acts as a catalyst ...