School of Public health & Community Development: Recent submissions
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Impact of Four Years of Annual Mass Drug Administration on Prevalence and Intensity of Schistosomiasis among Primary and High School Children in Western Kenya: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2018)Schistosomiasis remains a major public health problem in Kenya. The World Health Organization recommends preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel (PZQ) to control morbidity due to schistosomiasis. Morbidity is considered ... -
Towards a Sustainable Working Life for Optometrists in Private Facility Setting: Factors Explaining Why They Remain in Work and Profession
(Austin Publishing Group, 2020)Abstract Background: There is insufficient research on how optometrist experiences their working conditions and environment. Therefore this study was designed to predict the level of job stress, job dissatisfaction and ... -
The prevalence and causes of visual impairment among children in Kenya – the Kenya eye study
(Springer, 2020)Background: Visual impairment is the partial or complete loss of vision in which the presenting visual acuity lie between 6/18-no perceptions of light. In Kenya, little attention has been directed towards children vision ... -
Determinants of aflatoxin exposures in Kenyan School-aged children
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)Aflatoxins are naturally occurring food toxins known to contaminate cereals with a carry-over effect in milk and meat products from farm animals raised on contaminated feed. In children, continuous consumption of ... -
Association between haematological parameters and sickle cell genotypes in children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria resident in Kisumu County in Western Kenya
(2020)Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a monogenic disorder due to point mutation in the β-globin gene resulting in substitution of Valine for Glutamic acid. The SCD is prevalent in P. falciparum endemic regions such ... -
Transdisciplinary Research Priorities for Human and Planetary Health in the Context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020): Human health and wellbeing and the health of the biosphere are inextricably linked. The state of Earth’s life-support systems, including freshwater, oceans, land, biodiversity, atmosphere, and climate, affect human ... -
Socio-Demographic Factors Influencing Nutritional Status of Children (6-59 Months) in Obunga Slums, Kisumu City, Kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2016)Poor nutrition remains a direct critical factor in child mortality in Africa. A lot of focus has been given to the rural population as poverty setting. However, urban slums display more serious poverty conditions ... -
Mother-To-Child HIV Transmission using Single, Dual and Triple ARV Prophylaxis Regimens and their Correlates in Western Kenya:
(A KeSoBAP Publication, 2016)d: It is estimated that 2.1 million individuals worldwide became newly infected with HIV in 2013, and this included 240,000 children (<15 years). Most of these children live in sub-Saharan Africa and were infected by ... -
PREVALENCE AND PREDICTORS OF VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY AMONG INFANTS IN WESTERN KENYA USING A CROSS-SECTIONAL ANALYSIS
(African scholarly science communication trust, 2016)Vitamin A (VA) deficiency (VAD) is a major nutritional public health problem among children under-5-years-old in the developing world including Kenya. A community-based crosssectional survey among 1,630 children (aged ... -
Gender Perspectives in School Health Policy Implementation among Girls in Usigu Division Primary Schools, Siaya County, Kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing., 2016)Low school completion rates for girls could be attributed to gender stereotypical biases and preferential treatments usually accorded to male as opposed to female gender in the education system. School health policies have ... -
Multiple drug resistance of Campylobacter jejuni and Shigella isolated from diarrhoeic children at Kapsabet County referral hospital, Kenya
(Springer, 2021)Diarrhoea is a common cause of mortality and morbidity in children under five years old. In Kenya, it has a 21% case fatality with Enteropathogenic E. coli, Campylobacter jejuni, Shigella spp. and Salmonella spp. accounting ... -
Epidemiological patterns and antimicrobial resistance of bacterial diarrhea among children in Nairobi City, Kenya
(RIGLD, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, 2020)Aim:Determine the prevalence of enteric bacterial pathogens and their antimicrobial resistance among diarrheic children in Nairobi City, Kenya. Background: Regardless of enteric bacterial pathogens being a major ... -
Epidemiological Assessment of Seasonal Diarrhoea Cases in Flood Prone Chiga Ward, Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya
(2019)Introduction: In western Kenya, around Lake Victoria basin, diarrhea is generally common among adults due to the high prevalence of immunocompromised persons. -
Diagnosis disclosure to adolescents living with HIV in rural Kenya improves antiretroviral therapy adherence and immunologic outcomes: A retrospective cohort study
(Public Library of Science, 2017)Background & aims Emphasis on adolescent HIV has increased worldwide as antiretroviral treatment has greatly extended life expectancies of HIV-positive children. Few evidence-based guidelines exist on the optimal time to ... -
A Psycho-Realist Analysis of Gabriel Omolo's 'Lunch Time' Music
(East African Scholars Publisher, Kenya, 2020)The ‘lunch time’ music that was sung by a music guru Gabriel Omolo in the 1970’s basically talks about behaviors of workers specifically at the industrial area in Nairobi, Kenya. These workers are casual laborers who ... -
From Semiotics to Three-Dimensional Multimodality
(Indiana Publications, 2021)Semiotics traces its roots to Ferdinand de Saussure’s classical book Course de Linguistique Generale in which it is defined as the study of signs, signifiers and the signified in order to relate with meaning. It is the ... -
Aspects of graphology in the construction of selected Kiswahili children’s novels
(Royallite Global, Kenya, 2021)Graphology has today dominated children’s literature making it look like an amorphous and an ambiguous creature with its relationship to its audience. Children lack the required knowledge and skills to associate meaning ... -
The Role of Trace Minerals in Depression: A Review of Selenium Iron and Copper
(ECronicon, 2020)Depression is currently being reduced with selective nutrition therapies such as supplementations with selected nutrients. Adequate nutrition has an important role in mental health status because the brain needs both macro- ... -
Dietary intake of HIV-seropositive clients attending Longisa County Hospital Comprehensive Care Clinic, Bomet County, Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)Inadequate dietary intake, infections and stage of disease progression elicit malnutrition among HIV-seropositive individuals, which hastens progression of HIV to full-blown AIDS. Aim: The study sought to determine the ... -
Feeding Practices and Nutritional Status of Children 0 - 23 Months Born to Adolescents in Maseno Division, Kisumu County, Kenya.
(ECronicon, 2020)First-time adolescent mothers deal with challenges that place extra demands not only on their stage of adolescent development but also on their ability to adapt to their new role as a parent. Adolescent and childhood is ...