School of Public health & Community Development: Recent submissions
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Breakfast Missing Pattern of Pre-Adolescent Primary School Children Kisumu County, Kenya.
(EC NUTRITION, 2020)Breakfast is an important meal of a day, especially to children and pre-adolescents. However, pre- adolescents seem to have the highest prevalence of missing breakfast despite its importance to their cognitive performance, ... -
Food Environment in and around Primary School Children’s Schools and Neighborhoods in Two Urban Settings in Kenya
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021)Abstract: We conducted a cross-sectional study to provide an overview primary school children food environment in two urban settings in Kenya. Six schools, catering to children from low-, medium- and high-income households ... -
Association Between Primary School Students’ Unhealthful Behaviors and Overweight/Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Analysis in Urban Kenya
(Research Square, 2021): Although obesity prevalence is known to be rising in East Africa, research on childhood obesity is still minimal. We conducted a cross-sectional study to examine the prevalence of unhealthful dietary patterns, physical ... -
Agricultural Production, Traditional Foods and Household Food Insecurity in Rural Kenya: Practice, Perception and Predictors
(Taylor & Francis, 2021)lthough rural households in Kenya rely on agricultural production for their livelihood, attaining food security is challenging in areas experiencing harsh agro-ecological conditions. We utilized mixed methods research ... -
Association between Primary School Children’s Unhealthful Behaviors and Overweight/Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Analysis in Urban Kenya
(Research gate, 2022)We examined patterns of unhealthful dietary, PA and sleep behaviors among primary school children of different socio-economic status (SES) in two urban settings in Kenya and explored the association between these behaviors ... -
Burden of disease and risk factors for mortality amongst hospitalized newborns in Nigeria and Kenya
(Public Library of Science, 2021)Objective To describe the patient population, priority diseases and outcomes in newborns admitted <48 hours old to neonatal units in both Kenya and Nigeria. Study design In a network of seven secondary and tertiary level ... -
Antenatal iron supplementation, FGF23, and bone metabolism in Kenyan women and their offspring: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial
(Oxford University Press, 2021)Background: Fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF23) regulates body phosphate homeostasis primarily by increasing phosphaturia. It also acts as a vitamin D-regulating hormone. Maternal iron deficiency is associated with perturbed ... -
Molecular surveillance reveals widespread colonisation by carbapenemase and extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing organisms in neonatal units in Kenya and Nigeria
(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2022-01-01)Objectives Neonatal sepsis, a major cause of death amongst infants in sub-Saharan Africa, is often gut derived. Impairments in immunity and the gut barrier in sick neonates allow colonisation by opportunistic pathogens ... -
Gender Role Strain and the Precarious Manhood of Sexual Minority Kenyan Men
(Educational Publishing Foundation, 2019)Examining the impact of precarious manhood on the mental health of sexual minority men living in Kenya, we hypothesized that (a) men who have sex with men exclusively (MSME) and men who have sex with men and women (MSMW) ... -
Community/ Public Participation Medico – Legal Concepts to Identify Unclaimed or Missing Dead Bodies from Public Mortuaries to Improve Public Health in Western Kenya
(Research Gate, 2021)Community/Public participation in medico-legal form bench-mark of health determinants and quality integrated services towards criminal justice support in health. Globally, over 44 million cases of unclaimed bodies or ... -
God Didn’t Make a Mistake in Creating Me”: Intrapersonal Resilience Processes among Gay and Bisexual Male Youth in Kenya
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021)Gay and bisexual male youth in Kenya experience human rights violations, including pervasive stigma and discrimination, and these oppressive forces are associated with elevated rates of mental health concerns. Despite ... -
Ingestion of hemozoin by peripheral blood mononuclear cells alters temporal gene expression of ubiquitination processes
(Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, 2022)Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria is among the leading causes of childhood morbidity and mortality worldwide. During a natural infection, ingestion of the malarial parasite product, hemozoin (PfHz), by circulating phagocytic ... -
Research capacity building integrated into PHIT projects: leveraging research and research funding to build national capacity
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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 ...