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Barriers to Effective Communication between Student Nurses and Older - Patients at Chogoria Hospital
(KeMU, 2013-08)Older adults constitute a majority and growing proportion of people who receive nursing care in Kenya. It's projected that by 2050; there will be a 470% increase in the number of older persons, representing 10% of the ... -
Barriers to Effective Communication between Student Nurses and Older- Patient at Chogoria Hospital
(KeMU, 2013-08)Older adults constitute a majority and a growing proportion of people who receive nursing care in Kenya. It's projected that by 2050; there will be a 470% increase in the number of older persons, representing 10% of the ... -
Barriers to Implementation of Nursing Process among Nurses Working In Narok County Referral Hospital
(KeMU, 2020-11)Globally, nursing process has gained popularity and is utilized in hospitals to offer quality individual nursing care to patients. It is utilized by nurses in clinical setup to offer quality nursing care to patients ... -
Child and Maternal Related Factors Associated with Malnutrition among Under Fives in Bosaso, Puntland Somalia
(KeMU, 2024-05)Undernourishment is one of the foremost reasons of disease and mortality among children under the age of five in Sub-Saharan Africa. Significant illnesses and deaths across the world have been associated with malnutrition, ... -
Community based health insurance and utilization of health services.The case of Tanykina community health insurance plan, Nandi County, Kenya.
(2016-07)Health financing mechanisms aims to achieve universal coverage for all and protection against the financial burden during illness. Community Based Health Insurance is one of the alternative sources of health financing ... -
Community health information system utility.
(2015-12)A wealth of data is available within the healthcare systems more so at community level. However, lack of effective use of information shared during dialoguing at the community level in Bungoma County posed a great challenge ... -
A comparative analysis of academic performance of diploma nursing students of public, private and faith based schools in Tanzania.
(2015-06)As the current nursing practice increases concerns about nursing students' academic performance, there had been high rates of failure among diploma nursing students in their final examinations in Tanzania. The purpose of ... -
Covid Vaccination Uptake amongst Public Transport Crew in Meru Matatu Stage, Meru County
(KeMU, 2023-08)The uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations is an essential aspect towards enabling effective control on the spread of the virus. It is important that matatu crew, together with the vulnerable groups should receive vaccination ... -
COVID- 19 Containment Policy Measures and Their Effect on Access to HIV Services for Persons Living With HIV in Ruaraka Sub-County
(KeMU, 2022-10)The spread of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) globally led to the introduction of mitigation and containment responses designed to stem the heightened transmission of the virus. These measures hindered ... -
Critical review of training process towards strengthened service delivery in Dagoretti sub-county.
(2015-05)Human resources are the most important assets of any health system. Training is one of the principal means by which health professionals such as Nurses and Clinical Officers maintain, improve, and broaden the knowledge and ... -
Data quality of routine health management information system.
(2015-12)Effective and efficient management of today's health system depends on well-functioning Health Management Information System (HMIS) in design and implementation. Good quality data are the foundation of health systems in ... -
Design, implementation and operation of health management information system at Kenyatta national hospital.
(2016-07)Embracing modern technology is one among very many ways of improving efficiency and reducing costs within Health care organizations. While the integration of information and health services potential benefits cannot be ... -
Determinants of a functional referral system in Kisumu County, Kenya. Patients’ perspective.
(KeMU, 2019-09)Most referral health facilities are faced with challenges ranging from congestion of patients at these health facilities, limited resources both human and material to deal with the voluminous clients, slow rate of service ... -
Determinants of Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting In Retail Chemists In Nairobi County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2020-11)Access to safe essential medicines is a key success indicator of a functional health system of which the private sector such as retail chemists plays a critical role. Despite their obvious benefits, medicines have the ... -
Determinants of availability of tracer essential medicines in public health facilities in Nyeri County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2016-07)The goal of the health system is to improve health and health equity in ways that are responsive, financially fair and make the most efficient use of the available resources. This is supported by six Health Systems ... -
Determinants of Commodity Management Practices In Public Health Facilities in Devolved Health Systems: A Case of Essential Medicines in Makueni County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2022-10)The rationale for decentralization of health sector enabled lower level governance structures to design health sector interventions using innovative models that are context-specific and that take into consideration the ... -
Determinants of Feeding Knowledge and Practices among Infants Born of HIV Positive Female Sex Worker Mothers’ Sex Worker Outreach Programme Clinic
(KeMU, 2019-09)Feeding of infants is determined by many things which including the nature of work done by the mother. Sex worker outreach Programme (SWOP) is a clinic that caters for medical needs of the women selling sex in Kenya. The ... -
Determinants of Health Facility Preparedness in The Management of Gender Based Violence: A Case of Primary Health Facilities in Mombasa County
(KeMU, 2023-09)Gender based violence (GBV) is an affront to human rights and the attainment of sustainable development goals (SDGs). In Mombasa county 65% of the population live in informal settlement which exacerbate GBV due to ... -
Determinants of Hospital Emergency Preparedness in Machakos Level 5 and Kangundo Level 4 Hospitals
(KeMU, 2020-11)Emergency preparedness is a key security priority globally. Plans are needed, not only to maintain services continuity but also to guide in emergencies in hospitals. Kangundo level 4 and Machakos Level 5 Hospital have ... -
Determinants of Maternal Child Health Commodities Management in Public Health Facilities in Meru County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2021-09)Health systems have failed in past epidemics to maintain routine essential services in health. People, resources, and essential supplies all diverted to address health emergency, sometimes resulting in lack of important ...