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The Influence of Devolved Healthcare System on Delivery of Health Services in Meru County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2020-11)The promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 birthed devolution. After the General Elections held on 4th of March of 2013, devolution of various public functions including healthcare gained momentum. However, ... -
Influence of Dietary Intakes, ‘WASH’ and Diarrhoeal Morbidity on Stunting mong Children below Five Years in Kaptembwo and Milimani, Nakuru County
(KeMU, 2021-09)Stunting is a form of undernutrition in which affected children are too short for their age. Stunting affects 21.3 % of children under five years globally. The prevalence of stunting in sub-Saharan Africa in 2019 was 34%, ... -
Influence of Direct Government Health Funds on Service Delivery in Primary Healthcare Facilities in Meru County, Kenya
(KeMu, 2021-09)ABSTRACT Health care financing is a worldwide issue that affects all governments, including those in developed countries. In third-world countries with faltering economies and competing demands for financial ... -
Influence of Electronic Health Records On the Performance of Healthcare Providers at Public Health Facilities in South Sudan
(KeMU, 2023-09)The study took place at Juba teaching and referral hospital. The study used a case study approach. The aim of the study was to establish the influence of electronic health records systems adoption on the performance ... -
Influence of Emotional Intelligence on Work Performance among Nurses in Health Facilities in Nakuru County
(KeMU, 2022-10)The numerous occupational risks that nurses in particular routinely face have an unavoidable effect on their capacity to complete their assigned jobs. This is because of the extraordinarily difficult and demanding ... -
Influence of expanded free maternity care programme on delivery of quality health care in maternity units in public health facilities in Kajiado County
(KeMU, 2019-09)A well-functioning health system works in harmony among the six pillars; trained and motivated health workers, functional infrastructure, consistent supply of essential medicines and technologies and sufficient funding.Africa ... -
Influence of Health Logistics Management Information System On Availability of Medical Commodities in Public Hospitals in Kajiado County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2023-09)The availability of necessary drugs in healthcare institutions, particularly hospitals, is critical in promoting population curative health and ensuring healthcare outcomes and goals are reached. Over 50 percent of ... -
Influence of Health Systems’ Support Factors on Provision of Quality Health Services at the National Referral Spinal Injury Hospital.
(KeMU, 2022-10)Quality healthcare is a basic human right. Quality in healthcare is a product of mutual interaction of both the patient, the healthcare provider and the environment of care. Quality in healthcare results in satisfaction ... -
Influence of Institutional Reorganization on the access to Primary Care Health Services in a Transition Period: A Case of Ifo Camp, Dadaab Refugee Complex, Kenya
(KeMU, 2020-11)The refugee population verification exercise in 2016 indicated Dadaab Refugee Camp population to be on a declining trend. The declining trend was due to relocations, and voluntary repatriation of the refugees. With the ... -
Influence of Multiple-Months-Scripting on Health Care Workers’ Performance at HIV Outpatient Clinics in Public Health Facilities in Nairobi County
(KeMU, 2023-10)Health care workers shortage is a challenge facing health systems managers worldwide. World Health Organization estimates a projected shortfall of 10 million health workers by 2030. The shortage results in high workload, ... -
Influence of Organizational Drivers on Utilization of Health Information for Management’s Decision Making: A Case of Imenti South Sub-County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2020-11)Today’s health systems rely on health information for effective management. In contrast, compromised global data control systems progressively undermine international disease control initiatives thereby cutting back on ... -
Influence of performance management systems on employee productivity in county referral hospitals in Kiambu County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2019-08)Human resource for health is one of the core pillars of health systems and performance management is one of its subcomponents. A performance management system in public health facilities is one of the tools for reforms ... -
Influence of Public-Private Partnership on Healthcare Service Delivery in Nairobi County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2023-08)The Kenyan healthcare sector suffers from challenges in service delivery due to poorly remunerated staff, low retention rates, low motivation, shortage of medical supplies and corruption. This led to the sector to be ... -
Influence of Registration Process in Health Insurance Utilization among NHIF Members in Isiolo County
(KeMU, 2022-10)Registration for the health insurance is a critical process in the uptake and subsequent utilization of the health insurance and low enrollment leads to poor service utilization and this increases household health ... -
Influence of structural arrangement on provision of quality primary care health services in public health centers in Nakuru County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2019-08)The Alma Ata Declaration of 1978 emphasized the importance of primary care as an approach to achieve health for all. Kenya has gradually expanded primary care health service delivery to increase access and comprehensiveness ... -
Influence of Supply Chain Management Practices on Health Commodity Security among Level Four Public Hospitals in Nairobi County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2022-10)Commodity security issues plague public hospitals in Nairobi County, Kenya, including inconsistent supplies of health materials and technologies. Due to frequent stock-outs of important pharmaceuticals and medical supplies, ... -
Instructional Roles in Diploma Nursing Education in Meru: Adaptation, Self Sufficiency and Sustainability.
(KeMU, 2013-06)Nursing education forms the basis of professional existence, development and sustainable future. The purpose of this study was to establish how nurse educators adapted to increased instructional workload, how they were ... -
Knowledge,attitude and practice of lecturers on the use of critical reflection in undergraduate nursing programs in Tanzania
(KeMU, 2014-06)Critical reflection is a teaching strategy adopted by many countries for training undergraduate nursing students. The strategy is accepted and institutionalized within e nursing profession worldwide. In higher nursing ... -
Mobile Health (mhealth) Digital Platform for Primary Data Collection for Prostate Cancer Monitoring and Surveillance in Embu County
(KeMU, 2023-10)In Sub-Saharan Africa (SAA) prostate cancer mortality is projected to double by the year 2040. Prostate cancer is the 4th cause of death after breast, cervical, and oesophageal cancer respectively with an estimated ...