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The Relationship between Policy Availability and Capacity Levels for Disaster Preparedness in Hospitals within Nairobi County.
(IJPP, 2014-01)Increased disaster cases coupled with the fact that Nairobi County joined the World Disaster Reduction Campaign among which one of the themes was 'Hospitals safe from disasters', made it important that disaster preparedness ... -
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Nursing Process Training In Improving the Quality of Nursing Care at Machakos Level Five Hospital.
(KeMU, 2015-05)Improvement of patient care in any hospital depends primarily on the quality of nursing care. The nurses using the phases of the nursing process can enhance the nursing care of the patient; this is because the nursing ... -
Evaluation of Factors Contributing to Medication Errors among Nurses Working at Mbagathi District Hospital.
(KeMU, 2015-06)Kenya healthcare policies provide that patient's dignity be observed by ensuring medical safety practices are observed. In this case, medication errors are a concern for both healthcare professionals as well as patients. ... -
Factors influencing scaling up quality of referral processes in Kenya.
(KeMU, 2016-06)Scaling-up quality referral processes strengthens the health system. Referral refers to any process in which healthcare providers at lower levels of the health system seek the assistance of providers who are better equipped ... -
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 ... -
Factors influencing the adoption of minimally invasive approaches during surgery amongst tier four hospitals in Nairobi County, Kenya.
(KeMU, 2016-07)Surgical service delivery is a key component in the service delivery pillar of the Health System. Due to the nature of resources required for surgical services, cost is a major concern for health systems and therefore it's ... -
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 ... -
Impact of Point of Use Water Treatment and Safe Storage in Reducing Diarrhea Morbidity among Children under Five Years Old in Kawangware, Nairobi County
(KeMU, 2016-07)Diarrheal diseases are one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in developing countries particularly in children. This study took the form of a cross-sectional study to determine the impact of Point of Use (POU) ... -
Reaching out to consumer health information users through academic and public/community libraries partnership: Experience from Kenya
(SCECSAL(Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Library and Information Associations), 2018-04)Consumer health information has gained prominence worldwide due to the need for preventive as opposed to curative healthcare. Availability of diverse online consumer health information (CHI) sources necessitates that ... -
Assessment of Pre-Service Nursing Students’ Perception of Competence Acquired in Skills Laboratory Training in Bomet Medical Training College
(KeMU, 2018-07)In recent decades, globally, nursing instructors have tended to use skills laboratory in training skills for pre-service nursing students rather than traditional methods due to benefits such as increased self-confidence ... -
Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of depression among students at the Kenya Methodist University
(KeMU, 2018-10)Depression is a common mental disorder that considerably contributes to disability and suicides. University students are particularly vulnerable to depressive illness as they transition into adulthood, and it is associated ... -
Personal characteristic and academic help-seeking behavior of basic diploma nursing students in Kenya Medical Training College, Nairobi
(Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing, 2019)Purpose: This cross-sectional mixed survey sought to describe AHSB of basic diploma nursing students in KMTC, Nairobi, Kenya. The study examined the influence of sources of help, options of help-seeking and personal ... -
Factors influencing uptake of antenatal care in Taita Taveta County, Kenya
(Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing, 2019)Purpose: The general purpose of the study was to establish factors influencing uptake of antenatal care among pregnant women. Methodology: The study was conducted in TaitaTaveta County, Kenya, which had a population of ... -
Influence of training on performance of nursing officers, in Nyeri County, Kenya
(Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing, 2019)Purpose: The management of human resources in healthcare institution is essential to enable the delivery of efficient and effective medical services and to achieve patient satisfaction. Training and development is most ... -
Determinants of a functional refferral system in Kisumu County,Kenya. Patient perspective.
(Global Journal of Health Sciences, 2019)Purpose: Most referral health facilities are faced with challenges ranging from congestion of patients at these health facilities, strained/ limited resources (both human and material) to deal with the voluminous patients, ... -
Prevalence of Parasitic Infections amongst Children in Primary Schools in Tharaka South Sub County, Kenya
(International Journal of professional practice (IJPP), 2019-05)Parasitic infections-soil transmitted helminths (STHs) and protozoan infections are among the most prevalent infections in developing countries.Health effects of these infections include; poor nutritional status,appetite ... -
Transforming the Health Sector in Kenya by Adopting Integrated Health Management Information System
(International Journal of professional practice (IJPP), 2019-05)Achieving better health outcomes is every health organization’s dream.Several health management strategies have been developed;a key one being production of quality information for purposes of informed decision making.Most ... -
Knowledge and Perception of Women towards Cervical Cancer Screening in Meru County, Kenya.
(International Journal of professional practice (IJPP), 2019-05)Globally, epidemiological transition from communicable to non-communicable diseases is on increase with Cervical cancer associated with human papilloma virus being among leading causes of morbidity and mortality in ... -
Factors Influencing Rational Drug Use in Public Hospitals among Doctors and Pharmacists in Meru County
(International Journal of professional practice (IJPP), 2019-05)Rational use of medicines requires that patients receives affordable, right drug and dose for the adequate period of time. Irrational drug use is influenced by lack of essential drugs, lack of training and weak implementation ... -
Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine among Cancer Patients in Meru County, Kenya.
(International Journal of professional practice (IJPP), 2019-05)Cancer is among the leading causes of death globally.Despite advancing technology in conventional methods of cancer diagnosis and treatment, access to services remains a big challenge especially in the developing countries.Out ...