School of Medicine and Health Sciences: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Evaluating the Responsiveness of Childbirth Services in Murangá County Referral Hospital
(KeMU, 2022-10)Evaluating the quality of healthcare delivery is an important policy and theoretical concern. The expansion of the system's domain and the inclusion of both supply- and demand-side considerations are two examples of the ... -
Effect of Covid-19 on Uptake of Routine Immunization in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.
(KeMU, 2022-10)The routine immunization process continues to save millions of children's lives worldwide. The previous pandemic like Ebola impacted the health system in Africa. There was a need to investigate if COVID-19, with its ... -
Factors Associated with Measles Outbreak among Children below 5 Years in Oltepesi Location in Kajiado North Sub County
(KeMU, 2022-11)Measles is a viral illness that has been demonstrated to be extremely contagious and to cause morbidity and death in both developing and industrialized nations but also one of the top vaccine-preventable diseases in the ... -
Factors Influencing Access to Health Services for NHIF Insured Persons within Makadara Constituency, Nairobi County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2022-10)The National Health Insurance fund (NHIF) users constantly face challenges with access to health care with a 30% consumption rate. This gap prevents adequate access to health care hence low levels of treatment options ... -
Occupational Health Risks among Solid Waste Handlers in Nairobi County
(KeMU, 2022-10)This study analyzes and quantifies the occupational health risks faced by those who handle solid garbage in Nairobi County. Despite the numerous worries raised about the potential harm that trash could cause to the ... -
Human Relation Factors Influencing Health Worker’s Performance in the Hospital Settings: A Case of Public and Private Health Facilities in Kisumu County
(KeMU, 2022-10)A good health system management the third building block delivers quality health services to all people, at all times when and where they need them through the availability, competence, responsiveness and productivity ... -
Factors Influencing Utilization of Health Information Data in Nairobi County Public Health Facilities, Kenya
(KeMU, 2022-10)Effective management of today's health systems depends on the critical use of data and information for policy formulation, planning, service monitoring, and decision-making. However, data use has been restricted and ... -
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, ... -
Strategies Influencing Performance of Health Workers in Public Health Facilities in Wajir County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2022-10)The healthcare workforce is at the heart of all efforts to improve health systems. The provision of health initiatives necessitates the use of qualified and well- supported medical staff. There have been serious shortages ... -
Determinants of Utilization of NHIF Cover in Public Health Facilities by Public Health Care Workers in Makueni County
(KeMU, 2022-10)Robust healthcare funding systems are seen as critical for guaranteeing universal healthcare access. This implies that health services should be adequately accessible to everyone ensuring the health situation doesn’t ... -
Factors Influencing Utilization of Health Information System in the Management of Missed Appointments among HIV Positive Patients in Mombasa County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2022-10)A health system requires a well-functioning health information system to enhance measurement of health outcomes, and ensure effective health care decisions. This process of utilizing health information, increases retention ... -
Factors Influencing Access to Contraceptives among Women of Reproductive Age in Public Primary Care Facilities in Kajiado Central Sub-County Kajiado County
(KeMU, 2022-10)Strengthening health systems calls for attention on focus on the six health systems building blocks. The focus of this study was on medicines, vaccines and technologies, with an emphasis on access to contraceptives. In ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Factors Influencing Reporting of Medical Errors Amongst Nurses in Pediatric Wards in Three Teaching and Referral Hospitals in Nairobi Kenya.
(KeMU, 2022-10)Service delivery is among the six health system strengthening pillars. Successful health services bring about effective, quality, safe, personal and non-personal health care actions to those who need them, where they ... -
Proposed Solutions to Address the Challenges of Medical Waste Management in Health Facilities in Kamukunji Sub- County, Nairobi City County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2022-10)Medical waste management in Kenya has been greatly affected by the country's elevated production levels. The majority of medical facilities do not have an extensive medical waste management system, or if they do, it does ... -
Implementation of Nursing Process at Kangundo and Kathiani Sub Counties Referral Hospitals in Machakos County
(KeMU, 2022-10)Introduction: In evidence-based practice includes the use of the nursing process in patient care. However, evidence shows that many nurses do not regularly use it for various reasons. The status of NP use and the associated ... -
Assessment of the Role of Nurse Educators in Clinical Learning of Undergraduate Nursing Students at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya
(KeMU, 2022-10)Clinical learning enables nursing students to implement knowledge transfer fromtheorytopractice. Therefore, it is the role of nurse educators to fulfill this role to facilitate learningingraduate nursing education. This ... -
Perceived Barriers to Decision to Pursuing Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree among Diploma Nurses at Nairobi County
(KeMU, 2022-10)There is empirical research evidence which associates a more educated nursing workforce with access to quality patient centered care among a nation’s population. Specifically, Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree has ...
