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Determinants of Performance in Mathematics among Learners with Hearing Impairement in Special Secondary Schools in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2018-07)For long, there have been various arguments about how children who are deaf should be taught. Debate about whether to use sign language, speech, signs in English word order, created sign systems or bilingualism have been ... -
Determinants of Practices of Exclusive Breastfeeding Among Mothers with Children Aged 0 – 6 Months in Kiamabundu Location Kisii County
(JOOUST, 2019)The practice of exclusive breastfeeding prevents malnutrition, mortality and morbidity. This has been demonstrated in the developed countries. However in Kenya 1.5 million children are born each year and only 500,000 million ... -
Determinants of the Uptake of Cervical Cancer Screening Among HIV Infected Women Enrolled at the Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital Comprehensive Care Centre, Western Kenya
(JOOUST, 2018)ABSTRACT Women infected with Human immune deficiency virus (HIV) are five times more likely to be diagnosed with cervical cancer, because HIV infection weakens the immune system thus reducing the body's ability to fight ... -
Determinants of Uptake of Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria among Pregnant Women in Suba Sub-County, Homa-Bay County
(JOOUST, 2020)Malaria is a disease caused by protozoan parasites of Plasmodium species and is transmitted by the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. In areas of moderate to high malaria transmission, pregnant women are more ... -
Determinants of Utilization of Free Maternity Services Among Women of Reproductive Age Between 15 To 49 Years Attending Health Facilities in Homa-Bay County, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2022-03-22)Free maternity services (FMS) is the offering of medical and obstetric care to pregnant women without any financial cost. Complications related to pregnancy are a major reproductive health problem that lead to disability ... -
Determination of Competence of Board of Management in Teachers' Recruitment in Public Secondary Schools in Kisumu East Sub-County, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2016)Efficient employees are always an asset to the company but at the same time, selecting the right candidate for the job can be a challenge. It has however been observed that teachers are recruited in an unprofessional manner ... -
Determination of Effective Information systems Security in Secondary Schools in Kenya: A Case of Kisumu County
(JOOUST, 2018)Adoption of information systems has become a core issue in many sectors of the economy including secondary schools in education sector. These information systems have enabled the secondary schools to achieve efficiency in ... -
Developing a model framework for effective maintenance of public office buildings in Kenya: A survey of multi storeyed office buildings in Nairobi.
(2012)Public buildings create space within which the organs of any government operate to deliver the much needed services to the citizens. An effective and efficient maintenance system is key to enhancement of the service life ... -
Development and Evaluation of an Evidence Based Quality Framework for Utilization of Maternal Healthcare Services
(JOOUST, 2018-01)Utilization of skilled maternal healthcare services during pregnancy, delivery and post delivery can reduce maternal deaths. The high maternal mortality ratio in Siaya County (691/100,000 live births) which surpasses that ... -
Development and Evaluation of an Evidence Based Quality Framework for Utilization of Maternal Healthcare Services
(JOOUST, 2020)The Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) :fundamental role in primary health care service delivery at household level has made them to be globally recognized for their effectiveness in reducing morbidity and averting mortality ... -
Development and Implementation of E-Leave Management System in Banking Sector (KCB)
(JOOUST, 2015)The research investigated the state of leave management system used by different organizations i.e. brief comparison of manual le-ave management system and E-leave management system. A leave management system had been ... -
Development control as a tool for plan implementation.
(JOOUST, 2018)Development control forms an essential part of planning by providing the basis upon which development plans are implemented. The purpose of the is study was therefore to investigate how development control is operationalized ... -
Development of Urban Centres in Kenya: the Case of Keroka Town (1905-2018)
(JOOUST, 2022)The emergence and development of urban centres has been a major topic of study across the globe as urbanization continues to engulf most open and suitable spaces. The historical emergence of some major towns in Kenya has ... -
Dhima Ya Sheng Katika Upokezilugha Wa Kiswahili Miongoni Mwa Wanadaraja La Awali Kwenye Shule Za Msingi Mjini Mbale, Kaunti Ya Vihiga, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2022)Sheng is a slang whose usage is widespread more so among the youth in the urban. In Kenya, there is no language policy in education that recognizes the use of Sheng within the school environment especially in learning ... -
E-Commerce Adoption in Publishing Industry
(JOOUST, 2018-03)E-Commerce (electronic commerce or EC) is the buying and selling of goods and services, or the transmitting of funds or data, over an electronic network, primarily the Internet through which transactions or terms of sale ... -
Eco-tourism as a community strategy to fight HIV/AIDS on the Islands and Beaches in Usigu division, Siaya County, Kenya
(JOOUST School of Spatial Planning and Natural Resource Management, 2016-05)In Kenya ecotourism is seen as having the potential of driving the economy for locally directed developments based on utilization of the ecosystem and cultural resources. The study explores how ecotourism products can be ... -
Ecological Conditions Influencing the Distribution Of Black Ants (Carebara Vidua Smith) and its Contribution to Food Security
(JOOUST, 2023)Black ants, Carebara vidua (Smith) is of critical value both in nutrition and medicine in Kenya. The insect is relatively widespread in the country; however, knowledge regarding its geographical distribution range and ... -
Economics of Black Soldier Fly Production as a Farm Enterprise for Improved Household Income and Food Security
(JOOUST, 2022)Black Soldier Fly (BSF) farming is emerging as a new farm enterprise in Kenya poised to increase household income and food security of smallholder farmers. Consequently, commercialization of the enterprise requires farmers ... -
Educational Stakeholders' Perspectives on Television Viewing in Determining Behavioural Tendencies Among Preschoolers:
(JOOUST, 2018)Violence among young children has become common especially in Bondo Sub-County; numerous cases of negative behavioural tendencies have been reported. It has been noticed that many children are very aggressive both physically ...