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Knowledge and Practices on the Treatment of Asthma among Health Workers Working in Level 2 Health Facilities, Bomet County in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2022-02)Asthma is a non-communicable disease that affects millions of people globally. However, it is underdiagnosed in sub-Saharan Africa, resulting in outcomes such as deaths. There is an effort by the Kenyan government to provide ... -
Knowledge Attitude and Practice of Covid-19 Preventive Measures among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in Kisumu and Siaya Counties
(JOOUST, 2022)Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection can lead to an increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes among pregnant women. To curb the spread of COVID-19, World health organization (WHO) recommended a series of preventive measures. ... -
Knowledge Attitude and Practice of Covid-19 Preventive Measures among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in Kisumu and Siaya Counties
(JOOUST, 2023-01)Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection can lead to an increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes among pregnant women. To curb the spread of COVID-19, World health organization (WHO) recommended a series of preventive measures. ... -
Knowledge Practice and Perception of Health Care Workers on Diagnosis of childhood Tuberculosis at Bureti Sub County.Kericho Kenya
(JOOUST, 2018)Childhood tuberculosis causes high mortality among children below fourteen years mainly in sub-Saharan Africa including Kenya. Challenges in diagnosis, and management are thought to largely contribute to this high morbidity ... -
Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Children and Teachers Towards Prevention and Control of Tinea Capitis Infections in Seme Sub-County, Western Kenya
(JOOUST, 2022)Superficial fungal infections (Tinea capitis) are common among school going children and studies have shown that practices children are involved in promote the spread at school or home. However, the practices, knowledge ... -
Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Nurses on Management of Nosocomial Infections at Vihiga County Referral Hospital Western Kenya
(JOOUST, 2019)Nosocomial infections (Nls) are reported to affect about 15% of hospitalized patients in regular wards and as many as 4%-56% of all death in neonates results from this infections. While episodes of Nls are recognized in ... -
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Caregivers on Pneumonia Among Children Aged Below 5 Years in Migori County Referral Hospital, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2022)Globally, pneumonia is the leading cause of death in children under the age 5 years, with the burden highest in developing countries. Majority of caregivers perceive that exposure to cold weather or foods as the cause of ... -
Land Use Activities and their Effects on Soil erosion on the Slopes of Kajulu Hills, Kisumu County, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2020-02)Human activities have globally accelerated soil erosion between ten to forty times the natural occurrences. The hill slopes of Kajulu are not exceptional to such accelerated soil erosion. Since soils form at a very slow ... -
Laptop tracking and recovery system (LAPTRAC)
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Level of HIV/AIDS Awareness among Learners with Physical Disabilities in a Special Secondary School in Kisumu County, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2017-05)The value of information concerning reproductive health for learners with physical disabilities cannot be overemphasized. Globally there are 34 million people living with moderate to severe disabilities, 80% of whom live ... -
Lie Symmetry Analysis of Fourth Order NonLinear Harmonic Differential Equation
(JOOUST, 2019)Lie group theory is a very practical and handy mathematical approach and it can be used to obtain solutions to diverse problems in applied mathematics. It's rich, very interesting and in broad sense a topic of active ... -
Lie Symmetry Analysis of Fourth Order Nonlinear Harmonic Differential Equation.
(2019)Lie group theory is a very practical and handy mathematical approach and it can be used to obtain solutions to diverse problems in applied mathematics. It's rich, very interesting and in broad sense a topic of ... -
Lie Symmetry Analysis of Nonlinear Fourth Order Evolution Equation
(JOOUST, 2020)Problems involving nonlinear partial differential equations arise in various fields of science for instance in propagation of shallow water waves, fluid physics. quantum mechanics. chemical kinematics and other related ... -
Lie Symmetry Analysis of Third Order NonLinear Ordinary Differential Equation
(JOOUST, 2018)A few third order nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equations can be solved explicitly and one must typically rely on numerical scheme to approximate the solution. However to overcome this problem Lie symmetry reduction of ... -
Lithospheric Extractions and Land Degradation in Nyakach Sub-County, Kisumu County, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2022)Invariably degrading land attributed to lithospheric exploitations is a major environmental problem causing significant loss of the potency of land in Nyakach Sub County. Lithospheric extractions continuously ... -
Local community perspective on the conservation and management of Thim Lich Ohinga and Seme Kaila sites for eco-tourism promotion
(2016-05)Ecotourism flourishes on cultural preservation, community participation, awareness creation, and tourism benefits to the communities, is a recent practice that has received less community participation in the Lake Victoria ... -
Management of Change Occassioned by Gender Balancing at the Ministry of Education Headquarters in Kenya.
(JOOUST, 2014)This study sought to establish how top educational management, based at the Ministry of Education Headquarters, was managing gender balancing process, and to use this as a lens to consider the gendered nature of the ... -
Manipulative lowering of the water table during summer does not affect CO2 emissions and uptake in a minerotrophic fen
(BayCEER, 2009)We simulated the effect of prolonged summer drought by lowering the water table on three manipulation plots (D1-3) in a minerotrophic fen in South-eastern Germany in three subsequent years (2006-2008). Water table was ...