Masters Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Factors Associated with Exclusive Breastfeeding Interruption and Linear Growth in a Comprehensive Support Setting in Homa Bay County, Kenya.
(JOOUST, 2024)Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is defined as feeding babies with only breast milk and not any other foods or liquids, except for medications or vitamin and mineral supplements before the age of 6 months. In a setting with ... -
Caregiver’s Knowledge, Perception and Mitigation Strategies towards Teenage Pregnancy Prevalence in Siaya County, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2024)Teenage pregnancy is the percentage of pregnant women aged 19 years or younger in a given period of time. Its affects an estimated 21 million pregnancies each year in LMICs, of which approximately 50% were unintended and ... -
Assessing the Knowledge, Perception and Attitude of Youth on the Utilization of Edible Insects as Food and Feed
(JOOUST, 2023)Youth unemployment is increasing with the diminishing opportunities for formal employment. Cases of food insecurity associated with youth unemployment are also on the rise. Protein obtained from farmed animals is in high ... -
Management Practices of Diarrhoeal Disease and Environmental Risk Factors among Children of Adolescent Mothers in Nyando Sub-County in Kisumu County
(JOOUST, 2023)In Kenya, 1 in every 5 adolescents is either a mother or already pregnant. Teen mother face different challenges, one main challenge being lack of maternal skills. The study examined the Environmental risk factors and ... -
Time to Diagnosis and Clinical Decision for Patients at the Oncology Unit at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (Jootrh), Kisumu, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2024)Delays in the onset of cancer to hospital visitation, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer can have adverse consequences on cancer management outcomes. Monitoring turnaround for various processes in the cancer pathway can ... -
Contribution of Non-Governmental Organizations in Promoting Access to Education by Learners Who Are Orphans in Regular Primary Schools in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2022)Orphans form an integral part of the society. Many of them face a myriad of challenges as a result of being orphans in many parts of the world, in Africa and in Kenya in particular. Many individuals and organizations, ... -
Network Security Model for University Networks in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2023)University networks contain a variety of information that varies from highly lucrative patents to personal information. The purpose of this study was to develop a secure network model that will enhance network security for ... -
An Enhanced Framework for Assessing Health Information Systems Security Risks
(JOOUST, 2023)The increasing digitization of health information enhanced accessibility, efficiency and quality of healthcare services. However, it has escalated cyber security threat, data breaches, unauthorized ... -
Aspects of Physics Curriculum Influencing Performance of Students with Hearing Impairment in Secondary Schools in Western Kenya
(JOOUST, 2023-10)Performance in physics subject in secondary schools, particularly in secondary schools for the Hearing Impaired (HI) has been a matter of great concern in Kenya. Attempts including in- service programmes for science teachers ... -
Effects of Black Soldier Fly (Hermatia Illucens Burchell, 1822) Larvae Based Diets on Growth Performance, Carcass Composition and Economic Efficiency of African Catfish (Clarias Gariepinus Linnaeus, 1758)
(JOOUST, 2023)The aquaculture industry is often considered as the future solution to the dwindling wild fish capture. The expansion of aquaculture faces a significant obstacle in the form of inadequate fish output due to lack of affordable ... -
Contribution Of Covid-19 Containment Measures On Epidemiology Of Diarrhea Disease Among Patients Attending Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching And Referral Hospital, Kisumu County, Kenya. 2018-2021
(JOOUST, 2024)Diarrhea is the second leading cause of child morbidity and mortality, particularly in developing countries. It is the third leading cause of death in the world and continues to impose a significant burden, accounting for ... -
Prevalence and Correlates of Hepatitis B Virus Infection among Health Care Workers in Kisumu County, Kenya: Cross-Sectional Study
(JOOUST, 2024)Health care services in hospitals restore health and save life, they also produce medical waste which if poorly managed poses risk to health care workers (HCWs) through contacts and needle stick injuries. ... -
Potential of Black Soldier Fly Larva (Hermetia Illucens L.1758) as an Alternative Protein Supplement in Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis Niloticus L.,) Feed
(JOOUST, 2023)With fish depletion in Lake Victoria, there is an emerging competition for silver cyprinid fish Rastrineobola argentea (‗Omena‘) between human consumption and fish aquaculture feed formulation. Subsequently, fishmeal has ... -
Factors Influencing the Uptake of Harm Reduction Services By People Who Inject Drugs in Nairobi, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2023)The use of injected drugs leads to significant health and social problems, and harm reduction is the mainstay of managing the effects of the resultant addiction. Currently, there exist two models for the delivery of harm ... -
Influence of Comorbidities on Outcome of Severe Pneumonia among Children Aged 2-59 Months Admitted in Bondo Sub County Hospital Paediatric Ward
(JOOUST, 2023)Severe pneumonia is defined by a history of cough or difficulty in breathing and any danger sign like; oxygen saturation <90%, Cyanosis, Inability to drink or breast feed, grunting and altered level of consciousness (World ... -
Thermodynamics and Mechanisms of Organochlorine Pollutants Adsorption on Zeolites
(JOOUST, 2023)Zeolites, mineral substances composed of aluminum and silicon, have found industrial applications in purification and as a separation technique for compounds. For instance, zeolites can separate isomers, gases and remove ... -
Factors Influencing the Uptake of Harm Reduction Services by People Who Inject Drugs in Nairobi City County, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2024)The use of injected drugs leads to significant health and social problems, and harm reduction is the mainstay of managing the effects of the resultant addiction. Currently, there exist two models for the delivery of harm ... -
Uptake of Malaria Vaccine (RTS, S/AS01), Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) and Malaria Infections among Children Aged 6-36 Months in Muhoroni Sub-County, Kisumu County Kenya
(JOOUST, 2024)Globally in 2020, about 241 million malaria cases were reported resulting in about 627,000 deaths (Sarfo et al., 2023). Of all the death cases, 96% were from Africa, and 77% of them were children below five years of age ... -
Strategy Implementation Drivers and Performance of Road Construction Projects: A Case Study of Kenya National Highway Authority (KeNHA)
(JOOUST, 2023)The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of strategy implementation on performance of road construction projects by Kenya National Highways Authority. The objectives of the study were to investigate the effect ... -
Characterization of Orthogonal Polynomials in Norm-Attainable Classes
(JOOUST, 2023)Orthogonal polynomials within the realm of bounded linear operators on a Hilbert space (B(H )) hold a crucial role in operator theory, functional analysis, and various other fields. While significant research has been ...