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Parental Responsiveness as a Predictor of Behavioural Adjustment among Primary School Pupils in Kisii Central Sub-County, Kenya
(International Journal of Advanced and Multidisciplinary Social Science, 2018-04)
The present study sought to investigate the relationship between parental responsiveness and behavioural
adjustment among pupils in primary schools in Kisii central Sub-County, Kenya. The study was guided by the ...
A Review of Factors Influencing e-Health Adoption in Kenya: Barriers And Facilitators
(2014)
Over the past few decades, there has been a great leap in the development
of Information and Communication Technology (ICT); both in hardware and
software capabilities. This has provided a sound platform for their ...
Artisanal Fishing Supports Breeding of Malaria Mosquitoes in Western Kenya
(BMC, 2019)
Background: Everyday hundreds of people, mainly men, set out to take part in a vibrant artisanal capture fshing (ACF) industry on Lake Victoria. It is not known whether actions of artisanal fshers, in their unrelenting ...
Evaluation of Textile Substrates for Dispensing Synthetic Attractants for Malaria Mosquitoes
(BMC- Parasites & Vectors, 2014-08-16)
The full-scale impact of odour-baited technology on the surveillance, sampling and control of vectors of infectious diseases is partly limited by the lack of methods for the efficient and sustainable dispensing of attractants. ...
Innovative Tools and OpenHDS for Health and Demographic Surveillance on Rusinga Island, Kenya
(BMC, 2015-09-01)
Health in low and middle income countries is on one hand characterized by a high burden associated with preventable communicable diseases and on the other hand considered to be under-documented due to improper basic health ...
Metacognitive Monitoring as Predictor of Mathematics Achievement among Students in Public Secondary Schools in Kenya
(International Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, 2019)
This study investigated metacognitive monitoring as a predictor of mathematics achievement among students in public secondary schools in Kisii Central Sub County, Kenya. The study was guided by the Social Development Theory ...
Relationship between Goal-Setting and Mathematics Achievement among Students in Public Secondary Schools in Kenya
(International Journal of Advanced and Multidisciplinary Social Science, 2019)
The purpose of this study was to investigate selected goal-setting as a predictor of mathematics performance among students in public secondary schools in Kisii Central Sub-County, Kenya. The study was guided by the Social ...
Land fragmentation and food security in Ugunja Sub-County, Siaya County, Kenya
(Global Society of Scientific Research and Researchers, 2016)
Globally, land tenure comes in different methods such as inheritance, renting, purchasing and land being offered as gift. Such practices have so far encouraged land fragmentation leading to small holdings which are ...
Our women must return home: Institutionalized patriarchy in colonial Central Nyanza District, 1945-1963
(Journal of Asian and African Studies, 10/22/2010)
Colonial policies and practices were very instrumental in the creation of the Luo Diaspora. This Diaspora extended far beyond the physical and cultural boundaries of Central Nyanza as was constituted by the colonial ...
Widow inheritance and HIV prevalence in Bondo District, Kenya: Baseline results from a prospective cohort study
(PLOS, 11/17/2010)
Background
Widow Inheritance is a widespread cultural practice in sub-Saharan Africa that has been postulated as contributing to risk of HIV transmission. We present baseline results from a study designed to investigate ...