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Holistic: Care an Urgent Need for Cervical Cancer Patients in Kenya
(Science Publishing Group, 2019-05-06)
Holistic health care is an integrated approach to healthcare that treats the whole person, not simply symptoms and disease. Mind and body are integrated and inseparable. In cancer care, this approach has been actualized ...
Assessment of Health Related Quality of Life in Cervical Cancer Patients in Western Kenya
(Science Publishing Group, 2019-01-17)
Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is an important health outcome in the holistic management of patients especially those suffering from life limiting conditions such as cervical cancer. In Kenya, Cervical cancer is ...
Variation in Temperature and Nutrient Source Influence the Growth of Exserohilum Turcicum Mycelia Isolated from Sorghum
(Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research, 2019)
Turcicum leaf blight (TLB) caused by the fungus Exserohilum turcicum is a serious threat toproduction of maize and sorghum, since it damages photosynthetic leaves. Growth and development of E.turcicum pathogen is influenced ...
Relationship between Task Value and Academic Performance among Orphaned Secondary School Students in Kenya
(International Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, 2019-09)
The present study investigated the relationship between task value and academic performance among orphaned
secondary school students in Kenya. The research was anchored on Person Centred Theory. The study adopted ...
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 ...