School of Health Sciences: Recent submissions
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Factors Influencing the Satisfaction with the Family Planning Services among Women of Reproductive Age Seeking Family Planning Services at Health Facilities in Siaya County, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2022)Client satisfaction is one of the desired outcomes of health care, and it is directly tied to health service consumption. It reflects the disconnect between the service's expectations and the client's experience with it. ... -
Determinants of Contraception among Women of Reproductive Age in the Health and Demographic Surveillance System of Rural Siaya County, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2022)Contraception aims to control child bearing, timing, and spacing. It has been shown to have good maternal and infant health outcome. This effects the achievement of the third Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs) by reducing ... -
Determinants of Contraception among Women of Reproductive Age in the Health and Demographic Surveillance System of Rural Siaya County, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2022)Contraception aims to control child bearing, timing, and spacing. It has been shown to have good maternal and infant health outcome. This effects the achievement of the third Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs) by ... -
Patient’s Self-Referral Decongestion Model
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Sero-Prevalence of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C and the Impact of Their Co-Infection with Hiv on Immunologic Parameters on Hiv Infected Adults from Kisumu West Sub-County ,Kisumu County.
(JOOUST, 2020)Viral hepatitis and Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) infections are significant causes of morbidity and mortality all over the world, more especially in underdeveloped countries. Co-infections with HIV and Hepatitis B ... -
Factors Influencing the Use of Family Planning Methods Among Couples in Trans-mara West Sub-County,Narok County.
(JOOUST, 2020)Although knowledge of contraceptive methods among sexually active men and women is high, contraceptive prevalence among currently married women aged 15-49 years in Kenya is estimated at 39%, compared to that of Trans-Mara ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Trends and Patterns of Distribution of Chloroquine Resistant Genotypes Among Individuals with Symptomatic Malaria in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2019)Children under five years of age and pregnant women remain susceptible to malaria illness, infection and death due to rapid emergence of drug resistance. A robust surveillance system is required to monitor and help contain ... -
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 ... -
Assessment of the Utilization of Healthcare Information among Healthcare Workers in Gucha Sub-County, in Kisii County, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2013)Utilization of health information is important in the provision of efficient and effective healthcare services. It involves generation, collection and analysis of data, which identifies gaps in health systems to prompt ... -
Hospitalization Events and the Outcome of the Interaction of Events among Sickle Cell Anemia Patients at Homabay County Referral Homabay County Referral Hospital, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2019)The UN has recognized Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA) as a global public health concern, and the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that 50% of member states should establish SCA control programs by 2020. Globally, SCA ... -
Evaluation of Accuracy of CarestartTM (HRP-2 Monoclonal) Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Kits for Testing Malaria Infection among the Under Five Children in Siaya County, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2019)Recent introduction of malaria rapid diagnostic tests, have been a welcome move in the diagnosis of malaria, because they are simple to use and allow for a much faster point of care diagnostic than microscopy, especially ... -
Assessment of Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among Women Seeking Antenatal Care Services in Health Facilities Within Bureti Sub County of Kericho County, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2015)Maternal mortality remains a major public health problem in Kenya with 488 deaths per 100,000 live births. Birth preparedness and complication readiness is one of the recommended strategies by the major global initiatives ... -
Evaluation of the Impact of Health Sector Services fund on the Quality of Maternity Services at the Health Centres in Kisii South Sub-county, Kisii County, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2017)The Ministry of Health is the major financier of Public Health Services and previously the Ministry of Health used to disburse funds to the sub-counties through the sub¬county treasury. However, the health facilities were ... -
Quality of Health Care Services in Surgical-Orthopedic Wards of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kisumu County, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2017-11)Quality and safety of health care lead to improved client satisfaction, health outcomes; continued and sustained use of services. A public health concern has been raised on the quality of care in most hospitals, in particular ... -
Prevalence of Under Nutrition and its Effects on Response to Malaria Treatment Among Children Under Five Years at Ahero and Homabay Hospitals, Western Kenya
(JOOUST, 2017-03)Nutritional status of a person with malaria infection is thought to contribute to host treatment outcome. However, limited studies have investigated the association despite the widespread concern with nutrition in malaria ... -
Evaluation of the Effects of One Year and Two Years Praziquantel Treatment Rounds on Schistosoma Mansoni Morbidity among School Going Children Along the Shores of Lake Victoria, Western Kenya
(JOOUST, 2015)Schistosomiasis is associated with a lot of morbidity and mortality. Although the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that a single dose of praziquantel (PZQ) administered annually can reduce morbidity for a year, ... -
Predictors of Treatment Outcomes in Endemic Burkitt's Lymphoma Patients at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, Kisumu County
(JOOUST, 2017)Endemic Burkitt's lymphoma is the most common childhood cancer in equatorial Africa, where it is about ten times more common than in Europe. It also is the most prevalent pediatric malignancy among children in Western ... -
Reliability and Validity of HIV Self-Reported Result in Determining HIV Prevalence in a Region with High HIV Prevalence
(JOOUST, 2016-06)Studies of health care outcomes and HIV intervention programs depends on HIV results to accurately enroll HIV positive people in intervention programs. While- several studies have been done around HIV self-reported result, ...
