• Pressure ulcer prevention and treatment interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review 

  Zuniga, Julie; Mungai, Margaret; Chism, Lucy; Frost, Livia; Kakkar, Reha; Kyololo, O’Brien (Nursing outlook, 2024)

  Background The high burden of pressure ulcers (PUs) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), coupled with the limited resources, underscores the need for preventive and context-specific treatment strategies. Purpose Therefore, the ...
• Corona virus disease 2019 pandemic contributed to pregnancy devastating outcomes in low income countries 

  Yadufashije, Callixte; Muhimpundu, Liliane; Mwanzia, Lydia; Sangano, Georges Bahati (East Africa Science, 2021-10-26)

  Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been a public health threat of the 21st century. This pandemic has unexpectedly occurred, and countries have faced challenges to implement the preventive strategies against ...
• Malaria in Pregnancy: Key Points for the Neonatologist 

  Rent, Sharla; Bauserman, Melissa; Laktabai, Jeremiah; Tshefu, Antoinette K.; Taylor, Steve M. (AAP, 2023)

  In malaria-endemic regions, infection with the malaria parasite Plasmodium during pregnancy has been identified as a key modifiable factor in preterm birth, the delivery of low-birthweight infants, and stillbirth. Compared ...
• A quantitative analytical chemistry research-based experiment Involving comparative analysis of amaranth grain oils extracted from Embu and Meru districts in Kenya 

  Rugutt, Joseph K.; Okoth, Kevin Otieno; Wanjau, Ruth N.; Gikonyo, Nicholas K.; Machocho, Alex; Kipgeno, Rugutt J.; Obel, Millie Chepkemoi; Mibei, Erick (2014)

  Amaranthus cruentus grains from Meru and Nyeri regions in Kenya were milled and oil extracted by the Bligh and Dyer method. Samples of oil from grains in the same regions extracted by cold pressing method were obtained ...
• What is threatening the effectiveness of insecticide-treated bednets? a case-control study of environmental, behavioral, and physical factors associated with prevention failure 

  Obala, Andrew A.; Mangeni, Judith Nekesa; Platt, Alyssa; Aswa, Daniel; Abel, Lucy; Namae, Jane; O'Meara, Wendy Prudhomme (PLOS ONE, 2015)

  Background Insecticide-treated nets are the cornerstone of global malaria control and have been shown to reduce malaria morbidity by 50–60%. However, some areas are experiencing a resurgence in malaria following successful ...
• Risk of malaria following untreated sub-patent Plasmodium falciparum infections: Results over 4 years from a cohort in a high transmission area in Western Kenya 

  Zeno, Erica E.; Obala, Andrew A.; Pence, Brian; Freedman, Elizabeth; Mangeni, Judith N.; Lin, Jessica T.; Abel, Lucy; Edwards, Jessie K.; Gower, Emily W.; Taylor, Steve M. (Oxford academic journals, 2023)

  Background: People with suspected malaria may harbor Plasmodium falciparum undetected by rapid diagnostic test (RDT). The impact is not fully understood of these sub-patent infections on the risk of developing clinical ...
• bistro: An R package for vector bloodmeal identification by short tandem repeat overlap 

  Lapp, Zena; Abel, Lucy; Mangeni, Judith N.; Obala, Andrew A.; O’Meara, Wendy; Taylor, Steve M.; Markwalter, Christine F. (medRxiv, 2023)

  Measuring vector-human contact in a natural setting can inform precise targeting of interventions to interrupt transmission of vector-borne diseases. One approach is to directly match human DNA in vector bloodmeals to the ...
• Coverage and factors associated with utilization of pyrethroid-piperonyl butoxide treated nets in malaria endemic region, Western Kenya 

  Aricha, Stephen Akuma; Owiny, Maurice; Odhiambo, Fredrick; Mangeni, Judith N.; Oyugi, Elvis (Research Square, 2023)

  Background: Increased resistance to pyrethroid based Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) informed WHO recommendation to deploy Piperonyl Butoxide (PBO) based LLINs. Kenya adopted use of PBO nets in endemic areas, ...
• Scaling up implementation of One Health approach in Kenya: overcoming the bottlenecks 

  Mogoa, Mosoti; Gathura, Peter; Mangeni, Judith N.; Opiyo, Rose; Minoo, Christine; Muta, Diana; Wanjohi, Sam (AFROHUN Kenya, 2019)

  One Health is defined as a collaborative, multi-sectoral, and trans-disciplinary approach, working at the local, regional, national, and global levels with the goal of achieving optimal health outcomes for people, animals, ...
• Training and utilization of refugees as community health workers in protracted displacement situations : policy brief 

  Mangeni, Judith; Beryl, Pilkington F.; Mbai, Isabella; Izzeldin, Abuelaish (2016)

  The goal is to inform an education model for building health care capacity in disadvantaged communities in Kenya. The Daadab refugee camps represent a protracted displacement situation in an extreme resource-limited setting ...
• Assessment of patient satisfaction with nursing care at a large public referral hospital in Kenya 

  Tarus, Titus Kipchumba; Mangeni, Judith Nekesa; Nyariki, Jane C.; Simiyu, Kennedy Nyongesa; Obel, Milly C.; Gitonga, Moses Mwangi; Albright, Angela (IISTE, 2014)

  Patient satisfaction with nursing care is known to predict patient outcomes. Nursing care offered by the largest single technical group in any hospital, is known to often determine the overall quality of care offered. ...
• Perceptions of family planning and sexually transmitted infections among low-income men in Western Kenya 

  Wambui, Theresah (2012)

  Family planning has long been practiced in Kenya. Despite this, however, the country has had a high yearly increase rate of inhabitants. Family planning and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are stressed in the ...
• Process and outcome evaluation of a community intervention for orphan adolescents in western Kenya 

  Hallfors, Denise D.; Cho, Hyunsan; Mbai, Isabella; Milimo, Benson; Itindi, Janet (2012)

  We conducted a 2-year pilot randomized controlled trial (N = 105) in a high HIV-prevalence area in rural western Kenya to test whether providing young orphan adolescents with uniforms, school fees, and community visitors ...
• Cancer-related bone pain: patients’ satisfaction with analgesic pain control 

  Kaggwa, Andrew Tabu; Kituyi, Protus Werunga; Muteti, Elijah Nzeki; Ayumba, Ramadhani Barry (2022)

  Background: Management of cancer-related bone pain (CRBP) with analgesics poses a substantial challenge. This study aimed to determine the correlation between pain control satisfaction and prescribed analgesics. Methods: ...
• Use of sign intramedullary nailing in open tibia and femur fractures at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya 

  Lelei, L.K; Ongaro, N. O; Ayumba, Barry Ramadhan; Lagat, J. D (AJOL, 2011)

  Background: Interlocking intramedullary nailing is the current method of choice for fixation of both open and closed tibia and femur fractures. This has been associated with excellent results. Objective: To assess the ...
• Effectiveness and complications of SIGN intramedullary interlocking nailing in the management of femoral and tibial fractures at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret- Kenya: A retrospective study 

  Lelei, L. K; Ongaro, N. O; Ayumba, Barry Ramadhan; Anjila, E. L; Nyakinda, C. A; Lagat, J. D. (AJOL, 2010)

  Background: Interlocking intramedullary nailing is the current state-of-the-art management of the shaft fractures of long bones. Objective: To assess the functional outcome of SIGN nailing of femoral and tibial fractures ...
• The management of bone and joint infections at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital 

  Ayumba, Barry Ramadhan; Kuremu, R. K.; Lelei, L. K.; Ongaro, N. O.; Nyakinda, C. A.; Anjila, C. A. (AJOL, 2010)

  Background: Bone (cortex and marrow) and joint infection are not uncommon in this health institution. The management of patients with the lesion has posed a challenge yet the institution is in top gear training the surgeons ...
• Management of patients with post- traumatic exposed bones at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya 

  Ayumba, Barry Ramadhan; Lelei, L. K.; Emarah, A. M.; Lagat, D. J. (2015)

  Background: The global frequency for open long bone fracture is at least 11.5 cases per 100,000 persons per year. Precise published research information regarding the characteristics and the management of patients with ...
• Awareness of risk assessment and prevention of pressure ulcers amongst nurses working in surgical and orthopedic wards of a Kenyan National Hospital 

  Getanda, Amos; Chirchir, Victoria J.; Omune, Verol Faith; Tanui, Caroline J.; Kosgey, Anne C.; Ayumba, Barry Ramadhani (2016)

  Background: Pressure ulcers (PU) are very familiar with incidences of up to 38% in acute care. They occur following prolonged period of immobility or when there is a neurological deficit. Whenever they occur, they can ...
• Women’s preferences onquality care during Hospital brth in Kenya 

  Milimo, Benson W.; Obel, Millie C.; Mpeli, Rosemary (Numid Publishers, 2016-09-07)

  Introduction: Women have different perspectives of the meaning of quality care during childbirth in hospital. Women will tend to avoid hospital birth if the care provided does not meet these perspectives. The researcher ...

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